The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-29

odd sort Of actors retreat For though we
have many among US who possess genuine
homes, and ii is a good sign that their
number is increasing, there are too few
actors who possess or seek home. IL Il
different in London; and l think there il
nothing on earth achievable in which a
London actor takes such manful and ex-
ultant pride.
They are seldom grand affairs. IL ia
their great number and their sweet and
good homeliness which make them remark
able The exigencies OF provincial profess
sionel travel and frequent American tours
often render their continuous occupancy
impossible. Frequently the husband goes
in one direction aud the wife, II she be an
actress, in another. But the abiding place
is Mecca to both, and there is always some
one TO hold the belongings together and
train the little ones against the home. COM
ing.
The English actor has grand adherence
of big and snowy home. / could print
the names of scores whose incomes would
permit them to live, like many Of our emil
nent theatrical people, in approved West
End luxury in winter and gorReously
swelter In summer In their own fashionable
resort villas. The little home, little and
snug and CHEEKY, Is his from choice He
hides himself In 1t, and Is often almost
ludicrous in his shift to avoid knowledge of
its coming to only sworn friends This oc-
casionally goes so far that aliases are as
sumed that he may better protect himself
from intrusion aud espionage.
In this mite of home he il as happy a
man as there Ia in all the world He can
reach out to and know its metes and bound-
aries 1t Is usually, and more honor to
him for It, in permanent and delightful
hullabaloo from the presence Of many
FOSTERING and gladstone children. 1t is
full Of strange and outrageous pets It is
buried in vines, all but the windows, aud
within. 1t ia o plethoric conservatory of
plants and flowers. There are many and
the best OF books, not hidden in snowy cases,
but within hand reach in every nook and
corner. Bits of art work and dainty trif1es,
but most Of them this fsmily's handiwork
orderless but interesting, abound. There Is
O harp, a either, q guitar, violin, or not
''melancholyn flute, and melody and song
of the homemade kind seem to break loose
here rather than come at ''the cue" and 30
order.
Above all else there Is a wonderful sort Of
all around housekeeping in these joyous
little homes from part jcipation In which no
friend or guest is altogether debRrred, and
occasionally under no circumstances abb
solved. 1t is as though the effort, essumpt-
ion and repression Of the stage would found
It's exact antithesis In this most precious OF
haunts aud that oil those things in home
making and keeping which are regarded as
irksome by ordinary folk, were to these
people the acme Of pleasure and delight.
"a perennial lark" one fifty described ID
to me. And 30 IL L. With mingled feel
ings Of amaZement and delight, while en-
ioying the most genial ENTERTAINMENT have
ever elsewhere known. have assisted
Lady Teszle" at dusting; Juliet" at
digging In the garden; Lear" at leap
frog with his not ungrateful children
q "Portia" at Smelling pease; an
"Othello" at mending kites; "Mrs.
MalapropD in washing the lunch
dishes; a ''Grave Digger" at mending his
range; q CLEOPATRA" OF pairing potatoes; a