The Oregon daily journal., June 21, 1908, Page 30, Image 30

THE OREGON , SUNDAY JOTJRNAIV PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 21. 18C3.
From BoyHood He Has Studied Art of AitinjJ Leads Quiet Life WLen Not ; Portraying CLaracter Before Footlij&tsHas ; Play e4 Macoetkii Kinjf Lear, Otnello and Otter Roles
MANTEL!
i ' Mi . i'Mi fem W; 4 mm' u y :
) 7 'fill fir- ' K-f-i r . - s&sKswjA
I f' V: ; ; J IIJU : OF VENICE
" .wQ- !Hggg5rMAK,E Booth Busell .
I3E people of th tat J nr dlsalpat any of his strength In pleas- moon'i end.
accused of oelnc of a retiring na- "'"V no ooee noi care 10 oe put up at Marie Bootn Kusaell on the
for Mrs. Man tell.
Marie Booth Bussell .
ell, who li lavender tie and ahlrt atrlped whlta and up and hla wlfo by hla aide aim oat con- talned la nnthtn ,. ,.), T
?ro'"- inder. In hla lapel he wore a very cealed under a ajnbonnet. But down atr?vlnij - tot M? amWMon l. hirh 1
PP. 'f Pi".a bouquet of aweet poaa. tinted the In front, were two of ttaa prattiert Mary want t? unlvernni'fi-.i
"When I flrat began tha study of Lear
I was confronted by dlacouragetnenta
which all but convinced ma of the fu
tility of my feeble efforts. Time and
time again I have thrown the book antde
TV "MaTvTTCTV i! deapalr and told Mrs. Mantell that
L. 1 JflN IJLLL Charles Lamb waa right; Lear cannot
p ptayea wiin penect unaersianaing oy
any man. Dlacourugementa, however,
led only to renewed study. Finally, I
developed what aeemed to me a human
conception of the character, and I made
this attempt. I waa received br the
critics and the public wtth considerably
mora favor than I had looked for. And
now. night after night, I am adding to
my knowledge of the man hlmaelf, put
ting in little details of characterization '
which bring him closer and cloaerto tha
ear of the audience.
Wonderful Stories.
I t,,r. -..(... n ... k lba and doea not seek professional or with him. and they were as
;.r.:.:.:-l:7. V?.?????? ' P youngster, lust starting lavender of tie and shirt.' whll. oiT the Janes you ever saw
"" " " tr . u "n"fr nu enienainmeiiia or nouseKeeping. He rcuna tnem tneretne table In front of him waa a small vase TheV are the Miaaas Mantell ha
, peracaal affairs that the publlo ntertalned n that way. He ln other day when the tun was shining aad of them. They were tha color of I"y plained: Mi"m Mn".
tin & nntinn h.. ---'" w.o, iiuiscuacK riams, m im 01 mar was in me air. Mr. mercinr Into June. Ha mann.r hI RAlnr iiatlnna l- . .w.
ing to stand in "toelhfYT. MKn xTAt SMerr.ar1. K'wM i
well as oa tha stags In order .to attract i?nl g- J2 J his favorite pas. with great gladness the not-foo-ocsan nthuslaam. "I think wa , werel very " ' - Jwri rf.rJn,n.,!tto.7'in . I Hn
attention. This may ba trua of rmrr':tUmttMmnriStJS wrrm.Hr"-a?i,iV.DrH0neahn ' ' Mr. McGinn. CourtM to Invest acteri . I portrav Tittu hBm.V it framing of it. should it not be a profit
many la tha theatric! profw.ion 7t dogha?AXber h wno.li $t AnfftlF"' co "00 KbSTn tS nSSJS ASS
it acarcely holds good with the leaders constant companion In the theatre and . ThaPa fha way It haPDanad
cf the stage. BuchTndivtduah. a. Oti. ft$8t& Up Jelly. w'ould ha'v. 'beSoTptlleSVo n, bo.n financially th; jm arn -"PPOsed u .be. , SoifiVtoif thaf hm
cm . .. . t. ??"ePi'l or !".ore importance than a hotel. And aa Mm Mnfn Bni T profitable o Mr. Bradv . who hH th -.-lnJl .VearTor example, la a eon- mnA nn.iin iu .trivi., 1,..
