Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-08-02
ACTORS IN THE COUNTRY.
Where and How Some Of the Noted Play
ers will Enjoy their Vacations.

where and How Some OF the Noted P1ay-
ers will Enjoy their Vacations.
There are some few members of the
profession who have summer homes in
the country, whore they enjoy their
leisure time in the bucolic pursuits
which appeal to the followers of other
lines of work. Dom;Ilick Murray owns
q farm in Canada, and no financial in
ducement can prevent him from going
there as early as the 1st of June every
year. The Madison Square Theatre
where Mr.. Murray is engaged, has Of
fered him large sums to keep going with
@one of their companies during the, sum,
ner, tbut he firmly declines. Joseph
Wheeldck, another Madison Square actor
keeps up his country place aethe' Nave
sink Highlands, and goes zdown there
early every morning, returning in time
for the evening Performance. Mckee
Rankin is the possessor of an island
near Detroit, where he raises wheat and
live stock, with aprofit of from 5000
to $4,000 year. Mr.. Rankin is en-
gaged.in growing very large Norman
dray horses and very large ponies, and
| for each of these species he finds a
| ready sale. If Mr. Rankin should meet
with a few more such experiences as
were connected with his production OF
| Gabriel Conroy" and the erection OF
| the Third Avenue Theatre, he will
doubtless HnG it profitable to retire per-
tmanently to his salubrious country
home. Mr.. George Clarke has recently
\ become Tho posseSsor of stock rancli
4 at Norwalk, Conn. The stock at pre-
sent consists of horse, given him by an
old physician who had used the anima
since boyhood; a dog, which MIR. Clarke
i fondly believes is Newfoundland, and
several chickens which are much toe
rotund for The resort built for them II
their youth by the skilful Mr.. Clarke
1 himself. Mr.. Clarke recently raised 9
I potato on his ranch, and he has success
= fully bred a large herd of kittens. Mr.
and Mrs, George +. De We're live during
the summer at a place they own on the
shore of Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Is
land The soil is unusually productive
/ of stunted pines. scrub oaks, and othel
specimens of the luxuriant vegetation
which belongs to many portions of Long
Island. MIR. Horace Wall, who has nov
manage5the business of two generation
of Sotherns, owIisa farm up in tn
centre of New York State. Mr.. Wall 6nd
) enough hot sun on his farm to keep hi
skin very near the color of brand new
sole leather trunk, and he. has made,
: good deal more money out OF the plac
during the past year than has been net
ted lhim by the theatrical performance
al Mr. Lytton .Sotherr. MIR Ohye
I.Doud Byron usually spends his. sumfne
at his own place in Long Branch. Bu
this season he has gone to Europe. MI
Byron cannot raise anything on hi
place, possibly barring a mortgage. an
: he has no occasion to. try. that. MIR. BY
|. ron, through the production of "Acros
the Continent" and similarly harrowin
plays, has accumulated q comfortabl
competency. La year a great man
, actors went to Europe for their summe
I vacation. This season the, foreign
bound people aIe exceedingly few. Bu
| New York is quite unusually full {
leisurely actors and actresses who carr
II fully deadhead their way into the the;
= tires and inve stiaate attractive poin
about Coney Island At Cohasset, Mas
There is quite an actors, colony. Lay
a renee Barrett, w. HI. Crane, Stuart Ro|
r son, and number of other well-know
n people have places there. The reso
8 of the Boston actors is Manchester-b
the-sea, where Mrs. Agnes Booth
this season managing her late husband
hotel, calleu the Masconomo Hous
: This is understood to be successf
: business venture, worth $4,000 or mo
~ every summer toits owner.