The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-27
THE PECULIAR PSYCHOLOGY OF THE 'CUE"
Parts Learned by Pages Which Sometimes Float Wis.,
ually Before the Vision Some Interesting
"reminiscences of Kyrle Beew.

, Mr.. Fairfax was an adrairer of the
personality and the theatric art Of
Kyrle Bellew, whose death few
weeks since was referred to at length
here.
kyrle Bellew was very devout, said
Mr.. Fairfax. A Catholic and some
thing of a mystic, he was profoundly
affected by the spiritual ministrations
of the church and, also, devoted at
tender upon it's services, rising early
to attend mass when on tour, although
to do SO was something of discom-
| fort.
Kyrle's sister, his only living rela-
tive, is sister in an English convent,
by the way.
Bellows turn for mysticism was
manifested by an interest in and an in !
vestigation of oriental PHILOSOPHERS
and cults, and also in those mysteri |
GUS magician's performances which
have mystified the world.
Bellew. as stated here before. was
exceedingly clever with card tricks, |
said Mr.. Fairfax. He liked nothing |
better than to amuse himself with |
these when alone and to astonish his
friends with their presentation, and
! one of his most successful forms of !;
entertainment was accomplished in !
this manner
Bellew was a great gentleman, said |
Mr.. Fairfax.
| The latter told of an incident which !
| illustrated this and also his exquisite
courtesy and consideration. An awk-
| ward boy attached to theatre in
which Mr.. Bellew was appearing. came
to Mr.. Bellows apartments but was
much abashed to find a number of
other persons there. His confusion
was evident and distressing, but this
Bellew seemed not to notice in the
least. The great actor greeted the
boy as an honored guest, took him I'M
der his special social protection,
| showed him about the rooms, filled
with works of art and curios, explain
ing and talking easily, until the boys
embarrassment vanished.
This was the more amiable on the
part of Bellew since the apartments
were filed with notables and celebri-
ties and less tactful host would pos
olO1y nave 1CII tAC wy " LILO O"A NC
vices-but not so the actor, whose So
cial diplomacy was as apparent as his
histronic. Il
Kyrle Bellew always possessed a
fascination for women and his TO-
mances were many, although, like
other magnetic personalities, much be-
fore the public, he was bored with
much unsought and unwelcome adula-
ton of this sort.
His secretary took charge, said Mr.
Fairfax, of this one-sided amatory cor
respondence, but although he was
bombarded by his feminine admirers,
who cared more for his personality
than his art, he was never cynical in
his expressions about this phase OF
his theatrical activities nor in his at
titude toward women.
For he was, as said Mr.. Fairfax, al
ways the great, the beautiful gentle
man. A fine chivalry of spirit, as we'll
as Of conduct, SO rare as to command
an obesiance of respect and admira-
ton.
Mr.. Bellew, it is said, was very
much in love with his artistic femin-
inc confrere, with whom he played for
long, Mrs. James Brown Potter, but
however that may be, or to whom he
may have paid his allegiance, he was
sad and lonely man.
AS anachronistic as it may seem to
the public, it is true, says Mr.. Fairfax,
that the love of, and for, home obtains
among theatrical people. The constant
travel, the shifting about hurridly
from place to place, month after
month, becomes nauseatingly weari-
some and irksome, and the actor longs
for nothing more than a permanent
abode.
This was not absent in Bellew and
his death Gin harness" far away from
his own English Monochrome" only
in the meaning of the land Of his ma
tivity, for, otherwise, he was homeless
possessed a pathos poignant and
rending.
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