Mary Anderson the Actress.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 114, 9 April 1884, Page 2

Mary Anderson the Actress.

The Duke of Portland, to whom Miss Anderson was onct reported to be engaged, is a rich landed proprietor, his estate m London being nearly equal m extent to those of theDuke of Westminster, Cavendish Square, Portland, place, Ben tick-street, and Bahoverstreetall belouging to him, besides some other valuable slices. To become a Dutchess and to get a shave m such substantial, emoluuienta as the above would seem, atfirs : . thought, to be considerably of a oatctf for the fair actress. But if Miss Anderson considers her happiness and future welfare as, I think she will, we shall see her rise above the temptations ,of_ wealth and title, and pass unscatbeclHfiroagh the ordeal of her amazing popularity m England as she lias other trials (.hat have beset her bright career. With proper care •sho will ?oon,_have an immense fortune from her ownWrmngVand -as to position she may well be content with all London at her feet. The latest tribute is the ordering, by the Prince of Walee, of a bust of Miss Anderson, which is to adorn; the drawing room at Sandringham. This will scarcely be offensive to ilid PiitfCe^of\Waie3,frqr with all his many improvements, his Royal Highness, I amjure, has not yet advanced so far m Britannical austerity as to I e*che,w admiration for .beautiful women. It is Noticeable, ami-'spcaks volumes for the sterling character of this favourite of t-he Aunerican stage, that all approaches and compliments from this quarter have come through the feminine channel, -whether originating there or not. Miss Audersgn has insisted upon this, and the people ' at large applaud d WVe.heripr,. j( ifc -Off the stage the deportment of this charming lady is ; such as to win , $#') admiration"thousands who are not patrons of thl^ theatre, virtue- and,. benevolence^ have elicited encomiums "from the J highest circles, and have caused even the religious press to speak m her praiae.. The Christian World, one of the mosf influential and most widely circulated_of,this class of journals, says tff fier rSdentfijfiifity tS We 259 chiK dren of Seven Dials; "The dinner was a good old English one, to which the boys did ample justice, and it shows 1 3Wi.. : sometimes doubt, that actresses do not confine their noble sentiments to. the stage, but reduce £bem ! 'into !i^fkckcV'a's well; that, m short, they ace, as benevolent as ladies perhaps more happily placed." The^editor adds .that, " it is pleasant to record this friendly ad>- >6f an^ American actress, as it helps to show how much, m spite of the Atlantic and the Ifish;'AmeiiGir i an«"^!flglaiia*ale one."