New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02
By F. c. SCHANG.

Il with an alcohO' ""'
impudentlv beneath and smoke pu,nns
scornfully from its snout. ana IT,
were its internally unstable accom-
plices cup, saucer, p.ate anu
But. cheer IN. Three h'hds ..
cake could be discovered oeniha '"e
sugar bowl. -. ..oa Miss
Henrietta CrosmGn, and the iAterV'e"
was on. 20
MAY a Just heaven show no mercy 20
the reporteress who hrst utiiizeu my
diabolical phrases: As we cna' ser
over teacups," said she, slpp'ns u" 81
Ceylong," IL agreed, raising one o.
Miss So-and-So's exquisite cups u
delicate Chippendale 70 my Ups, e,S:
How many lumps? continued MISS
Crosman. with orc OF her sunny Sml'es
the same smile that accompanies ~
we'll known sentiment, Lets coisu' ;,
together against this greasy knight
1T the end OF Scene !, Act ii, OF the
Merry Wives
Miss Crosman, who in private lie Is
Mrs. Maurice Campbell. was ap
preached in her home near GranieIey
Park. where she presides over lor /,
bidding teapot Of lofty dimensions anu
deals out sunny smiles TO every one
lucky enough 10 get in her range. On
tbis narticular occasion she was asked
70 talk about Mistress Page, a minor
character in Merry Wives" which she
has elevated TO major Importance.
"Oh. | think she's a regular devil
said Miss Crosman, her eyes twinkling;
"If she'd ever had Ford for husband
she certainly would have fixed HIM
worse than she did Falstaf. She would
have sent him for honeymoon IN that
clothes basket, surc's you're born
What | can't understand is how she
ever came TO have such simple ana
charming daughter. Sweet Anne rage
is SO mild and gentle that she's always
played by an ingenuc. She's decideoIy
not her mothers daughter.
mistress Page is az inconsistent as
she is mschievous. Look at the way
she takes advantage of her trusting
child:
"'My daughter will question how she
loves you,
And as find her so am I affected
This is what she tells Fenton, and
vet she deliberately schemes 20 marry
her off to old DR.. Caius. But even II
she is full Of Old Harry | think she's
a dear, anyway. Wasn't IT typical oil
her to move all the trouble over to
Ford's house?"
According to Miss Crosman the audi
ence frequently teaches her how she
ought 70 read her lines.
For instance" she said, "in the sec
ond act, where Mr.. Page comes over tho
bridge, say: Here comes my gooc
man, too; he's as far from jealousy a.
| am for giving him cause.
During rehearsals / read this line
guileessly, as an honest woman. But
on first night the audience just madS
me read it with touch Of devilment
When | said il | could hear a ripple OF
laughter which said, 'Oh. yes. you're ar
angel, you are,' all over the house. and
row | always read the line mischley
ously. It is one Of ny best laughs, II
fact. and entirely due TO the audience.
Although il was hard to believe thai
q person who shakes her head merriil
and laughs more like a schoolgirl thar
a great actress could have any aver
sions, it developed that Miss Cros
mans pet one is the dramatic school
I'm very much opposed 20 schools OF
; acting" she said. III think they're
frauds. But think that every person
/ who intends to act should learn how e
3 sing" Miss Crosman went TO Pari,
when she was young girl to study FOL
grand opera, out illness cut short hel
career. The beneficial results of THU
course of study, however, are with hei
to this day, she says, and have aideC
/ her innumerable times In her work OF
the speaking stage.
The way to learn 70 act" she con
tinged, us to start at the bottom. j
YOU have an ability you'll find it out il
a year. II not. then you'd better ge
out. Every woman up to thirty thinks
she can be an actress. And afte
thirty she says she would have beer
| had she gone on the stage. But yo'
know what Shaw says: He who can
does; he who cannot, teaches Their
you have the reason for most dramstii
schools.
For those interested in that sort o
thing land there are those, be i
known that Miss Crosman was born II
Wheeling, ". Va, and educated at th'
Moravian Seminary, Bethlehem, Penn
Being the daughter of an army officer
Major George II. Crosman, she spen
much Of her early youth at various
army posts out West
Her first stage appearance was as
Ohio. In those days Miss Crosman wa
a member of the Lyceum Theatre Stoci
Company, and she was also success
sively under the management o
Augustin DAILY and Charles Frohman
Later, under the management of he
husband, she achieved her notable sue
cesses in Mistress Nell" "As Yo'
Like It," This Sword of the King,
Sweet Kitty Bellaire" and others. He
last stage appearance was in 9TH
Tongues of Men," an unsuccessful pla.
by Edward Childs Carpenter, author o
"The Cinderella Man"
Though otherwise an absolutely hu
man person, Miss Crosman confesse
the following: She likes Eva Tanguay
she would rather 10 TO the dentist thar
10 the photographer, and she adore
/ tea,
IF there is one actor in New York a
the present time whose work ha
received widespread attention for il
general excellence, that actor is Lyl
Harding, who Is playing King Henri,
VIII in Sir Herbert Trees production
There is nothing remarkable in Nh
Harding's success, for he has been al
actor for twcnty-six years, and twenty
three OF them have been spent II
Shakospearian roles. Whatever sue
cess may enjoy" said Mr.. Harding
has been due entirely to study, cease
less effort and the experience whicl
comes from years Of hard work"
An idea of what Mr.. Harding mean
by this statement can be got from
recital Of his method of study whel
he WIS engaged to play King Henry
For months he read in every book h
could get concerning the manners, Gus
toms, habits, appearance. dress. foible
AID nSYcholoGY of tho character he WA