The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-01-22

den good fortune has not harmed
him. Always good fellow, he is a
better fellow than ever, for he has
more means to do kind things
with. Tho secret of his success in
the character is that he is in mind
and temperament almost counter
part OF Colonel Sellers so that in
playing the part he has only to
play himself. He is sanguine,
good-natured, careless. open. hand.
ed. He likes games of chance,
lively company, boon comradeship.
Much money as he has made in the
past three or four years, he never
keeps any. 1t burns in his pockets.
All his acquaintances are his
friends. He helps anybody and
everybody who wants help. With
all his rolicking disposition, he is
domestic, being deeply attached to
his wife, whose stage name is Mario
Gordon, and who is q clever actress.
lie is about forty, and thorough
type OF certain class of Americans.
L have spoken of sharing ex~
pcnses. Some persons may not
understand tho phrase. It moans
that the actors get half of the
receipts above the expenses, which
are not actually mado out, but ore
estimated, and estimated differently
III different cities. Hero the ex-
Penses are called ut the principal
houses $500 night; in Boston
they are $500 to $3.50; in Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington
about the same; in Cincinnati, Chi
oago and st. Louis, 5000 to $3.50;
in Buffalo, Cleveland, Louisville and
towns of similar sizo, SITS to 5000
q night.
LAWRENCE BARRETT
Usually makes engagements on
shares, though he sometimes re-
ceives fixed amounts. When he first
appeared hore at Booths Theatre he
had 5000 a night. He is not a great
favorite at the metropolis, but he is
such in New ENGLAND and some
parts of the West. intellectual and
painstaking, he lacks magnetism and
breadth. Casius is his best part,
for it does not demand creation of
sympathy OF remarkable delicacy of
imagination. His habits are studi-
GUS and unexceptionable. He is
thirty-six or thirty eight; has an
amiable wife, two children, I believe,
good farm, where he spends his
summons, and somo $4,000 or
$4,000 worth of property besides.
LoTTA,
Or Charlotte Crabtroe, generally
designated rs Little Lolita, has done
very we'll pecuniarlly. Her acting is
not of an excellent order, but is
popular. Her smallness, piquancy
and abandon render her attractive,
and people are wont to think of her
as an alluring child~woman. Youth.
full rs she appears on the stage, she
is no chicken. She is over thirty
and unmarried. Of English parent
age, her father is, or was, kind of
bibulous vagabond, and her mother
is the dragon who accompanies and
guards her. She commenced her
professional life as singer and
dancer in the San Francisco con-
cert saloons, and made money, for
she was q favorite. Notwithstand.
ing influence and temptations, she
preserved her good name, and ere
long was fired to be a regular
actress. She succeeded in the
smaller cities, and then appeared
during tho war at Niblos. New
York indorsed her, and she has cir
culated freely ever since. Begin
ming at SIS week in California, she
often earns $500 to $1,000 week
now. Sometimes sho shares after
expenses, and sometimes gets $1OO
to $3.50 q night. A thrifty little
body, she has gathered together
about 100000, and will not be apt
to have any less while her shrewd
and worldly mamma directs her
affairs.
MAGGIE MITCHELL
Is another small astute' woman, who
may be ranked rs dramatic spe-
cialist, since she appears in nothing
except characters adapted to her
size and method. On the stage she
looks eighteen, but examined by the
gas hor faco betrays her age. She