The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15

unconsciously, had acquired their looks,
and who, consciously, was remorseful.
The other man looked the whole world in
the face as if he knew the play was going
to be all right and the audience would be
delighted, but John Kellerd, the man who
played the other convict, never for one
moment made you think that he was any
thing but what he seemed. Each one of
the days of his Imprisonment was stamped
upon him, and that one character stands
out from the play as the most perfect bit
of character acting have seen for a 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: "1ou
loved me, you helped me, and l will never
forget 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 q single
person connected with it does not appear.
Wouldn't be a woman if hadn't curl
osity, so l determined to find out about
this actor. John Kellerd is an English
man, q 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 him
self. From the time he disco vered that
an Englishman had an accent he made up
his mind that he would speak pure En-
glish, and yet nobody could say whether
he was an American or an Englishman,
and he has successfully mastered this-a
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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 ali things to
help him along-youth and intelligence.
We have to take off our hats and bow
our heads before one more who has passed
over the great river and joined that band
that now silently waits. Out of the world
has gone good, true gentleman a man
his enemies respected as they feared, and
whose friends firmly loved him. When
the war ended tine honest enemy was
treated as was the man who fought beside
him, and he recognized no difference be-
cause 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 to office
You know who l mean. | mean Gen.
Joe Johnston. The ranks are gradually
filling out, the great generals are all laying
down their swords before the greatest Gen
eral OF all, but do not believe that there
are any whose life-page is whittier than was
Gen. JohnstOn's, or one who can show a
more honest and honorable record. He
fought for that which he believed to be
right-so did the Peep. Q who won, and if
they'd been beaten they might have been
counted as rebels, too, so that, after all, to
be a good rebel isn't such a bad thing
All down through the South there are
boys named after this man, and il does
seem to me that now is the time to i'm
press on their minds that they want to be
as honest, as brave and as God-fearing as
was the man whose name hey bear.
There is a great deal in a name, and
can perfectly understand people applying
to the legislature to have it changed some
times. If / was a man l wouldn't want 10
be named Algernon, nor ] wouldn't want
to have any idiotic family name taken
from "Burke's Peerage' and given TO me.
Being q woman, | wouldn't even curse a
cat by naming it Maud. or Cora, or Ida, or
Blanche. There may be good women
who have borne such names, but they
must have had wills of iron to combat the
influence, and women with wills of iron
are not usually agreeable women.
Fancy great-grandmother being named
Maud
Fancy Martha Washington's name hav-
ing been Coral
Fancy a woman who devotes her life to
nursing the sick and working among the
poor being called Ida!
And fancy, If you can, passe old lady,
with false teeth, bleached hair, and COM
plexion that comes from a makeup box
addressed as Blanche! Why, you can't
fancy it to save your soul!
Fancy good carpenter named Aiger-
non!
Fancy an honest cashier named Clar-
ence!
Fancy an elevator man named Guy!
Fancy decent, law abiding citizen who
votes the democratic ticket, supports his
own wife and takes care Of his children,
called Percy You had much better
name him We're de We're at once; let him
wear O freckled shirt and suck at the top
OF a cane.
What kind of name do like for
women? Names that they won't be
ashamed OF when they grow old.
What kind do L like for men? Those
that suggest manliness and honesty and
honor
No nicknames2 Well, now, If you love
James you are going to call him "Jim;'' if
you love John you are going to call him
"Jack ;" if YOU love Thomas you are go
ing to call him Tom" if you love Fred
erick you are going to call him Fred"
and if you love William you are going to
call him will" But these are our own
special names, and not the ones for the
use of the world at large. Somebody
laughs and looks very knowing at the
idea of short name-but you needn't be
so personal--my name is Barbara, but l
am always called "BAB."
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