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By Mrs. "Pat" Campbell
Chapter v.

She had lovely figure and always looked
well dressed and she had heaps Of ad-
mirers.
Also, there was James Nasmyth, after
ward Sir James Nasmyth, strange crea-
ture friend of my musical brother Max.
I can remember no gayety such a.
young people have to-day. Ours were the
most simple of pleasures, music, card
parties, country walks, cricket matches
and concerts at the Crystal Palace, &C.
There were Urquhart girls, cousins of
the Giffords; their father was vicar at
Bournemouth. The third daughter.
Owney, very many years afterward. mar
ried my brother Max, lovely, gentle girl
with fascinating lisp.
Lady Burne-Jones, who once saw DR..
Curling Bates act at rockingham, told me
he was the best comedian she had ever
seen.
Last week l told how l procured my
first professional engagement, after hav-
ing appeared In a small amateur produc-
tion. 1t was to be an important epoch in
my life-this first appearance, even in
small part, with a professional company.
SO much depended upon my success
Pats happiness, comforts for my babies
and my dependents. 1 studied my part,
Rachel Denison, in "Tares," the first play,
as IL my very life depended upon know
ing her as / knew myself.
We were rehearsed for week at the
Mona Hotel. Covent Garden. by Mr.. Her
mann Vein. the stage director, and then
on the Sunday we started off for Liver
pool to open at the Alexandra Theater
November goth, 1888.
remember on the Monday I went out
for walk In the morning trembling with
excitement. I looked in the shop win
dows, feeling nervous and desolate. I
was standing outside draper's shop,
when kind voice said: You look very
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and beauty. Aunt Madeline" set stand
ard for me by which 1 judged people in
stinctively, and when later l moved
among the strange heterogeneous crowd
which surrounds successful artists l dis
cerned those whom | thought worthy of
her friendship and those who would not
be.
But, sad to relate, I overworked with
Ben Greet. I caught chill upon chill act
ing in his open air plays in the wet grass,
and at last l had to go home very seri-
ously i'll.
My voice went for seven months, and
for many weeks had to write on slate.
My singing voice never returned. 1t was
dreadful-and / was heartbroken.
couldn't speak to the children, If played
with them tired, and | could only take
them for very short walks, and grief and
loneliness overpowered meat times |
was very unhappy.
The following is Pats letter when he
heard of the news of my illness. 1t will
be seen from August 1890, to January,
1891, had no news from him. My health
had broken down, my voice had gone, my
engagement had to be given up, Pat had
not been able to send money or to write
for six months.
"c/o II. II. the Administrator,
Fort Salisbury,
"Mashonaland.
"7th January, 1891.
my own darling wife:
"At last have time to send you line,
have been on the rush ever since last
wrote in August. and have only just
reached this place. Soon after writing
to you started with Mr.. Colquhoun for
Manica CD, went down with him to Mu.
tassa (?), where he got the treaty with
the Manica King, over which so much
fuss has been made in the papers. He
then sent me post haste by myself to
ride to Fort Churter, distance of 100
miles as the crow fies-through dense
bush, over many mountains and across
several large rivers-to take a message
reporting the getting of the treaty to be
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for very stout lady; the bust had to
be filled with tissue paper.
I came down to the footlights and sang
with the orchestra. The song began:
They say the years have swallows wings,
But mine have leaden feet"
And the refrain was: For you, for
you, my darling
/ felt so foolish that / wept. The ugli
ness and vulgarity of it all were dread
full to me. Dear Mr.. Ben Greet, whose
part in the pantomime l forget, laughed
merrily at me. l am afraid / gave
shocking performance know l was
never offered a ,zntomime engagement
again.
/ often used to hear Mr.. Ben Greet's
voice from the prompt corner, Don't
mug. Pat" when thought was making
a fine facial expression, or perhaps, l
wasn't thinking at all.
Mr.. Ben Greet was a great man to me.
There was not a play he did not know
from start to finish, with every bit of
business" connected with it. He was al
ways smiling, cheerful and courageous,
whether 1t we're a big audience or small
one. He was extraordinarily kind to my
children, too.
Pats letters came seldom. Sometimes
he was out of a job or down with ma
laria sometimes succeeding for a few
months, and then cheque would come.
Sometimes he was shut off from all com
munication with the outer world by the
flooded rivers. Then | used to think he
had died of fever or that he had been
mauled by & lion. Those hours numbed
me and sapped little Of my young life,
l think. We had both agreed that Pat
should stay away until he could bring
money home or until I had succeeded
sufficiently in my work for us to be to-
gether again My uncle's and mothers
love, sympathy and devotion helped to
keep my heart up, and there were my
children's happy little visits to me- and
sometimes a girl friend would come and
stay with me for week.
was very ignorant of the world and
easily impressed by any external grace
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down. I was three days with MIN, ana
he then sent me down to kimberley oy
most cart. a distance of 700 miles, travel
ing day and night, to see the secretary
of the company and verbally report
at was one week in Kimberley, durins
which I had not one-half hour to myself.
being, the first pioneer down from Ma
