Show 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 oooo OO IO tO 00 I O O O 0 O 00 4 I RICHARD CHARD fI R MANSFIELD ELD 9 if to 61 I IV if II U H o Ii it AM E RICAS U oT 46 0 I if GREATEST ACTOR ACTORI 9 o U 9 ro io 6 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 T n n n 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 T v VV U II the greatest rea test actor In III Amor Amar WHO W Ica 1 Ask this of ot i lIar or sons ROnS tnt and O 9 of them will rep replY without a n Mans I Hold When such uch practical unanimity pre pro prevails j vails nIlY It Is IK Idle IllIe to attempt to emulate I the example of or the juror who said hili 11 it were cie hopeless s I they thoy to With him AH All A u II toot tacit I tun with the ninety und and nine nIno who ho hoare are unwilling to admit that thor cnn can I he be a II question im III n to 10 Mansfields lan acy In this estimate It Il Is t not Har ary MY to Include Jefferson who can ean scarcely bo ho regarded us 1111 an active I member of ot tho the profusion despite hh II hi few annual In the tho name mu old lid kI plays with which hu ho hns has bein bui re regaling reo rek k galing tw U ti for tor thu tho past fow low decades However It Is I never nover a 1 good goot plan pall rill fUr a n crill a to an Issue anti even If It Jo Josoph soph Jefferson were to bo bt b Included I IV V mould still name as a athe the greatest actor In III America In attempting to hit lilt upon tho Iho player who Is 19 worthy of ii this distinction over Bover al at points poInt roust must bo ho weighed The main consideration however Is lm to find the Iho theman thet t man mun who Is III utile able to play In III a n better manner than any noy an other othel moan man n IL 1 given number ot of roles of ot widely varying char character actor acter It Il Is In precisely for tor that reason that the tho palm must moat bo 1 awarded to Mansfield His Ills Is no circum circumscribed scribed Held nelt of ot effort Ho lie Is alike alii good goodIn L In the tho lightest form of ot comedy like I Kail In more serious Herlous comedy like Heau Beau In 1 like III Or Ir Jr Jekyll anil Mr r Hyde Hyle In po etlo comedy like Cyrano do tie doand e and In Shakespearean drama droma to which his 1118 energies are at nt present devoted through tho time medium rne lurn of at Henry V Y True Henry Honry V Is I really nothing more than a I spectacular costume melodrama i but Lut line has also aio appeared as us In Merchant of ot Venice which Shakespeare designated n II come comedy dy Iy for Cor or no other othor reason than R It I does docs not end with a 1 anti and lint in III III Ill which the Hard of ct 0 Avon Aon was vas gracious enough to classify as I a 1 tragedy Hamlet ant Othello have havo not yet yel come but Jut In tho the natural order of ot things they the may be bo expected In duo ClUe course COIC While many persons may inay question In advance Mansfields fitness for or the tho roles rolen of ot and nud Ingo lago It would seem Heem that aside from his luck lack of ot stature ho he should make an ideal Othello When the tho supremacy of ot the time women of ot I the tho American stage Is considered there thero Is room roo III for or doubt douht and honest variance I of ot opinion 1 I nm am convinced that wo we I have no actress who In all nil the time phases l of ot her art at Is 18 l tho time equal of ot Minnie Mad dora FIske but hilt there are aro those tho so who t would dispute this claim In favor Ca or of Ut S Julia Marlowe There would woul nt at least be the semblance of reason reanon In their con contention Just aa liS thore would bo lq no sign signor of ot It In the claim that Haude Adams Is I 11 I tho th premiere American actress Miss 1 Marlowe and an Mrs Fiske are what for Cor I 1 want of ot a 11 bettor heltor designation might be Jo Joi i called nil around players Miss IHS Maude Adams Adorns Is an pure and Ie In proof of this It Il Is hi only nee to recall that In Tho Little Minister she abe was Incomparable In tolerable und nod In III anti Juliet laughable With Julia JulIt Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur thur who by hy I n a 1 few fow prejudiced ers Nil might be he regarded as ns our best hest wo Wf woman man player out of ot the tine way wa theme o are arc r tho the only on I ladles of o the tho stage who can enn be considered In this connection for tor with without ith out wishing to cast casl any an reflection upon Mrs Leslie Carter Carler and Miss Mini Blanche m Bates the time former while great is 19 so j only anI In III a 11 melodramatic way WilY and arni the latter Is Im yet ot to 10 win tho laurels laurei which will entitle her tier to classification with the 1 elect of ot the stage But DUl with the men there theme Is lL no such nuch perplexity lUchard Mansfield stands alone In III tho the broadest significance of ot the tho term He lie Is better In III almost every everyone everyone one ono of ot the tho nanny many IMn lines he lies has essayed than any actor who makes n II specialty of ot ono one field fleM of ot effort Starting with nothing no thin I Innate ability the time confidence In self felt which Is Inevitable ble lIC accompaniment of at true truc genius he has hilS unaided worked his way war by Jy logical steps to his present lIre sent preeminent pro position pOll I tion on the