n-'oomem, aua Aaams. - ni. own, iprn. wu never go to a hotel Putting up jelly! - Lady Macbeth, easentlaflv home folka we irw v.rV .. w.. ' .T .LI J5.l"?J. :. night of rh -ff: ,"T;iBr' -
.--pm 4 A hA-t 11- T 1 - - ' r ' ' 'l -' BiiiiviuiUH UUPfl II Ul III UrBRI 1 1 ' 1 . l "
It Is my belief that the popular neg
lect which has coma to tha Shake
spearean plays .has been because they
have not been played with the human
prettiest Mary want tS bVuniver'salirconsidered I ai the ...ll'ln V. "..J.,,
irageoian or the cay W have the whole "1" ' ' " "
rubllc my public; to secure tha recognl- what could.be more dramatically simple
Ion that was Booth's. Is It too high a than the atorr of Hamlet? Aa a. new
Home times I have fears, and ,. ... ,
enargy, I go DaCK alrirl an nllall. hnifian nlatf
Why, then. In Shakespeare's beautiful
nri r ratirina Im at 11 ekaa WAalla. A
their private life. Thera Is an occ-: intTVJe7?i lr2i atSa?w Franfu? wlth- coromendabU nthuiam of Broadway,
v.lcuuu Riuunr ins prominent f . : . . n m.bi tioiiaAwtfaf
im u . Lm i".":'. hla hotel aoartmenta ncjnntnr shnV-. nousewuei
never falls to make her presence felt fPearean hexamatera. Immersed in the Mr- Mantell welcomed the, newspaper
and her idlosyncraclea known In the immensity or tne para a conceptions
Ihtrimj8n kZZ outset ha told ma that ha would not
. . - " " , vuii bl itii'i i raa air mir nnrnar nanir i r ivzaa
taIZllhSl,!!" .wV '"m"V, 01 ",CV rru,t! lor .UtjirriO "TSlnJu."" SZ Pt to make money for five years,
figured that I would need that
It man to the open window. No ponderou
various hotels In which she lives when wa ?,'f'ri"ein4 Hluaion. He did not frown knitted his brow;
touring this country. In fact. It can ba
aia greatly to tne credit of the men
and women of the American stage that
the modeaty of their conduct while on
tour stands supremely above that f tha
many foreign stars that visit this coun
try, ' But until Robert Mantell'a suc
cessful engagement In San Francisco
where he tins been hailed hv a.11 the
critics not one dissentient voiceno
actor : had ever been discovered who
even avoided the publicity of hotel Ufa
li ue voi
And tie ihnwMI nAt An hut ia ni.. A in -f.KTiu
. . . C w .'-"".11 " J uuBiuga ana jn. Jjenr lfl M t-rHt
:r- 1, ,""'' . eecuro mv cuenieia x nave Deen with greatest in Bhak
S flowers wltki .rHorarf Vi-Ta. 1' . ,i" "1 .u"V i"!',"? i "''.. Ka to
character!
espeare! Yea.
think of It aa
by that, that
not ex- J18 which had not occurred to ma ba- f A'L"J 1
as he for; Nw delights are constaatlen- J.-5tn-uSc-tSlar
, as ne ing to me; I experience, I suppose, what 5!ft.intre22imo!' ?Kr
.Len5 -the Joy ofPdlscpvery p!.r.?.t5Ji.Wth'1 ;.I.hv.
t ?hfn2 The head of the English lltoratura ,
h. department of Stanford university wrote
a. Mam Mr- Mantell's manager after seeing him .
m "King Lear." expressing his great
ouia possibly do so.
On Stage Since Boyhood.
Robert Mantell has been on tha stags
nee almost his boyhood, and yet ha
find him In the hetel at ail but dWu hirk ti iVi- "iLI"nooB" na nammocas swung better already than he looked for at the let is a life studv: so l. Yr
aw.IaM. rM h1 thfaa wa.lrs)' arla4w ln a-. a. ka. ti ..a ul .7 J cnu Ul UVI VnrH. UI OQUrH. th 9 af. thai UBrpila mk.. w
FfincUco na. coay . ifttl. fiat ever -Just the-.orY WSSSZ handRf, a snapshot oaCp oV four'" flcan"' WhU '0t ' t5rati- ftglcJlPhenomenS in boih ar."" Sar'ttUw7r hi". TalLnn'Jj'lSfVr
welcomed bride and groom at th. honey- with his summery gr.y-checked ault, his He was in anmn ThSmpTon Vake- "And yet. whatever success I have at- sere and Ufow' man' CtBr U
riety of expression. Ha might- Mava
11 .... ' W " W..-U.I .I,. . kl. Aw. ...
