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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIATT, PORTXAyP. AUGUST 1, 1915. UNIQUE OREGON BEAUTY EXHIBIT AT FAIR ENTRANCING TO VISITORS New Attractiveness It Found la Simplicity of Art That Seema Typical Only of This Stat and Appreciated More by Easterners Than Home People. i 1 ,T II"- 'J ,-"V - . IKK V Hi : . " . ..... . ', BT ANNE SHANNON MONRO B. OREGONIAX BCILDIXQ. Expoition Grounds. San FrancUco. July 24. Thero ar tome words which should be doomed to die. and the first one la that word art. because of the association In the general mind. A splendid lumberman I know, whose soul responds to the grandeur of forest lanes and nature-carpeted groves and who knows the blue sky and the woods fra grance as others know office files, on being approached on the subject of art. threw up his hands In a rend in ges ture and turned abruptly away. He had got his Interpretation of the word from drr-as-dust devotees who assume a lofty superiority, and from European galleries where gloom, severity and mistiness prevailed. Art meant some thing hung on wall to rave or a thing wholly apart from all that Is real and beautiful and Joyous In life. So let us for the present bury the misused and misunderstood term and substitute beauty. Let art mean beauty, and with this interpretation visit the beauty exhibits of the great Oregon Ctate Building at the exposition. Oregealaae As Beaaty-Lovera. The Creator would seem to have meant Oregon for a field from which beauty-lovers would spring, so wonder fully Is the state dowered. Snow peaks, emerald hills and tumbling streams of Western Oregon, and wide reaches of magnificent plain, all spring and lake dotted, sweeping off Into smooth-sloped mountain, the whole bathed In laven der, purple and gold, of Eastern Oregon, provided the mighty contrast and the Infinite variety. When the all-inclusive view surfeits, and we go Into Oregon beauty In de tail, we find that the materials for the painting of the great picture are su perior. No more magnificent forests are to be found on the globe; no such va riety of trees, of shrubs, of ferns and dowers, no such building material for the most stupendous palaces, no such bard woods for delicate inlaid work; no such deep-hued lakes or wide winged birds. Only yesterday an old philosopher profeesor of horticulture from Constan tinople said to me. In an aisle of the Oregon bulldine: The Oregon people are superior. They are finer physically, mentally and morally than most people cf the United States.' Sapertorlty la Dnerlkes. This sounded good even to an adopted Oregonian so I drew him out further. A mountainous, rolling country makes a superior people: a flat coun try with hot winds makes unnatural' appetites: mountainous country and pure water make for sanity and bal ance. Oregon men look sound In their faces: Oregon women and girls look healthy and wholesome: you don't see so much powder and paint; they have the color from nature." I asked where he bad gained his Im pression. He shrugged: "Watching the people that come to this exposition: I watch the state build ings on the state days; I do not care a2J .-- r 1 X-1 : I -i'M j ill mi i iMHiiynnwiliY vK- JEli- - A 3. so much for the other exhibits; it is the people that show what a country Is. Other people have made similar re marks; the Turk Is not alone. Now. a state so nature-dowered, to get back to the subject, on entering herself In the mart of a world-exposition to bid for population, could not well afford to Ignore her greatest en ticement. It was all well to put forth our money-making resources, such as our fertile lands, water power, mines and mills, but there must also go to the big fair an adequate exhibit of Oregon's beauty: something to suggest the inspiring Influence to the creator of beauty of living In Oregon. It is quite as Important to attract creators of pic tures and poems as tillers of fields. Besides, people looking for homes in a new country mould rather expect a certain raw crudity that would make them timid about making the move. When they are shown that Oregon art ists are there in goodly numbers, and that their products compare favorably with those of the Eastern world, the last obstacle is removed. So. in the broad wisdom of the Oregon Commis sioners. Oregon has her beauty exhibit, her proof of Oregon culture and) at tainment in the finer arts. Beaaty Exhibit la Varied. The housing of the beauty exhibit Is on the top floor. Tou step out of a busy utilitarian