The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-28

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belongings together and train the little
ono against tho homecoming.
Tho English actor has Il grand ablor.
cnce OF n big and SNOWY home. ] could
print the names OF cores whose in.
comes would permit them 10 live, like
many Of our eminent theatrical people,
in approved West End luxury In winter
and corgeously swclter. In summer. In
their own fashionable resort villas. The
little home, little and snug md c!iccrY.
Is his from choice. Ito hides himself
In 1t, and Is often almost ludicrous in
his shifts 10 avoid knowledge OF Its COM
ing to only sworn friends. This orca.
slonally goes 20 far that aliases 'are MS.
sumed, that le may better protect him.
self from intrusion and espionage.
In this mite OF a home he Is rs Happy
n man us there is.in all tho world, lie
can reach out 10 and know It's metes
and boundaries. It Is usually, and more
honor to him for II, inn permanent md
delightful hullabaloo from tho presence
of many roisterinf and vladsomo chill.
dren, II Is fullof strangaland outrage
Gus pets. il IT, buried in Wines, at, but
tho windows, and within, 1t Is 4 pleth-
oric conservatory Of, plants and flowers.
There nre many and tho best OF books,
not hidden in SNOWY cases but within
hand reach in every nook and corner.
Bits OF art work and dainty triles, but
most OF them this family's handwork,
orderless but interesting, abound.
There Is q harp, n either, a guitar, n
violin, ORR not melancholy" flute, and
melody and song OF the homemade
kind seem to break loose hero rather
than como at 'tlle cue" and to order.
Above all else there is a wonderful
sort OF all around housekccpingin these
joyous little homes, from participation
IN (which no friend or guest is alto.
gethcr debarred, and occasionally un-
der no circumstances absolved. 1t Is rs
though the effort, assumption and re-
preston OF the stage world found its
exact antithesis in this most precious
OF haunts, and that all those things in
home making and keeping which arc
regarded as irksomc by ordinary folk
were to these people the acme OF pleas.
ure and delight.
"a perennial lark" one ii.ly de.
scribed 1t to Inc. And so it il. With
mingled feelings Of amazcncnt and de-
light, while enjoying tho most genial
entertainment | have ever elsewhere
known, l have assisted a Lady Tcd:te Mt
busting. a Juliet at digging in the gar
den. a lear ut leap-froc with his not I'M
grateful children, a Potia at Smelling
peas, an Ohslb at mending kites, 4 Mrs.
!Maiaprop in washing the lunch dishes,
q Craze Digger ut mending his range. 4
Cleopatra Mt pairing potatoes, 4 FdLstab at
making gooseberry and damson Jam, n
Bob AcTfs at grilling chops or Surface ut
preparing salads-ior English actors
arc peerless as cooks, a Bill Skyes at
prayers, and q Richelieu ut brewing such
punches rs. | have been told by those
who slipped them, left. by comparison,
the NECTAR OF the gods" mere eight
penny treaclc.
ACTOR LAND.
The whole Covcnt Garden region, that
Joyous regionn as Thackeray called it,
while not exacfty,a haunt'of actors, has
been 4 sort. OF actor-ldnd.fo more than
go years. 1t is now us OF old 4 region
Of fine old inns, cotlee-Eouses, theatres,
clubs; printers and publishers, book
sellers and customers. In these pre-
cincts. between Goyent Garden and the
Strand, that greatest roaring tide OF
humanity inTallt the nworld;gand upon
the Strand itself, more aclors will DO
seen coming, going or lettering than in
any other'district Of the great city.
After his profession and his jolly lit
tie home. the stronges. attachment OF
the London actor,sis given to his club.
Every one is 4 member OF from one to
hall 4 dozen clubs; and these actors, Ms
u class, more than all others OF the lib
eral professions and arts, have inspired,
developed and sustained that spirit OF
genial association OF men OF talent which
has given London its vast numbers OF
most splendid clubs, around which
cluster the most precious OF historic
and literary associations. 1t may be
truly said that, from Shakespeare to
Dickens, not ONLY tho greatest actors
who everlived but most OF the creates.
writers have been spurred aud prompt
ed into the efor. and activities which
gave themselves fame and the world its
clcanesl drama and grandcst literature,
from this source and out Of this fruitful
and fecund association.
Since evils" "Buttons," "Toms"
and other famous coflee.houses and
clubs OF the Queen Anne period, a his
tory OF the changes and hubitues OF IA
nous London clubs to which actors
have given the Chief support, would al
most be a history Of English mon OF let
tiers and literature. The actors club
haunts Of to-day chiefly comprise the
Garrick, Green Room, Savage, Arundel,
Lyric and Beefsteak clubs.
The latter unique little GLIB, which
has its home, over Toole's Theatre,
sprang out of the Honorable. Society OF
l'ecfstoaks. in the old Beefsteak room
OF the Lyceum theatre, which stillexists
and is used by Irving for his exquisite
private dinner parties. The Bcefstcak
over .Toole's is distinctive in being n
"one-room" club, and admitting no
guests whatever.
The Arundel has three hundred and
fifty to four Hundred members. 1t was
nee exclusively literary and artistic.
Ambitious solicitors and amateurs OF
all sorts are now admitted, and its per-
centGsc OF legitimate actors Is growing
smaller.
Tho Lyric has a magnificent club
house in Picadl!ly, and witt, its entire
appointments, including alarge theatre
and concert hall, is among the finest
buildings for this purpose in the world.
It also has all inc called The Lyric
Club at Barnes.on-T Thames, from which
boat racing and other! river fetes can DO
witnessed. Tho Lyric is a dramatic and
musical club with nearly three thousand