'.i.u mav . 1 1 v. 1 1 aii u win i y
-memory, for altogether Mr. Mantell
must know, letter. erfect, about 15,000
worda of classic poetry, with all the
attendant cues, to say nothing of tha
carefully worked-oat "bualnesa?' which
Is the technical term for the action
Itself. . He speaks 1.800 words In Mac
beth; and Is on tha stage in scenes' for
ARIZONA RANGES--A STORY of SOUTHWEST PLAINS
By Margaret C&rruthers.
swiiN nUA i-t.1 Jim a r -nrri rtarhaaA vwuhib biiiu ino wum buuul inn nouop. fiaap har Vi-.
; l in golden light from tha we-T ' JiS" JlVI. !"' aha moved a little ou 7of
I ; .hown .ut softly. Hchly whit. J.. i "r T " 5 -"V'dehTv'ilo'r0 hl
amonars. tne surroundlnr rields Tonv tanrht Kllinhath hnw in m.Lr. tear arli
?? t?tn1P..lt.h down at her. She was afraid ha would faitaW.d It anfl i..ni 't:...i..
idii- casement. , wait nere," ne said, as ha
4ha turned to where tha naddlaa him hv
would the aide of tha door.
' arreat n.. . i , . . . - v
ttei at h h.,.t tV quuuuiuy o imi veriKeance, a.
of anrlna-Ina- oi-Ana a .in,i.,. Mexican dlahes ahe had learned to lika weak and limn. Sh i ..i h- "niin supernuman, a wonaerrui cour
m 9 a Vj ' . a..v..www . , . . . . . ----- v 1 -.. l. . ". " " -1 v.. ' , Mil haf anrt ah.
- - ..v. ..- - t.i ,.... , .... . una L:ia art or veavinr nrcnv nnairara Diercin&r nnno-rv av. a .t.. rw . - ,J "
as oeea aoie to avoid In hla private . T" . and even rugs ol
i if e every thing savoring of the theatric , clothed from foot to summit that grew close
n haaha Kn.iw 4 w, with slender Urch and ptna that stood rCk- r. .
feasloa for .2 yeara Than.hVaxact 1t a th .. El-Ub Teard
JSri to,.tb. 7.'ve1v.V MsaTlTa gentl. S'thell'e
- , . . . ' : r "Z" " l . .. ui iiiu un creeping a great tonKina. a i "w rovi ner looked arlm " muuiii. vi mv winaow on ids v..- ,'..
of theatres with aU sorts of Itick. Ha fi"!-. ?5rked th rlm the forest burning self Ish desire that seemed drlv- fnd murderous and she lay weak and aide that fastened with a latch on the Jjf l, V"8.';,
never poses, and has the ability when ri"fr'"?? h. 55 towereo ine ar- mg him mad, fed as it were by days of "c.'Ai':""x . - inaiae. He could get out. or that when Tha nat b-iiv-. a
rt tha .t.iJ; rogsat red bluffs through the arolden. constant aolliarv cnmnanlonahin with Ita . Ml Querada." ha n,,. 1,1. . v he recovered from tha blow and then ha TA .next. aT KHsaheth gathered a
. nrr .11 - ..r. ;i quivennK r, towards the wondrous nhlaot ... . .. ,-, oreatn SICKenino- hr k.i"7 "wonM kill her.- i .. S.""" uuuen ot
y" .nuuuut, ox actios -.nuw nlue of tha Irlumi .v. ' ."trr.lw' - ' atnnata Irl.... " . " ""u . t,..
assume at once the pleasant straiaht- . ; . nnurer nmy nw ouiawin noucea l r "7'V nrr upturned lace,
forward, manner whic Tllli "tfllliij ud,!Llli!?.n every side the lingering, hungry, envving eyes that Tal'i..hvoJf " Jnt th In a wild
as she ran Into hla waiting arms.
