PERSONAL DESCRIPTIONS AND INTERVIEWS BY MARGHERITA ARLINA HAMM Twenty Illustrations New York MCMII TMT, I 90 , BY JAMES - - POTT COMPANY at STATIONERS H A r. i. , LONDON FIRST IMPRESSION MARCH i, Press of J. J. Uttte Cu. Aaeor Place. New York Preface THE sketches which compose this volume are based upon personal studies and interviews by the author, and are intended to give the reader a more or less complete view of the home life enjoyed by members of the theatrical profession. Nearly all of the studies were made within the preceding twelve months. A few were made prior to that period, and are founded upon memories rather than memoranda. he author legs to acknowledge her indebtedness to the actors and actresses, who are mentioned in this work, for their courtesy and friendly aid. Without this, it would have been impossible to have gathered the material which is here presented for the first time. v Contents Page INTRODUCTION The Actor and His Home . , i I. EDWARD H. SOTHERN VIRGINIA HARNED-SOTHERN in West Sixty-ninth Street, New York . 9 II. RICHARD MANSFIELD BEATRICE CAMERON-MANSFIELD, Their Lares and Penates .... 25 III. MARIE BATES, Her Home in East Thirty-first Street, New York . 41 IV. ELSIE DE WOLFE at Her Own Hearth 53 V. MINNIE MADDERN FISKE at Home 67 VI. ANNIE ONEILL at Home and Abroad 79 VII. EDWARD HARRIGAN at Schroon Lake 91 VIII. ANNIE WARD TIFFANY by the Sea-shore 103 IX. MAY ROBSON, the Domestic Side of a Great Artist 113 X. DAVID WARFIELD at Leisure . .125 vii Contents Page XL VIOLA ALLEN, HerDomestic Gods 137 XII. FRANCIS WILSON at the Orchard 151 XIII. JULIA MARLOWE on Hearth and Heath 165 XIV. ANNIE RUSSELL, Her Mansion and Bungalow 183 XV. AMELIA Bingham and Her Many sided Home 197 XVI. BURR MclNTOSH in Many Roles 211 XVIL CHAUNCEY OLCOTT, the Domes tic Side of a Nomad . . . 223 XVIII. JAMES K. HACKETT MARY MANNERING-HACKETT, Their Home Life 237 XIX. MR. and MRS. ROBERT EDESON at Home 251 XX. JOSEPH JEFFERSON, Americas First Actor His Inner Life . 267 XXI. OTIS SKINNER in Town and Woodland 281 XXII. WILLIAM H. CRANE and His 4 c Fishing-Box . . . .291 viii Contents Page XXIII. MARY ANDERSON DE NAVARRO, Mistress of the Court Farm, Broadway, Worcestershire. . 303 XXIV. NAT C. GOODWIN MAXINE ELLIOTT-GOODWIN, Their Home on the Old Kent Road . 313 INDEX 327 Illustrations INTERIOR OF THE PLAYERS CLUB, GRA MERCY PARK, NEW YORK . Frontispiece Facing Pge EDWARD H. SOTHERN, I VIRGINIA HARNED-SOTHERN A comfortable comer in their Home. RICHARD MANSFIELD, 1 2 g BEATRICE CAMERON-MANSFIELD The tapestry room in their home. ELSIE DE WOLFE 54 Her drawing-room. MINNIE MADDERN FISKE 68 At home. ANNIE ONEILL ... 80 And her son. EDWARD HARRIGAN 9 2 His cottage at Schroon Lake, New York. ANNIE WARD TIFFANY 104 Her house at Buzzards Bay. MAY ROBSON rl 4 Her dining-room. DAVID WARFIELD His study. xi --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.