Memories of a hostess : a chronicle of eminent friendships, drawn chiefly from the diaries of Mrs James T Fields . aurels he haswon nor to brag of his own work. Saturday morning^ November 13, 1875. — After awestern journey, left for home. Sunday met James in the cars at Springfield. It was about sixoclock , but he was bound for Newton. He camein therefore with us, and talked delightfully until weparted. He is an old man but as full of nerve, vigor, andripened intellect as anyone whom I have seen. His talkof the stage, of his disgust for Macreadys book, his dis-gust at the manner
Memories of a hostess : a chronicle of eminent friendships, drawn chiefly from the diaries of Mrs James T Fields . aurels he haswon nor to brag of his own work. Saturday morning^ November 13, 1875. — After awestern journey, left for home. Sunday met James in the cars at Springfield. It was about sixoclock , but he was bound for Newton. He camein therefore with us, and talked delightfully until weparted. He is an old man but as full of nerve, vigor, andripened intellect as anyone whom I have seen. His talkof the stage, of his disgust for Macreadys book, his dis-gust at the manner in which Forrest treated his wife, hisaccount of his own experiences, when he was glad toplay for $35 a week, were deeply interesting. The betterside of Forrest he understood and appreciated thor-oughly. The hospitalities of Charles Street were by no meansconfined to the men of the theatrical and kindredprofessions. In later years Miss Ellen Terry, LadyGregory, and those other ladies associated with thestage who so surely found their way to Mrs. Fieldssdoor when they visited Boston, were but carrying on the. STAGE FOLK AND OTHERS 219 traditions of the earlier decades. As the visitors cameand went, the diary in the sixties and seventies re-corded their exits and their entrances. A few passagesare typical of many. A portion of the notes relating to Charlotte Cushmanwill be the better understood for a preliminary remarkupon a Boston event of huge local moment in the au-tumn of 1863. This was the dedication of the GreatOrgan, that wonder of the age, in Music Hall. The firstpublic performance on the organ, at the ceremonies onthe evening of November 2, were preceded by Char-lotte Cushmans reading of a dedicatory ode, contrib-uted, according to the Advertiser of the next day, byan anonymous lady of this city. The secret of authorship of this poem, which the Adver-tiser found somewhat too long in spite of its merits,must have been shared by some of her friends, though it
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