The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23

or possibility tNaf q h%ahth44 Ef
an@en MAY b~ q participant tu tae
go life II th. theatre fusY aFtG&
vp*n men - mtsferaz1~ "re*f4HTanf&
r.av aae.rr The f~ef8foas hss~ptsfts@%
- IA T~mt4srAsin. and sun Fr
~ s.a*sW Isut 8n common tatFm
81, @bssn1a Ge k&5t thsf Evelyn N*h
l~fars efse nt~, Stanford Ahst" h-
~t~.~sx ~.f h.r sesf - th~ POWERED
uath thaf leads ts hat ene ractHE ~
sas II bong thereafter th&t n"r
teens wfh Jack sasEtnar~ "rfs
marked This worried Mr. N~sbs
nnt 3 U1gie. pre2si4mE thaf k*S1'
might commit th@ dreadful tndt@fe
ION - marrying the pennies &nd al
trartf1e actor Ngt lrgturyt r. s
uuau the matter. White. toa. 49,
opposed - Rarryrnore-so EvFgn let
him and ne yantshes from TIE ~taEe
SoS W. aud Evelyn and n~r man
ma Installed - Whites sxp~n@ Ia e
good hotel Il + worth "A ment.s
mat -aamra's lDeosue from white :
generosity IS about three ttU
EvelSu's from the Saf1e Suurce Prob
ahR the shrpwt man ~ th* Nofsa
perceived thst So 3 week @as enough
20 Keen The girl content. while too ltt-
tie 10 permit Of any e-Ttravagant
~<uiurging on her own account an8
ina. mamma. well paid. would pros
m ef5e5snt guardian stanford Nhste
aur.ars Ii have been @auaF,hIng at
financial philosopher
Evelyn Content with White.
In these days Evelyn WAS happy
n was content MIA White found
nm entertaining; was battered. no
doubt. ~ the cornpanion~hir ~ q man
II hiS elegance and prestige, and leti
2 sort at feline prediction fpr tbs
author ~ her ne~ comforts anl Gle
sarceS
Evelyn plays nith ms a. kitten
might. Whit. onre said eiaomlIs n 8
friend Shc doesn't really care IsI
me
III strange thli,g IL that White.
came really a. care for the g.Ti. II
10 % possession was over - toss his
mist .s aside. lot his chIli-woman
took hold 0n his heart. Contrary a.
il is 70 the general opinion. I believe
that after me first her attraction fo1
him Vas far less physical than In
tellectual For those II us - hn studied
hrr during thos. long DAYS In the
court room il Is easy 10 see hoN keen
a pleasure u man Of Whites nature
would take IN that unusual mind-mo-
bile. liastic. responsive an element -
work in As the nodcicr forms Ills
clay. In hat sense the re-
latione between them. ~slbversiSc ~
il still j. 81 morally, becomes less
sinister: rises slowly above its own
level. Here is no longer the StJyr IN
I'Al SUI III tIAF tAA 3a 4FtAt. 4tGt .'f4F At4kF
lectuai epicuTean irving Ms master
UpGn ! netA medium.
stimulated Her Ambition.
There j. evidence that ;hc girl took
gratefully 10 his training Every
morning he came 70 her hotel with
books for her to read. suggestions far
study, and stimulants TO her ambition
"fhith VAS a live and growing attrl-
butte. Under his guidance She got i
more thorough grounding AZ the I'm
giish classics than tn. average woman
of culture has at twice her age knew
her Shakespeare and Dickens well
with Something Of Milton. keatc, SheI-
ley, Tennyson. and the lesser lights.
He talked with her Of art and musie.
too, and found her interest and her
ambition for Sclf-improYcment re-
SpOnsihe at every point
In the midst II heI lessons ThaW
came into her life, With his $50 till
around the stem Of I'll
American Beauty rose, = combination
of the practical and esthetIc truly W8r-l
thy OF a Pittsburg imagination Therc
seemed some lang. that tho n~e0cnIn-
crs methods would commend
him 10 mamma, 50 Whit packed ENe-I
Iyn off to school in New Jersey Her
it was that she wrote that %unIaucl
diary, 50 shrewd. 50 cynical, with rs
colby philosophical estimate o. 'fnel
world-mine oyster"
Has TendcrIoin Appetite Vet.
Here indeed Nas Evelyn chance to
max something Of herself. to lay the
foundations Of being what at this
time she wanted to be-a genuinely
great actress. But she could not rid
herself Of the Tenderl0in appetite. |
h tells how on her first appearance
at the peaceful little school she came
IN with al the agility OF the soubrette
ana proceeded to get shy The last
waking hOueh OF her FIRST night
there was. II wonder how far ! am
from ltector's2" And, again, the re-
ference to my 'virtuouS white bed"
(the adjective being in quotation
marks in her diary. n the sardonic
conjecture that if she stayed at the
long enough she, too, would |
become "A noble character" followed
by three points and 4 !
sketch OF a nun. The other girls, she
and would make good views and moth +.
erS, but that vas all None 81 that
for Evelyn. RectoF's was still the
center Of her world, and would be:
the advantage Of a guarded %girlhood.
there Is no mint of repining at her
career. That cool. protective
cynicism which most Of us learn
through sore disillusionment was Eve
iyn Nesbit's as by some dire estate
Of birth.
Soft side TO lie Nature.
Yet there is a charming side, too.
To ner school days. She WORKED hard
ana earnestly and kept her ~incugntto
AfterwarA h jestingly surmiscd the
probable nutter in that dovccOtc could
they nave recognized the hawk under
her meek plumagc. She made friends
With ! crippled horse ana a f~orlorn
and sick kitten, the pleasant touches
81 softnesS she anywhere exhibited
ANA there is a charming school leg nd
OF hrr once having wandered of alone
INTO 4 patch Of woodland. and. fng
herself IL Is sunlet glade. full Of the
music n fragrance OF the springtime.
casting herself for the rart
~ Audrey in AS You Like It," and
acting il out there for the approval
Of the song SpaTrows and thruSAne
Both her teachers and herI
remember her for