OBITUARY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2473, 12 April 1909, Page 5

OBITUARY.

HELENA MODJESKA

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LONDON, April 9. Obituary: Helena Modje.ska, the actress.

[Madame Helena. Modjeska-Chlapow-ska was born at Cracow, Poland, in 1844. She was twice married—to G. W. Modjeska in 1860, and to Charles Bozenta Chlapowski in 186 S. She made her debut as an actress at Bochnia, Poland, in 1861, and her first appearance in English at San Francisco in 1877, as Adrienne Lecouvreur. She fulfilled two London engagements, in which she played leading Shakespearian parts, Camille, Mary Stuart, and other characters. Since 1879 she had several engagements in Poland, Russia, and Austria, but incurred the displeasure of the Russian Government and was, at the beginning of tin’s year, stated to be forbidden by Imperial decree to enter Russian territory. She bad a country home in California, and contributed several articles to American magazines.]

MARION CRAWFORD. (Received April 11, 4.30 p.m.) LONDON,-April 10. Marion Crawford, the novelist, .is dead.

[Francis Marion Crawford, novelist and historian, was horn in Italy in 1854, his father being Thomas Crawford,’ an American sculptor. For many years he lived at Rome, where a great many of Ins best-known works vide written, the majority of which deal with Roman life. When a young man he spent some years m India. He held a master’s certificate from the Association of American Shipmasters and United .States Marine. Board. He was 55 years of age. His novels, “Mr. Isaacs,” “A Cigarette-maker’s Romance,’’’ “A Roman Singer,” and other works are of world-wide reputation.]

ALGERNON SWINBURNS. (Received April 12, 1.4 a.in.) LONDON, April 10. Algernon Swinburne, the poet, has died from pneumonia.

[Algernon Charles Swinburne, the famous poet, was born in. London m 1837. He was a son of the late Admiral Swinburne, and wn> odne.-.tod at Oxford. He was an unexcehed master of verbal music. The voluptuousness of his early poems shocked the public taste, but that was long ago. His lyrics, tragedies, and prose criticisms make m a wonderful body of literature. lu 1908 be published “The Duke of Ganida.” a tragedy, and “The Age of Shakespeare,” a volume of critical essays.] GOVERNMENT AUDIT INSPECTOR. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, April 10. George Easton, Government Audit Inspector, who was for 25 years in the Government service, died on lhursdaj night. ______