, 1881-11-13
Five Generations of Actors
in One Family.
A Collection of Incidents and An
ecdotes About the JEFF
fersons.
The Spectacular Drama to lee
main at HaverIy's Another ~
Week.
Nat Goodwin in a New Play at Nc
.. .Vicker's- The Danites at
Hooley's.
Announcements, Notes, and News
Gathered for Our Readers.

Announcements, Notes, and New
| Gathered for Our Readers.
TIE lEFFERSONS.
| The second Volume OF the american Acto
Series" is Il Sketch OF the stage history Of th'
Jefferson family by William Winter. IN appar
I emily incxhaustille producer Of literary work
The first of the series was BArrett's life o1
| Edwin Forrest. The story Of the Jefferson fam
ily IS IN Interesting one, and will always occup,
| prominent p1ace in the annis Of the stage
| For five generations it has been continuously
| before the footghts. Jefferson the First {lseS
1907 had his career in England Jefferson tht
Second tl7,4-ISG} was famous il. the days Of lhs
old Chestnut Street Theatre, PHILADELPHIA, ''a,
| institution which has never been equallcd FOL
dignity, for intel 1lcctuaI resources, Or for speH
| Cor of assOcia tons, i'll the history Of the stage
in America Jefferson tho Third Ns04 -lSs.} slic
not attain 10 exceptional emincncc. jefferson,
the Fourth (lSsl is Kip Tan Nin}:lc and
{ Jefferson tho Fifth is bis SOL. Other members
OF tue Jefferson tanlily-as the sister Of Jclrr-
| son tho Third his wife Mrs c. F. Burke, and bis
| stepson. Charles S. Il. nurke-are comne1no-
rated here. and lc.tuon is Mite in fact Of aii the
| members OF this talented family who have Mt
| any time appeared in public. With tho hist Or,
| of the stage Mr.. Winter Is thoroughly familiar,
| and is especially well-equippe1 for writing such
| E work as this lie tells his story pleasantly,
writes eurYc,itc t1i{dan0, and jn1eispersc3 in his
biosru phicul record incidents, anecdotes. and
! gussip which render the volume entertaining
reading. =
VI all the jetfersons, tho Fourth is the great-
est, nud his fame serves 10 ennoble his a.,-
cestors. Ihomas Jefferson the First was tic SOIL
OF uu English farmer, "a froltcsomc companion,
capitul horse1uhn. and u general fayorit.
Garrick took i fancy TO hin. and, fotioWn.. his
advice, Jefferson went On the Stage. Ills first
appearance SO far rs is known WIS IT'S IIort.tn in
The Fair Pcuiteut,'' at the Haymarket Lon
don. He was ut times mat,ager and actor, III
1'os went to Ireland, and i'll 1850 assumed the
management Of tho theatre ut Plymouth. with
which his maine was ever after associated. AS
an actor he ranked among the dirst-with Barry
in comedy and exceling alueklln in tragedy. In
the course OF the twenty-five years during which
he acted Mt odd intervals in Drury Lane he was
seen in iitt nine characters. On the provincial
stage, and when he had become manager, he
acted everything FROM Hamlet to the I5les.lin1
Soldier. This jefferson was married TWO or
three times, and had several children. He wns
on the stage nearIy sixty years, his last appear
ance being In Aaron Hills tragedy of .'Zara" as
the dying monarch Lttsiqu1N.
Jefferson the second was born at Plymouth ii,
ls'4. He was trained for the stage TX his par
cnts, and made his first appearance ut the
Plymouth Theatre Mt u1 clrty age. Owing to
scine disagreements with his stcpnlother he
csnixrated to America in 1855 and became Il
member Of PoTei1s company ut the lsosto,1
Theatre, with d promise Of salary Of 81. Il
week Ills first appearance. however, owing to
Powe!ls bankruptcy. was at the John Street
Theatre III New York, as Squire Richard in "Thc
Provoked Husband After remaining with
this theatre two years Jefferson went 10 the
" Park with Il salary Of s.: week, and WIS
there the leading low comedian He married
tho daughter Of his landiady, who WAS also mn |
actress. JeHerson's conspicuous hits appear
10 bare been made in old mcn- Au nnecdote
told by himself attcsts his success III this line
4 sympathetic old lady called ut the theatre with
a SUBSCRIPTION list 10 entrcut the managers |
to withdraw that poor OLD Mr. Jefferson FROM |
the stage. 1t struck her that it would be an act |
OF Christian charity to remove SO aged an actor |
from public life. and TO provide for him.
