Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-06-30
ETHEL BARRYMoRE's CAREER.
Stage Life of the popular Actress
Who Was Recently Married.


Ethel Barrymore, who has had the
distinction of winning success IN
more poor plays than any actress
now on our stage, was married Few
DAYS ago in New York to Russell
! Colt, SON of the rubber king and
one of the best-known men in Rhode
| Island
1t is extremely doubtful if she ap-
pears on the stage after this spring.
| She becomes the daughter-ln-laW OF
| a multi-millionaire and it is probable
that her husband will wish her to
devote all her time to society, OF
which she has long been a great ia
vorite. Ethel Barrymore, as an
actress, will be no loss to the stage
for her work and methods are crude
and she has many distressing man
nerisms. But she has a rare gilt
personality, and it has given her a
huge following and great success. IL
has enabled her to appear for months
at time in plays which would nave
been sent to the store-house IN as
many days in the hands OF another
actress. On the stage she is abso-
lutely independent and off of it she is
absolutely democratic and it is prob
able that she doesn't in the least care
what anyone says of her. She has
many friends, many who will sincere
ly regret it if she retires to private
life, for she is gifted in many ways.
AS every one knows, she is the
daughter of the late Maurice Barry
more, the beloved, and George Drew
BARRYMORE, and she made her debut
in New York in the fall OF 1896 IN
her uncle, John Drew S company,
when she was little more than an
awkward girl She went on as an
understudy but she won favor I'M
mediately and then disappeared from
public view for a time. She next ap-
peared with Mr.. Drew and Maude
Adams in a little role in Rosemary
and won still more friends by her
sweet girlishness and charm. Then
she went to London and became
member of Sir Henry Irvings COM
pany, learning much from that great
master and returned here to show
her new-formed talents in small
role in Catherine, in which Annie
Russell was starring. Still bit lat
er she was allowed to play Jessie
Millard's role in His EXcellency, the
Governor On the road and her sue
cess in this was so great that Charles
Frohman decided to make her a
star and Clyde Fitch wrote Capt.
Jinks of theeHorse Marines as her
first stellar vehicle. 1t was in 1900
that she made her debut as star
in Philadelphia with really wonder
full results and since then the Ethel
Barrymore cult has been constantly
on the increase. Since then there
have been many plays for her. A
Country Mouse was success and
Carrots, which was used as q cur
tain raiser for it, still greater one.
In the latter she appeared as boy.
AS Sunday, in the play of that name,
she had one of her best parts and
made one of her greatest hits. She
scored failure as scrubwoman
in The Silver Box, made a really
good impression as Nora in A Dolls
House, scored something of fail
ure in Ellen Terry's roe in Alice-Sit-
by the Fire and "got by on her per-
sonality last year in Her Sister. This
year she has been appearing in a
clever comedy called Lady Freder
lex. These are by no means all OF
the plays the young woman has been
seen in, but they are the most inn
portant and will be the longest re-
membered.