Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

teIt IL keenIy, ana when he returned to this
city HIS friends sought invitations for him to
moro than one reception, which were refused.
THE IRISH GENTLEMAN.
In the most striking contrast and exhibiting
the difference between a gentleman and a
snob, 1 recall Tyrone Powers adieu to America.
The National InteH3gencer. which published it,
spoke OF Its beauty and simple eloquence
| having rarely been surpassed. The many
hearts he left here filed with the hope of lis
return. and the home whose fresde he was
| expecting to gladden. an all-wise Providence.
IN its mysterious dispensation, permitted him
never to brighten by his presence. Peace to
| his Names"
| Adieu, Columbiai I have marked thee we'll
| Nor yet forever do leave thee now;
| And many thoughts OF thee my bosom swell
| And thronging recollectiOns load my brow;
| For have rOamsd through thy eternal woods
Have dreamed in fair St Lawrence's regal
Have breasted Missi..ippis hundred floods
And wooed on Alleghanies' top auroras wax
| ing smile.
And now we part the ship is flying fast
her pathway decked by wreaths Of whining
| foam,
And ali her swelling sails that bend the mast
| Obey the flag. that fiuttering points TO home
| Home! Home. That tender word let me retrace,
| And bid each letter carry DER the sea
| Each cherished wish and every well-known face
| 10 Danish thoughts OF those from whom nee.
/ u
| Nor blush to turn behind my fearful eyes,
| lis from no stranger coast now must part,
| lis TO no strangers left yield these sighs-
| Welcome and home are mine in this loved and,
Whose sons leave, whose shores fade fast IRON
| me,
And cold must be mine eyes and heart and
When, fair Coiumb ia, they turn cold on thee.
POWERS TRAGIC DEATH
He was lost on the Inflated President and
4 will Of 8
that day-the Rev. George A. Goodman. There
are some left who can recall Mr.. Power. He
was a very handsome and accomplished man,
| and one whose presence was sought so eagerly
| IN society that when he fulfilling an en-
| gagement here the performance began half
| hour earlier, to enable him to keep the
| numerous social engagements which poured in
| upon him. His position society I'M
| questioned here or abroad, and his greatness on
the stage was universally acknowledged. Only
| a day or two ago, talking with an old friend. he
| spoke OF Powers Sir PatrickOIeenepoi in The
Irish Ambassador. He was the Sir Patrick,
| Tor both were gentlemen. and since his day no
| Irish comedian has filled that role. John
| Brougham came next to him. and his Sir Luz
Gus Trigger was almost a companion pic
ture. Sir Luclus and Sir Patrick were gentle
| men, on and off the stage-Irish gentlemen
of their period, not the stage Irishmen of to-
day. minus the stuffed club. The handsomest
Sir LucIus ever saw, however, was Jack Saw
age. as he appeared in that character at the
tiwin fancy ball, with his handsome face and
charming intcnation of the brogue, the per-
sOnatiOn was perfect. Returning to poor
Power u thousand delightful memories crowd
upon me. HIS Paudeen O'Rafferty, Corporal
O'Conner, OF which Mr. jefferson gives a capt.
tai picture In his charming "reminiscences, are
green in my memory though years have passed
since he said goodbye to US here. leaving all
aching void which has never been filled.
A REMISIsCENCE OF SAMUEL LOVER
Another Irish gentleman comes up from the
storehOuse OF memory while writing OF Tyrone
Power-Samuel Lover. l wonder if there are any
among my readers who met him while here?
had that pleasure and at a social board heard
him sing his own songs, as the Hon. Richard
Naux heard Tom Moore in London. Mr.. Lover
found most cordial welcome, and. like
Moore he was surprised and delighted to find
his songs were sung in every house where music
had home. He was a man of the most pleas
ing manners and just the man you would have
supposed could have written Molly Carew"
that matchless parlor song, full OF pathos and
humOr, and Widow McCrea" and Molly
Bawn" and What Would You Do, Loye?" Iii
these he sung and heard sung. lie complained
OF an Irish comedian Collins. who taken
from low drinking place IN Dublin because of
very excellent voice and who added verse or
| two to Widow McCrea" to catch the ears and
| tastes OF the groundlings" by their indelicate
illusions. Mr.. Lovers appreciation of Amer
| lea and its people heightens the contrast be-
| tween gentlemen and the other visitor.
JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES.
l hope some of the readers Of The STAR will
recall the visit to Washington OF James Sheri-
| dan Knowles: his visit was before that of
| Dickens. 1t must have been somewhere about
| 1889. He was entertained at Boulanger's. then
! opposite the National Hotel, by the represe nta-
| tives of the press-Mr. kingman, Mr.. Agg
| MIR. Stansbury, Mr.. Seaton, Mr. Rind and
| others. He played an engagement here. at
! the National; 1t must have been under the May
wood management, and l remember seeing him
| as Julian st. Pierre i'll his own play OF 1.-The
| Wife; a Tale of Mantua."
| Going over the files of the National InteRl-
Jencer, especially while Mr.. Willis contributed
/ his charming letters. he speaks of the events
/ OF that period and the actors in them IA
| mlllarly that memories of them crowd upon me
/ In confusing rapidity. He saws. in October,
1913, George Kendall of the New Orleans
Picdyune and Albert Pike at the Aston
| House." AT that time | could have found Pike
any day and every day with dear old Bill Porter
/ 1ork's tall SOM and Boss Richards at the
Sptrd Of Tie Times office, on Barclay street op-
| posite the Aston. where the brightest spirits Of
| the day congregated-Kendall, Pike, Fitzgreen,
! Hal!eck, y. p. Willis, Gen. Morris, Henry Will
\ liam Herbert Crank Forrester). Tom Thorpe
| ("Tom Owen. the Bee Hunter'), al nd surely,
| once a month, jim Cakes (''Acorn'D came on
| from Boston, and John Brougham, Harry Graf
! tan ana ueOrge character OF
| that day and (''Corinthian Tom'), Tom Bat
| teile, the Wallachs and Forrest then a young
man. and the Placides (Tom and Harry. /
| could extend the list for memory brightens at
| the mention of each name, and of them all
Gen. Pike and myself alone remain
! Mr.. Willis in one OF his letters speaks Of
Placide playing Grandfather Whitehead" as
| IL had never before been played He said he
had taken the palm from Farren, who was the
| original. must beg to enter a cavat in favor
| of Charley Burke, the half brother of Joseph
Jefferson. He played it in the little theater
! over Joe Shil!ingtons book store, fitted up by
| little Englishman named Kilmste. That per-
! Torrance remains in my memory the great
| est piece of acting ever saw. The child-like
simplicity and the deep pathos he awakened was
painful in Its realism as the poor old man was
| driven from home. / can only recall one
| more piece OF acting that compares with it in
| tender pathos-Ristoris 'MarIe Antoinette."
WHAT AN ACTOR CHARLEY BURKE WAS,
and his wife, who was, think q Miss Booth,
was an admirable actress. Her talent took in
the whole range of the drama. She could play
Mrs. Hdiitr in The stranger" and Nan in 1.-THE
Good-for-Nothing." MIR. Willis mention.
among the actors Of that day first of all the
lovely Mrs. Brougham and Brougham, Mr.. and
Mrs Timm. Mrs. Tmm subsequently, fitted III
Hughes Warehouse" on 9th street next The
ST. James, now a hotel, as a theater and there
Mrs. Charles Burke and Mrs Malinda Jones, the
mother of Avonia Jones, who married Gustavu.
Brooke, played.
| In one of his letters Mr. VILLA spaak. ~ .r