atmosphere into an atmosphere of softly-shaded restful ness. Warm, gray walls, ceiling and floor would seem to enfold the place as a mist does a woodland bower, shut ting It oft for those, to discover who really love It. As the first Impression fades a little, you perceive deep chairs revealing themselves, and an exquisite table, on which rests a single vase whose curv ing lines are repeated In the high polish, a trailing vine falling from Its mouth. On another table are books In soft gray covers that invite: pic tures smile from the walls, and there are urns Just a few In wondrous colors that lose themselves in their own depths, baskets of exquisite de sign, volumes that seem to be loved, dependent lanterns as trus to the whole as fireflies to bowled meadows, while at the far end for the beauty exhibit covers 100 feet of depth the twink ling lights of the children's corner. If. In the Oregon beauty of like ex hibit for that is assuredly what It is there had been no children's cor ner, the whole might hsve lacked soul; It would have been a dying exhibit; but a true artist dreamed the dream, and the children are In it- . Everything la Ort Predae. With the same Joy In discovery that the nature-lover, reveling in Oregon's magnificent landscape, examines the small flower vase that does Its share, will you examine the details of the perfect room. Everything even the red cedar celling flooring came from Oregon or la the work of an Oregon creator. The wall covering a sort of monk's cloth was especially designed In Oregon and woven from the wool of Oregon sheep; it is so lovely that no '.V.'. (-'. r" J ' , w - v' ' ' ' 4 ! ? , ' t 1 ' l. - ; srt i - f j r 1 'IF I 1 5 ' Oz-eyonj Art Room in 5taL.te Build Jny. wonder so many requests have come for this material for permanent studios the large double doors, closed with a wooden latch, are the plainest, simplest things Imaginable, but the lines are Derfect and the doors are a Joy. "Even that," said Mrs. Charley Ladd. "Is a work of art!" She and others have lingered long looking at those doors and wondering, perhaps, why we can't have such beauty and simplicity In the most Inexpensive homes.- It costs no more It only requires a mind awakened to the loveliness of simple things when correctly done. Among the photographs which seem like actual plcked-out nature spots against the soft gray walls, w. B. Dyer, of Hood River, has a group of out-of-door studies, nudes In misty ef fects, that are delightful. Wade Pipes, of Portland, has a crayon of his sister that holds people in groups almost con tinually. George F. Holman has a group more reallstlo than Dyer's, Sbasta daisies, winter surf and sheep scenes. "The Quick and the Dead." a photo graph of a ship plowing bravely through the soft Oregon mist, while beating the shore lies the tangled spars and bars of a wreck, is one of the best liked things In the room. Mrs. Charley Ladd's flower photographs have been the wonder of artistic pho tographers. Professionals over and over again Insist on placing orders for them. H- Berger, Sr, has a group, the central one of which Is Portland's waterfront: it looks more like an India Ink drawing than a photograph. His "Silent Witness" Is the.next most pop ular a ship sinking while a solitary gull keeps watch. Book Plates Eejoal Aaythlng. Book plates by Bertha Stewart are fascinating and her cover designs are examined in minutest detail by lovers of beautiful things, and pronounced the equal of the best work of the kind shown in New Tork. There is a quaint book rack, es pecially designed for the room, full of books by Oregon authors. People take these books out and sit and read from them and copy their titles. Eva Emery Dye Is there and Ella Hlg glnson.' F. H. Batch, 8am Simpson and Homer Davenport. There are writers on technical subjects, such as Arthur Lacbman on chemistry. William P. Boynton on the Kinetic theory. Al lan Eaton on the Oregon system. Strong A Schafer on government, Thomas Condon on geology. Father OHara. Sldonia Johnson. George E. Cole and Washington Irving on Ore gon history; Sweetxer & Kent. Thomas Howell. Clifton J. Hodge and W. L. Flnley on flowers, birds and other nature studies: W. D. Lyman, on the Columbia River; George Putnam, on Oregon studies; an early book of the Northwest, by Abigail Scott Dunlway, and miscellaneous works by Heseklah Butterworth. Louis A. Banks. Frank G. Franklin. Myron Eel Is. William C. Sprague. Dallas Lore Sharp. William Rogers Lord and Anne Shannon Mon roe. Rather an encouraging