The morning call., 1894-05-20

! stthe base of Mount Shasta, perfectly in
! dJfferentto natures scenic grandeur With
/ which he was surrounded. In my opinion
Eyrtlr true eHtomologist would gladly swap
/ aIEof Yosemite's beauties for a specimen
| nf a new SPECIES of the papilio family
/ Rallying Edwards on one occasion about
l. HE toll he endured for what TO the average
| pan seemed trivial. result, he threw
/ line out of his fayerite Shakespeare at me
by way of reply: The labor we delight
|. in physics pain.
/ 10 shoW the absorbing nature of this
| pursuit | cali 20 mind an incident in which
! Edwards figured. There had been a pic
mic excursion over 10 Angel Island. the
party being made up eff some old-time
+ journalists and professional people, who
knew and appreciated each other at that
time better than those representing press
and stage do now The day was drawing
down into the evening and all the party
were on board. saving one. who was be-
lated The schooner was rocking at her
/ anchor. Presently the tardy picnicker
c4lIlle on bUard in the dDgy:
Edwards" said he, addressing the en-
tQmQl0gist. who with the rest was fussjng
and Tuning at the delay, sis that anything
in uur way ?" handing him a little paper
. cone in which was imprisoned beetle 81
picked IL up as / came down over the
ropks."~
Edwards became animated at once. He
examine u Tie eDFCfH Wild edgeTnpSs.
IA rev species OF rock beetle, by JOVe!'
he exclaimed "but wasn't there another {?
There must have been pair. Did you
search closely p
You have II as found it," was the re-
ply.
il took. but nom ent for the ardent
entom0logist to roll into the dngy and
scull himself ahere. fist getting the lnca-
ton from the party who had discovered the
insect.
lie searched for an hour and then came
back exhausted and wet for he had allen
overheard out of the small boat in his
haste. He cared not for the scOding OF
bis tellow-passengers; he was regardless
OF his wet clothes. he mourned only thai
| he bad not found the second beetle, which
by his knowledge of the coleoptera he
knew ought to be there.
1t was tie darling wish of Mr.. Edwards
heart to spend his days in California. He
. had nearly accomplished it when it was
understood that the University of Calf
fornia had agreed 10 take his entomology
cal collection at a valuation of 5000,
attach 1t TO the university and confer upon
him the position of curator, his business
being to keep the collection in perfect
order and conduct all correspondence and
maze exchanges OF specimens with slmilar
collections abrrad. For this service he
was to receive 5000 per month. He looked
upon himself as fixed for life. But un-
fortunate when the Regents Of the Uni
Versity came to look closer in to the matter
they found that there was some hitch in
the endowment of the college that would
BAR such an extension OF its usefulness.
and so this w6l-laid plan went agley. Mr..
Edwards followed his professional for
tunes TO New York. His valuable co.,
lection was shipped around the Horn TO
Boston, and | believe was finally sold to
Eastern parties to good advantage. He
made one or TWO professional rips TO this
coas after he had chosen New York as an
alb ding place-the latest wien a few
wears ago he was en- route 10 Australia
with Little Lord FauntlerOY" company
shortly before his death and when The
frosts OF time were beginning to gather
around him. The enterprise proved
measurable failure.
Leaving Edwin Adams. the American.
and Henry Edwards, be English actor, l
come to John Mccullough, the Irishman.
who was born at Bakes, near Coleraine,
Londonderry, on the seacoasi, November
Il, 1882. of poor but honest parents. Ny
first acquaintance with him was in 1866.
when he accompanied Edwin Forrest, WHO
was then a bToken-down old man, and
played second parts to him at Maguire's
Washing Theater. Mccullough
had not a bed o. roses wish SHE tyrant OF
the stage" as Forrest was called. even
he fore he had broken the small bones in
Nine. PoniSi's hand by his powerful grip
and excused himself on the ground that he
was so l. IN his part he knew not what
he was doing. A poor excuse, Forrest
thought, was better than none.
Mccullough worked hard under the For
restIan regime, and bis recompense was
not princely. Forrest was known TO be a
large man who paid small salaries. Be-
sides, his leading man had 10 bear a good
deal OF nagglng ana ordering. The old
mans physical infirmites had soured his
mind, and Mccullough, being closer to
him than any other member of the CON-
pany, had to bear the brunt of his CAPRI
cious temper. The leading man dressed
sOberly, too, in those DAYS, following Po-
lOnius' advice to Laertes, Costly tiny
habit as thy purse can buy, but not ex-
pressed in fancy" Mccullough had no
fances in dress. because the "old man"
took care that the means were not plenti-
full enough To crafty them. 1t was differ
ent when RalstOn took him by the hand
and Forrest consented to release him from
his engagement. Then. Dot only in dress,
but in other matters. the Dew-made mana
gers fancies took wider and more costly
range
The joy of McCullough's life during his
hrst engagement in San Francisco was a
quiet trip around the bay every Sunday
with party of friends on board the steam
yacht Amelia, owned by Henry b. Plat.
Ii was the first vessel of the kind that had
been seen in San Francisco harbOr up to
that time. In fact, the craft might have
been called a steam launch. There are
launches of greater tonnage than the Anne
liza was used now on the waters of Richard
sons Bay. SauSalitO was a favorite land
ing-place in the course of this trir. There
the party would take tiffin on some grassy
slope and indulge in friendly free and easy
conversation on any topic That might arise.
[ look back now and in my minds eve see
MCCULLOUGH stretched a. length, with his
hat over his eyes and his head resting Oh
his f1exed arms behind ia study of The
luxury of idleness, or rather rest well
earned after the laborS and veXations Of a
theatrical week. l happened to be his
companion on one such occasion, and he
talked to me Of his inhibition to excel-of
the time when he would be facile prineeps
in his profession, and that be regarded
the ordeal he was then going through as
necessary step TO the truition of his
hopes.
But" it was remarked, ''Forrest repre-
seDts NJ school of acting. He is sui generis-
Physically he is exceptional, and also. In a
degree, mentally. You cannot model
yourself after his nattern."
Il will be myself, with the advantage Of
his colorDg."
"Macready, from whose tuition came
such actors as PHELPS and Ores wick, was
the better teacher because physically he
was on the same plane with his pupils.
For you TO attempt the FOrrestiaD manner
would be like dwarf trying TO walk in
giants Shoes"
Mccullough disliked the tone of these