Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1883 — A QUEEN OF THE STAGE. [ARTICLE]

A QUEEN OF THE STAGE.

•‘Her Second Love,” and the Important Secret She Reveals for the Benefit of Went—. (From the New York World. ( Several years ago the American public were aroused by'the entree upon the stage of a litt’e lady who had been previously but little announced.' She was onb of an innumerable number of aspirants for public favor, and had no instrumentality, aside from her OWn talents to cause recognition. In spite of this fact, however," she quickly achieved a warm place in the heart of the public which she has continued to hold ever since. When it was announced, therefore, that Miss Maud Granger would star the coming season in the play “Her Second Love,” written by Mr. John A Stevens, it was only natural that unusual Interest should be manifested, not only in threatical circles, but in other branches of the community. This was especially the case, as it was’known that Mias Granger had, for the past year, been in exoeedingly-delicate health, and the determination to star in a strong emotional play was the more surprising. One of the staff of this paper was »»Qr cordingly deputized to see the popular lady and verify the rumor or announce its incorrectness. " Miss Granger’s Countenance is familiar to nearly every one in the United Staten It is a face one seen never to be forgotten. Features remarkable in their outline and contour are surmounted by a pair of large and deep eyes indicative of the greatest soul power. It is easy to see where Miss Granger obtains the ability to portray characters of the most emotional nature. She possesses within herself the elements of feeling without which no emotion can be conveyed to an audience. The man of news found the lady at her home in this city and was accorded a quiet we; come. It was evident at once that she was in greatly improved health, which the expression and color of her countenance both indicated.

“ Is it true Miss Granger that you contemplate a starring tour the coming season?” “ Yes, indeed. My season begins in Chicago on the lt;th of July. Frbm there Igo to San Francisco and then plav the remainder of the season through the Eastern and Western States.” v “Are you confident your health will permit such an undertaking?” • A ringing laugh was the first reply to this question, after which she said: “Certainly. It is true I have been ill for the past two years, but now I am wholly recovered. Few people can have any idea of the strain a conscientious actress undergoes in essaying an emotional part. It is necessary to put one’s whole soul into the work in order to rightly portray the character. This necessitates an utter abandonment of one’s personality find an assumption of the character portrayed. If this is an emotional part it is necessary to feel the same emotions the part is supposed to feeL For more than a year I actually cried each night in certain passages of a part I was playing. The audience considered it art Probably it was. but those were none the less real tears and the effect w’as none the less trying upon my health.” , . , ‘ But do you anticipate avoiding this in the future?” “Not in the least I expect to have just as great a strain as before, but with restored health and a knowledge of how to retain it I do not fear. ” “You speak of a ‘knowledge of how to retain health. ’ Will you please explain what you mean by that?” “You must be aware that women by their very natures are subject to troubles ;.nd afflictions unknown to the sterner sex. The name of these troubles is legion, but in whatever form they may come they are weaknesses which interfere with every ambition and hope in life. I believe thousands of noble women are to-day suffering agonies of which,even their best friends and relatives know little or nothing, and when I reflect upon it I confess it makes me sad. Now all this misery arises largely from an ignorance of the laws of life or a neglect to carefully observe them. I speak from the depths of a bitter experience in saying this, and I am thankful I know the means of rt storation, and how to remain in perfect health. ” ' “Please explain more fully.” “Well, I have found a remedy which seems specially adapted for this very purpose. It is pure and palatable and controls the health and life as, I believe, nothing else wilt It is really invaluable and if all the women in America were to use it I am quite sure most of the suffering and many deaths might be avoided ”

“What is this wonderful remedy?" “Warner’s Safe Cure.” “And you use it?” “Constantly. ” “And hence believe you will be able to go through the coming season successfully?” “I am quite certain of it” “A few questions more. Miss Gi anger. Will you please give me a list of the parts you have created and the plays you nave taken part in since your first appearance in public?” “I first played for some time with the amateurs in New York and Brooklyn. I then went to the Union Square Theater for two seasons, after that to the Boston Globe for one sea on and then to Booth’s Theater in this city. Next I supported John McCullough, and afterward starred in Juliet, Cami le, Rosalind, etc. Subsequently I created the part of Cicely Blaine in The Galley Slave,’ and also starred in Two Nights in Rome,’ plaving the part of Antonia. The past year I "have been playing in The Planter’s Wife,’ and the coming season, as I have said, will be devoted to ‘Her Second Love.’ ” As the writer was returning home he fell fato a train of musing, and wondered if all she women in this land who are suffering could only know Miss Granger’s experience, and the remarkable results achieved by the pure remedy she used, how much suffering might be avoided and how much happiness secured. Telegraphy is not such a very old discovery, but it’s a Morse-grown one, nevertheless.