Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-07
suPERsENsITIVE PEOPLE.

SUPEHSENSITiVe FeOFLe'
Mon Who Think Themselves CaSlcaturod
by Authors and Actors.
One of the most popular ente tainera
the world has seen suffered greatly
owing to the persistence with which
people would see likenesses to them
selves in the creations Of his fancy. II
he chose the name of Brown, Jones o.
Robinson for one of his characters, some
real cognomen wrote TO him, complain
ing bitterly against his "satrizing q
class" and then pointed out certain OF
their distinctive peculiarities which
were, they alleged, burlesqued.
On the other hand, II he invented, "a
he thought, an uncommon name, some
body wanted to know how 1t was he 80
lected him for ridicule. Why, asked
the indignant writer, did not the enter
tainer choose some common name, such
as Brown, Jones or Robinson, and not
that borne by him? It was useless to
point out to such people that the enter
tainer had never heard Of their existence
even, each of them firmly believed that
he was the original Of certain char
acter.
Sothern again; what curious expert
enco was his! The actor, when playing
In America as Fitzaltamont In 1.-THE
Crushed Tragedisn," ono morning was
called upon by an interviewer" who
told him that Count Joannes, once IN
actor of the old school Of which Sothern
made fun, had brought suit to stop
the performance Of the piece on the
ground that the comedians makeup
maligned him and burlesqued his iden-
tity. Sothern thought the affair was q
joke. but when the reporter assured him
It was serious he said;
"If I have to 60 down to that Oourt "a
show cause, by George! I pity the man
that brings me. won't let him rest
while his worried life olings to him. He
shall get kilograms and post cards from
this time on forever. Do about It? Why,
shall appear, Of course"
Presently another reporter was an.
nounced. Sothern again professed never
to have heard of the suit brought against
him. ---'
"How would you fight II II the Count
should challenge yoO?n asked the press
man. ""Ii
II should prefer the date to be the Is,
Of April, and although haven't very
fully considered the question, I think
the weapons should be cannon. Yes,
on reflection, am sure should insist
on those cannon that discharge 40 shots
q minute. He should sit upon one Of
those engines and upon another, and
we should continue to discharge them
until there should be no remnant Of
either Count or Sothern."
All this, and much more, was pub
lished under startling head lines on the
following morning. Count Joannes,
however, was terribly in earnest,
though, Of course, nothing came Of his
suit except capital advertisement, Of
which full advantage was taken.
OF modern authors, Willxie Collins de
cidedly had the most remarkable seriei
of encounters with the class Of people
who identity themselves with purely
imaginary personageS. "a bourgeois
of Paris" he himself has told as
reading The Woman IN White in {
French translation, wrote to say tina
he had flung the book to the other sid'
Of the room on discovering that Foscc
was I'm absolutely perfect likeness O
himself. He naturally insisted ON re
ceiving satisfaction for this insult, leav
ing the choice of swords or pistols to me
a. the challenged person. Information
on which he could rely had assured hin
that / meditated q journey to Pari
early In the ensuing week. A hostile
meeting might, in such circumstances
be easilyArranged" Arrived in Paris
willkie Collins looked for his HONORABLE,
opponent In vain. ieo ".
Again Mr. Collins invested acharactel
who. was 90 careful about the quantity
Of his food that he weighed II in littll
scales at table Shortly after the pub
location Of the novel q gentleman calle'
upon the author.
"You have no right, sir, to caricatur
mei'' exclaimed the caller TO the aston
ished novelist: II weigh my food in lii
tie scales, sir. Here they are, sir.
always carry them about with me b.
the advice Of my physician, but Is tina
any reason why / should be held up 3
ridicule, sir?"
And the gentleman refused to be paci
Hed, thoughAMr. Collins protested tina
he had never before heard Of such
habit. On another occasion q reade
Of '.Armsasle7called upon him and uT
braided HIM for putting his house int
print The description, Il IL said wa
exact although the popular writer Ia
never seen place. - Casselrs Sstul
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