The sea coast echo., 1913-05-17

Miss Alexander, who will appear in
Bay st. Louis next Wednesday night,
at Woodmen Hall, benefit Christ Epis
copal church, is Mississippi girl. Her
home paper, the Jackson News, recent
ly contained the following notice of her
return home from Europe:
sW ednesday afternoon after the hour
of three, the always attractive home of
Mrs. J. O. Sanders will be the scene of
an assemblage of the hostess friends,
invited to call informally and meet the
distinguished young woman who is Mrs.
Sanders guest, Miss Clara Alexander,
Mississippi girl, who has attained a
wonderful degree of fame as reader
and impersonator, and who has been re-
Gently honored with the active friend
ship of H. r. II. the Princess Schles-
-Holstein, sister of the late King
Edward VII. Miss Alexander is one of
Jackson's own girls who, because OF her
Unborn love of the "black people" on
her fathers plantation, and of the gen
tie old "black mammy," is able to un-
derstand and interpret stories told to her
in childhood as marvellous as ever Un-
Gle Remus narrated to "Miss Sally's
Chile''.
Miss Alexander is truly wonderful,
and, while the writer has read hun
dreds of complimentary references to
her in all the great cities of her own
and other lands, none have so impressed
her as did letter from distinguished
jurist who was in London Wnen she
captured that great city. Says Judge
Melvin:
"Of all the American invasions of
London that have taken place within
the past few years there is on record
none more complete or successful than
that achieved by Miss Clara Alexander,
the famous Southern girl, who imper-
sonates the darkies of her native place.
1t was one small and practically un-
known woman against large city
the worlds largest city, and also the
coldsst in It's greetings TO strangers
who have not yet shown their. talents.
Miss Alexander's con9ueas Of Lon
don was absolute. No greater social
and dramatic triumph has peen known
in Britain's capital. No Other Aleri-
can eyer went to London sald within a
short time became its c.slef Iaple of
conversation, one of its uoss sought
after personages, both socially ana pro-
fessionally.
SIT is yet matter of gossip in Lon
don that titled families wed in doing
honors to this winsome girl who came
among them bringing new gift-the
folk lore of those romantic people among
whom she was born.
"This really wonderful capture of
London embraced many rare pleasures
for this Southern girl. Among others
was that of being entertained as a
house-guest of the Duchess of Dart
mouth, Staffordshire. In Paris she was
the honored guest of Mrs. John Me-
Kay and others equally prominent in
society. But it was with the Princess
of Schleswig- -Holstein-sister of King
Edward VII-that she made her great
est conquest, the princess being COM
pletely enchanted by her talent and
grace.
"With the Princess Christian as pa
troness at numerous entertainm ents
given in London were, the Marcbioness
of Landsdowne, the Countess of Gros-
venor, the Duchess of Beaufort, the
Duchess of Marlborough, the Duchess
of Hamilton, Princess Dolgourouki, i,
Lady Naylor Neyland, and others
equally prominent
And this is the Mississippi girl who
is home again after her world wide tri-
umphs, visiting her girlhood friend and
Mrs. j. 0. S. Sanders at
her home on North President and
Barksdale streets.