Telegram-herald., 1886-05-16
GREAT GIN GUllLERS
Stories OF An Old Actor About
Edwin and the Elder Booth
GHuS FlsE lAl ALCOHOL MID
Tal=s ~ E1.@ n 5ootn Rsc<iessasss =
- the Great ACTOR Gong to fhs Dags2
The Elder scoth's eei'-<ao~n
Fta1us- Stores ~ lns stage.

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s aaaa 1lese IS y diversity ~ ep.nlo4 48o..t
s1sl.ef 81 las ~ as6 he las io5ie sense
4aeer tllass ~ lfe he s4s c1sss.l - he
lhe polished county Aaolh ~ aa he has
~ laaser tAat tloasatiai ialsiiesfiai.
usilileat-iske A.S xllc1 tle iiA0sfsoh-
makers aaFs zissn tim ia 81 tmiea' he
1as ssea4el 60 base lss Interest ais art
ana O. csirs onlg i,sr tee ffoaEoi lhe Aglse.
II Booia pssz- throaeh TIE aois in tae e'ir-
laie a. IS -ad Sees people aoezns 10 be
Is b4psy he goes 90 BIS dressing -rooni,
azes .s, eomes 0lt. szs8 his band and al
= right iaf MAJ sseniag if "a ths other
bsu6. nls eee takss ia . scanf ald alalbetic
hoasr. ns faisilg goes g. hls room, opens
Uieker 6asket aud oeiseen ghaz
ADD 81 O'Clock takes Stage
hands. drssssFs. aa5 everybody 70
keep lbe jas Asay lroiu him.
Booth il aal d knoaa a. sli drinAer.
he haa.s bls jag yat 4liel.y ilom andsf ais
NashSosl Sc eln carry irishtful load
withaat shoNins it Llke ali ois Drained
people. BIS bead gives 'sasy lass. some ofhis
mest Intimate 1ienas eaaat,s say that he has
had one dfiak shen in lact Ten are lining his
stomach His eye l. bright his fsee clean
cut. bis t1u sne quiet. ~ manner the manner
81 q geniieinan. th4i lr h brighter ia talk
Witisr in refartee. more ready % taik Of
the STAGE faller ~ remineoence and de-
cl,i-dlF more comnunleauss and conndcu-
tial thaa slen In tAe privacy oi ais pOme
ana the aasence Of bis saaielant be is wont
10 be. needanoi be sa.i iefe EdWin Booth
Win .umaian5 in 1ins = ons ~ loe most
aellshtHll of companions. Cold sober,
alHatrd stA rheumatism ~ the hair,
near.sisia oi tl- s,aif. parvsis os flIe occiput
and 5.slstsst uf the ofrsfe-or lungs, So Co
s.esk Mr. Both IS about the meanest nan
0n earfh li ne we're fo give me real hard
blok last thea / Hoai4 want o. go and sec
Faaeef-
Tbls eas pretty hard Iu1gment bat the
Hesas Han had to respect his authority.
rns Booths have al been a strange lot,
have they naf
~Y-.. The Bssoihs are an American fam
SIS. have br0ugb; great credit to the stage.
have elevated draiaaiic art have wOu
planaits AZ actors. A-sge gwen the world new
rea.lnss aud Interpretations They belong
ca q family % genius They are grrat-aIi
of lbem. fVt thv iaIner "a, a sot "a hope
less ips0maniac. brother was the SLAYER
of Abraham Lincoln. another brother never
rose anoQe medlocrity a sister married a
broken manager and has since not been
hr,sri Of ard the one descendant of tne
hau~. noW hefIrc the worlds eye seems 10
be- saiug The way of bis ,ire. For twenty
years the generations. Gld anG young. have
w..T-Aipped EIsin Booth. tie wss the
greatest 0f American actors. and America
has felt more than national pride iu hird.
H.. "a IA.
dollars to his np. 0ut always laughed and
salt. Wait tiil you see Edwin Both. He
il oar traee,liau Booth went abroad won
praise from critics. b0t niighy few ponnds.
Euaiand cares nOthsax for Aus-Ticai. Erfors.
she IS fllst noN ensaged in nndnE :tiAet
Elr her oRn wares she can laud rm un
these shores so probably shat ,he sutrid IN
deed BE- a f,oi b. invite or encourage an im
pert frats
Whar Sas trge hity years ago obtains TO
dag Ia EuxaT. an American actor can
Do rothlnE Mary Anderson NAV he cited
as AT. exception vet Ne doubt many OF The
"Hary stories IN England. Jumus Bru as
Booth vent fO England in l>6 and aD-
peared af CoEenr Garden iu Richard III He
was erurriy unknown. II may oe interest
ing - actors 0f the present las fo know that
al sstor who c4uid piay Collv CiDber ;
kic1ari acr- ptsbIy in tuat period was glad
- 80 if at - a week
The -Idrr kean witnessed sooth's per-
farmancr called Macreadf attention to if.
bah -sil it was shame such genius should
he 50 iil feQsitfed tud sir esued iu getting
tiu -alart ~ tlo wees Bar 0uly a
mnuth .Ner Booth startled his management.
aufusesi hIs 8uaifnc-. aud di-glsted his
fr.tnds bv ffr1 draus and So appearing
en nr -fsse FaFeeft va tns stage mtua-
zrr n The os t.ien and ieq 30 incumbent
ar ntul ta nIl4r s1rna 4nasIusM tie tauls