The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

Fair ard forty, but NOT fat, although
s.,~ra,m4 dfvfnely tan" IS Mime. Clara
Tsrrrn the celebrated English contra1to
WAC last NORTH began an American
foIrr. Mime Butt thsz=wise Mrs Ken
ner4w Runfnrd, and a happy wife and
r,oxher as well as a. worid-faraous
ruemra CT song, was born forty years
aRo today, Feb I. 1872 atsSo1thw1ck,
a little Sussex city. and was educated
at the Royal College Of Music IN Lon
don She il a femMnine giantess.
arardaAw six feet and tsyo and a half
fncfnes and her commanding height
sIone would remarkably figure in any
asserr1kaaRe- But when she opens her
mouth and sings. everything is for
tzotter but the voice. wonderful in Its
f.r1Inesa baritone in the lower regis
eer. but m the upper tones clear as q
Nj and sweet as imagined music of
the spheres
Nine Butt made her debut at a
Royal College of Music students per
form ance At the LyceuEn Theatre In
-T.,,(zon twenty years ago. The Prince
Of wales, later King Edward, was en-
tranced by the voice Of the young
'xizntezs and led the wild applause
that followed her part in nhe program
she paid her first visit to America
thirteen years ago, and made as many
aIrnirers on this side of the Atlantic
rs in England, where her ability is
1r-1fverEzIlz recognized. When she ap-
peared in Carnegie hail. New York,
last month she was given esn enthusl-
astic welcome and greeted with
ruuultuous approval MnAe. Butt Will
extend her tour to the Pacific coast,
and expects TO spend some time in
California
London was the birthplace, fifty
three years to-day. of Henry Miller
the distinguished actor. He was rear
ma and educated at Toronto, and the
Ontario metropolis was the scene of
his dramatic premiere 1t is said
that he determined upon q stage ca
reer after reading an articles about the
early struggles of Henry Irving. The
theatrical bee began buzzingt when Mr..
Miller was only fifteen, and for four
wears he studied elocution atnd fire.
auented the galleries of the Toronto
theatres- observing the methads of all
the famous actors that visited that
sIty He was uineteen when the man.
srer of a stock company gave him
the coveted chance to appeal. on the
stage of a Toronto playhouse His
premiere was in Macbeth and be-
fore the close of the season he was
appearing in leading juvenile parts in
classic drama The following sea
son he was with Modjeska, in minor
roles and soon afterward he was Civ
en- an engagement by Adelaide Neil
son In1SS2, shortly after his TWEEN
ty-second birthday, .Augustin Daily en-
gagged him for +Odette'' in New York
His first appearance as a. star was IL
1886 in -sHeartsease.' Since tn en- he
has become one of the leadingf actor
managers of America
daughter OF FngladdsVho has be
come prominent on the American
stage is Miss Rose Coghlan, who, il
private life. is Mrs Augustin l2itou
Jr Miss Coghlan will celebrate hel
thirty-seventh birthday to-day He
father. Charles Cogh1an, was a. well
known actor, and her aunt, Ros'
CoEhlan. once a. bprIesque beauty, wa
long ?. star in the legitimate and; i'm
menseIy popular on both sides OF tn
Atlantic Gertrude Coghlan Studiet
painting in London, but visiting Amer
fca with her father, she decided to fol
low his profession. Her first aprAear
auce. at the age of sixteen, was il
Diplomacy at Detroit Last ndntl
she appeared in the four-star pro-duc
ton OF Fine Feathers in New York
with Robert Edeson. Max Figmans a nj
Wilton Lackaye-