The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-12

success here as we'll as there, TO the |
advantage and qualification of oil con-
cerned.
A KEokUk WoMAN'S SUCCESS.
Keokuk men and women continue to
make good in all lines of human en-
deayor. Among those who have gone
forth and won place and name
for themselves in the world at large
is Mrs. Jessie E. Pringle, at present
member of the William Ingersoll
company, now appearing nightly in
repertoire of high-grade productions
in the Garrick theatre in Salt Lake
City. During the present week she is
playing the part of Betty Fairfax"
in THE Virginia Courtship." From
the first she has confined herself
mostly to stock and she has achiev-
ed distinct success in characters and
grande danes. Her first experience
on the stage, as every loyal and APP
preciative Keokukian will readily re-
call, was in amateur entertainments.
In these she displayed unmistakahle
dramatic talent which she has since
developed by intelligent and ccnscien-
tious effort. One of her most delight
full qualities is her perfect frankness
with herself and the public. In re-
cent interview she did not hesitate
to declare that she loves her art,
her work, the public and applause
Her own words best express the prog
gress she has made in her work. year
after year, until the attainment of her
present position in the theatrical pro-
fession, and they will be read with in
terest by a large circle of keokuk
friends:
Il really do love the work and have
loved it from the beginning of my
stage career l entered the stage
world, primarily, for artistic reasons
and not because of any possible great
| financial success. 1t is source OF
qualification, though, to realize that
my absolutely sincere devotion to art
itself, for art itself, has been produc-
tive of results financially as well as
artistic. Had my 'target-thought
been money and not art am
thoroughly confident that the measure
of success that has followed me, and
even the modest prominence of my po-
sition in the theatrical world, today,
would not be mine. My prominence
/ is modest, indeed, compared with the
'bigness' of my theatre world, and /
realize fully my 'littleness' in it, and
yet l feel that l have not studied
and worked in vain. have accom-
] nil oh Cd / nd
to in this short span of time, and, al
/ though | have not yet reached one
of the topmost rungs in the Ladder
of Fame, my ambition is undiminished
and my energies as vigorous and sin
cere as when in the first fond fancy
of ambitions birth, | nourished my
! ideals and dreamed my dreams of the
coveted goal ahead-the target |
must try to hit. In these few years
4 | have cherished these ideals and
dreams and have never lost sight OF
the fact that if fate should decree
that / am to be one out of the vast
army In our theatrical world TO hit
the bullseye of permanent popularity
it must be with the arrow of earnest
endeavor chose, from the first, my
present line of work, for 1t opened
to my minds eye the greatest scope
for dramatic possibilities. To be able
to impress an audience as favorabli
in any one Of the many character
studies that this line affords, to 81
able to enact the character Of tbs
dear, white-haired, old lady, VIII
nothing but the sweet, the loving, tbs
benign in her nature; then to depic
the uncouth and horrible brutality o
the old witch; to keep an audience
In good nature, either as buxon
Bridget from the Emerald Isle, man
moth Nanny from Dixie land, or
Jolly Katrina from Germany; or t
impress with the stolid dignity of
solemn 'Squaw' from Gods Grea
West; all this appealed to me
ample reward for the diligence an
effort required. have been deepl
: sincere in my study of the diheren
: characters / have assumed, and hav
often asked myself the question,
| looked across the foothgnts, ho'
. many of you, out there, stop TO col
. slider the amount Of thought, stud
and work 1t has cost us, back here, !
> portray these characters TO your III
I ing? We must study the characte
! Itself, we must study Tue uioicS'
( we must study the costume; we mus
e study and commit the lines, and
r hundred and one details to build "a
p character Alright. If we fall snort
7 any of these. how very quickly yo
out there, detect 1t"
1t speaks volumes for Mrs. Pr1gie
Z ability and the sincerity of her "ol
:. that she has been re-engaged by o.
It managers in nearly every city Whe
r she has played. She was with u
IS Peoples Theatre, stock, Chicago, "
+ seasons; Baldwin Melville, stock, ne
Orleans, three seasons; Friend,Brow
q stock, Milwaukee, one season; Cast
!. SQUARE Theatre, stock, Boston, "
d seasons; Albee, stock, Providence, O
k season; and Poll, stock, Bridgepo
six consecutive seasons. All heok'
!. viii note with pleasure the favor va
y which she has been received.
a NOTES AND COMMENT.
II Is generally agreed that Joi