showing for a state of Oregon's population, a state whose people have been pretty busy hewing themselves homes out of the wilderness. There are many other Oregon authors, but those men tioned are the ones who responded to the request to send their work, stoneware la Beautiful. The name Pacific Stoneware Com pany sounis rather coldbloodedly commercial, but the highly glased and richly colored Jars and lugs and vases put out by them and now worked Into the Oregon beauty exhibit are anything but cold-blooded affairs. One woman comes to the artroom twice a week, she told me. Just to hug a deeply rich brown brown jug that she wants so badly. Baskets made from Willamette Valley willow, especially designed by Mrs. Allen Eaton as are the rugs. Jugs, sconces, and so many other beautiful articles and hazel nut baskets bring continual requests for duplicatea The green marsh grass baskets are equally popular and equally lovely, of softer daintiness. Miss Colleen's statue of the "Little Mother" is the only Oregon modeling shown. . Many requests for copies have been made. .Rose petal beads made by a pen-and-brush artist of Oregon have a tremendous hold on the public their superiority being in their delicate colors. Getting to the raintlngs. a group by Colonel C E. S. Wood, whloh includes an Eastern Oregon ranch and the Mad-tson-street bridge of Portland, Is a center of interest, especially with other arttets. They seem to admire his dar ing In the more Impressionistic work, as well as his effects. One study of Corta Madera cottage has been popular, several woman who know and love the original of the study aavlng paused to exclaim over it and have returned later with friends. Another group that Is always studied with keen interest Includes the work of Mac Lough. Clyde Leon Keller, Carey Dolph. Floyd W 11- son. -C. J. Fulton. JIIbs crooner, oi the Portland Museum; Melville T. "W ire, ! whose scene from a Lakevlew ranch nas provea paniuumi i Myers, Edna Breyman, II. F. Wentx and C. G. Walter. ' Water Colors Admired. A group of water colors by P. Mur d!n. sketches from a note book, and the ta nirfim Hoik) and Bluebird studies are the most Joyous things in the world; they adorn tne cnuoren e u ne .nl the children love them. Fancl ful. dainty drawings, they are at the same time thoroughly liiusirauve- The runners lor the floor are of the same soft gray as the walls, but relieved with touches of blue, orange - a. . v. - -h.tr, YiMvm nmhlons of mo rt-u, wio v...... the exposition orange shade and tne window curtains are oi a pinny uii.s through which the light comes In a warm glow. Tne long myrtle wood table with the eight chairs perhaps is the most obviously attractive exhibit; people simply rave over the set. One woman said she heard about It In Brooklyn, N. Y- and when she reached the exposition she made a bee line for the Oregon artroom to see It. Wood workers consider the design for the chairs especially happy for so hard a wood. It has a daintiness and light ness that would seem Impossible to st-.i- i- (. ...t.riai The North Bend Manufacturing Company is exhibiting this set. Tne wiener i"" " " hibited by John Bocker. of Hillsboro. who grows the willow on his own place. Is proving popular. Requests for duplicates have come from a Captain In the United States Army for the Post, from kindergartners and house wives for Summer and porch furni ture. ' Weed Attracts Professionals, Handsome musical Instruments show Oregon woods as adapted to ornamenta tion, the myrtle and mahogany being used for the Inlaid work. There Is a clock made of Oregon woods that Is wonder fully Intricate. Professional wood carvers come back many times to ex amine the woods, always enthusiastic over the possibilities. Oregon pines and Lawson cypress, planted tn at tractive tubs, bring In the touch of greenery, while cut flowers fill tne vases. . . Two portfolios of sheet music bring Oregon musicians into the scheme, one being instrumental and the other vo- cal. The detail of the children's corner Is charming. First there is a wonderful doll s house of two stories and an at tic, with the front wall out. so the in ; ii.. mil I believe lenor is eaonj " 1 this would be a fine method for grown. up houseo. l ne noum ...i-.