Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-03
STAGE NINICRY.
ACTORS WHO HAVE MADE HIS" BY
EiITATING PUBLIC MEN
Comedian, who Mere Famous fp- Their
Power, al Caricatur- SOME t-Sceo,i-
inGls Clever HIts-A Few I.udi-
croUs Mist.ii.,.,-The Count.

.f'ull.iri5 Al4 Tunes.
Tho canyer-at. IL drift-l INTO stories Of
motors ana oj.ers who Lad mad. hits 10y
mimickinS pgai'r men, AMI tin young actor
with The boulder IA las scarf told how
Bo well. the bio.raPLer OF Ir. johnson.
whom youth, attended the performance Of
Il dull play and emily HaI tE. occasion by
initiating tho bawlin. Of a COW 50 effectively
that the Audience demanded au eucor. An
other actor told haW Samuel F1n.e caricl-
turJd tlIo Hr4IH.H-u- u-g-out-.s oi ms
day AMI Epw, wHea ho announced that
Ia would mimi. Quinn, that uu zuaciyaS
comedian went &, the theatre L. cine his
imita;or. iut d.i not AHl t. necessary. ~
Fnatc re.s-.Iul-i from -iviug the imitation
Ihns.t, L. Hail told %. Foote's famous
c,.r.cuture Of ten. Smith in The Nabob.7
aud gave numer "a anecdotes about actors
who had caricatursl ia. p1culiarities OF Il
win Forrest The g Frank Chan,rlu was
ia Lis younger day famous fUr a caricaturs
be- gave of Forrest, and Myrun IetIiuzwoll
starred for months a. EePpp in u bUrlez3Ue
of Fra biayalo. cieN- riy initiating the
great tragelian's Ie-Ui aritics of gait, man
Gcr and voice. Conliuuiug, 3lr. Hall said.
John Ciapp proprietor 90 the Lamb tavern,
was q we'll known character years ago: ne
Wa short, Fat man, hut affected Mr.
Forrest ton. AMI maan r ~ ali Times H.
d.. s-,-I hi. hair AMI v,r. sid, yf.i-l,., AM
n chin TAFT iIE, the ;ra-. SIAN C.aap
courteI tho attention IF .,...,- ami WIZ. r-
uu-sts.l would r.rit,. 2, -,,a.ca iron. Inc
Glaliatlr' 81. Jack "a .r' with Great iun.,
power. Irpn.rfnl-ar driving with "a comma
Of frisnIs 10 the Lamb tavern whore / met
CIupp s,lok,. f If, wonderful ra5.lo-
b,aaca 10 Mr. Forrest. which .cr,n,I 10
ii a,r him very much ll. la ,..,,fi.I,-.ti.lly,
informed me that it VIZ q mistake q, SIM
i.I=, that IA, ;nimicael Nj Forrest: on the
the actor had ia..r,taI hin, for
man. wears
l. Il Steve! sail: Il remember A y.rr-
clever Lit na.I,. D., t...r-. K,.cli,lul tie
actor. several wears a.,. III Selwyn's theatre.
Boston .t.au,n was "a GOOD deal of 4,
buTp,n, but ,till an actor VII, knew his
hu,,u.,ss \ ,,e!l-auogsn rriti. af The Boz
ton Tray,'cr. wh.f. -r5W lf,.i.- and inigbt
4, ANNOYED If I1i~.,t hi. name. had a.sail,,l
ketchl.m numerically m the column, Of
The Traveller. Tie crit.. .yns eccentric in
manner and tr..,. anu h. was lv,ll known TO
almost ever. rhl4t-..-.r,er iu Boston lie
wore his fair hair down upon his shoallers
ami always dr. -,.l in a hi-h-buttap. semi
luili,ar, coat kriclulfu had a lauy blonde
-N - a.'-tn D'''''.-N
wig made ana a coat Co match the critics.
Procuring Photograph o. tn. critic.
ketchnm made up lis face until he lookei
like the journalists double Eetchum was
cast for the minister IA &, ',lrl eqia on Foul
Play jus, before tie curtain went up Sci
wyn glanced into the green r,ogi anl as p.
supposed saw the crit, cody seated thera
'D-n that fellow iinI J.snce said Salwyn
W hat business Ia b. hanging around ths
green room:
y ie" minutes later Aeiehum appeared
upon the stage. The critic occupied hi usual
place next I" The orchestra ia the middle
aisle. At inst tta auditors We're non-pAsSsat
They glanced at NrtcHu'n, then ar the
iiEniie critic. The imitation was perfect |
and as hctciium began 10 speak he had the
journalists very tone ana manner In an
instant The audience Sa" The point At hr-t |
there was a t.'''' ana iA'a "a roar OF |
i'uh u',r- "'4's l.' "n''e "-.'>' rose = |
us iee' anu sn'as.'l IL, SUBJECT OF 'a' |
en- 'uie LASTLY i'.- inc We ''T'- Ne'"y |
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