Show AMOUS WOMEN OF HISTORY HISTORY I I j SIDDONS J use l S ht 1912 b by J J. J abbot t 7 trolling strolling pla players rs of Ot th the neaps o or to Wad l once In Inde th c tile the name namo or whIch de ha have hae e been eu f r- r would thAt I long t July Jul i 17 to In a 11 aut ut ve th tM thatched root roof or of tt the o NT under Th of 01 Mutton Delsa TM 1 foo h to b bt hp P Ont tb the girl chill chi h in I t r the th English drama tC The Tho Trasie h giC sirs sirs- Ins as Mutton From m The Shoulder of 01 v frOm or nr lla and lo B i t ant area act more difficult thun that of or as hut but this girl uKa w t thou though h It It not tk t tf an and 1 falter alter W ill the waY wa honl S Sarah Kemble hembie ring x IoU ell of rs of pr course bini- bini strollers pi ere would o call them too a todY we c era that a superior type T Ilor tt cJ I Intellectual gc e eh general ft the Iten Wass fl higher than h be stage BJ Kemble her hei father ether and aud f tar Roger played the great rc t s cla-s lc roon om ts ny n circuits which nowadays nO t Belle on 00 of ot the Dower Bowery or Dd ad Cabin CabIn u and are e s scarce sr c it Toms Tom the thc latter 1 III ia c embellished ed tO th Tor up I 1 ellwin ell the he e environment en of or the I win ale forced to be clan clan- people se of or the good natured d con con- ens e eo b which the they were ere treated b by with h b be be- be Ab about ut them the them t s naturally tamo herself an n belh personal personally ll lUe both In f fan tace and 11 te she m made an in early and and after the fashion of or pretty actresses actresses ac ac- ne- ne tre tresses a n. foolish one Henry whom i uhe he married In 1773 WWI won an lUl actor In In her fathers father's that company that I In is until H loser gr discovered he VatS vas as mak lug Ins love e to Sunni burah wh when n he van was Incontinently Incon Incon- flied fired and the exiled lI d to Warwickshire re ahn sh h became a n aladj's alady lady s maid to a Ja lady lidy of or quality Poor ns W was UJ not a u had bad a commonplace commonplace common common- place actor and at tt this Juncture must c have been u LL lad of or sumo some spirit for far h ho rescued his hilt fair one from personal norvl- norvl tude lude In the country und married maulet her In Coventry Then attar fur some time the tho twain t went vent up lip and down the province pro m ince ere pla plaYing everything c from pantomime to Shakes e. e SIddons may mu he dismissed din dis missed ed now with the statement that thal he hee Kiev e elIot not lIot n a whit h by the practice of his art and when wheat hl hla wife attained l greatness great great- net nce ness settled n Jo placidly to the of or an art actress actress' 5 husband the children and speculating nl ay dl trou I with her ell earnings In th the England of or that da Ila day success at Drury Lane the to uit was suio pathway path on th the stage Mis 11 SIddons SId dons had her opportunity In 1 1775 75 and failed dismally I Sh She She had not attained tho the full ull million Inn of or her bar lf r genius nor liar lId she phe or the m manager G understand at that time that her beg talent lent Itself to the this s and majesty of or tra tragedy and not to com d grieved cd IJ bj by this reverse re she slip went ent back to the thc Inces an and played plaN for four seasonS enson at an I average le c of or J 3 Hv 16 a a. e weik ek k Notwithstanding th the pP pessimistic poem o of the the- late Senator In ulle opportunity does knock more mora than once at each N mans man's door dOOl Its second mall CHI to Sarah Sural ons came camp In the shape j hape of an otter offer front rom the new ne mana manager l' l of or Drury Lane Richard leY Sheridan 1 Forgetting her past failure allure she sho hastened to London and antl In lJ began an rehearsing the part pait or of f bab Isabella In Garrick's version of The Fatal Carriage l a a pia play of or compelling pathos paUlo now practically forgotten o otten o dot ot unnaturally the ordeal for tor which she was preparing tilled her hei with apprehension Of or a a. placid almost phlegmatic temperament temperament tempera tempera- ment she a a prey to to extreme nervousness en c as the them moment ment for foi tho the ft-at ft production approached losing her voice olce for tor none non but nervous causes On the of or the ItOh HOh the da day of or orthe the he production production- she writes writeR m my olce lIce waR wan most happily perfectly restored nn and a again aln the tho