The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-29
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

One OF life's celebrated little iron
les was recorded in the papers the
other day.
An elderly woman, formerly sue
cessful novelist, but whose later work
has not received recognition, fell dead
to the floor of her small apartment in
New York after sitting up all night
writing on story which she thought
might sell and bring her some money.
Her aged mother and invalid sister
were in the other small room, the two
making a home for the three people
once affluent. Once enjoying all the
good things of this world
There is no tragedy like that of the
played out vein of artistic talent.
The poet who has outlived his time.
The actor who has lost his physical
grip.
The musician now passe.
The prima dome with voice gone.
The actress grown matronly-per-
haps entirely fat.
In no art, or profession, is physical
personality so necessary or so valua-
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is it's most dreaded and most unrelent'
ing ehemy.
Sarah Bernhard is the wonder and
the Amusement of the generations that
have seen her act. Seemingly she is
the one personality who has defied
time.
And yet there are deadly parallels
in Sarah's anatomy. Her profile-as
seen half dozen years ago with GER
tain style of hair dressing affected by
the celebrated actress at that time,
was damning.
A profile, as stated here not long
ago, is the clearest index of the pas
sage of the years.
Let the beauty devotees look con
stantly to the conservation OF their
profiles. For therein can be seen the
danger signal. 1t often flies just be-
hind the ears.
A pathetic illustration of the loss of
the magic charm is Mary Mannering
now appearing in "The Garden of Al
lah,' dramatization of Hichens' nov
ell of that name, which holds the
boards in New York.
Miss Mannering, the divorced wife
of James K. Hackett and remarked
last spring to Detroit millionaire, an
nounced her intention at that time OF
retiring forever from the stage.
They always do.
And then they come back
That is they go back-but are not al
ways able to come back
Miss Mannering held, at the time OF
her greatest popularity by the fascina'
ton of her dark beauty. Her acting
talents were negligible. She made an
effective stage picture, always, and
hence played romantic roles with some
success.
Hers was a romantic beauty rather
than that of passion.
She was called to play the lover
ess" in the Garden of Allah
affixed, by the way, in collaboration
with the author, by Mary Anderson
the most loved Of American actresses
long since retired. Mary Anderson
it might be stated, in passing, never
possessed, it is said by the justest OF
her critics, that fire and poetry OF
passion that obsesses an audience.
She was great--but cold. Great as
a marble statue is sublime.
Alas, for Mary Mannering, however
Pictures and heartless New York
critics say that she has acquired toe
much avoirdupois. That she is not
convincing That she is, indeed. ma
tronly. That the illusion of youth has
departed.
Her embonpoint is excessive.
To be alliterative, the actress
should fight fat not fitfully but fiend
ishly.
To return to the worn out writer.
Thinking that story based on the
Beattie case might be timely she