honaland-interviewed by newspapers
and individuals of all sorts In the very
early morning, at the Office all day giving
information, feted and lionized with dim
ners, &C., at notwithstanding, l can tell
you, darling, after the grand free, healthy
open air life I had been leading so long.
l was really glad when turned my back
on Kimberley. On my return journey
was delayed a week at place called Vry-
burg, doing business for the company,
travelled on to Palapye by post cart, and
between that place and Fort Tuli CD Dr.
Jameson, the local managing director
caught me up, and l drove up with him
to this place in Cape cart, and arrived
here two days ago.
sweetheart, | am AFRAID THIS is very
egotistical letter but | am giving You
brief outline of how my life has been
spent these last four months. Next mail
| hope to be able to send you a long
detailed account, for | have had many
curious experiences.
"I have splendid chance of making a
large sum of money in little time. We,
that is, Mr.. Colquhoun's staff have sent
out two splendid prospectors. fully
equipped to peg out and develop our
claims They have gone out under the
wing of Mr. Selous, who is taking them
to very rich district only known TO
himself and Mauch the German geolo-
gist and explorer, and not discovered as
yet by the prospectors who came up
with u.s.
Splendid reports are coming in from
all round about the gold prospects.
81 will give you full particulars next
mail My prospects now are thousand
Continued on Folloi0ing Pdas.
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r CAN only remember once going to the
theater. 1t was to see Paillerons
lie Monde on ron sennuit." 1t was
as though some unexpected door opened
and for months afterward my thoughts
gazed beyond. Strangely enough. Aunt
Kate never took me to theater again.
I remember feeling rather uncomfort-
able about my long black plaits. People
used to stare at me out of doors. Once
man in passing pushed a ticket for box
at the opera in my glove. shall never
forget Aunt Kate's face as she called him
.Singe!" and hailed a fiacre. I did not
know whether to laugh or cry. She would
rot speak TO me and felt somehow that
I was to blame.
When 1 was 16 Aunt Kate brought me
back to my mother.
BY this time my father was definitely
ruined. My youngest brother had come
back from America. This brother-we
had always called him "Max"-had a
genius for music, chess problems and fig
ures.
When uncle returned from the city in
the evening we would go through what
had read, and he with his gentle fun was
always ready to make difficult things easy.
and amusing.
asked him once: what Is Heaven
really? l know it isn't place in the sky
behind the Clouds" He thought for q
long time and looked beyond me and
answered, "Faithfulness."
During these two years Of my life at
Dulwich only few friends stand out Of
the shadows, among them Mrs. Clifford,
widow of General Clifford. her son and
two beautiful daughters. The eldest,
Maud, now Lady Galway was my first
girl friend. We used to have long walks
and talks together. I thought her very
beautiful, and she was interested in my
music and my years life spent in Paris.
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PALE miss; won't you come in and sit
DOWN." 1t was the draper himself.
went in and sat on chair by the counter,
and told him 1 was going to act that
night at the Alexandra Theater, and that
1t was the first time in my life that
would be acting in a real theater. He
ing that he would come that night and
see my first performance. 1t cheered me
up. felt would have one friend in the
house-the company were all strangers
to me-and l had not left my babies
before.
When l came on to the stage my first
feeling was that the audience was too far
away for me to reach out to them, so 1
must, as 1t were, quickly gather them up
to myself; and think may say that this
has always been the instructive principle
of my acting. Whether it is the wrong
or the right principle. leave it for others
to decide.
am sure had no technique, and my
voice was the voice of singing mouse"
The press praised me, and it also praised
my dresses, and I was very proud and
happy.
was very young, ridiculously thin and
fragile looking. The manageress was
stout, strong and middle aged, and I re-
member in one town shouts of Jumbo
and Alice" I do not know the STORY of
these elephants at the Zoo, but l believe
one died of broken heart for the other.
Mrs. Bandmann-Palmer did not like me
She told me 1 belonged to the school of
squirmers." The company were kind,
sympathetic people, and Mr.. Lyall Sweet
has remained a dear friend Of mine to
this day.
At last Mrs. Bandmann-Palmer offended
me deeply and handed in my notice.
My next engagement was with Mr.. Ben
Greet in his touring company, and this
was the beginning of really fine expert
ence for me. was thrown, as it were
into the sea to swim. The salary was
f2 los. week. and to supply my own
dresses.
How through the night we used to
stitch! A lovely girl, Miss Violet Ray,
with whom I made great friends. and
remember she used to coax me to allow
Ter to take my little son (who was about
five, and used to come and stay with me
for a week or so at a time) out for a
walk, and insisted upon his calling her
"rnother" in ahona or whom neonla nasefup
by could overhear. She thought it so
glorious to have a son!
We played "As You Like IT," "a Mid
summer Nights Dream" Twelfth Night"
Love In a Mist" by Louis N. Parker;
and once Ben Greet made me play prin-
cipal boy in a pantomime Aladdin"
remember the horror of the boys velvet
suit sent down from London, evidently
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Asst week on these pages Mrs.
Campbell told in detail something

