The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
THREE GREAT ACTORS.
Jo Howard, h Phsadeiph.a Pressl

I = @&a1<1s%4 k81ss>s " ees< ~N-~% s>"~E& VI living John McCoslcagh on the one other. ChanfrAu was some years older than Mccullough, hut to the crtsc.i m,nd. as well as the popular eye. they stood shoulder to shoulder upon plane of attraction. They were not men ot genius, but largely creatures nf accideu6 as sszost of us are When Forrest dsed the robust type of actor vent with hum Mccullough. having had the adventaxe of playing ~tth the old hero, and being h,mseif keilow of immense physique thought he sa~ an opportunity 10 kots>- n the footsteps ot has master, and irja- dicious AdiuiatAs lent themselves and their fac,le pens to the idea, % that Mccullough, who Is A man of very ordi- nary caliber. naturally came early to the conclusion that inc presence and CO., ~,senuous work. with judicious adveS- t,s,ug. were all that vas peeted eo make hum ft successor to Edwln Forrest
 The difference between ghe two men vas very great. John Mccullough was 6,ly typed by the appcllatior "sseoial Iohn.r There is no doubt about II that his life vas full of generosity itself. For rest, oo the other hand, sas aerid, bis,cr. crabid. He made lev trends. and cared listle for them. While ohn Mccullough ~as devoted 10 his friends, Edw,n Forrest ~as devosed to his closet. The one hur- i rahed ~lsh the boys, the other studied with clean gut intellect, massering the IrtrlcAoss ot phrAseology. diving be. aca.h the suttsee that ee might discover subtle meanings. Nevertheless. when 1 Forrest died we lad no actors, and this great country. and the English speaking world, vas compelled 10 uul,Ee tue nam- ny sy-pamoy,.ms of Edw,n E ,o,k. with all their crucities. thcaf lack ot culture, thcsT painful dcnudings ot intelligence, or go with out; for, mind you. the scholarly e lights of Davenpous impefsonatio were gradually fading away, aud poor Ned found himself impelled to play tn,s that and the other, in order that he might be bread winner for himself and hts family. So when this stockily framed man, with handsome face, bright eye, . chcesy presence and troops sf trends. suode upon uhe stage in the severe yet attractive garb of ancient Rome, he was applauded to the echo. and tn many respects justly %. The simple fact that he had no braiuy competitors, that the uncertain Booth and the striving Barrett were really the only rivals in the field, gave Mccullough a chance which, had he boen suited mentally, would have been harvest field, the value of which can- sot be estimated in money, nor told in words. It was pure accident that made
 ehn Mccullough a popular iavoriie and q rich man.
 Caznfsu became star first by accident, the merest, aims,est und of an accident at that, and second by indomitahle per severance and iifeiong industry. His best friend, his moss lenient critic, would never think of attributing genius to Chan frau, while his biteerest enemy could not, m justice to himself withhold rom him great praise for industry, integrity, per severance and indomitsble pluck. The story of Chsnfrau's start has been % re- cently told, and doubtless was 90 familiar to the pubic even before his death, tha, 1 need not more than refer to it.
 Now look at the positions occupied by these actors today. Chanfrau in his grave, Jehn Mccullough in the custody of his nsends one gone, but leaving substantial fame behind him, the other going, with possibly years Of drag and weary waiting, in which there can be no compensation save such as is found in the not loag-aasting pity Of the public and regret to say, the early coming of iorgeffulness even in the minds of his fncnda The one in apparent good health, with harness on, ready for the fight, sty.eken with the hand of an avenger, falls to the floor and passes away in the full plentitude Of his power, the other, sad, enervated, listless, moves around the streets of . laughing to~n, . wretched wreck, a miserable remnant, .. h every prospect of years of conhnu- ance in what is infinitely worse, it would seem to me, than the gloom into which the other was plunged, without a mo- nent's notice. That there is lesson to be drawn from this text, the moral of which consists in the application of il, is very evident.
 Ofthe Sour men, notices of whose death appeared in the paper refered to, three died as though they had beeu struck by a thunder bolt, and the other after a few weeks " out of sorts" What is the oc- casisu of the excessive mortality notice able in our great cities, more especially during the pas, year, among industrious, active men! think is is because they are too industrious and too active. My dear friend, Monsignor Capel. said in a public lecture East Sunday that the enc absorbing passion of the people of this country is the getting of money. don't I agree with him. There are mise1s in every community; there are fellows to ~hom dollar is as big as a cart wheel, who take pleasure in the literal feas,ing of their eyes upon gold and evidences of wealth, but don't believe that to be the case with the majority of men.
 Why, jus. look at it. The vast pre- ponderance of mankind is poverty stricken. Walk through the streets, look at them. Every mans in hurry. Talk about the mice in the clock "see how they run" look al the men on the streets [ Al ~ C.