New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12

| ~ Tho cometerv. As the procession t0iled slowly
NJ the hill and entered the grounds the RANT throps
Of the Dead March broke upon Down on at the
gates of tbe mansocurn The music died away In
echoes and the minister with his long Diack Ioc
nn, tbn Pnsurrecion and the LIFE Hundreds of
men stood bareheaded IN the bleak evening AT ,r
ground was ihckly crustcd with snow WHEN NV Nv
began uttering Down again. ana Tue S bsbind
last CLEANS over all it was slowly SINKING oohinu
| the hills.
EDWIN BOOTH WITH HIS FATHER.
SIeeplcss nights and lonely days are not the prop
or lot of boyhood, yet many such painful expert
ences were woven into the early life OF EDWIN
Booth While considering the love he bore ms
father and recalling his slight figure, with ms IN
ag1native mind sensitively alive TO me horrIDIo
partjcuarly impressed, perhaps, by the great re-
sponsbIity devolving upon him, we can enter rnlly
into the palnfnlness of the anecdotes that follow
Stopping once AT the Pemberton House in Boston,
one of those old hotels built with square co!lrl.
ward in the centre after the Of some ancient
continental inns, curious incident occurred
Around one part of the ground floor were stables
Booths room, was n dark, unventilated
cupboard untitled for use, because of the powerful
stable odor which the actor, however iirlniy con-
terded was conducive to health. ,
One night, returning to his rooms physically ex-
haused by heavy performance, he could not rest
and insisted going into the streets to roam about
Edwin demonstrated with him i'll yaln,-oitered 10
play and sing for him, tired to interest him In other
topics than those of the stage hut, hndlng every
effort defeated he stood mp boldly and sad, You
for he knew his feebleness in comparison with his
powerful thick set father, he was astonlshed at the
result. Mr.. Booth gave HIM one long STARE,
then vanished into the dark closet, securing the
door on the Toner side. He remaned in darkness ana
silence for a long time, no entreaiy' c9aNinG, oI
threat beng able to elicit sound IRON MN, uh,is
mind. fearing that he could no longer exist I'D tnat
aircSs Stirling chamber if indeed he were not al
ready dead was about 10 run for help; when his
father opened the door and walkinp steYny across
the room undressed himself, and without speaking
went to bed. H. A.
nights performance of Richard H. which he
had acted splendidly. Mr.. BoOtn started for home;
but, moved by sudden impulse, ne changed MS
mind, preferring to walk the streets alone; III
vain Edwin persuaded him TO 60 TO the h0tei ana
rest. Mr.. Booth, finding that bis son would no.
leave him, darted on ~ contrary directoii' anu
covered market,w which he entered and began pacing
up and down. From one end OF the place 10 tnG 9
other their walk was kept up without pause uhttil
daylight. Edwin soon became exhausted WI n Ia
tigue hat his father, seemingly untlred, would at
times slacken his pace abruptly, and then start IN
with increased rapdty, Edwin railing In with his
gait as it changed, sometimes angry, and again
ready to laugh at the righteousness OF the situa-
ton Not syllable had been spoken Gy e Ell,
when the elder pedestrian was at last silently I'LL
PEELED to 20 home TO his bed.
EDWIN BOOTHS ORIGINALITY.
However one might grow to love even the pecnH-
arties OF a avOrite, yet 1t wa these very manner
smS, effective ana gaccui tnogh Uhey wele IN UIIc
elder Booth, that the younger srOye sludl0usly 10
avoid, Tor he knew they would be quickly detecled
and used in the criticisms against him but there
were that upright bearing andrapdity OF grace
Jul motion there were zones OF voice, clarlon-hke
sonorons. and inexpressibly sweet, that no art
could copy nature herself transmitted them; they
were her dover. lie never was cOpyIst OF his
father A Jealous analyst could discover even at
that early Stage OF his theatrical career evidences
OF an originality in conception and portrayal which
he a serted would ATTAIN ,Oftness and elegance with
the thoughtiulncSs OF years. The CONSCIENTIOUS STU
dent 0 men, of nature and of Shakespeare has well
fulfilled the pre- ictOl.