'here's Tonv " ha aakaH lArsb-lM. a
the barred door, halting whlh th. .t.i. over tWO and a nuarter ' hnura Tha
still waited to be fed. . . part of King Lear, has In it 2.1)00 words.
All her pentup rage and fear gave with nearly three hours of work on the
way to tears, as sha told htm her story, stage. Hamlet speaks 3,000 words In
b gatnerea up the ' uarnenea, out ne quickly start- neaty raree nours. utneno nas f,4Uti
' theTonV fine arasses breed, as he stood starlnJ aiiantw a: ,ron lar' wung " high above her head eo,iowaJ" the door. . f words, and lago, which Mr. Mantell oc-
to the 'bank lht through e silent n 2ft. Th2nTsh;:a2br0UKht "Z0? wlth the foroe xiLVonut- h5. ?JJIU you" she-nleaded.' caslonaliv plays lntnat great tragedy.
" : lu, felt the strong sinewv arnTi?ina2 ' har, outraged being, on the head of He unbarred the door, and stooped over , has J, 800 words. The role of Shylock
- - - . w ' . , . Sinewy armS ClOSe th. k. f KmaH . trithnu tha ftfftira In.U. .... V. - S T r - ta arna.atd..!.. .t... .1 . W I . - 1 T rt A
linl that itarvey inl '"0 nor ann the hot hraath hlaalna-. " .uvu. aiiiBi. vij r i"" . liauu, T'"!"" B,,0'J wivn no
to trust Thlrn with Protestations of love In her iar ,,mon h k heap t her feet i1f.t;n"d- then put hla hand over tha words, but anyone who has seen tha
l confidence. ; wnen sne came to. she attruaeled to one quickly closed the door, replaced . i. i ' w .. t. . ' '..L" wor a -ear icr
.Into Tony's heart, there f'? hreJf from the snake-like arms,.
the bloody ear and he was her prisoner. Vf It-Zl"?! . VI lKPe?i r.Prr1?101'' jo.or,v K'"
to tha house, ' you ; Mantell as the hardest and roost ardu
ous pari 01 an, run" ior almost tnrea
houra Richelieu. Lord Lvtton'a tlav.
lid flowers and left ' has 1,600 words, but endless labor. Tha
out or the atmosphere of their parte.
That sort of thing was once believed,
but a few of the sensible men and
women of tha profession have shown it
be "tommy rot." Most actors after
aving a long and arduous role are
rely approachable In their ttrm-lnr.
oorai after the performance. They seek
y1." "loPe- clvUiaatlon. In the It came when Harvey found tha stores f? Kl?w'rlrs aat th thought of' Har- ' "1 on the sill waiting
'Of'1?, '.f, baby branch railway and a running low and a trip to the village y3'1?, her and she turned ' Gradually she recovered herself and
ffi ..ru,tlf. "ttion approached to with- fieceasary to replenish them. - i?ne5.,lni "I? n,ht. hut a cold gleam- when she thought of Harvey and hie
xJLy ml'B them. The yellow- aunUght fell air about fii10 'ahed In the moonlight trust In the miserable creature laying
w !ey .Boe-rtman's ranch was the the ranch, blazing In golden glory on tha f.Ivi -?vto dumb nJ frightened etill. Inside, she fejf a. strange fierce
2B,L,n Jfl vaUJ nd, to com- south front, which looked across the .m,k urher "sistanee. He led the lonalng to kill him. f. s , . V
munieate with human life at all. he had valley to the steep wooded ranges be- 7??Z fJJi,' .where the horses wers "No. I will let Harvey do that," she
km. ' nines iW me east or a yon a. it was very still, with the sol- " aiant iron bar that oeierminea, as n nignt araggea on and
She rariVto the . house, got HarveVa lTl r,v the Joot of the mere contemplation of such a repertoire
WlnchesterXid went around to the win- .'4e" e" ... . ,A v howe what a ataggering taak muet
dow. it waspfei. and she could see the .it2 2Yn JI,..,5l1,i .vThe"v "; 4 - -. :
half hr invimr . am in th. waiaea nome slowly, "sadly. throuah tha - - , , ,
thahth; 'owering . sunset .
