The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03

Ely Leased Wire 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK, April Miss Edith
Taliafcrro, who has been playing the
role of Rebecca Rowcna Randall IN
''Rebccca of Sunuybrook Farm" is
out of the cast owing to illness. She
pany was playing Providence, and IS
confined 10 her room IN hotel IN that
city Meantime. Miss Lorraine Frost
is playing the title role. Miss Talia'
ferro was confirmed last week In The
Church of the Advent. Boston, by
Bishop Lawrence. The pastor of the
church, the Rev DR.. William Van
ferro. Writing of her in the Living
Church, the organ of the Episcopal
church. DR.. Allen said:
] wonder ii YOU would be interested in
\ memory that has just been brought
back very vividly 10 me. Thirteen years
ago l was travelling west I'm a railway
train. The other occupants OF the Pull
man We're members OF theatrical com
pany, with dear old Hcrne FOR their head
who had been playing shore Acres.
The IiuieSt member of the droup" WAS
little four ycar-od girl, whose important
duty was in the balnYard scene. to splash
water up into tue race Of the on uncle.
She was tho pct of the who'll" company,
naturally. and she made friends with me
with Il charming readiness ana sweet
simplicity that | have found TO be char
ac;eristc Of children of the stage always.
She told me, with a proper pride, mat
she had a star dressing room already.
but ] discovered that she was t1e 'easl
bit uupleasantly prcCocious. ana that she
loved fairy tales and dolls quite rs much
as other normal children OF hey age. i
was my first contact with child actress.
and own 10 y5I frankly that ! lost my
heart 10 her Ever since then we nave
been good friends. and some OF my
brightest memories have To do Win VISITS
behind The scenes, when. IN inc inl%rSais
-, ,N,,, .1,ll n,
and dressed and undrcsscd. and the dolls
tea parties given partly In my honor; OF
of frolics on the green grass under the
blue spring skies, when We made oeli"N"
TO be inst OF an age. | taught her once
the sweet old prayer that some Of YOU
know already:
God blass this house from roof To floor,
The twelve apostles guard the coor
Two at the foot. Two at the head
For Jesus sake. Amen.
She told me al the end OF the season:
81 said that dear little prayer every
night while VIC were on The road, ana |
am sure God heard 1t, because l got back
safely But l often wondered how the
four good angels wcro going to get round
my upper BERTH
Well. saw my little friend the other
night. and 10, IL was not metropolitan
PLAYHOUSE at all. IL was the state OF
Maine. and q little village called River
boro and brick house by the bank oi
lie river, WtHft b'Dtitt l-b"'lish nun
dali lived with her two maiden aunts. II
ever there was white magic, IL hIooded
over that theatcr. The very spirit oI
that exquisite, elusive. delicate, eager
thrilling child, abode in tho actress who
took her part. Ii wasn't n play. il was
reality; and my companion stopped his
applause every now and then to wipe ms
eyes and forgot TO wipe his eyes because
OF the need of more applause. il plays
were always like that. the old alliance
between church and stage would certain
ly renew itself and I have heard many
sermons which did much less good than
a single hearing OF ''RebcCca OF Sunny
brook Farm But like TO think that the
youthful star is still my friend. and that
she has kept all through these years the