Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-28
A BRIGHT STAR.
A SKETCH OF THE MAN WHO
LED MARY ANDERSON
TO FAME.
Also Played Leading Roles with Booth,
Barrett and Thorne.
LFrom the St. LonIs Chroniclc. |

From the ST. Louis Chronicle,l
One of the most conspicuous figures in tho
Stageland of America to-day is John W.
Norton. Born in the Seventh ward Of New
York city forty-siX years ago, the friends
of his youth were Thomas w. Keene and
Frank Chanfrau. We find Keene star at
the age Of % and Norton in the flower Of
early manhood, the leading man for Edwin
Booth at the famous Winter Garden Thea
ter. He was starred with Lawrence Bar
rett early in the 70s, and alternated tho
leading roles with Charles Thorne at the
Variety theater in New Orleans Early in
the Centennial year, in Louisville, Norton
met our Mary Anderson, then a fair young
girl who aspired for stage fame, took her
under his guidance and as everybody
knows, led her to fame. Mr. Norton is now
the proprietor Of the Grand Opera House in
ST. Louis, the Du Quesne Theater, Pitts
burg, and one Of the stockholders in the
American Extravaganza Company.
One afternoon early in June he hobbled
into his New York Office on Broadway and
encountered his business manager, George
McManus, who had also been a rheumatic
sufferer for two years. Norton was sur
prised that McManus had discarded his
cane. "Whocured your" he asked. 81 cured
myself" replied McManus, with DR.. Will
Jams Pink Pills"
II was encouraged by Mr.. McManus'
cure, and as q last resort tried the Pink
Pills myself said Mr.. Norton to a Chron-
icle reporter. "You have known me for five
years. and know how l have suffered. Why
during the summer Of 1898 | was on my
back at the Mullanphy hospital, in this
city, four weeks. was put on the old sys-
TEN Of dieting, with view to clearing those
acidulous properties in my blood that medi-
cal theorists say is the cause of my rheu-
matism. left the hospital feeling stronger,
but the first damp weather brought with it
those eXcrucating pains in the legs and
back. 1t was the same old trouble. After
sitting down for stretch of five minutes,
the pains screwed my legs into knot when
arose. and | hobbled as painfully as ever
After had taken my first box of Pink Pills,
it struck me that the pains were less trou-
blesome. l tried another box, and began
almost unconsciously to have faith in the
Pink Pills l improved so rapidly that
could rise after sitting at my desk for an
hour and the twinges of rheumatism that
accompanied my rising were so mild that l
scarcely noticed them. During the past
two weeks we have had much rainy
weather in St Louis. But the dampness
has not had the slightest effect in bringing
back the rheumatism, which [ consider
sufficient and reliable test of the efficacy of
Pink Pills. may also say that the Pink
Pills have acted as tonic on my stomach,
which thought was well nigh DESTROYED
by the thousand and one alleged remedies
consumed in the past five years"
Magistrate Ito Witness) - "Wny
didn't you go to the help of the defend
ant in the fightY Witness-"I didn't
know which one Of them was going to
be the defendant. "-Philadelphia In
Quirer.
A nosegay rising to majestic height;
A feather with mastodonic curl;
A wilderness Of bows and laces light,
And somewhere meath the fluffy
heap girl
Washington Star. '''
Il was sorry to hear that your hus-
band is SICK" said the caller. EYES,"
was the reply. at was really too bad.
He took such liking to a new kind Of
health food that he overate himself
Washington Star.
Il saw in a society paper that ad-
vanced women have practically ban
lshed punctuation points from their let
ter writing" perhaps they do not
wish to be known as women Of the
period. detroit Free Press.
Mr.. Scraps Feading)- Then David
rose up and cut off the skirt Of Sauls
robe privily." Mrs. Scrapps-"Well,
what does that signify?' Mr.. Scraps
THAT Mrs. Bloomer, at best, was a
plagiarist. "-Clevelan Plaindealer.
Jeweler: "The inscription you wish
engraved on the inside Of this ring I
understand is Marcellus to Irene."
Young man with embarrassment:
''Yes, that's right But-er-don't cut
the Irene deep."-Baltimore Tele-
gram.
I Little Reggie: 81 don't b'lieve the
Lord cares q cent for good boys"
Fond Mother: Horrors! What put
that idea into your head?" Little Re-
gle: "He hardly ever makes good boys
strong enough to lick bad boys" -
Good News.