Asst week on these pages Mrs.
Campbell told in detail something
of her early home life To-day
days in which her character was being
formed and her ideals shaped for the ex-
traordinary career ahead of her.
1t is always the private, unknown life
of the famous actress which is more In
teresting even than the public life in
which we know her. There probably
never has been a woman about whom
there have been SO many conflicting sto-
ries. There has been much gossip, some
of it not the most kindly, and yet when
ever anything has been said or rumored
derogatory to Mrs. Campbell friends that
number legion have rushed to her defense
and have exhibited seemingly the most
sincere indignation.
1t has been said of Mrs. Campbell that
she had two husbands; it has been said
Of her that Shaw, Barrie, Connaught,
Edward, Prince of Wales, Forbes Rob-
half score of other prominent British
men were fascinated at different times
by her charm. Never, however, has this
gossip been ugly 1t has been perhaps
only the froth which makes the life of so
many women who are in the public eye
unusually interesting.
Tn iCh
perhaps be we'll to recall Mrs. Campbells
first appearance in America She came
heralded as one of the most lovable as
well as the most distinguished Of British
actresses. Behind her was long list Of
stage triumphs. She had brought fame
to Maurice Maeterlinck. She had brought
wealth to Sir James Barrie. She had
given prosperity to a number of other
playwrights, who rose from almost OBJ
scurity to prominence as the result of
her interpretations of their dream char
acters.
There came ahead of her. too. all that
discussion which constitutes much of the
glamour surrounding woman on whom
the eyes of an entire empire are focused.
Immediately upon her arrival in New
York Mrs. Campbell retired to one of the
fashionable hotels. There had been many
committees to greet her and there were
showered upon her at once hundreds of
invitations to the most exclusive homes
in America. She was greeted much as
would be q queen. Photographers bore
down upon her with their requests that
she pose for them and give them exclu-
sive views.
Accompanying Mrs. Campbell were
several maids, secretaries and other at
tendants. Also accompanying her was
her famous little dog Pinky. Mrs.
Campbell was so fond Of her little pet
and the two were so closely associated
that after while the name "Pinky" was
often used in reference to Mrs. Campbell
herself.
For one of the photographers the beau
tiful visitor consented to pose with
Pinky In her arms In fact she held
Pinky close to her face. This photo
graph was destined to be printed all
around the world 1t was made the OBJ
ject lesson of a sermon delivered by a
writer who spoke to many readers, and
who presented the photograph as the evil
dence of sad state of affairs in which
the world was finding itself. This writer
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for W a rded b Ia
Rhodes in Kimberly.
I had then to return
Immediately and meet
him at the kraal Of Q
chief named Gotos,
SO m e eighty miles
a va y from Mutassa.
This l did, and was at
once sent again by
himself with a Ba-
mangwato boy to go to
Mutassa a n d remain
as the company's rep
resentative until Mr..
Colquhoun sent some
one to relieve me. l
had only got one day
away on my way to
Mutassa when a man
was sent after me to
recall me, owing to a
dispatch having been
rec eived that the
Portuguese convention
had b cen signed "a
mistake, as 1t hap
pened). Mr.. G. then
sent me off to verbally
report to Mr.. Rhodes.
who had started on .
tour through Bechu-
analand with the Gov
ernor, as to the pro-
ceedings of the Manica
mission. In eleven
days I rode a distance
of 600 miles to Pa
lapye, the chief Man
gwato town, where /
met Mr.. Rhodes and
the Cove rnor, Sir
Henry Lock. Mr..
Rhodes was very kind
and very pleased to
see me, the first men,
ber of the pioneer ex'
pedition who had come
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poured out paragraph after paragraph
of ridicule upon the beautiful woman,
sharpening his ridicule with venom
Here" he said, I'VE have the sample Of
a deplorable sort of womanhood-the
womanhood that holds a dog where a
baby should be held the womanhood
that would rather feel the shaggy hair of
a brute brushing against its cheek than
the cooling, gentle lips of motherhood's
effect.
1t brought upon Mrs. Campbell untold
unhappiness. And yet she only laughed.
In her heart was the knowledge that back
home were two little ones from whom
she received a letter every day and
to whom she wrote each night before
she went to bed And she knew that
there was husband who still was her
only romance. She knew also that there
who were living happily in England be-
cause all of her labors were for those
she loved.
1t is said that Queen Victoria at one
time, wishing to humiliate a woman of
her court, took occasion to suddenly re-
mark, when that young woman referred
in sighting phrases to Mrs. Campbell,
who just then was being gossiped about
as a friend of Edward:
This Mrs Campbell is an actress, but
from all hear she is one of the best
mothers in England. / wish all the
ladies of my court were as faithful to
their families"
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Mrs. George
CORVALLIS
West, Mrs.
pats" second
mother-in-law,
who was once
in an
army scandal.
Mrs. Pat"
promptly went
to her
defense.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
HUGE OIL FIELD UNDER GULF
OF MEXICO, BELIEF OF CREWS
ON SHIPS SIGHTING BUBBLES

