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mlngi,Mrstn«»r at there look-lOt lo• the what-irslng 'oung n theV acly ex-muchagod.r-oungas aentirelal as* she i rep ti theIsn’t itand-o tellwick-MlsirightjrnedandModjeska’s Memories.Modjeska was telling of the players now prominent whose uncertain steps as beginners she had helped to strengthen.I have made many stars. she said, and sighed, and so many have gone. Barrymore, he Is gone; Ha worth—the best father In Magda,’ a very good Macbeth—A fine Hamlet. ventured the Inter viewer“He is gone. Tala r, ’Bob' Taber. Is also gone.Otis Skinner was another, and Robert Mantel). Mary Shaw was another —Immensely Intelligent woman—she was with us for five years Georgle Barrymore. Modjeska said, still thinking of the past, had- been one of her company, a particularly beloved member. How Lionel and Ethel Barrymore became her and her husband’s godchildren she told quaintly. One day the children, out with their mother, walked off by themselves and got lost It was in New York and Mrs. Barrymore was frantic. She went everywhere she could think of. then in utter despair found herself on the steps of a church.Modjeska said: “8he prayed, Oh,Qod, what shall I do?’ and there, Just above her she saw her children! And then she cine to me next dsy. She said, ‘I am going to have the children baptized In that church. Will you lie godmother?’ And au we have our dear godchildren I ”Henrietta Croeman’a Plana.n __ _
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Galveston Opera Glass

Galveston, Texas, US

Sat, Mar 24, 1906

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