Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-16


years and some months in the peniten-
tiary. i think his name is Laclaye. The
other man stood, and for minute |
thought "Who are your" And like
flash it came to me; it was the convict |
that Victor Hugo had depicted, it was |
Jean Vatican There was the walk |
that came from going in line with other
men, there was the smooth-shaven face, |
half sullen, half ashamed; there was the |
look in the eyes of being hunted, and |
yet little glimmer of hope, but it was
the convict, it was the man who had |
served his time, and who had learned to |
walk with the air and manner of man |
who had been among convicts, and who, |
unconsciously had acquired their looks,
and who consciously, was remorseful. |
The other man looked
THE WHOLE WORLD IN THE FACE
as il he knew the play was going to be
all right and the audience would be de-
lighted, but John Kellerd, the man who
played the other convict, never for one
moment made you think that he was
anything but what he seemed. Each
one of the days of his imprisonment was
stamped npon him, and that one char
acter stands out from the play as the
most perfect bit of character acting |
have seen for long time. Later on
when his people have taken him back
and father, brother and wife welcome
the prodigal son, clothed like man and
in his right mind, there is always that
pathetic subtle something in the tones
Of his voice that seem to say all the time
to those who saved him: you loved
me, you helped me, and will never for
get it,"
Funnily enough this play, called "The
Power of the Press" hasn't single re-
porter in it, and though it is founded on
fact the office Of newspaper nor
single person connected with it does not
appear.
WOULDN'T BE A WOMAN
if hadn't curiosity, so determined to
find out about this actor. John kellerd
is an Englishman, a lover of books and
a student of them, liked by the men he
knows, and who accounts for his ability
to achieve any accent he wishes to one
thing, that personally he possesses none
at all himself. From the time he dis
covered that an Englishman had an
accent he made up his mind that he
would speak pure English, and yet
nobody could say whether he was an
American or an Englishman, and he has
successfully mastered this--am much more
| difficult thing. nv friend. than YOU
would ever imagine In appearance he
is tall, dark, and with clear penetrating
dark eyes, and it is in his own hands
now to make himself the character actor
of the day, for he has the best of all
| things to help him along-youth and
| intelligence.
rprprTr ro Io1 1ouNsroN
vva q tl-.s,
~ W L1a 10y Ssara W sane oiI oui na's p ahu poW
oul I ile''.,e a. osioio ~, oiie np,ie miio has
ihat paesIu i5 M ,i .ae iiei anu oinea
of ~ rarId III, ~ aom @ l.aoa "ses t ~ Das
tleman. a man his eneSies rasnested
as they feared, and whose friends firmly
loved him. When the war was ended
the honest enemy was treated as was the
man who fought beside him. and he
recognized no difference because one
had worn the gray and the other the
| blue. He mixed himself up with no
political schemes, and he didn't use his
| followers to push him 10 Office. You
know who | mean. | mean Gen. Joe
Johnston. The ranks are gradually fiji
inr out. the great generals are all layinp
down their swords before the preat Zen.
| eral of all. hut i do not believe that there
are any whose life-page is whittier than
was Gen. Johnston's, or one who can
show more honest and honorable
record. lie fought for that which he
believed to be right--so did the people
who won, and ii they'd been beaten
they might have been counted as rebels,
too, so that after all, to be rebel isn't
such bad thing. All down through
the south there are boys named after
this man, and it does seem to me that
now is the time to impress on their
minds that they wantto be as honest, as
brave and as God fearing as was the
man whose name they bear.
Much LIES IN A NAME.
There is n preat deal in a name and
e nnrfacty End ndorstard @ nen,ie annI r1I
ing IL the Icg;eIatnro ~ have f cl,ang3s5
sometimes IF ,yae man / ,vo,idn,t
,,,a,,t l. bo na,,,a5 alrra,',+,,,
wo,,tdn,t wont ~ haxa n anr ;dia.;a
familv n name me- tabon ~ nv fror, ssPnri5a,s pois
pa"raygo,, md g;von =, Nc Paia1s
nnn,a1 T ~nulJni, .,von n,,r,o lru. i'9s ~.
nan,ina Il Maud ~ f,ara %. : H. d,a' ~ ~.
RIaneb1o There r,no bo t,ce,d ,,,n,,,e,, nu,', =,
,,,ha i,a,,o ,nr,a s,,Ch ~ go ~. mo.iien .il
n,,,st hove nod ,yiils NJ ;r,, = eno ,,a. ivy
tha na,anao .na .sor,a,, n-ith ~ lii is s
W., ~ ~, ~. ,,nI1', arSnoahit IN WIS Vi
80 - ~ usuiy ie'esate "oiiieii'
NAMES lhAi Ai'I Mi9NoMEhs.
Fancy great-grandmother being
named Maud
Fancy Martha Washington's name
having been Cora!
| Fancy 81 woman who 1pVDtaS her life