Cooper. who was connected with the thcatre
told her such scheme hud lou.r been i'll con-
tcmplntiou, tnd that tho managers would gludly |
i'll ANY effort to amcliorate the hur,i-
ships of the aged JelTcrson*s condition. Sho was
delighted. just then Jefferson entered, and
cooper introduced him to the Indy. styling her
lis kind friend and protector, who bud SO chari-
Iably undertaken to find him Il home. Her
fellow Of Is instead of Il scnile MUMMY was ex-
:essivc- She tore her subscripuon paper in |
pieces, and gave w her charitable undertaking.
iled With the Chestnut Street Theatre
hnn na,,s under 18th the , manuscnent OF tho
|etfcrson's first appearance was made as Don
:fanuel in Cbbcr's She Would :rd She Would
vas iii it a perfection Of deIincnuon IL / hnye
cidoni, IL ever, seen in any other comeuinn Of
lis line uf character; mot the least attempt ut
less amt trIthfulness til.l secured it without
lu appearance OF any extraordinary e;fnrts |
rom MIN. The nearest appluach to his style is
hal Of his grandson Of the same ll:e." Jctfer-
Gu forte wsIs i'll low Or cccentrie comedy, and |
e acted I'll over .11 different characters. lIo |
lett at Harrisburg in lS@. und 1t is remembered
INT il. tue burial seryice the Clergyman uttered
he text Of tho rtoa! TO mark his disuppruyul OF
nc dead man $ profession.
Jefferson the third w;a born ut Philadelphia |
lS0l- His tsanHc uppcurs the ptay-hills tf |
nc ChtstnIt Street Tncu1rc eArly us 1914, and
! lS.i he VIZ: Il member Vi the Chatham Gnrdcn
ctre:s, Nrs. 1ho1las BURKE and tor Il time
cted rs his fathers manager. Hc wns alsu Il
se III S, Drought his his fs,iIy a eG 10 >cM Cnicaw ats
herc his brother-u-iaw, Alexander Muckenx;c
fcd. art then travelcc through the West nud !
onlh. II is told Of him tl::1. wien u1,1tging iu
'ashiuEton, he wanted Edwin FORREST 10 act
nd WAS SO poor that !e had to walk to Uulti-
or; na CORY miles, M 81 to solicit ai,n liz became
@''s I !.
! personal appearance: lie was easy-guI1ls, 7
sod -natured. aud ambitious. Having be- :
,mc bankrupt. friend went to |
.ecr him ur. and found him sitting
in shady nook o.: the bank Of til,
eunlni1ns 4 pleasant mir and sketch
= i tnmble-0o'rn mill on tho opnost s,lorc.' g
ten his visitor expressed bis :,stonishtuenr mt :.
,dlu. him SO cheerful: Not ut all'' sud jcf-
rsoh; have lost everything. and / aln SO u
'or now that really clt.ilut afford TO let INV
ns worry me-. His death occurred suddenly y
Mos'ti.. Ala, Nov. ~, lo;:, or ycow-feycr. :,
10 jefferson the Iuurth--hc who bur Iute,y =
led week enRayencnt ut Mcvickcrs Thea- 9
I: IN this city-Mr. Winter dcyotcs consider q
lie spacc- With the tniil features Of his tnu;t
ccessft! career MI arc more Or less familiar. It
= T. ";:s rs, born @ Ut philadelpla. rcb. ~ l&y, p
- ,:,,,oS when :, y, brought on in hag Gy q
aotnas u. hice us jim GiU,c. In 1S}. when ] al
years OF ugc. he appeared un,n !
@ stage ut tho Franklin Theatre, New York. In |
'"ord combat pcrsona1,ng young piyttte He
nc 10 Chicago with his parents, and for :,
eve Years Travelled with them. making his -
tpi'carancc at Chuuirau's N,,ioult Theatre.
,osE ItteIf,'tf's in ''Jonainan Bradford il, II
-, II! lS1' ne made bis first trip tu Europe to
INV his ha