Identifier: memoriesofhostes02howe (find matches)
Title: Memories of a hostess : a chronicle of eminent friendships, drawn chiefly from the diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Subjects: Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Women -- Massachusetts Boston Diaries Friendship -- Massachusetts Boston Authors, American -- 19th century Biography Actors -- United States Biography Boston (Mass.) -- Intellectual life
Publisher: Boston : Atlantic Monthly Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ooth — with one exception : he enclosed a notice fromsome newspaper, cutting up himself horribly and prais-ing Fechter. Ah ! that wont do; I shall send it backto him and tell him why. We are totally unlike in ourHamlets, and neither should be praised at the othersexpense. Mr. Fechter described minutely Mr. Dickenss at-tack of paralysis last year, and, the year before, hisprompt appearance in the box of the theatre at the lastperformance of No Thoroughfare, which he said heshould do; but as Fechter had not heard of his returnfrom America, it was a great shock. If it had beenHamlet, or any difficult play, I could not have gone on !He should not have done such a thing. He told us astrange touching story of Mlle Mars, during her lastyears. She came upon the stage one night to give oneof the youthful parts in which she had once been sofamous. When she appeared, some heartless wretchthrew her a wreath of immortelles, as if for her grave.She was so shocked that the drops stood on her brow.
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A NAST CARTOON OF^DICKENS AND FECHTER STAGE FOLK AND OTHERS 211 the rouge fell from her cheeks, and she stood motionlessbefore the audience, a picture of age and misery. Shecould not continue her part. He spoke with intense enthusiasm of FrederickLemaitre, much as I have heard Mr. Dickens do. Thesecond-class actors were always arguing with him (onlysecond-class people argue) and saying, Why do youwish me to stand here, Frederick? I dont know, hewould say, only do it. Mr. Appleton was deeply interested in the fact thatShakespeare proved himself such a believer in ghosts,as Hamlet shows, and would like to push the sub-ject farther, Mr. Fechter evidently finding much to sayon this topic also. Mr. Longfellow was interested to askabout the Dumas, pere et fils. Mr. Fechter has knownthem well and has many queer stories to tell of theirrelation to each other. Lefils calls mon pere^ my young-est child born many years ago, and the father usuallyintroduces the son as M. Dumas, mon pere. The mott

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