Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-07
RICHARD MANSFIELD.
An Approximately James ODOnnell Bennett the Chicago
Record-Herald.

Mr Mansfield paid for his great gifts
with great suffcrings. Probably nobody
can tell how long a mortal disease had
had aim in It's Strip. II must have been
a long time. for his was. To the out
ward eye, a superb constitution He
bad IN arm like "A hammer and sinews
that stood out like whipCords He was.
up 10 few months OF his death. a
great walker. He loved the sea. and
children. and flowers. loved 10 be alone
in the pen where he could throw back
his shoulders and take long brear-s
and sing deeply 10 himself Much as
he liked 20 be with the people whom
he loved, he preferred 90 take his walks
alone, and : think that Il was when
bee Was pounding along In his terse.
hard stride thar he thought out most
OF HIS roles His favorite walk iu Chi
cago w'.s along the Lake Shore drive
and up the erplanade OF Lincoln park,
whore he could peer into the gray tones
of the eastern horizon on an autumn
day and snin the miles and miles OF
water.
Tie was man whom 20 know was
NOT alone an education but AN inspira-
tou. He was always an incentive. He
made you fee-in his private c0nversa-
tion. l mean-not only that the best
WAS the only thing worth trying for.
but that II was possible That was
The great charm and help OF the man.
Ou came away from him 70 inVigor-
atcd. lie loved music, and he was A
composer He was "A aaEacious critic
of pictures, ana he could paint He
had an exquisitely attuned ear for the
eadence or verso, and he could trans
late French and German poetry into
English that should bear the voice n
the actor on waves OF melody m n
loved any tradition-aud ne scorned
most N them--it was the Garrick tra-
ditiou because, he said. Garrick waz
versatile and worker. A Constant
phrase on mis- lips was "Nothlrv "a
done without work" and 20 his come
pauy me- used % say az rehearsals Il
work ln the theater and out. Wher
I I'm not acting I'm lecturlnR. or Writing
an article for the rcvlcws-anyfhing
to get the people into the playhouse
and keep them Interested An our AIT
While youi-ycu are oafsi You are
satisfied 10 get through by the easiesi
way. Here am I tolline here am ]
supporting you all in idlensss ana self
satisfaction. and the public that hon-
/ ors us 10 being robbed 10 a. disrust-
ing II "a ridiculousl ! shall close
/ my tour and send you an back 20 New
[ York"
lie would wax warmer ana warmer
T as he spoke ana become enraptured 81
[ hls flow Of vituperatlon-thus oontin-
/ uiug
You are an discharged You shall
| he eiecred from your downy beds n
| case and learn what work really means.
| wash my hands OF you an. 1 cease
nom this instant % be answorable for
| you. You are elothful. and you may
| htarye. You are not even amateur
/ Tor amateur, from the Latin amare
meaning % love "a thing, has an honor
| able aisnincance. But you DO not love
/ your work. Therefore. we part. You
| viii sec my treasurer ana secure such
/ monies ne loved the OLD form Of ths
| world -as you may think arc due
! you, ana SO youi ways, / dlsmias-I
hereby dismiss-the rehearsal"
That was one aide Of him
The other side was not 10 well known
nor nearly ~ much talked about n
was dlfelosed and tested and nayeF
found wanting when those who Vera