photographic records ~ the last
twenty years have bcen compiled and
the reports oi numerous shin cap
laina show a striking similarity re-
Kurdlrg the oil spots. Year after
ycar these oil Indications ARE report
ed IN reports mainly In the area that
lies just east of Galveston The oil
Gpots have been noted less frequently
OF the Delaware brenk.waler off the
middle Atlantic coast.
Starting with point about twenty
miles off Head bank on the Texas
coast the charled oil spots run In
q straight line and then about two
hundred m.lea of shore. center IN
an area Of about fifty miles In diam
eier. Some reports give the oil signs
near the cost In water from ten to 10
ialhoms Others are In ftom 400 to
200 fathoms while the charts also
Rhow reports from near the sigble9
depth. the bottom of which has never
been i0uched by the saunders lead.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
w. A. Champ Series
To Open AT Joplin
On September 7h

The Western association champion.
shin series open September Z at
Joplin. according 10 chief Nose Poo
law. Joplin pitcher, who was In the
city today while On route from Ana.
darko to Enid whore he viii again
take up his duties with Ray Win.
dcr's aggregation.
Three games will be- played In
Joplin and after o days rest. the
teams will play four games In The
city whose team cops the second
half Enid now looms as the prob.
able second.half winner. although
Drap Hayes llonryetia crew may
nose the llaryesters out
poolaw member of the local
Western association club during the
time Chlckasha held berth In the
loop has been pitching great ball
tins season In recent game At
lienryetta. he held The Hens hitless
and walked only one IMAM Poolaw
probably viii be- given chance in
higher company next year. II Is
rumored that Ray Winder has re-.
coiyed q handsome offer for his en-
tire pitching staff consisting of
Kid Adcock. Hippo Hodges. Chic;
poolaw and Hook Ingram
Wlnder is receiving excellent pa.
tronage at Joplin. Poolaw said while
In the city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
Montgomery Named
As Red Cross Roll
CdH County Chief

