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Show fc TCIE-VTItlOAL TOPICS. I SOME 8AYIN08 AND DOINQB H IN BTAOELAND. Bb" jMtph Jtfrtnoa't InlW'aeaea tha Mas a B ' Vlxtxl (cam Moral ln,lpoll An B Aufdili of Mm. Mo.lk Sarah H, ll.rah.rdl Htil rr..ll It l)u H , Bays William Winter: la ill hli Hi long career aa an actor, Joseph Jet- H ferion, It Ii verr eure, tie never yet H heard a voice from heaven crying Unto H hint to arlie and alar a ballet irtfl. t and ret It U certain that ha haa been H' abla for many yeara to exerclie a pure H and noble Influence, to allmulate good H Impuliea In thouiandt of heartt, to j make people mora charitable toward j human Inflrmltlea, and to render the fl drama an Inceaiant spring of Innocent M happiness. It la a confidence and B not without a valuable meaning that H of lata yeara the three loveliest per H formancea that hare been teen, and H trial bare done the moil good In the H world, are Jefferson's "Rip Van Win- B Ue,N Henry IrTlng'a "Dr. Primrose" H and John llare'a "Ooldflnch." and each H one of them la aa far removed aa pos- H alble from anything like dldacllclim H or an purpoae of Imparling a moral H lenon. H It wai aa a eoubrette Laura Hurt H danced and tang her war Into popu. H larltr. She began her career In a j tuneful fathlon bjr alnglng at temper H ance meeting!. That aort of thing con- H Unued for a while until the aaw the H profettlonal path open for her with an 1 engagement to plsy In "Jothua Whit H comb," Denman Thnmpton'a rural H Par, which preceded the "Old Home B stead." At (be dote of her acaaon H with Mr. Thompton the turned her Heme at the outlet of her profeatlonal life, aereral aeatona ago, and In years to come the will remember her training train-ing under that excellent actor with gratitude for the man? opportunities be gave her to learn her art under the moat farorable auspices. Laat tea-eon tea-eon Mitt Enneklng had a never-to-be-forgotten week with Margaret Mather, who engaged her at ehort notice to play Maddalena In "Leah, the For aaken" and Zamora In "The Honey moon " The parti were long, and the time for preparation waa abort, but MUa Knocking aucceeded In playlnr ELIOTE KNNEKINO. them In a manner which waa entirely creditable to henelt and to Mitt Mather. Ma-ther. The audlencea drawn together by MUa Mather'a fading fame were, however, to email that It waa an effort ef-fort to play before them and both atar and company aulTercd appreciably under un-der the Influences of such a depress-Ing depress-Ing atmoiphere. Thla season she la playing the lending role on a tour In a new play entitled "Irlih Volunteers." pBPBfl thoughts toward comic opera, and for PUU a while aha waa the Idol of tho Jeu H Bene dorco. Her first operatlo part PJJJJH waa Yum Yum In "The Mikado " letter H she went to the Casino In New York, BB vrhero she played the captain In "Er H tnlnle," and when Uoyt came forth H with "A Tin Boldler," ahe appeared aa H Carrie Story, the girl from next door. H Sho waa alio with Dlxoy one season, H playing the fairy queen In "Adonis." H Then she toured as Fautasma with the H Ilanloni, played Topay In a revival of j "Uncle Tom'a Cabin," and then B twitched off permanently Into melo B drama when ahe Joined "The Still B Alarm" company to play Cad Wilbur. B Iter eeasons aa Madgo In "In Old Ken B tucky" brought her a popularity which H sh duplicated on the recent Eugllih V?-MKk LAURA HURT. f t'AaH&ftH ' tour ot tnat plr" 8b '' a' tl'n BJEBBB DlDst t0 'al' UaJ, ln arman tor 'vvillNsflfls ,loa ' "In 01J Kntuekr" tut ia WnuBBflai meanwhile giving a specialty In thr i 'Jamflfffl vaudeville houses. ' 'CjffiSlflflal Surely no ambitious young actress iJSbImiMBBI could aak a better experience than fcrl3tl9oBflaBl that afforded by Helen Uarry In "Shore fHUMftfaSflBl Acres." Tbla portrait ot Miss Ellote flsBEiMMBfBH Enneklng shows her In that .harac wVJ3figflBBBJ r, which -flayed with Jamea A. Mme, Modjeika and her company were playing one winter In tho extreme ex-treme north, much to the discomfort ot Count Uoienta, tho Pollih atar'a hua band. The count hatea the chilly northern climate. Wo waa pining for the south. Hut at that time tho ahow business waa at a very low ebb In the south, and It waa almost compulsory for n theatrical company to play In the north alono. One particularly cold day Mmo, Modjeaka found tho count shivering shiv-ering In spite ot the itc.im heat In the hotel. "Ob, my dear, my dearl" he Implored, "let ua go south for the rest of the season. This cllmato will kill us." "llut, my dear," replied madams, "the south Is dead." "Yes," said the count, "but ahe 1) auch a be-a-utlful corpio." Sarah Bernhardt said recently! "I am afraid I ehall be going to America next year for the laal time. I have arranged for a long tour, and auppbae It will be my farewell visit, I am binding myself not to be absent from Paris more than three moatha In the year, and thla allpulatlon In my con tract probably will prevent mo from crossing the Atlantlo after 1899. Nothing Noth-ing will over Induce mo to court success suc-cess at the expenie of my artlitlo prln clplea. Everywhere In Paris, New York and London-thcro Is difficulty ln gettng tho public to appreciate the beat work, to prefer It to pure, unadulterated un-adulterated melodrama. In my leliura momenta I am making steady, though alow, progreis with my memoirs." Marie Ilurroughs as Mlea Ltllle Ar rtngton ot Ban Francisco, and tu Lawrence Law-rence Uarrctt she owod her Introduction Introduc-tion to the dramatlo atage. Mr, liar rett heard her In recitations during one ot his profeaalonal tours to the coast, and advised her to go to New York, and later, when ahe concluded to follow Vis suggestions, tho tragedian trage-dian lntrod(A.d her to Dr. Mallory, who waa at that time managing the Madleon Square theater. Her first appearance waa a auccess, much ot which waa doubtless due to her beauty. |