Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1902 — Exquisitely Evaded. [ARTICLE]

Exquisitely Evaded.

Singularly apropos of Emerson’* poetic dictum, I hold it of little matter Whether your jewel be of pure water, A rose diamond or a white, But whether it dazzled me with light, is a story of Herman Mcrivale, an Englishman of letters, and that brilliant and lovable actress, Miss Ellen Terry, which comes from the London periodical known as M. A. P. When Miss Terry appeared in “Macbeth.” Mr. Merivale thought, with many others, that her part waß not suited to her personality or ability. H« did not care for her Lady Macbeth at all, and decided not to go behind the scenes in case he should he asked to express an opinion. Sir Henry Irving, however, sent him a most pressing invitation, and directly Miss Terry caught sight of him she hurried across the 6tage, and asked eagerly: “Well, how do you like me?” “Nell,” returned Mr. Merivale, “the first time we met I saw you as ‘Puck,’ springing from the earth behind a toadstool. You bewitched me then, and you’ve been doing it ever since.”