-"- and beautifully furnished, even to elec tric lights and the baby crawling up the stairs. Before this Ideal of every child's heart Js a small wicker table and a set of small chairs, where chil dren drop down In complete and final satisfaction, and woe to parents who have not previously done their eight seeing for that day. because they will never get away without a battle. On a wide shelf above Is the wonder ful Noah's ark, with all the animals go ing In two by two. Children of all ages from 8 months to 80 years are enraptured over Noah's ark. The fig ures are so expressive, so well shaped and colored, and stand so firmly that they have made a tremendous hit. People tell us that In Germany there Is nothing so good. Adnlts Hauat Children's Corner. Kindergarten teachers, manual train ing teachers, mothers of nursery tots and business men who see a new in dustry for Oregon woods In children's toys haunt the children's corner almost as persistently as do the children. The wall above is further ornamented with W L. Flnley s dellgntiui Dear siuuio that would send any small boy to sleep creepuy uvv7 m - -------- designs suitable to a nursery, and the Bruns leaded glass winaow rauu Plod PiDer and other such Joyous child hood friends. The signs are all carved in wooa, ana .w- - . k. . . 1 1 n from over iuo uwi ... Joaquin Miller, the poet over whose possession uailiorma ana urs many a dispute: In men whom men condemn as 111 I find so much of goodness; still In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin snd blot I besttste to drew the line Where Ood hss not. , There Is not a tag on an article in tne room; iramiiiB m j charming Impression of being purely a beautiful exniDii wiinoui muusui commercial i"mui j -- tie book kept by Miss Hatch, custodian. are noted requests ior umiuwicn i -i .kl. e-nm vnanv m tl V DeODlO. nous mine ..... .. j --- - ....... One artist who has a studio -on Fifth avenue In New Tork. has left a whole sale request for a duplicate of every thing in tne room. uio m mo " to the question. has Oregon any art worth while, or artists who could com itate with those of the rest of the world? . . Allan Eaton, of Eugene, conceivea. .1 A mwA m rra r. t7H the TOOm. The piauuu .... " -.a - big thought that most of us carry away. I believe, is tnai an our uuihcb uwu.u be artistic and beautiful in Oregon, by ..... .... f.r.m n.irnn' natural IKKIUB UUl .uo - a - - beauties and making simplicity the keynote. HONEST AD LAW APPLIED Ohio Merchants Back First Case in Court Snccessfally. CINCINNATI. July SI. Charles Scha- engold. manager of a clothing concern. was found guilty oy juage Alexander In the Municipal Court of violating the "honest advertising" law. He was fined 110 and coots. The fine was suspended. the Judge explained, as it was the first case under the new law. The action was Instituted by repre sentatives of the retail merchants branch of the Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Merchants' Association of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Adver tising Club. NINA CHURCHMAN LAROWE'S CLIMB TO STAGE FAME OPPOSED BY FATE Success as Leading Woman as Joan of Arc in "Lily of France" Interrupted by Protest From Horrified Mother, Who Thinks Theater Life Improper. '- BT NINA CHURCHMAN LAROWE. IN a previous letter I wrote of Henry Meiggs. I spoke of the excitement of his failure in San Francisco; of how. In a moment, all the possible evils of human nature were laid at his door, in spite of the good opinion in which he formerly was held. I also said that I knew that he had sent some money back to San Francisco to rignt matters there; that he had done so through my father spd the consular offices. Only the other day I picked up the Revlow of Reviews foi July and there was a portrait of Henry Meiggs and-a little acccount of his life, closing with this: "Before his death Meiggs had paid off the indebtedness contracted In San Francisco 20 years before." Mr. Meiggs died In 187". I was glad to see this vindication of his honesty, bo I stop by the way side In the course oi my life story to bear witness to a man's good deed. Great Lecturers Add Quota. "So shines a good deed in a naughty world." While I was trying hard to get my foot on the first step that leads up into that fame niche I was having infinite opportunity to drink deep at the Pierian spring. Good theaters, splen did companies were all around me. Not only the theaters supplied mental food, the great lecturers. Henry Ward Beecher, Theodore Tilton. Lloyd Garri son. Wendell Phillips and Anna Dick inson, then In her prime, added their quota. How we first plan and plan and think we have the scheme all right. Then circumstances come along and knock It Into a thousand pieces. It is ad vised that we overcome circumstances. We may do so