Show P MARY I IN A l VILLA G J u Evesham wu wil allow with excite BeIng morning farm erl ens from tb the had driven Into the village with Ith their wives fur for lunda shopping On every elry avail aall available able billboard Ion the road Mill posters had announced lot lor I a month a t the great event ot of tM tb daytha Mary An Convert Concert old anti and faded In 11 luau I a month In a Worle Worcester ter village In such I a sunti month a athis this Ihl when hen for tor weeks week the road have been heen thronged with farmers cart carll fruit to 10 market The Mary Anderson mIght thus thu have easi I been for tor old one posted sears Hit and years ago ro If It wen tot lot for forthe the freshly pasted 11 the floe tac tact it t the J posters the fu further an afternoon at IO The arrival of tb he midday train Iraln from London with I a huge hur harp In green bAlle cover gave another fillip to 10 the and when the harp and the mn men who came with It ha hal been un from Crom the railway omnibus In the nicer IPer little square where th Ih Town hall haIl children playing round the theTo To Town n Hall steps fairly shrieked again mr lor gleeful In tb the Town Ton Hail lt half SI 1 gentlemen and nd two mules were t In amid A chaos chao or of dust u o chairs chain I hll hue workmen verc b busy Nr un the plat platS S 1111 1 In fixing up the grand piano just JUtt ar arll arI ll I You Yuu must have patience with me at al I 1 am only an amateur you OU OUk k no the taller laller ot of the ladle ladies was a ny eay inK to a gentleman with il t moustache t TO SWEAR Hi BY There could be 11 no mistaking that I IlIC Ie It was 1118 tile the Ibis of the Forest ot of Arden nor liven even th the who bade baeSl u us at af tr ir pledging hertelt 10 o kl kiss 81 a man ot of IOU all al hR beards berds that pleased me meuI out uI none nune the less A Rosa ROIa tInd with cheeks a Rosa Roa md who haLt had doffed doublet and hoer hoe to 10 blossom into Inlo a stately a and years yean younger than when we first met her before ale she had poor cella ella or led lovesick a dance through the forest Corell a In tact who was ai even yet ret living happily tvr ever afterwards The who christened the Kentuck girl Irl Mary Mat Anderson Our Mary would have been proud of bl his good child had hr he In her br then themi Mo god of f l the P DaiY Mail to let Ill 10 London to lu luher you OU come oil Ih the way from 01 hear our little was tier her greet greetin her tur Ite in to me 1 Let m roe introduce you to 10 tomy my husband Just JUMI think ot of It all let get letting getting ting Into I Ihal shall l be nervous Away she he trips to 10 tl the stage Ital while I alt It beside belde Mr dt t Navarro and venture to 10 reproach him with having robbe robbed us UI usNO NO FOR POR DAn DAtS She has never the slightest t hl wish to return I ti the stage he the l be beIn perl per to me quietly as al ti In Mr r Francis Korb the grey Ie strikes Ih the first haired lent gentleman man frt of oC lb the to 10 a hungarian la song of hi his 0 tu n fl I C would lk like to be arrayed arrye In silver and gold and nd radiant nt fo him to behold Yea Ye It I singing and somehow nut not thI Ih we knew of the There is II all the III ild arh witchery forest al tb Ih merry spackle the roguish glance the bewitching that held thousands under It spell In tim Ih old old Id di daI i hut sure that pel glorious olum e In song did not nol the o we knew some belong to 10 Ime must mut have endowed tweet sweet fairy with a wedding gIft of Our Mary Iary wih gif that warmth soul Html Dut whence comes J ll If feeling vibrant and mellow as al Ihl IhlI the feln Of tIme thrush Visions 10 of the I cold as al Crt fade Into ab as al that full rich voice SI fl the empty empt hal hail TUF eONa O OThe Th The cries ot of playing outdoors hushed Workmen Workman busy bUI 01 stand qa agae In draperies up U thi stag th Miss 11 Fanni DaI Davies the great Ireat pianist sitting on a chair behind us UR leall leatis to per Wonderful Out But It if he ba would 10 hove m me better II in linen gown Cht Cheek end nd bro brow and arms au al tanned and Ind brown brownI I wOld would seek k the suits ferl fierce r rays Al ul Ih the long lona midsummer days day And through ni all Ih the sunny weather the lame game wed play Who loves bt beat There Thre I is no need to question further whence hence Caine B Ie I