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Show In Clara Morris' "Salad Days" r ACK in tho days when Artcmus 3 Ward was still the star humorist of the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer, where he beguu his career as a typesetter, x paragraph appeared in its dramatic column announcing the appearuuee of ,1 "talented" ouug lady-Miss Clara Morris. . . ,. A Mr W. IU Buse, who discovered the item 'in the back files of the Plain Dealer under date of June 2G, 1SUS, says:- It curious because it refers to 11 Cleveland girl who became famous shortly afterward after-ward and because the man who wrote the item clearly bhows that he had no HQticipatiou of tho fume the girl would ichievc-both for herself or for Cleveland. Cleve-land. It is curious, too. because it Indicates Indi-cates what the popular taste among local 'hcatrcgocrs was in that dny of stock companies and wandering stars. B "This evening," says Urn notice, "Clara H Morris, a charming young lady and tab H euted actress, calls upon her friends for IH u buncliu She has, by her careful attcu- H tiou to her duties, risen to a high position JH Slither profession, nud wo expect to see 1 the house densely packed. A splendid H bill is presented. The new and original jH drama The Duel in the Mist' will be H given for the first time in this city, and tho laughable comedy, 'Our Hotel Boot- H black' will close the performance." H ' "Think of it," Mr. Kosc adds, " 'The IH Duel In the Mist' and 'Our notel Boot- H black!' " Two years later Clara was in H 2"ew York, one of Augustln Daly's most H brilliant stars. As Cora in "Article 47" IH sho packed the house at every perform- H ance and was hailed as the greatest cmo H tloual actress America had ever known. TrH |