Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-03

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great deal - dsFress TIE spirits u those
VIE lore 70 i've o. tbs sz1nny ssde q the
srxcsg ard Keep their hzads clean. Ia
Gscago eae u axs ws<h bis hxads every
Ettis x-h.ls. and EkeE they are glazed N
. mcueat wasn be touches stair raj
~ = window biind IL - very pslaf1i
Indeed. 70 : neat rnaa like me.
TO not as = general thing caGpiain-
Nestness with re l. q pleasing reers-
alton. II Is not my life work. | have
slept ia atAiri rate hotel with . person
who nefed Ia social c2rc,s far BE-
meath H.e. person whom ! had never
met before. and wbo ives also drunk. and
who robbed the Lesel while | was at
breakfast. and who. As WIS going 10
say. was great coarse man. bat for
got Sboat II; AMI yet when paid my
bail and the cleSk--who most s,ways
went sr1nsd-ssksd uas II everything
had seen satisfactory. told him that it
had almost seemed like home u me.
iet sometimes ] nrrsnar. Maybe II
Is because | want to attract attention.
hike critic Sometimes | DO speek up
becsrss IL Is necessary almost. and 80
state right here in p.int. knowing that !
ara answsrsb,s at the bar Of Eternal
Judgment. that there is a hotel IN Ark
ensas where y new ball carpet in tho
main hall sad a.burnt rag In the reccp-
tioa roou, are almost "a vital 70 tie pros
perity Of the house ~ jar of mur;atic
acid in the caster TO help IN cutting the
STEAK
Please do not regard INC as hypercrit-
icai. Tor il ara that 1t in pUrely becanse
| do not understand the meaning Of the
word M should. but there is IL Arkan
s.ss hotel where the man who can eat
waols iaeel and not do il under the
iai,Ieace Of stiEulsais. can go through
more suffering than any man | ever
came across.
Yesterday evening nan came TO my
dressing room just u little behind pro-
fessional card which was lightly covered
with rich black loan. Sinking in the
card t.. some distance, found the name
of an actor who belonged to the ''Singed
Cat Opera company" which bursted
here two weeks ago with q dull press TO
port which you may have heard.
| had stepped out Of my dressing room
a moment IN order 10 have room to take
ont my watch and SEQ what time it was,
and had just returned when he entered
on tho hot trail OF his card. He said
that he wanted to SEQ the show, their
company having bust here some time
ago. and would pass one Of the profess
sion. Certainly, said |, with sort o.
assumed air Of Alvin Joslin aifuence
and pie for breakfast which can pat
On upon occasion.
He had a PARKWAY look and some Of
the grease paint of former engage
ment interfered with his hearing He
wore Ramcse3 scarf with wonderful
imitation of boiled csg on it. and his col
lar proved tom that however his health
might be otherwise his pores had been
open all the time and active.
He wore q frock coat with a short
waist. and his cuffs acted as though thoy
were pinned inside tho sleeves of same.
Somehow felt that il he had thought
lessly removed his coat could have
seen only Prince Teck scarf and the
play Of his pectoral muscles.
Possibly did him III injustice. Pos
sibly he had shirt. II not, never saw
laughter man without one. Ho said:
I'VE done rotten business here. When
we started out we had good paper and
played to 5. r. .. in South Archey. bat
the leading man got sort of multy on his
plates with rheumatism. and before a
week we was stopping at a one plank
housetI; the orvenesc got her skates on
and tried TO play opposite a jag that was
out of sight, and so she Queered the