to some extent, but cir cumstances in many cases are great, big tyrants looming above us. We sor rowfuly realize our inability to cope with them. We have been some time planning to reach a certain goal. In the meantime another foe Is in our path. We do not realize the slip ping by of the months and years, but the second foe Time does. He sud denly stands before us offering his commodities, gray hair, a choice as sortment of wrinkles, a few rheumatic twinges, a blur for our bright eyes. some extra pounds of flesh where they do not adorn and a sharpness of bones and tightness of Bkin when not de sired. He stands directly In our path. We try to slip by. but it is useless. At last we take his goods and then strive to cover them up as best we can; nnai ly we give up, our short day is ended Anna Dickinson Failure. Anna Dickinson planned well, made money rapidly and when time naa robbed her of her youth some stray circumstances conquered her by tempt ing her to turn from a still profitable lecture platform to an uncertain stage career. She did not Know ana mum not see that success in lecturing did not mean ' success on the stage and that she had passed the first bloom. She entered Into an unknown domain and spent her fortune trying to prove to the world that she was a gifted actress. So we all plot and plan and iruirm and weave, and then there s divinity (or circumstance) that shapes our ends, rough hew tnem now we will." I went on another tour of Hudson River towns. We played in a melo drama made from the life of Buffalo Bill (William Cody). He was then quite a hero in New York and was much ad mired as he sauntered around In cow boy costume. He as yet had not per formed in Wild West shows. Dut ca vorted around after Indians and occa sionally came to the cities. The play was quite a good melodrama, but It was thought by the manager that the name Buffalo Bill would draw. ui course I was trying to get all the ex perience possible and, as I was to be the leading lady. I thought it would add to my store without harming me. The advertising posters all had a picture of a buffalo. In some of the smaller towns they would ask where was thn buffalo and seemed to be dls contented without his presence, so the manager dropped the buffalo printing. greatly to our delight. We had a nice company, all working towards the same end. namely, worKing to am me nov ices and hoist into place the profes sionals. Mrs. Pomeroy In Company. Mrs. Brick Pomeroy. traveling under the name of Miss Goodrich, was one of the company. She was young and handsome, was the second wife of Mr. Pomeroy. She was an amateur, af flicted with the general craze of that time. She made considerable success afterwards. We used to hear a great deal in those days of "Brick" Pomeroy. Why "Brick?" I do not know, unless It was slang. There was little slang used then; Just a few phrases, and one of those phrases was "You're a brick." Probably that was the origin of the nickname of Mark Mills Pomeroy. He was then an editor and politician of re nown. - I do not think that anybody now realizes how general was the fascina tion of the footlights, greater than ever before or since. There was a reason for it. The society drama had ar rived. Society drama was supposed to be easy. Why, Just go on the stage and be- natural (the hardest of all work). They had been In awe of the great literary plays that took evces sive mental ability, that needed much study and thought. The characters were great and lived In great and stir ring times. They did not exist mere ly In drawing-room and boudoir. Their garments even were heroic The theater was more popular then. It was the only place of amusement Nobody that was anybody was ex pected to go to the circus. If they did they nearly always apologized by say ing they went to see the animals, or take the children. There really was vaudeville about as It is now. but it was called the variety theater and was taboo to women. Edwin Booth had made a great deal of money and he concluded to build himself a theater wnicn enouia oe a fe AIr Iff rpM 4 . -i l l v sk- v,r ,l; great temple of art. It was duly built on the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street and was devoted largely to Shakespearean drama. Job Seeking; Is Fearsome.' I began life at the big end of the horn and had stayed there pretty well up to this time, but now I found my self sliding down towards ithe middle. In other words, I had myself to sup port. All my relatives were in Cali fornia and I did not want to