Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-07-03
OLD-TIME FAVORITES
Some Remenicences Connected with the
Byeone Local Drama

The Kuhn Il Lawrence Big Road
Show afforded an opportunity. last
week. for greeting number of very
clever people. and extending n special
welcome TO two of the members
Ina and Blanche Forrest who were
school children here uptoabout eight
years ago, when their parents moved
to Seattle. and they. soon afterwards,
entered on the vaudeville stage. hay
ing in early youth manifcsteda liking
as well as considerable aptitude for
dramatic parts. and occasionally APP
appearing as SupcrnunarieS for the
Noble. the Shirley. the Weidman.
and other wcek-stand attractions.
OlympianS are always glad To cX-
tend Il welcome to returning Old-tlmc
acquainSanccS. or those to the man
ncr born who have obtained rccogni-
ton of merit in any acceptable field
of cndcavor. 1t will be remembered
that the Jcal sisters. born in this city.
became the most famous cqucStrianS
in tented shows. One left her calling
to marry well in England; the other
ny NtIdlNt III Il'l lt'N lIlS9 lll'. Nctilt W
the city of her nativity with one of
the larger clrcuScS, many years ago.
when grown to womanhcOd, and shed
tears of delight, us well rs of regret
over Time $ changes.
Annie PiXlcy, who attained world
wide fame, was an Olympia school
girl, and with her sister Minnie. ap-
pearcd in minor comedy, at Columbia
hall, many years before she received
enthusiastic plauditS of metropolitan
audiences in the old world as well as
the new. Her sister Minnie ended
her incipient dramatic career by mar
a prominent citizen of Portland. in
which city she still resides. Annie
PiXlcy tor Mrs Fulford, as she was
known in the latter partof her bril-
liant career) became wealthy well
as famous. She died in New York
where she was born. in 1S56-
little over Il decade ago, while in the
zenith of her power and popularity
George Cooper, while not at any
time a resident of this city, who
played the title rate of Little Lord
fauntleroy, at the opening of Olym-
pia theatcr, on the night of December
10Th, 1890, is worthy of mention in
this connection. from the cordial
welcome she received ten years later,
when she returned a beautiful, tai
ented and accomplished miss of sew
enteen, and performed u leading part
with tirst-class company. receiving
generous applause as an "old-time
favorite, " with an afterpiece at
Doane's that emphasized the sinceri-
ty of her many admirers.
There "reminiscences are revived by
the appearance of the Forrest sisters,
who have just begun the toilsome as
cent of the ladder which leads to fame
when talent is united with pcrsever-
ence and ambition. Their work
in the present company, extends no
farther than the song and dance"
parts, but they serve admirably to
give that confidence, and reserve
force SO essential in scaling the
plane of legitimate drama. That
what they do, they do well. is very
generally conceded, and it is not cx-
pecting too much to predict a bright
future for them, if they make proper
use of their ready wit, which only
needs the support of careful study
and training to develope high order
of merit. AT least that is our opin-
ion, and we are content for Time to
demonstrate its SOundness.