The Irish standard., 1913-11-22

have forced even his political oppo-
nents to admit that he can be de-
lightful socially" His conversation
dealt that morning with the question
Of children's toys, on which he spoke
with his usual profundity and elo.
quence.
During a Southern tour she met
General Grant, then President, Of
whom she writes as follows: "Kind-
illness and simplicity are marked
traits Of the President, while a GER
tain ruggedness of manner and
speech that was suggestive Of his
earlier life, gave an additional inter.
est to all he said and did" Some
years afterwards, Miss Anderson was
greeted by a stranger at Washington.
The actress failed to recognize Gen.
Grant, then much altered. II have
grown paler and thinner" he explain.
ed, being no longer President, l am
not banquetted SO much" She alse
met Gen. Sherman about thi slime.
He knew more about the stage, Sha.
kespeare and the drama generally,
than any eminent person she had met.
His personality gave the impression
of rugged strength, so much so that
his entrance into a room was like a
blast Of fresh invigorating air."
When Miss Anderson touches on
her own professional career, she has
much to say that is interesting, and
a fair idea of her excellent humor is
shown in the following passage in
"Othello': "The result of slipshod
rehearsal was nearly disastrous.
Whenever Desdemona remarked that
her lord was coming from one side,
he invariably appeared in the oppo.
site direction, thus giving the audi.
ence to understand that Desdemona
had eyes in the back of her head.
In one scene Miss Morris and were
on the stage together. The cue had
been given for Othello to enter, but
he did not appear.
ITO fill in the awkward pause that
followed, I remarked: Here comes
my noble lord!" Another pause and
yet no Moor in sight. Miss Morris
equal to the occasion, said, after an
other wait, I will go and seek the
Moor thus leaving me quite alone
upon the vast stage during a sus
pense of nearly three minutes which
seemed as many hours. Fortunately
l had piece Of embroidery in my
hand, and there sat, smiling namely
and trying to appear as though the
situation were enjoyable. Either thu
audience felt for me, or grow weary
Of the long silence, for in the mids,
of it they burst into applause which
l took as a reward for my patience
The stiffness after that grew oppres,
sive, and was becoming unbearable
when at'last saw Miss Morris with
Othello in tow.
"Springing to my feet and flingins
away the embroidery, l cried with
transport: oh, be praised, We heav.
ems. here comes the noble Moor al
last!," 1t was some time before
Othello recovered his composure, as
he had been changing for the mex,
act, having entirely forgotten abou,
this scene. What so eminent ar
actress has to say about Shake
spearian drama is of Importance. She
does not at all agree with the propo
sition that Shakespeare spells finan
cial ruin. when he is we'll treated
says the former actress, shake
speare never fails to draw the public
THE repertoire Of Booth and Bar
rett consisted principally of the mas
ter's plays, and their financial as
we'll as artistic success was very
great. Irving could always fill his
theater with the great Bard's plays
Salvini's most signal triumphs in
America, England and the Continent
were in Othello, and l have neve,
seen the Theater Francois so con
stantly crowded as during run Of
Hamlet. Shakespeare is for all climes
and all times"