MARY ANDERSON.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 397, 28 August 1889, Page 6

MARY ANDERSON.

A New York weekly paper devoted to stage and society gossip published the following about Mary Anderson, on July 25th *>„., " There is a most .naturaV desire on the part of Mary Andersons Mends to disguise the serious .nature ,of . her mental trouble, an,d the contradictory .reports that •KstveHbeeri 'flying about for Several months have only aroused public .curiosity, while leaving it entirely it)' the dark ~&s to the actiual-truth of the ease. "I am nevertheless reliably informed that the handsome Kentucky girl is at this moment in a private .madhouse across the sea, and there is little reason to hope she \vi\\. ever be seen again on the stage, her trouble, being" after all, paresis of the most dangerous type. . . >;, " The sudden collapse of Andersons mental power h^s not been so great a surprise to those ,who J<new her best as the general public might suppose. Contrary to common belief, the actress has always been of a most sensitive and highly wrought nature. She has, it is true, successfully held herself free .from sentimental companionship with men, but at no time has the. been the cold, impregnable girl that popular opinion made her. '*' Moreover,, being a devout Catholic, she also- undertook top" lavish^ a share of the nervous eneigy which controlled her upon religious duties. This only tended to ex cite her still more, and altogether there is little wand'ehfehat her life was passed in a state of such unnatural agitation and excess as no woman could withstand." Edward Mitchell, a theatrical manager who arrived from London several days ago, said tc-day : "I have heard a great deal about Many Atjderson in. London. Her condition is talked about in the clubs and everywhere. ~ She is v not in a private asylum, but people,think she is losing her head. While her physicak-jcondition is ( exQeHent, her memory is gone*, ' She,' cannot remember things that .happen, firom, .day to Tdayi- ->'• - " * * ' . ' ' j r . - •'If asked where sheslepfcon the preceding njght she would hesitate. -T,hey B^y; iff. London sne will nbVer^ctag^inij.th^t §he has positively retired. *^ was -toid^Jbnii^on good authority' by aonrebody wh'p;wsLS v extremely in te rested? in her," ' ' l! ' ' '"| ;k; k The < ."j&ew-York Sdti's "' special froui London (July 26th \ «ayi i.'Mary Anderson is nob in a private madhouse, as a New York went, but, op ,th^" contrary, has near lyrecbVerea'f rom the ex tremo nervous prostration from which she suffered on her return from -America. This is on the authority of Canon Purcell, her confessor. Miss Anderson was at. high .mass * last Sunday, and Canon , Purcell has se"bit her since then, and she is well.. He said the fatigue, of.the long journey in America had brought her to a state of extreme nervousness, which had .troubled her friends very muGh, but-her mind could never have been said to be deranged. Miss Anderson gives a birthday party next Sunday, July 28th, which is alone a complete refutation of the rumour. ; .

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