The acme magazine . fterward, protected againstthe weather, the astonished and gratefulmessenger went on his errand. Being somewhat of a musician, Mans-field was engaged to play an evening inSt. Georges hall, but lost the engage-ment because weakness rendered himunable to sit up straight on the pianostool. Later, he became an actor in Eng-land. In 1882, he made his first appearanceon the American Stage in Les Man-teaux Noirs, at the old StandardTheater in New York, and also ap-peared as Nick Vedder in Rip VanWinkle. He came to the stage withouta friend and though his acting wasclean-cut and vi
The acme magazine . fterward, protected againstthe weather, the astonished and gratefulmessenger went on his errand. Being somewhat of a musician, Mans-field was engaged to play an evening inSt. Georges hall, but lost the engage-ment because weakness rendered himunable to sit up straight on the pianostool. Later, he became an actor in Eng-land. In 1882, he made his first appearanceon the American Stage in Les Man-teaux Noirs, at the old StandardTheater in New York, and also ap-peared as Nick Vedder in Rip VanWinkle. He came to the stage withouta friend and though his acting wasclean-cut and virile, his earliest en-gagements left him no testimonials ofhis merits. In 1883, he was engaged fora minor role, in A Parisian waiting for rehearsals, he playedin Baltimore, as Lord Chancellor inIolanthe. While dancing, he sprainedhis ankle but finished the performanceand took the train to New York thatnight, only reaching his boarding-houseto fall in a swoon on the floor, The next BERTHA E. ENDERLE. 57. Richard Mansfield and Beatrice Cameron inArms and the Man. morning at ten, however, he was foundat a rehearsal for A Parisian Ro-mance. J. H. Stoddard, who was cast for therole of the Baron Chevrial, declinedthe part, saying he saw nothing in face of the young Mansfield kindledwith delight as he begged permissionto act the part. I see something in it,he said. Let me take it. You may try, said Palmer, and hedid. More than that, his success wascomplete and instantaneous. Erom anunknown actor, he fairly burst uponNew York as a star of unusual powerand brilliancy. Had it been in the pres-ent day, the newspapers would have de-voted pages to the past, present, andfuture of the actor newly risen to dis-tinction, but to become famous in onenight was evidently considered less of anevent then than now. The New York Tribune, January II,1883, reads as follows: The acting ofMr. Mansfield in the senile roue and de-bauched reprobate carried the play lastnight and made for
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