Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-30
In the COMPANY of Booth.

Malaria Fever cured by Jarvis Brandy.
In the Company of Booth.
It was my go1u fortune to be invited
to take lunch dat MIR. Edwin Booths,
charming cottage on Indian avenue
says Il correspondent of the Boston
Transcript, aud not only to "partake Of
lunch with a cheerful zest,' but to meet
at the same time Mr., William Warren,
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson and the latter's
wife and daughter. Such an invitation
allured like II bidding to fairyland, or
like one of those delightful dreams
which vanish when they are at their
brightest-like soap bubbles OF the
mind: therefore, when our party ar
rived at the pretty red-roofed villa, and
found only the graceful and gentle
hostess within its h%ospitable walls, we
felt that this disappointment might
have beer f~oreseen-that some things
we're too good to be true, this among
deferred, not lost. Those treach-
erous winds which delight in
OBTAINING all mariners, and es-
pecially mariners embarked on
yachts, had delayed the three dis
tinguished friends, who appeared a lit
tie later, in the greatest good humor,
making merry owe the Bullets and
drenchings which they had received
from these same churlish winds and
waves. Mr.. Jefferson's hat had been
blown overheard from the yacht, but he
| regarded the loss as u very amusing cir
| c~umstance-in fact, as the best possible
Joke, taken in connection with the inn
| provised h%eadgear which had been has
tily substituted for the missing hat.
| Indeed, the geniality Of his disposition
adds no small charm to the presence of
| this great actor, and is no doubt one
| secret Of the magnetism, the pathOs of
his acting. He moves the hearts of all
who witness his inimitable presentations,
| because he believes hat those hearts
exist, and appeals directly to them, as
no polished satirist, nc intellectual
cynic, could do.
Mr.. Warren was somewhat more
! grave and quiet in Manner, as betitted
his advanced years and already failing
health.
Mr.. Booth was, as always, stately and
reserved in his bearing, but at the anne
| time kindly, courteous and hospitable,
with that absolute simplicity of manner,
that absence of all atfectation which
one sees only in children, kings and
great men! Indeed, the quiet, nas
Stunning ways, the simply dignity of
these actors and their families, inn
pressed me very strongly, and seemed
like Il silent protest against the harsh
ness and narrowness of certain critics,
who condemn Wholesale the stage and
all connected with it.
The Jetfers0ns called Mr.. Warren
"Uncle Williamp-he was the uncle OF
Mr.. Jefferson or his wife, l do not know
which-and all treated him with the
most atfectionate respect.
What we had-tO eat on this most in
teresting occasiQn 1 have entirely for,
gotten--save,t hHt we began with the
usual tiny ,quahaugs on their dainty
shells; that thetuncheon was an elegant
and elaborate one, and The table fault
less in its SERVICE N arrangements,
The talk, of course, was largely about
the stage, OK matters connected with it;
for actors dearly love their profession
and according to my experience at least
much interested in this peep behind
the scenes. diI1dain the droIl stage re.
miniscenceS which were '%recounted fol
our benefit, joseph Jefferson told us how
he once forgot his part--or rather for
got that he had delivered two or three
lines which make a telling point in
LEND me Five Shillings," and gave
them a second time. Great was his sur
prise when the audience did not re
spond with applause, as had always beer
the case heretofore; but the lady witt
whom he was playing whispered to him
You have repeated your lines" On,
of our party now asked William War
rem whether he had yer had a similar
experience, %whereupon he told us tina
once, when playing in the American
Cousin" he had struck the match by thu
right end instead of by the wrong one
as the play required. The match caugh
FIRE ard for a.. moment he was so dis
concerted thatlhe completely forgot hi
part--until a fellow actor gave him hi
lines in a stage whisper.