Word: eleonora
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...South; but she is not by any manner of means provincial. She was educated, being a delicate child, at home and at private schools. Yet she is by no means a woman secluded from life. She has wide contacts and interests. She talked as intelligently and appreciatively of Eleonora Duse's performance as she did of her favorite dog. Here is a really important figure in the history of American letters; for she has preserved for us the quality and the beauty of her real South...
...ELEONORA DUSE-The greatest name in the world of the theatre retaining its compelling power by reason of a woman's ageless spirit...
Duse. It is said that the actor's fame is the most fleeting of all earthly glory. Though this be true, there are surely exalted souls in Heaven who would trade musty volumes of their memories for the greeting accorded to Eleonora Duse,* 64, and still much alive, at her "American appearance after 20 years" at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. The great auditorium, crowded literally to the chandeliers, roared its united respect and admiration till the golden rafters rang. Duse, the greatest living actress, was accorded honor as majestic as it was sincere...