go back and be dependent upon them. I now had to learn self-reliance. It is a hard and bitter lesson to con. I did not let them know what I was doing. I wanted to get a foothold on the lower rungs and go back and surprise them. So as I had attained some dramatic knowl edge I thought I would rehearse plays, so advertised to that effect. Never having had to face the world alone I had an overpowering timidity. I look back now In wonder that I had It so In excess. If I wanted to see a man on business I would go as far as the office door and then retreat, then would try it again and perhaps would go two or three times before I would walk in. Oh, women, when you have to step out of your homes and ask for employment you nave a outer lass before you and it will require tre mendous effort on your pa,rt to suc ceed. It is. always hardest on those who have had prosperity and have had to steo down, who are not prepared in any special line of work. But you will suceced If you persevere. Do not de pend on one thing. Do for a time whatever comes to hand and while you are doing it, no matter whether you like it or not, do it the best you know, till something better offers. Engagement Is Secured. In answer to my advertisement a woman and man called on me and wanted to engage me to rehearse play for them. On inquiry I found they belonged to the best amateur club in New York City. This fact took my breath away. I wanted to refuse to go. I needed the work, but oh, how could I perform the services required. But they would not take no for an answer, .although I made some excuses. The evening was appointed, they gave me a copy of the play, it was the "Honevmoon." Fortunately I had studied the part of Juliana with Fanny Morant, of Daly's Theater, but what could I do with the other characters? I had some confidence in my ability In nrivate. but. Oh. dear, how could I face all those members of that club? The day came and that evening I was to go through my ordeal. I could not eat anything all oay. i got into a Fifth-avenue stage. They never called them omnibuses. They were always stages and they were Just a little bet ter than the streetcars and cost twice the fare, and, indeed, should not things be more -costly and better on Fifth avenue than anywhere else? Well, as the stage went up the avenue I came near getting out and running home. At last I arrived at the house, a grand brownstone mansion. I balked at the door before ringing the bell and then at last gave It a pull so I could not retreat We all sat around a little while, then I took the book and the rehearsal began. I found that they knew nothing about stage work, al though at one time they had thought they did. And as I discovered their lack of theatrical knowledge my opin ion of myself began to grow at every step. I arranged all the business and before the evening was over was en gaged for stage director for the sea son. We rehearsed many times and then gave a satisfactory performance, for amateurs, of the "Honeymoon" at the Murray Hill Theater. Many of them came to me for private lessons on Lthe parts in the piece. Chance Comes Gradually. In New York I had. while never dreaming of having to support myself, taken lessons in elocution of a fine teacher. I also went on to Boston one Summer and took a course of lelssons gymnastics at Dio Lewis school. We had not yet come to call It physical culture, it was Just plain gymnastics by name, but it did all, and more than any physical culture school of today. In fact, they all drew from Dio Lewis' system but many times failed to ac knowledge It The course was for teachers and when we had finished Mr. Lewis gave diplomas. When he offered me one I replied pertly: "I do not want one, I never expect to xeacn. un, tne silly arrogance of it I have always been ashamed that I Eald such a thing and when I have had to teach It ever rose before me In reproach. My youth was a slender excuse. Well, I had some knowledge of elocution, gymnas tics and stage business, but would 1 have the courage to teach them- Then there was the stage work, I seemed gradually to be getting some chance. By a fortunate circumstance I be came acquainted with John Brougham, of Wallack's Theater, a fine comedian and author of plays besides. He had written a drama called the "Lily of France," founded on Joan of Arc It was to have a week's engagement at Booth's Twenty third-street ' theater. There was a stray open date for a week. The week before Adelaide Neilson's first New York engagement. I was to be the