Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-06-25
The Doctor and Post master.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 18th,
18th and 18th, 1891.
The object is for general church work and
needed improvements. and we solicit l'ber-
al patronage.
The Society shall endeavor to entertain its
guests each evening with music. and its Ia.
blcs will he ladcned with the luxurcs Of life
that cheer both body and mind Come and
rccreate with us and he happy.
The Theatre.
"All the worlds stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
As yOu like It,
As the old conventional prejudice which
has 80 long existed against the player is
rapidly becoming lcssened and tho moral of
the Drama is fast becoming recognized as n
prominent educational factor, 1t will be at
once pleasing and instructiveto recapitulate
the names Of few of the men and women
who have DEVOTED life time to bringing
about this elimination, together with the
plays which have become famous through
their fundamentally.
Asa complete recapitulation Of the history
of tho Stage would require volume after vol
ume, ii is necessary that this article include
only few of the more prominent ot currenccs
of late years. AS a greater portion OF the
ones mentioned haye played their last part
and seen lfe's curtain rung down, this
reference may serve to pcrpctuatc their
memory and keep green the laurel wreath of
fame which they have lef, behind.
First and foremost stands that monarch of
all tragedIans, the elder Booth, father of
John Wilkes, Junius Brntus, and Edwin.
In the great claracterizations which Shnke.
spear has created he stood alone. VI his
sons one dying early, the other being buried
behind the pale of shame, Edwin remains
the sole representative Of this great tamlly.
His dclncat,on of Lear, the majestic old
man, of Hamlet, the melancholy Dane, and of
Betruc,O, the wrongcd court fool, stand with
out n parallel In the same school we find
the name OF Forrest and McCollugh whose
rendition of the more heroic roles Of Vtrgin-
tus, SDartacus and Rienzi are memories still
fresh in the minds Of the American people,
nor should we forget Sheridan as Louis Xl,
Kccne as Richard III and last, but by no
means least, the man who from the cruciblc
of earnest labor coined place in the hearts
of all, Lawrence Barrett; to have witnessed
his performance OF the testy Cdssius or the
ambitious Rtchelsu, was to see Il perfect
rendition of these difficult roles, Then
comes that prince of comedians John E. Ow.
ems, whose quiet humor IN the character OF
| Scion Shings will be recalled by all, and
equally famous are, Lester Wallack the best
of light comedians, John T. Raymond as
Co.. Burberry Sellers, Jos. jefferson as Caleb
I'lumner, Rip Van Wrinkle and Bob Acres,
VIM. J. Florence as Hon. Bard,ccU Slote ard
honest Bob Brerly, John Gilbert as Sir Peter
Isazs, and Sir Anthony Adsolute John
Brougham as Watkins MicaD6er, E. A. Soth
ern as Lord Dundreary, Robson and Crane
as the Too Dromios in The Comedy Of Err.
rors, VIM E. Dyaidge as Eccles and j. X.
| Emmett as Fritz
OF the romantic school we have Charles
fletcher, as Monte Cristo ard the dual role In
the Corsican Brothers, Edwin Adams 81
Enoch Artlen and Charles II. Thornc Jr. as
Armand Dural.
Ofthe women who have grace d our stage,
who can forget the names Of Matilda Heron.
Charlotte Cushman, Nine Ristori Lucille
Western, Laura Keenc, Nine. Jannushck
Mary Anderson, Adelaide Wilson, Mrs
John Drew, and our own Clara Morris?
With such an array of names on the his
torical page of the Drama, is 1t any wonder
that it should become a prominent feature OF
the worlds history True the stage can be
made the medium of fraud. but the combined
endeavOrs of the true actor and the public
can overcome this for the true tenor Of all
plays is that oice shall meet its punistnaent and
virtue stand triumphant.
The actor has Z. life Of hardship as we'll as
pleasure. Many comedian has made an
audience laugh heartily tor three hours
knowing that when he doffed his molly at
tire carriage was awaiting him to convey
him to the bedside of dying child. Many
an actor has come from Gods Acre with the
dull sound Of the falling earth ringing in hit
ears to fulfill his duty to the public who
know him only as the Butioon. And who
shall say these lives have been lived in vain
No one When the last act" Of all Is over
and the debris Of the worlds great stage ii
cleared away the good will stand hand in
hand tried, as by fire, whether they were
ministers, merchants, laborers, or actors.
w. H. P