The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-10-09
EVA BOOTH ANOTHER JEANNE gIl
D'ARC. LEADING GREAT ARMY OF PEACE

When EvsnusIIns Booth was born
Into tho evangelist family Of that
name Instead Of the Booth family
Of actors. tho world lost . hIstst
ouios star. n lost more than that.
perhaps. FOR Eva eoosh might have
become . famous poet " she hao
not entirely devoted her great olsss
and her time 10 tho cause OF the
Salvation Army. the mighty or9sn''
ration established by her father.
shs might have ranked with the W
iustrious musicians and composers
Of the day.
For ahe is all that--a poet. nu'
sicIan. an artist. dramatio won
der. Tall. majestic. graceful. stili
under 10. she IL the type that might
we'll have fitted into the role of
Jeanne dare OF former day. Mons
cen hear her speak without recog.
nixinx tho genius In her.
Though she has carried her work
20 many countries. though she has
spoken IA the eiums Of London and
Now York. and In the wildn OF the
klondike In the early days af the
rush. there IL not the slightest mas.
cuIine trace IN her voice. It's the
appealing feminine that touches
| your heart. and It's the voice OF a
poet and . musician. ~ well OF the
eloquent orator
There IL little OF the "haiisiujah"
Ioratory In hor addresses. Her pow.
or OF description IL comparable with
that Of Dickens and q kipiing. II
contains tho exsctnnss OF the former
aud the poetry Of the latter.
Wonderful Power
She spoke on The Songs of a
city nj tho Moore theatre yeatsr.
day And as you listened TO her
sweet voice you could see her plling
books upon books Into one great
building. ranaaesIng every library
In the country. every library In the
world. There they were. all massed
and hsaped IN one gigantic pile.
Not one nook or corner ia the en-.
tire universe escaped that thorough
collection. no book. however musty
and dusty, but that II was there.
brought into one central place BY
that wonderful eioqucncc. You see
the books that have had much sue.
cess. and those that have had little
suceess: books that have run
through several editions. and books
that you never have heard Of And
there you can see II as plainly as
x..s. ssasx -. H. ,rn t..sfs
before you the book that has had
the largest circulation and haA gone
through more editions than any
other. It's the Bible.
Some day III writo the history
Of religious nonxs." some one told
Miss Booth. But 4, cannot be
dome That IL tho ahsoluto i'm.
preston you would have gotten II
you had heard her. she spoke Of
operas. and composers. and mt
sicians
"fiut Who could writc the history
of Rock of Axes'r- she exclaimed
And. indeed. who couidy You could
appreciate the utter futilisy OF pay
inx proper tribute To tha taars. aud
Joy. and pathcs. and laughter. and
tho blood. and the life. and the
death. and the immortality with
which Miss Booth clothed the song.
An acsrcrsf Perhaps Evangsline
Booth may not pride herself on
snch title. But an actress she IN.
q star. an artist. who might have
bean Axuds Adams n her path
had been led toward the foosiixhts
instead ~ tho poor alieyx. where
fellow beings want for food and
shelter.
\ genius loads the 1000 mem.
bsrs Of the Salvation Army in
Amsrics--snothsr Jeanne d'Arc she
10. but she leads IN army Of peace.