Loves : Hia Children.
Mr, Mantell was asked recently which
play he loved the most - He replied:
. "You might as ' well ask a father
which one .of hla severer beautiful chtl
drea he loves the most:. Othello is Very
ii iuw v i o yet ii mance. l ney SeK . . " - v. vnu. - n " ' . i ... nun Vila uu i-
mpress one with an Idea of the ter- ; ."".Sn n other direction, over tha emn, brilliant etlllness of Arizona, and
I uuaiu u. mvunuiina . innf nr 01 naa mil h sni wh..
ii:lc task which they have lust finished
..lots something like
J are bathed ana fanned bv their ,.:Teyona "?. in neighboring valleys ever man with, all his hateful attributes.
a priienghter Is Iru ,,, ncn" re and- there. Is absent
ended to alona about tha iw.nt. l ohi
Intarvals. tiny villages.
IBRACE UP!
m lntarvala. tinv vlllaa'Aa . rn.Ah.tlt luna s --tn.f .v.' . ti... " .'
th round. The very fact that Mr. VriTi ?ufcd vjr1 working the house, watching Harvey Reappear Here today, tomorrow ZkZT
. . 1 un. -.ao. - . a ... ., , lor him in tha earlv .lav. whan - i. . . .v.. 1. 1 11 . n . 1 -.m.i . .,r luuiurrow aone
1 . 1 1 1 - k".'1 uniinuousiy Ma.v 1" . w" , , " : , j .. . w
rttoul 40 weeks suca trying roles aa L " u uwwi uiuooi
The Endless Tale,
lrpni Harper's Weekly. ,
The king commanded the court story
teller to unfold a narrative without an
end. v. ..;
"Once on a . time there waa. a. hura
the half bred lay ouiet . But she knew building filled with -corn." began the ljeT e'80 very dear to me because It
the Attmnln aw v ai f aa tan Aat ai m J . 1 aa m aa atainf - aA tiM a 4 k . la IUa 14. J .1 J . 1 . a . . a.
...a .,,....... - u.a 1 uu mr .uij-vawr, ' An enormous swarm or " uuuton u toy piays ana
gun In place, her finger on the trigger locusts swooped down on this tremen th public .haa accepted me after a
ready to fire. ' ' - v dous edifice and" , . , .. - lapse of over a quarter of a century
. The moon sank slowly -In the sky hei "Stop!" commanded the king. - That ' without an actor who satisfied them In
.mi uui. ua 1 j skw Biiurwir ; wi is m oearaea i chestnut. I want uoumarois.'
deer to- me because it was mv flrat mf.
fort In Shakespearean drama. . Kin
Richard ttr ' Pu now that he had
'Twon't b'e bi&rh?tf' '
tere today, then gone forever
Here today then-ahar J lit r
t).ath V n aw f aM a
.nd tha iiVa ihAvs kiw. - ' una ifli 4 in otnera era. -: n
i Man of wondrouavltality. Ona would LVtZl twJ ar naif-breed. f for the firt time sJnoa coming to th And no
to una mm at taa cioao of any r i" f;;W'i"a owumB quuiona rancn, out warvey would be boms tha
1,71 . m nx V " ai,aaiai.aras VII CjJ tarfia a. i ,w .... ' 1 aaa h evw . I1U Jt. a, U" as a. IIWVU O.I(J X VII V. It I1U llflU
.;iry; hut he does not ahow the slight- CrL .u f ; 7 rone after some catUe that had broken Here today, then
-t semblance of fatigue. He doea notkow tha everything; waa In good out of th corral durlna tha nieht Hera tndiv.tha
n:nt a hair" as the expression aoes. orl" Mr, arvey bad sent for his would be back by sundown. - Then'a an irT,, !r-.nll
ut once in his dressing-room he loses le t,?.?,010 P,m- Harvey drove It was dusk when Tony returned with Work and sorrow .11 aT?r' .