American stage Not ot so soen very en many years ago Richard Mansfield I was a n clerk at tho the linen counter of ot a n large store today he lie Is IR as atm the tho greatest t In America until ono one on I of J tho the greatest III In the thu world Comment upon the sturdy determination tion the of ot purpose and the thin genius genilus which havo conspired I to work vork this transformation Is hi h maul mani manifestly mad Mansfields career Is III tho the brat best possible exposition position ox of oC the roans mans character 0 j 1 r w g b 47 LI wv fl 44 f f 1 1 I Ai I r t I 0 I N v i I I i I Ii l 1 i J 1 l I 01 I i I 1 I t ic iJ 4 jr c r g 1 q AS r j t tI tI i A I I II I IN IwA wA I I 1 All b by lach Dro New hew York rork i 4 I SOME OF OP MANSFIELDS MOST FAMOUS IMPERSONATIONS t There are arc many man facts In connection with tho the rise of o Mansfield which make Interesting rending reading The Londoners thought him BO so poor toor an nn octal actor that they accorded him only the most meager support yet et they the flock lock to lEer Her theater of oC which Tree Tre is III both star and manager manu gel This would seem tantamount to the declaration that from tram tho the British standpoint itt least Tree Is a better actor than Mans Mons Mansfield Mansfield I field Try however to get set a prominent critic In tho the British metropolis met lis to say that and you rOll will s ill mid flail that he Is 18 un imn unwilling unwilling willing to do tb so unless he lie happen to tobe tobe tobe be a 0 member of ot that select little clique which affects to 10 believe that the time sun sunrises sunrises sunrises rises on the east side aide of ot the stage of ot otHer Her theater anti and sets sels on the west side What then Is the tho ho explanation It U I V r i i r 4 t 7 t 1 IF 4 p e t 4 r I f LI I Pluto r oto bj by JD hn A FAMOUS GOLFER Alexander Pandy Herd of If f I is coming to the I United States anti and will probably take charge of ot one of ot the best befit known courses coun 5 While Herd lien has hns nevar nevor won nn an OIen open championship in England Ingland he Is worth worthy to tobe tobe be classed clamed among the worlds worMs best hest golfers In 1196 and last year jear ear ho played Into the till final round and nind then lost this classic tournament Herd ibid drives probably farther tarther than tItan any man In Great hl hi hIs ball bali frequently carrying 2 O yards from the t I tee tie u may have been the unwillingness 3 on time tho part of ot our cousins to con concede concede cede cedo that anything good could conic como out ou ot or America for tor In those days our plays am players were w ro nut not as OR cordially re received calved as us at present But be e that as It may lillY Inn no ito competent critic will havo the tho temerity to rate Tree iree as rui Mansfields equal Tree free possesses n fi 1 method which while technically artistic Is III finicky In Its ItH of ot childishly un unimportant UnImportant important details The effect IB Is to tomar roar mar the beauty of ot tho entire work and to excite resentment of at o tho the auditor against tho the offensive obtrusion of ot this manifest artificiality Mansfield ld on the other othur hand IH Is apt to 10 and to rely upon bold balti strokes of ot the brush to produce his hili effects nut Hut he lie Is In virile nt at all mu times In short Mansfield 13 Iti ever Tree Treo never convincing In Inmany InI inmany many roles Mansfield makes us forget torkel I tho time actor Tree Treo never ceases to remind r us tIN of ot him To sum it up Tree beside Mansfield Is a histrionic pygmy It must not mint be he assumed that Mans ManH Mansfields fields lIella method Is devoid of ot faults lie He Is 18 afflicted with several annoying man mannerisms nt lit his to correct which his thousands of ot admirers n and sincere have long lon marveled For I or Instance Mansfield has a n way of ot ex exi extending i tending one hunt hand heavenward with his fingers stretched wide apart II lie Is also I given to till thin habit of or sprawling his legs u while committing that offense and the tho II combination Is III simply lImply appalling to those who earnestly desire to 10 see sec this brilliant actor do always the best of at which he imo Is capable Still another fault Is his trick of at stopping suddenly throwing lag his hlA chest chesl forward anti de do depressing pressing his head the tho while he Imo vicious viciously I ly iy J spits out his speech to the of uC if quivering body bod and out outstretched outstretched stretched arms It Is possible that sUmac some of at these mannerisms are tolerable In certain circumstances but Mansfield employs them so BO often that they tho cnn can cannot not but bUI make the Judicious grieve Hut But after nil all these do elo not nol seriously affect Mansfields fit gl greatness eat ness They are unsightly little splotches upon nn an otherwise perfect picture of ot majestic proportions a 0 afew few CI ow poorly executed leaves leaven In a II mag magnificent painting of at n a 1 vast forest What the time future may mn contain for Cor Mansfield he Ito alone can cnn determine He lie has Imas reach reached ed the point where he Is the time arbiter of at athis his own career but hut In the tho way lIa ay of ot friendly advice It may ma be suggested that If It he lie