Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-07
IRVING'S BARBER
TELLS WHAT HE PROCESSES TO
KNOW ABOUT THE NOTED ACTOR.
The Curse Scene In "Richelieu" in Imita-
ton of Booth-A Very Funny Ex-
preston Painting the Town
Red -Handwriting.
FIRED D. Mussey in Commercial Gazetts1

A, L sat a day or two since in chair IL
the barber shop of the Grand Pacific hotel il
Cncag', ths particular barber who was pay
| ing attention II my cas-, gave me an enter
tainment that was exceedingly enjoyable
He is the man that does Henry Irving:
shaving, AMI Is duly prou o: the fact he
has but one eye AMI e limb.r tongue, but be
Can turn the torture of shave into a pleas
ure, 20 sharp are his razors, SO gentle hi;
touch Sail he: I've just coma jown fro n
having Irving, and worked him for two
razors Ons Of 'em has mats to it, and !
inu WORK him for that He has more'u
fifty OF EN-. tell you, be is daisy," said
the cycl 'psan tonSorial arti {, as he rounded
up the port side of my chin, and began
Dire lying under the lee of my mustache,
while h. gently elevated the point of nv
nasal protuberanc. with the thumb and fore
finger of his left hand
Yes, 81 you rs i, daisy. AMI am jus.
l. familiar with him as though I'd known
lim forty years. He Just talk, with me and
somehow he seems to try to keep me talk
in.."
initiated Irving and tried to do the same
thing. an ! IN Ter my questioning. my SINGLE
giei capillary rea per inf rms | ne that Mr.
Irving will drink DO American liquors and
ne IS great gormandizer OF fruit. He keeps
big basket on his table of pears and apples,
oranges, bananas. prunes, etc and is half
the time eating some Of them. He drinks
brandy, says the barbsr, -ani while was
shaving him one day, a case of brandy and
a dozen boxes Of cigars wero brought in
which hal just come from Englan1 There
amt bit OF starch in him and
We talS together Just like old cronies Why,
III tell you what ne did. II. gave ms an
imitation OF Booth one day right in the mid
do of shave WHAT dye think Of that
There wasn't nobody there but me and the
dog and Irving. | asked him how he liked
Booth an he said Booth was a great actor.
one OF the greatest in the wcrld I'll give
you an imitation of him And he got right
up with the towels on AMI half his face in
iather, AMI the other half shaved, and he
give that piece where he says that he puts a
ring around the girl, AMI stunps any of the
whole caboodie OF chumps to step inside Of
it
Was it the cure scens in 'Richelieu' hs
gave your | asked.
We'll, don't know about that / never
go much TO the theatre"
WAS il som thing like this said /:
Round her form draw the awful circle of
our holy church, or something of that
sort!-
Yes, Yes, was ths eager reply; that's
the stuff he gave me; that's the stuff
straight, just to me and the dog l tell you,
he did it to the queens taste. too, an I when
he sat iown he said: NO man can do that
but Booth. When / attempt it feel very
humble, AMI have conclu led that the hest
thing can do IS just t. initiate BJJtl wh,a
come TO that scene
Il asked him if he liked Barrett, and b..
said: oh, yes, Barrett is a fine actor-not
Booth. of course. He is not an actor of the
first rank, nor even of TIE second, but he is a
fine gentleman and my warm friend
Ne AMI Irving ha a talk the other day
the barber continual There wa, a lot of
English cattle IL mp, il tho house, AMI |
toll Irving about EN- that they was Eng
llsh cattle mel, and were coming TO Sc, him
at night.
Cattle III II, said he, what is cattle
mani That is funny expression, very
funny expression
Il told him they were Englishmen herciiny
cattle in Texas, and he said: Oh that /,
what you mean by cattle man didn't
know but 1t was something half man and
half COW, you know. and Mr.. IrvI ing laughed
20 ho nearly fell out of the chair Then he
said the El gli'hmel Of that class ara ap: to
rink and got very Ie
"'fes, says /, they ara fei-hot oster;,
md after the play is over they'll just more'n
Daint the town red
WHAT will they dor says Mr. Irving.
'o!lins up his big eyes. Paint the town reii |
Why should they do that' Rel is a bsa tly |
,olor. don't understand about painting the /
own red
We'll, then explained about it. AMI he /
,ept talking about it, and said, What an ex-
raordinary expression; VIVA, funny, very |
unny things You Americans say-Paint the !
own red! Well, that i good; a spleniii ex- !
,re,sion. The more think of it the better |
t SEEM Then h. sail tae Americans were |
| wonderfully somethiny or Qth,r peopl,, |
doa't remember the word It was some
hing like philosophical"
Wasn't it metaphoricals7 suggested
Yes, i guess that was toe word He told |
ne that he would give the world if he had |
nc physique Of Booth That's the way he |
pronounced it, but ! suppose he meant |
'hysic. didn't he' These Englishmen have |
unny ways Of pronouncing things"
Irving smokes eight cigars day and .
ives me couple every day. He calls a I
'arber a shaver. ! must play him for four ;
eats tomorrow night. ] pipe the old inan
II when he Is in his best humor, when ! /,
ackle him for passes. He gives me an order !
or seats in his own writing, and the ID /
ouldn't read it 1t looks like an ink blot |
truck by lightning.
SHAVE satisfact All right Good
sy. sir. Br-r-rush- Next gentleman