bis voice of the haavy tragic role th. Tth i'Vi Si'i10?.0 ,etch her' th truant stock and Eliaabeth, who had German bandi 1 Ml aTml li '
1 speaks In calm, softly-modulated !,'.To,njr ' w off building tha new fed the chickens and milked the cows. TJieVe will be no nhnf
ts aa If acting for three hours waa J ., lJ?s nough to prepare a aup- ran to get him aome supper. She There will no mo?e h?ii2nofrr,?ph'
'y aa ordinary axeitlon. ?J J$lZZ tlad 'Si black cof- brought the bread and butter, made his , . That's not bad It ajEJi.ESS-'
. . ' house m 1 t re s of the near tea and set the table for him. She won- ? , 1 l not ialt
. sreful ot Health. and olty"bed y0,infc l0ylT ?ered.wh J1 W" nS Bo, 4f that's what means the morrow
Mantea evidently ha. a proper nV.jA-with an ear- Xl&'&JVU VAf.
iHtin .r th. ..ni.;. '. ""JA"" mM, nw. orave and strong him lonely meat .-. . t.h .n w.'.l "orrow
, " " Ic any narushjp for hia A perfect -pea
and paler, another light began growing something new; but It must be a atorv
'in the east and as tha moon flnallv 'without an .ml - . w. siory
story-teller departed, i . Several
lawn sank below the . horizon great ribs of The
giowlnV pink-bean titand
-Old Scottish 8anctnary.
f rom the London Globe. .
pearly mornina-light B , mitted to tha royal presence. , The, eld sanctuary of the AbbeV and
; Tha first welcome rays of the morn-" "Oh. most mightyT monarrh " ha ha. t.i.. e tii-. '' .00" na .
ln "un. ",t0'f,'0'tir ;vi'ft;t..ch. m1H B'nTO quota the full
.in Hi" 1 '8"1 a.me yvi wiin a story which Is devoid of con. " inieresting'institu
fresh hooe. . The sun humeri flerr-a nn liialnn ... uwii- mu. j.u. -
the
the
uncovered head and
girl and she began
shoulders of
to go dizzy
"Produce!" cried the lrlna.
n 1 . . ....
tlon.i The. debtor was free from arrest
ounng ins week., on entering the sanc-
tne gin and sne pecan to go dizzy . The story-teller ' mimiI tMt. ' iki ' k. ...ii j XV 5 ,. "', '"c
iixea on tne tjufiaica mass
"SSSSm .J?y -'rra -U Khoi w1?hirtb.fcboSS-rte:aSn5
f;nlcA.hM o. n0. ; announced It was not uncommon to see the r'ahWi
felUnfplly Sf," Ie?r aftm to her' th story-teller.
What If she had killed him?. ... - . Then the wor
lrt to play a repertoire of 11 heavy aake, .so she had come to he ranch pra-
H nearan roles such as he had honeS tor n "iSiii-- t u.cceM
1. , . . - . . nonea tor, and willing to endure any
f..r lit the season, for he doea not privation to help him gain his end.
rwftre and nnlet In Ar
the giant rangea, dimly outlined' through
me tnmcy moonnent. ne heard him
put . 1 vay the supper things and then
he cams and stood the door looking
Sing a etave and lilt a chorus
ThVr-6 fh!! W "f,1J blossomehore;
T Al?J Jf.ora wUl 1,0 more bo ue;
Grief jComes near us neveamore
' v , Houston Post.
nan tnM iha M., :""a7 c P1..1"- creait-
thlrigha was roina- to nurrhaSa" SUC Z i ' window
her husband had hi, salary raised." end h9 knew li aWd fice" tne'edfto;
Tha king was Still listening. ' ' or told the aame tal ftnnVh-!?10!
. . . a 1 II. i
. Tha thou eh t sent a thrill of hnrrna
viorating xnrouan ner body, leaving her
fold 1 and , trembling tfi the - scorching
beat.'- . r.-n..-.. .
.hoofs 6n the hard road, and as they A Romantie Tale.
nIiTi"'.'i heard Harvey's fa- "How dldlhe genersl win his spursr
miliar whistle and the crack of his - "t think the aurhnritlaa fiwla i.
whip. ; Her heart beat with, a great' jo, to ?.e who Vhoild i ! thZ prSmeoUon!",BJ
non, the debtor could leave his sanctu
Iy DS.T,".1 toisl family, but he had to
the 'tameritjr t0 leave on a. weak day.
but he did so at his peril. -7