New Britain herald., 1926-03-09

pearean actor was her father and
 it was under him she received her training. At the age of fifteen she was playing Julictlo. Ophclia and 1 Dosdcmona with grcat success op- positc her father in England. A ycar later she added the role of Lady Macbeth 10 her repertoire and won much popularity when she and her father returned to this country. Marriage took Miss Buchanan from the stage q few years anI un- on her return, following the death of her husband, she had to make her way alone for her father also had died.
 Was With Tooth
 q was twonty-two or twenty three when I appeared in Julius Caesar with Edwin Booth" she re- lated. 'J remember him as a man Iof striking personality. with an eN- Iccllent stage voice.
 T never saw him from the audi cnce but once. He was playing Hamlet in New York and I was in another company. Every one was talking about his performance. Our play finished first, so one night rushed to his theator, arriving in time to sc" the brGjnnin of thc coset scene. 1Ii5 performance then still stands out in my mcm- ory"
 Salvini the famous Italian actor had Miss Buchanon in his company several seasons and she was with him the first time he ever played . King Loar.'
 "Wc were in the Globe theator in Boston and he told me he had st1l- i jed the role forty years" she said. . "Salvini didn't like the American way of appearing in q play six or seven times a week and the last i season I was with him lie played 1 four times a week only upon sro- cial request of the managers PreNi- l ously, he had limited his appear ances to three q wcok.'
 "Thc Maskcd Ball"
 One of Miss Euch2nan's most . cherished memories is "The Masked Ball" in which John Drew, in 1892, i appeared, with M@udc Adams tle . first time as q star. The play vas : presented at the old Standard the ater and Drew and Miss Adams l achieved great succoss.
 "I had the part of Madame Foo- lard" she said. Among the others in the cast were Harry Harwood and ! Harold Russell. Drew WnS master of fine comedy and farce. As for Maude Adams--wcll, th"rc never will be another Maudo Adams, Not . only was she beautiful but she was different from any one else. Her acting was perfect and her voice had such emotional strength that she could bring tears 10 your eyes with only one spoken line
 "I remember nhon Charles Froh- man decided to stnr her. Alter she had achieved such splendid success Mr. Frohman sold that in justice to her she should hc better r'munor- atcd. She replied; '
 "Tu toll you what we'll do' Mr' rrohman. You took chance on mo and if I hadn't made good you would have lost money Wen just lot inc . contract stand as il is until next sea- son.
 Praises Frohman
 This not only gives Sood ltlS'RI' into inc character of Mau"e Aaa''lS' n,+ also shows the fairness anu gen , ,rositv of Mr. Trohm1n He Was ,,,a of the most honorable and coW- sgeous men. Always he was qu,'l and no matter the excitement He never lost his head,
 "Gcorgie Barrymore WIS the W.T. .iest woman l ever knew ana " ,.as always delightful 70 b" in her . company. Ethel Barrymore was | twelve years old when l first m'' her in a Philadelphia thea'"r where Mir Drew often had her come. asked her then if she expected 70 vo on tbc stage and she lanshingIH rnniicd in the affirmative, 1'nrS | later, appeared with Eor and John 
 Lotta Crahtrcc a 3cauty
 T,otta Crabtrcc she remembers as , "hoautiful actress, wonderfully at .ractiye and posse csscl with business ,biIitv." Minnie Palmer was very as wrrc Rose Coghlan ,nd Clara Morris, Iuing her ca -ccr, Miss BuchQnan appeared nn- Ter several of thc most prominent managers of the period, including Harry Palmer, A. M. Palmer ,harics Fronman and his brother Daniel.
 While she is srvrn'y-fvo. Miss Buchanan still attends the thcaier.
 Tn the old days, drama was more ierious and tragic, she said in mak-