The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08


saret Anglin by Henry Miller, who useo
- loUnGallon Inc no,e ny NI1h.e NOi-
ans, Inc New IhaS0alen. 1nose wno
sah hcr pay IL hcre IN the spring OF
ASO9 VIII 44Ot be SURPRISED In.at sitc 4.4auo
sucn a success OF al IN New ork the
past season InaI Ia tnat role Was
me center OF the stage at the rrlncess
4 tneater Tor a nunOred and nIty nights.
Margaret Anglin also played IN the
Eternal remlmne Wnen she was here
last year, ana IL is d great tribute 10
her genius tnat she made us receive
1t win grateful attention although the
play Is nothing at ali but just Margaret
Anglin in d charming Greek costume
ana saying pretty things in charming
manner Without Margaret Anglin il
couldn't go at all. But we all gave
her the homage that night of a hushed
house that caught every lntonation of
her sweet, magnetic voice.
Margaret Anglin has been no excep-
tion TO the general rule that actors and
actresses who rise high in the pro-
fession have hard struggle in the
hrst part of their climb. She recently,
IN response TO a request, wrote some
thing about Mr. early experiences on
the stage TO Matthew White Jr who
gives some glimpses of her patient
apprenticeship in the July Munsey
She was born in Ottawa, Canada. and
was educated In convent There in
her school days IL was discovered tina;
she possessed the gift of defamation.
and her ambition was to become a pro-
fessional reader, and entertain in draw
ing-rooms- She went to New York TO
have her voice trained. and there at
the very first public performance of
the pupils. Charles Frohman discovered
her talents and put her to work at
once in the play of Shenandoah"
Later the trial to her pride her spirits
and her nafianRa l.,
to follow around with a company trav-
ellng from place to place. but never
having a chance TO appear on the stage
just held on as sort of emergency
girl 10 be used. perhaps.
Her decisive victory came on the
last night OF the last century, sort
of date that easily fixes itself in the
memory. 1t was then she played in
Mrs. Danes Defense"
1t is just two seasons since Miss
Anglin became a star. In the fall OF
1905 she surprised New York with her
superbly emotional rendering OF "Zira."
1t is a part which, having once seen
Margaret Anglin weep and rage and re-
pent and strive in. will R1ake men anu
women forever after more willing 10
let the ma gdalens, those who are gen
uinely magdalens as Margaret Anglin
convinces US ''Zira" was. have a chance
to live new life and no stones be cast
at them.
There is good thing. from The
Sketch. London. about the great musi-
cal genius. Caruso. and his experiences
in So r Francisco during the aarth~ua'ra
He tells the thing himself. IN t'1i"
paper CarusO denies the renor-s t''at
~aade him anDear as half crazy WITH
Foar when tho great dieaStA~ shnois
him rn at the st. Fro ncis Hotel F"re
30 sNn7e extracts f~o~n what he has
Il GOV ~ hts Axnarfon~e~'
on the Tuesday evening. the night be-
fore the great catastrophe 7 went TO
bed feeling cOntented- l had sung in
Carmen that night. and he opera had
gone with fine eclat. We were all I
plea sed. and as I said before. l went
70 bed that night feeling happy and
but what an awakening, You must
know that | am not very heavy I
sleeper always wake early. and
when l feel restless 1 get M and 90
early ] wake up about +
o'clock. feeling my bed rocking as
though | am in ship on the ocean.
End for tho moment = think l am
dreaming that l am crossing the water
on ny way to NIX beautiful country.
Ard SO ] take no notice for the moment
and then. as tho rocking continues. 1
get up and co 70 the window. raise the
shade and lock out. And what I see
makes ne trerr,ble with fear. l see the
buildings topDling over. big pieces of
masonry falling. and from the street
below I hear the cries and screams of
men and women and children.
remain speechless. thinking am in
some dreadful nightmare, and for come
thing like forty seconds I stand there.
while the BUILDINGS fall and my room
still rocks like a boat on the sea. And
during that forty seconds / think of
forty thousand different things. All
that ! have ever done In my life PASSES
before me. and l remember trivial
things and important things. I think
0f my first appearance in grand opera.
and / feel nervous as to my reception.
and again l think I am going through /
ast nights Carmen"
When we arrive at Oakland we find
train there which is just about TO
start. and the officials are very nolite.
AXE charge OF my luggage. and tell 4
ne to get on board. which am very
g'ad to Go. The trip to New York
seems very long and tedious. and
-leep very little for | can still feal
he terrible rocking which made me
SICK. Even now l can only sleep an
loUr at time. for the experience was
Ia 1o