will vIli resist the time almost Irre Irresistible temptation to stray ort off ci after aler false gods tame fame such as at nl the time outset of oC his career he lie had never neler dared ared dream of o will surely be Je his Mansfields rise rl e from obscurity to fame amo as shown In the following list of at atI engagements since ho he adopted the I stage as a n life lite work should prove In Interesting In this connection I 11 II Drome the tite role lole In tn The flack Dlack luk Cloak Standard thu thea mu lu Ne New York city Nick Vedder In Iii comic open croci Kip HIp Van Vin n Mine iame me theater In A In A AU Ar U 11 r stOCk m Union Squire it Nw York YorkUS ork US un ton on In Ross ROlet Squire Square quare Nw N Y York rk Da harm r on von ton on In spec pee i r operetta U la I Tie 1 N Se New w York d din In henry OUT Ouy Cirl Carleton looi I Victor ictor Durand theater Ki Nt York r erk In Oat Standard th t r N tW ew w wY Y York Yerk tk Urn lIen Knit Krift In Slide drama In Spit Spilt ct of All m theater N ew w York with Minnie now mow his Fi flike k ID In the Iud In Inc Ine role rolt this Ibl Mr lit played l Koko Koo In to The In a i lcd cut cast it at the Street tret theater Hot Hotten ten Ion In mini Karl r and Mt It hyde In Dr I r and md lit hyde llyde lId e Piston liDdon Do Io Jadot in Square Squar thea theater tel ter Nc CV York In Mchard III Ill thea theater Ib ter tn te london Login In Muter fluter and M Man Ian n Palm tri ers r thriller theater New Nee York Ot Jr e In hi jUHt r New Nw York n Juan In is l lion on Juan clarden theater New NelV etY York 1 rk Nero lu In Nero cro harden theater New Nw rock bat 11 In Ten Thousand a II af Year f r Garden theater New York rork ork Arthur lale in ID Tb The Scarlet Utter lIn Julys theater Now ew York rork 1 81 IQ ck k In IDI ol ot Venice Herr Heir theater theor Sew New York In Arms Armi and mod th the Mar Man Herald theater New York Napoleon In Scene From roIl II the Life We of ci Napoleon Napole lIon 8 New York ork t m Idro MV X 1 iS III In Tho Tito King of 01 Peru Ieru New rork ork In tiLe lie Story of 01 the Student theater New York lS 19 8 II Mr jr John III In Cattle CallIe Grand Orand Home go In The Titu I ittis hall A en In The M lint Vl Violin hauls theater Crano tie de Oarl larden n theater New 1 York Yo k H nry in King Henry V t Garden theater lINler Sew New York Vork ork Now York lark AT tF 1 IY IYA A well seii known actress s who ho recently returned loin a II continental tour wi wll Ik Idi Ii h Included Italy lint hUH hits some timings to nay IU about alini tho the famous tragedian who hio has now t cached his hili al ed threescore years yeats anti and ten tent He lie Is ri n magnificent old ohl man mail said Maid site she and antI looks n a full tull decade younger youn rr than timan he ho really Is Although he lie seldom acts act nowadays except at itt benefits and upon special occasions he tie Is strong sturdy nod and straight I as ns nn un arrow nail and speaks of ot the tho future as confidently as If It Ithe he was Ins standing stun ln at al the tho threshold of ot youth routh Signor Is n II rich man maim He lie Ie was wail always frugal even when In re 10 receipt of o his largest Income and while he ho denies himself no comforts he lie lives simply and Inexpensively The Tho death of ot his hits son non Alexander Alexandcr was vas wasa wasI vasa a I great blow to him him Although ho he nev never never never er favored the tIme adoption of oC a 1 stage ca cn career Career reer by any an of at his children lie hl mani manifests tests Cents great greal pride In time tho success of ot nn an elder eider son who vimo is Immensely popular in Italy and nn Hussla und anti un who enacts tragic roles with ith great creat force Corce and ant fervor There are aro times when hen Signor Sal Hal al vial seriously considers a II farewell tour but when It comes comell to signing contracts he waves them thorn aside and ant says Not Nol now another year perhaps It Is as OH If It Ithe he ime hall hail his liln whole lite life before him hint What Shat n it combination anti and Duso Dune would make for tor this thin country countr But It is I Inot not likely ever to be realized 1111 tI AM AI 11 DIAMONDS liLt hull Hall players are aro given Riven to the diamond habit bout About twice n a year Diamond Joe visits the players of IJ the time leading organizations anti and shows them the lat latest est St gems erns that he has hall picked licked up on his bis travels truCIA If It Is 18 about pay day ay he Is la certain to make mako some Home sales A young I player er who begins In the National at a fair salary looks forward to 10 the time day that he will be able to buy Jur h hi first diamond and antI consults every evory man inca manon Ion on the team as lIS to what he should pay for the Ihl stone scone When the players leave Ital their hotel to go 10 to the he grounds the tine safe sae gets Its full Cull share of ot valuable tint that are aro left behind Some Pome of the time wealthier men can call afford a small j diamond sot In a 0 watch charm or lock locket et ot and some Rome even olon permit themselves the luxury of a diamond lamond You Youcan Youcan Youcan can be assured however r that the time pin Is screwed to 10 tho the shirt when whon worn In iii public A ball Lall player who has a 1 sweet |