the ht spark which his hal en enkindled n kindled our Ingenious u a sunbeam the Ihl nut brown Is II singing straight to 10 the courtly gente genteman gentle gentleman man sitting beside me I lie smiles a knightly of hll hi beautiful homage and ond hurries forward to assist hf lien front the for form FANCY Half an hour later laler we Ire are sit II sHUn at luncheon ln at al the hotel Ald An lUh such a laughing merry party lO too Mme Mate do de Navarro Is II the life amid lul soul of oC the Ibe table ow Ih he is II telling u us that Chicago I is called led I that she he hii has only hid had six singing lessons In her life ol that he her trainer u ii she he ply pla tuly fully cal calls Mr Korbay at al her elbow will 1 not even allow her I a glass rJ of oC wine at al luncheon till she l has aide her debut limit br her lil little lOl son Is II just tour years old n and is III tie the dearest little fellow tellow on Earth that nl I really must mUll drive drle over to Broad Va to see lep him returning to 0 that thaI the Ibe ani only thin thing she ever refused her husband w was a promise to practice singing halt an n hour every verr tay day and 1 so forth and so 10 on Bubbling with sher sheer happiness and lauler laughter merr merry u as uI asa I a madcap of she Ibe asks Toy Tony her husband to 10 look luuk after the Press my Iny sell while she takes I a r rest t before the trying ordeal ordal ot of R a first Seat lat for tor lb the concert had been selling eln for tor ton shillings seven 11 and five shillings IWo shillings anti 01 one shilling These wet were prices for and all for a charty charity too 10 something ted with the Iho mono mon o over r at Broadway village where the name Navarro I is one OM to conjure wih with and nd Court Farm where the Na Navarros lve live is II a magnet manet for tor rusticating artl world and aud other of the London A O O tt th 11 itself I ba bartH r I dare speak criticism not being 1 rn tore forte pa The pIece of as al the critics would sa a wu was Ilond beyond question Mute me d 1 herself Gowned In blak black lae lace she came upon the Platform smiling recognition her here amid Aud titers to 10 friends In the audience And the way wayte te the back ok benches cheered brought back recollections of triumphs whee where andl ande hd had chere cheered themselves hoarse In like milner manner A little Ull Playful citro vey Vera with Mr r as 1 to where he should stand and then giant Ilam tall Calm on Orlando In the fifth rw of oC or chairs and Ihu she begIns to 10 sing A As a mater tastier ot of fall fact It wu was a to everybody Who eve ever suspect suspected I ld ed that the newspapers had been so H egregiously mistaken 11 in calling tary Iary merel merely a great actress With that voice ringing In our ears n It was l useless denying that I it Wa was Mary ar An denol the denla donna who ha had been living thee these ten len yea years In Broadway vii 1 lage lae clo close b by Only I a donna could IID sing like that and not Ilot many prima donl donnas ever eer could coul sing wih with thAt fres ness ot of voice FO co suggestive of sIng ling lag In a viage village choir t It hadly hardly be a prima donna who responded 1 po fr freely I with encore af aC tar and surely never a I prima don donna would stand ther there before UI us emil emilIng Ing Ine mischIevously while h her r pianist and traIner wished her to sing one song ng whIte Ihl insisted on singing another Just how many songs 1 Cite he sang I 1 can hot tell The program said ne fl Wih With encores t to each thAt would mean ten but I a am UN sure there were more Any Anyhow how bow it II Wi was urn long sunny afternoon ferlon ot of In song I brought alt all 10 too loon soon to a close b by Ol the inexorable trin train time lime Ater After the J performance wal was over oer everybody to ch crush into Inlo tb tIme rm room behind the Ibe Platform to toI I say Tak Thank you That last lul number WM was Jut juat 10 too much for I inc she said laid with a suspicion or DC a atIl tIl tear in 10 he her laughing 1 I It w was th the from hm A Winter In which I 1 made m my appearance In lldon London ye year lr ago They wet were playing It a as I wet went on Ih the stage and stranger still tl the who played then Ihn we were the thel sante l In this which Ii h positively t my I last appearance In iii Jal P Holland In the Ihl nally Mail laU |