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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1897)
jl THE COURIER !yy,y?.y?rjl i " &-. r , w IK Ut i-1' ) JL- I 5 " bondon Correspondence All 'classes are (till deplorinR the death of tbe dear old Ducheea ofTeck, but what her lose must bo to her husband and children no pen can rightly tell. She was a perfect mother, not weak for ull her good nature, but yet possessed to the full of her sans' confidence, while her daughter's love for her was well known. When her bays wero away from her she wrote to them nearly every day. The eldest, Prince Adolpbus ('-Dolly," as the called him,) who married Lady Margaret Groevenor, is twenty-nine, one year youngertbnn tbo Duchess of York: "Frank," who is twenty-:ix, is serving in the Soudan, and han Jsome Alexander th Benjamin, aged twenty-three, is on the ' "? . . ' eve of Eailing for Africa to rejoin his regiment, tho Seventh Hussars. It is for him that rumor declares tho young Queen of Holland is saving her girlish charms. The pair have met and were mutually attracted; moreover, tho brother of the future Queen of England is sufficiently highly connected to be a good match even for the little Dutch sovereign, but thcro are ditlicultics in the wa, and it is impossible to say whether tho jouthful roraanca will eer develop into am thing more definite. All the bojs are heartbroken at tho death of their mother, especially the eldest, and the Duke is said to be prostrated. ThoDuehtHjof York, though she was possionately devoted to her, bears up with the fortitude which is part of her strong character. - An actress of considerable achieve ments ays in regard to the current agitation concerning the comparative gract9 of English and American stpge women: ' Wercc3ll that intimati Unglish life is at wide variance with our own. It i essentially a home life, and tho ingrain ed habit of home is common to every class alike. This condition arises from their contented and methodic routine of daily existence, their regularly assigned statuses in society, their even and un varied occupations that havo dc-cended through families for generations. The women of the English stage have sub stantial home circles. They appreciate i the duties that devolve upon tbem as members of well ordeied familiep, and tho graciousness and refinement of their demeanor is tha natural result They regard their 'profession as bo many hours, evening and morning, spent in legitimate work; just as tbe teacher, tho milliner, the girl at the desk regard her work hour?. To enter the theatre does not necessarily mean to the English girl a plunge into a life of reckless irregulari ties or languorous dissipation. They pursue their 'profession' amid the pro tecting influences of tne home. When called upon to protray a lady, the quiet. self-containment and simplicity of bear- ing which constituta the fundamsntal qualities of modish politeness leadB them instinctively to pursue the proper course when dealing with merely outward attri butes of an elegant characterization. "Of what a different equipment is the American actress! Bred with no sense of home interest, with contempt,for the ordinary pursuits of their caste, they re gard the theatre as a medium of great est gain for the least labor. "With the usuaLelip shod training of the youth of this country, how can they develope thoss delicate qualities of mind and manner that bespeak tha carefully nurtured? Haviog once gratified their desire for the stage, they rush to tho ex- treme of vulgar obtrusiveness and, de porting themselves noisly and rakishly, give vent to their excited impulses and erratic proclivities. And how they give themselves away when tha crucial task 8 put to them to portray a lady! "Two euch young women of recognized harm and ability appeared in a New York production in the role of a govcr- nor" daughter. PofMaaiag noae of the. nice attribute of the young person of social dUtinction and being ?Btirely un acquainted with that elegant and exalt ed order of lifi, they had only their own narrow experience to inform them. .Of course their exhibition was that of the prinked-up shop girl on her company behavior! "Contrast the conduct of such 'young women, both on the stage and off for their private life is the usually disorder ed one. a daily indulgence in lazy revel ry and excess with that of a litt'c Eng lish girl who mad) a great hit in New York not long ago with her beauty grace and piquant manner. Did this young pereon'd very marked success in- rllipo linr f nnrmln finrealP pnnatunMv in , .. . . , ' , tiublic restaurants, nonul.ir avonupn and other shoddy clientage? Perish the thought! She tiled in a modest hotel with her mother as a costant attendant, absorbed in her professional duties and occupying her spare moments with healthful exercise or sitting quietly at her window with the needle work of which she is very fond. And this was a young woman who came of ao essential ly theatrical family, reared in the theatre ami for the theatre, and with so limited a knowledge of the outside world that she was unable to converse on any sub ject not prctaiuing to the theatre. Yet despite the iude schooling of the playhouse b1iu was a lady instinctively and conducted herself on all occasions with a decorum that is practically un known to the American actress. There is no gainsaying the plainly evident fact that the rigid homo training of tho Eng lish girl produces a far higher standard of the gentlewoman; not, nerhape, en dued with the verve, the ready wit, the rare fettle of the American girl, but with just as tine endowment of character and mind. And in no walk of life is it so convincingly illustrated as among the women of the stage. For with but verj rare exception the dame of high degree is an unknown personage on our stages unless she be set forth by an English actress. 'Of course I would not intimate, even vaguely, that the English woman of tbe stage surpasses her American sister in the matter of morals; but in manner her easy superiority is little less than pain ful."' "I see it stated on good authoritj-," said Mr. Corbett's private secretary, "that Fitz-immons is willing to tight again.' "In that cBse you had better withdraw my standing challenge." Uncl9 Sam Well, there's at least one good thing about Canada. John Bull What's that? Uncle Sam 'Che United States. MT?WS llllH f5)PTNFTf?)?tf S J-vuw.0 UblllU.J OF National Importance. TBE SHN , alone contains both. ' Daily, by mail, 86 a year Daily and Sunday, by mail, - 83 a year . Y gunfla? gun is the greatest Sunday newspaper . - world ... in the Pica ."c a copy. 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