For death shall bring another mating,
Beyond the shadows of the tomb,
On yonder shore a bride is waiting
Until I come.
In yonder field are children playing,
And there—oh, vision of delight!—
I see the child and mother straying
In robes of white.
Thou, then, the longing heart that breakest,
Stealing the treasures one by one,
I'll call Thee blessed when Thou makest
The parted—one.
The Beginnings of Stage Careers.
By MATTHEW WHITE, Jr.
A Series of Papers That Will Be Continued from Month to Month
and Will Include All Players of Note.
BLANCHE BATES BALKED.
As a School Marm She Got Behind Footlights
to Dodge Promotion from
Kindergarten to Primary Grade.
I knew that Blanche Bates came of a theatrical family, and that, therefore, she had an open sesame to the stage, but I did not know just when she made her first appearance, and to learn this for The Scrap Book I sought her out in the brief interval of rest she has, without a costume change, between the first and second acts of "The Girl of the Golden West."