Morning journal and courier., 1886-11-27
FREDERIC BRETON.

The Handsome Actorin Private Life.
 Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock car
 riage drove up to the Elliott House, where two gentlemen alighted. One was tall, com manding and remarkably attractive. He was attired in the latest fashion and witt scrupulous neatness. A porter relieved the gentleman of exquisite seaIskin valise and
 silk plush travelling rug, which was carried
 in shawl strap. The stranger was Frederic Bryton, the handsome actor, concerning
 whom the New York papers have devoted extended space in writing of his sumptuous mode of living, his wonderful expensive per sonal wardrobe, his multitudinous accom- plishments, ss well of his great ability as
 an actor. MT. Bryton, accompanied by his manager, Mr Fred McCloy, was conducted to a suite of rooms that had been engaged for him, embracing Nos. 21, g and B on the parlor floor. When reporter called an hour later he was most cordially received by MT. Bryton, who attired in dark blue silk (quilted) house jacket, vest of black silk matelasse of exquisite pattern, dark trousers, and his feet were lncased in seal skin slippers. An air of refinement pervad- ed the apartments and they were rapidly being made homelike in appearance by NIT. Bryton's valet de chambre, who was engaged in arranging bric-a- brac and photographs on the tables and mantles and about the walls. s'Im glad to see you, " said the handsome actor, advancing toward the reporter with outstretched hand, and as he spoke his face lighted up with a smile of welcome.
 A great deal has been written in the past two years about MT. Bryton's personal ap- pearance. The New York World has al ways insisted that he is the handsomest ac- tor on the American stage. The Sun has nf he the most conspicuous figures in the great throng of ''swell riders" on the boulevard. 1 The Christian At Work points to him with pride as one of the very few exceptions among the more prominent actors who ad- here to early religious training. MT. Bry- ton has just completed work descriptive of his extended trip through the holy land ) and other prominent publications find some point or other upon which to have reference to MT. Bryton.
 The reporter found MT. Bryton to be the possessor of many sterling traits of charac- ter. He is ready, intelligent, witty con- versationalist, with fund of valuable knowl- edge acquired by extensive travel and a ke en observation of all through which he passed, besides which he is, apparently, an educated
 and thoroughly we'll read man. He made very few allusions to his professional career,
 and those were called forth by some ques
 tion asked by the reporter. Important pub
 lie interests seem to occupy his mind. He is
 an admirer of Gladstone; he is very
 emphatic in his denunciation of the
 course the government has pursued with
 reference to the lighting of the statue of lib-
 erty. He has an abhorrence of the presence
 of 9'infiooence" in politics and is disgusted
 with the conduct of the jury in the 'Boodle
 Alderman" McQuade trial He was very en-
 thusiastic over the result of the match be-
 tween Yale and Princeton Thursday, and
 otherwise showed that he was abreast of the
 times.
 Bryton is as manly man as one could
 wish to meet, and he possesses a most envia-
 ble faculty of entertaining sumptuously in
 his private quarters.