blessed sun shone on me On this eventful e da day IU my fathel athey fa- fa they thel hei arrived to comfort One mo and nd be he a II witness to my trial He lie accompanied meto meto me mo moo to o my dressing room at al the theatre and ami then hen left leU me nit and I In one of or what I 1 call all my desperate atc which usually impress s a mo ate under terrific clr- clr there completed m my dress to 0 the astonishment of oC my attendant without uttering one ono word though o oilmen olen ten el hung most profoundly I 1 now to say ray that her audience was as swept away awn Tears TEtus attended IH her r sadly solemn I scenes to be suc succeeded by cheers as the tho curtaIn fell tell She a athe the he next nest morning to find lIe herself the talk of oc f the town the town the most sought sough I after wo vvo- man ui People fought for deals even breakfasted near ni-ai the theatre to be Je sure suro ur of f getting good places Madam said bald Dr Johnson when hen site she e called II I t at his always al- al ways aya well lodgings S and he was somewhat put to It to find Un her a chair you jou OU who so 80 often occasion a want ani of scats cats 0 o other people will twill the more easily excuse the want of oC one yourself From one of or the lie annoyances of or a n. sue suc uc ce a actress her liar and d de demeanor tie tie- meaner meanor as ns tra tragic lc as S well of off orr the sia sta stage t tas U as 1 on ou her Id HS as soon make love lo ove to the Ule archbishop ar of or Canterbury is as asto to 0 Mrs Irs SIddons said Sheridan once when hen accuse accused of or to hl his star tar This deportment department wa was no pose pobe but tho thin natural effect of or a mind continually oc- oc with high h thoughts upon the body It t dominated The Tho story goes that bu buying buy buy- ing ng a L piece of or calico slit she Inquired in tone ones so deep and Will It IL w wash ash 7 that the affrighted li started ba back l. l falling In c collapse against his shelves Witness s truth she cried when wien told this story i f novel never meant to bo do But t there tere was wasu lit In u her at all tunes times of or th the tragedy queen On tho the stage e her Intensity In- In sometimes sometimes' wholly unmanned tho the actor playing placing opposite to hor her Young one of f the thc boat best of or her support was struck dumb by her vehemence In a certain part pait and nd had all he could coul do to finish his act while another actor coming trembling stud nd unmanned from tho B stage said sold That Thit woman oman plays at ns though tho the thin thing In 1 earnest She Sho looks me so through and through with her liar black eyes that thal I 1 would woul not ot for tho the world meet sweet her on the tho stage e gain again Perhaps the thc one ono limo she met mether mether her match was when a L Ln guileless n callboy she he had sc sent nt for tor a a. pot of or porter wherewith whore whore- with to restore herself after the sleep scene in Macbeth brought the foaming breaker not to the dressing room but to her on the stage in full view lew or of f the tho t o audience whIch roared Even then hen she regained her hei dignity and tOd won woner her er auditors back hack to the mood of or terror which that scene compels compel Mrs rs SIddons lived a a. long life full of uC honors honor dying at the age the age of or 76 76 She re- re retired retired tired red from tho thin stage at rt 57 but truth compels the statement that her hei farewell performances were wera almost aa as many mam as of at Patti or of ot Bernhardt It U Is lard hard for those who have known th the limo lime Ight over evor to forego it The Tho poet et Rogers ROgel'S told old how sitting sHUn with hUn him one afternoon afternoon tho 10 old lady J said with a sigh sighs Oh Oh dear This Is Is' Is the time I used to bo be thinking or of f going to the theatre F First came camo th the pleasure of oC dressing for Cot at 01 my part and then hen tho the pleasure of or acting it But thatIs that Is s all nil over ocr now Sir Joshua Reynolds was as as Inspired b bIrs by Mrs Irs to one of or his finest por- por portraIts traIts which he Inscribed to her as Tho The lice her Dr Di Johnon Johnson John- John Tragic Muse Muae At request son LIon on Inscribed his name at the edge rdse of or the 10 portrait I 1 would not lose loe lose he said the the honor this opportunity afforded mo moor for or m my name going oln down to posterns posterity on the th ift hem of your our garment arment |