leading woman and Frank Bangs, the greatest Mark An tony of them all, was ,o play Durand, the leading man's part. Joy and Terror Alternate. I lived for two or three veeks be tween alternate Joy and terror. I could neither eat nor sleep, cold chills would run over me as I thought of playing for a week in the finest play house in all New York. At rehearsals I had lots of courage but whenever the thought of the night came over me I cowered In abject fright. If I had trembled before at a rehearsal of an amateur play what would facing a New York audience in the finest the ater In the city be? There was a combat to be fought In the piece by Jane (Joan of Arc. Could I fence? Could I? Well I could for certain. Then I was glad I had taken lessons in this particular art A day or two before the presentation of the play Mr. Brougham atked me to come to his house and go tnrougn my part De fore him. There I was not afraid. I put my whole soul into the role and before I finished great tears rolled down Mr. Brougham's cheeks during the pathetic scenes. He sprang from his seat at the finish, grasped me by the hand and said: "If the play does not take it will certainly not be your fault." This play was considered by himself to be his best effort and it was dear to him. But it was staged at an un fortunate time, namely the exit of the tragedy and the entrance of the society play; the conquering of the beautifully intellectual by mediocrity, the arrival of the time when the business man's brain was too tired to comprehend anything but the light and frothy things. At least he allowed himself to think so. It is sad to relate, but it is a fact that brilliant and witty plays, plays of strong emotions, of elegant language, face empty benches when the other kind draw crowded houses. Tired Brains t Heard Of. In the old days we were brought up on that kind of fare and if the young of today were so trained we would not hear of tired brains, no matter how great the stress of life, and our lan guage would have remained beautiful. It would not have been so fearfully corrupted by slang usually gathered from the stage productions of today. The great night drew near. It ar rived. I trembled all day. I did not sleep the nifrht before.- I did not eat that day. When I started for the theater I felt as must a person start ing forth from prison to execution. The callboy announced the half hour, the quarter hour and the final hour, then gave me my call. The stage manager was D. W. Waller', who played in the first piece I ever saw, which was in California, and had cast himself for the priest in the play. My first entrance was with a howl ing mob which I had to quiet with a stirring speech, but first the priest protected me from their onslaught When I got to the center of the stage for a moment I could not remember a single line or word, but the confusion and noise of the peasants gave me a breathing spell and the words all came and then 1 went straight through without loss of a line. My nervous ness increased because Adelaide Neil son, who was to follow me. was in a box. She had Just arrived from Eng land. Self-Control Recovered. Wei!. I went through to the end and In the mad scene and about the middle of the play I had recovered myself completely and played the week througn with more 'courage and with some measure of satisfaction to my self. The combat between myself and Talbot (J. W. Wallack) was a great success and ended the third act quite gloriously with a tableau, as was usual then, myself standing with sword aloft and one foot on the pros trate foe. The cast of the "Lily of France": . CHARACTERS At the First Representation. Booth's The ater, December 16. John Earl Talbot Mr. James w. Wallack Pierre Burand Mr. Francis Bang. Father Arminius Mr. D. W. "Waller. Charles. Dauphin of France. - Mr. N. Decker, jt-an, Comte de Dunois ...Mr. M. B. Pike. The Duke or Jtseaiorci ...... r. ij. it. narns. Rnhrt rte Baudrlcourt. . . Mr. W. H. Jones. The Prince-Bishop of Beauvais Mr. A. W. Fesno. Roman de la Rose, Court Jester. Mr. George Becks. RalDh Royster. an English bowman . Mr. S. Smith. Jacques Coeur Mr. J. R. Davis. Jacob Dare, father of Jane. .Mr. S. W. Glen. La Tremoullle Mr. C. Rosene. Gladstone. Poynine-a and fic -es (English Soldiers) Mr. F. Percy. Mr. Henry Hogan. and Mr. T. F. Brennan. St. Michael Miss Burswss. Jane of, Domremi (the Lily of France). ; Miss Helen Temple. Zabel Dare (her mother) . .Miss Mary Wells. Agnes Sorel (the favorite) Miss Kate Heathcote. ' (Concluded on Page II.)
