The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-14


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Al the conclusion Of the, eleey the orchestra
sSen s fsqEs Sodvn Isveea
sdSIn Booth i said Mr. Goodwin had inhsri.sd
players on tho stage With the elder Booth halt
in their exits to listen to his wonderful ex-
When Booth n' was a hoy he said that he would
mover play any but Villains parts. as they had
something to d. while lovers were m cnaIS
only be heard to the middle 81, the house. and
4 was that performance which cansed Rufus
strange that so mediocre a son should be born
ofsuch an iliustrious father"
hastily dstG SnHan sSbsats s" Tor Ms s
When the audience was informed that young
Booth Was to take his fathers Part there . wsro
fseG years. s' I'D hsn 'S saa later Es as that
MSsa %s came BACK !rSm that III s.sr.sd Spst
neg % hs Was so IL f IN sSpoar
auce that one leading lady in Boston refpaed
e. on to the T With .h. e% sa s
Mr.: Goodwin recalled many proofs OF Booths
Soi0iui. putiVut. hStu r'uuy
plan p marking with chalk TIE distance, q
poses on the boards Of the stage. MIR. Goodwin
said that Mr.. Tooth although he had
ssn lis r ySsag ss than s.
rs tragtdinn than as A comic actor. Tor
the humor which opens, the fountain OF tears
that which ripples the face with laughter nnd
smiles Az hhakespearean actor. ne snia'
equals, and SupsriOrS onCN 6BtAOllSneu III
tho public favor. he held his place for more
s tndn snIFt God rs hs e as
quoting the passage from Hamlet" "dood
sohn's Midsummer Nights Dream" Tom
naso Salvini read an address In Italian. speak;
nwsys Socs q! Wondera richness and
s4 M TSs then contrast sss in EssA, S Ss
Italian the actor Of school that has ceased
nered was one Of the interesting studies q
snd resd 6p NJ Mer The great raEedans
address was as follows: A.,
mark trassd IN sistory hs
a. lllustrious as he was worthy and the lofty
and generous endowment OF his soul nT Wi'i o re
q those to come; Surely the =, death mst,oo of
that henrtaohe which Expresses the soul when
@hies are sakbited TO the admiration Of tSe
world. We show to-day. even In a weak
the Sn % ss sS the "'ts to
out short his life but not to take from him his
imperlshable crown OF universal esteem ana
Among the sweetest pleasures Of my drn-
matte career none is more sweet than th ,,i
actors of n different tongue, and highest Of all
! count and boast the satisfaction of having
e been ndM ns BocsS In tSs s.s
IeSs s sr
menus msnt CULTURE as' dc cacy, and risht feeling
good good reason lie enjoyed the love Of his fel
low citizens. and confded in the sympathy
and respect Of his az eon the eoSnss
% ~ss@ he asSlsa!sd the tlaSsrs c!as
for rI his art and for it's Interpreters. Edwin
Booth was as truly gentleman as "a artist; IT
i'm mp rsonatIons. They raised him to the lofty
me1 hSs s senrs'ens and GSas and ghaa
bin t h Men shns ra%a.
Terence surround him. Shakespeare hold:
his hand. The constellation Of great artists OF
and while he in the skies reioices in the glory
which enye9ps him and to which hS he deyoted
OF the illustrious gives occasion not for tears.
SUIT Tor envy Let us strive to emu late this
apotheosis! The thought is audacious. but
the ae piration Is noble"
AS the modern young actor came from the
stage he was heartily congratulated by Signor
Salvini. .
Mr.. Henry Irving. who had left Miss Terry's
side In the hox and Joined the other par
ticipants in the exercises by the side OF the
etaye. was the next speaker.
Mr.. Irving's long iron gray hnir was com bed
straight back from his brow. his face. without
mako up was dark almost as an Indians.
His voice roll ed out in clear. deep tones with
out q trace Of the mannerism which seems In
separabe from him in character.
Mr. Irving said that he had met Mr. Booth
thirty years ago. and played with i'm In Man.
chester. Aiterward. he was proud to recall.
Mr.. Booth had played under his management
in his (Mr. IrvinR's theatre in London.
He had, whom he first played with Booth.
acted Mprcuf,O. BassdniO. LdertPs. Cassie. We
born and IVHford in the stock companies
where Booth was the star, who fiitt ed across
the horizon. bright. buoyant alert, full OF
yIgor. force. and gen us-hn example to young
actors and one who lived to show him some
thing Of the great tradition. the genius which
he had inherited. and the art Of which he had
learned from his great father. Since then he
had been warm friend OF Booths. privile
he priced as did every player who had been
SO fortunate as to possess It,.
Gounod's stunt her music from Romeo and
Juliet" lttngly closed the exercises