Selection OF r.. r. Montgomery
city superintendent Of schools. as
director OF the flnh annual Red
Cross roll call In Grady county wa
announced today by Mrs. Beriranl
Harris chairman Of the Grady
county chapter,
The annual roll call opens Noyom
her ii-Armistice day-and viii
continue until November 30. during
which time an endeayor will be
made TO materially increase the Red
Cross membership In this county.
Annoiniment Of q roll call director
for the city OF Chickasha will be an.
nounced soon. Mrs. Harris says.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
Chickasha People
Use OUer Million
Gallons OF Water

As the drouth here continues TO
"carry on" consumption of city
water IL increasing daily according
to b. u. McBurnett, water commits
sloner. raa DHuII. Hl H.ia IU
one and one.half million gallons of
water were pumped into the city
mains yesterday, Mr.. McBurnett
says. This is slightly more than
the average daily run" for the past
several days.
Fifty thousand gallons of water
were consumed at number of the
residence in the city last month, it
was reported
Pumps at the city water plant are
kept in operation most of the time
during the dry spell" according to
Mr.. McBurnett.
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Washington. Aug. ls Evidence
of q huge untouched oil field under
the Gulf OF Mexico h strongly indl
Gated Ly The data Just compiled by
Tho naval photographed office and
made public today
Many recent reports 60 The
photographic office by shin captains
telling of oil bubhlIng np through the
water or brought to surface with an
clors. ships officers have descrlbed
Iaseins through large 'oll allcks'
The reports. made public without
official comment as 10 the probable
existence Of q gigantic oil pool, have
caused Wide speculation In navy
circles az 10 how the oil could be
brought out.
IN shallow water. tho problem
would be an easy one. as oil wells
are now In operation In the surf along
the southern california coast, but no
plan TO pipe the rich fluid mp from
great depths has yet been devised,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
WORKER IS DEAD
FOLLOWING FALL
Alvin Messenger sueeumbs from In
iuries Sustained When Toppled
from Derrick In Cement
Field; Ship to Cyril.

Injuries sustained Tuesday after.
noon when he fell from derrick on
one Of the Magnolia OH companys
leases In the Com,nt field. caused
the death OF Alvin J. Messenger. oil
field worker
After vain attempt to save his
life. the man died yesterday after
noon In a local hospital. His body
was shipped this morning 10 Cyril
whore funeral services viii be- held
this afternoon
The deceased. according TO S. J.
Anderson. local undertaken. was %
years of age. lie is survived by his
mother. Mrs Maggie Messenger Of
Cyril
In the fall from the derrick, the
man sustained a fractured skull. a
broken arm and serious bruises. He
never regained consciousness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
STOMACH TORTURED?
TRY YEAST
But Be Sure It's Ironized Yeast

You can't give your job the best that's
in you. II you suffer with indigestion.
dyspepsia or other distressing stomach
ailments. The thing to do. II you want
to feel in tip.top condition, with never
a thought Of stomach trouble. is to try
lronized Yeast. Simply take two tab.
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within the first "a hours.
Yeast, as everyone knows, contains
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But lronized Yeast embodies the new
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18

ono look into the warm, black
eyes Of this beautiful slranger-and
he forgot the wealth and charms III"
"other woman" had promised him.
the destruction hcr powcrful power
had threatened him if be did not
marry her. That's the beginning OF
the most spectacular romance ever
shown upon the scrccn-"Tho Loves
Of Pharaoh" AZ the Rlalio August
gS.sa30.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
OHIO OPERATORS MEET.

Columbus. Ohio. Aug, lS--Coal
operators OF southern Ohio. the most
important Ohio iield not affected by
the bituminous agreements met here
To consider adoption OF the peace
basis reached by the Cleveland con
ference.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-18
BUILDS FIRE. GETS CAUGHT

Bartlesville. August lS-E. NJ.
Chase wished he had not built fire
within the city fire limits here. Ar
rested on the petty charge. il was
found he is wanted in Gillette. Wyo.
tor grand larceny EXtradition will
be- obtained IL possible il was said.