New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-09

PRESENTA TlON SPEECH
saw you act And have since retained the i'm
preston then made on my youthtul nlind iiiI M
there was in your work. yet feeling that 1t was so
little like what | conceived acting to be- ana so
able TO convince myself that I had not seen and
heard real person. whose name remembered 10
You need not be reminded. my dear friend that
brilliant fights of rhetoric and preposterous adula-
ton might be pardonably INDUCED in. and with
lie wsest seated here to-day. for it Is fault IN
r endshp TO be overkind; but l shall not attempt
that which cannot. and which | am sure your
dear brothers and sisters in our profession would
mGt naye me 10 b hod even ye been @ wo have
DISCOURAGED II not condemned.
si6e 6onesf %ors an expression of that love-
ana affection IN which you are held by your com
without regard craft, honor and respect. then as
orr recognized and accepted representative actor,
Of any actor in any land We gree; You to-day
with all our loves with all our hearts II Is not
so that career which has been example TO rs all
o. what steaIfasness to the highest principles Of
our art can ach-eye-a career which has placed
y0u in that envable position which you held to-
esteem or your fellows; which has established you
armly in the worlds estimation that come who
parison. undsturbed by rivalry. But artis
however great - greater than MS art. so in honor
TO that art Of which you are 50 proud and OF which
are so proud that you are o. it-that art which
IN the power Of your genius which you have
upheld w.th the dignity Of your manhood and your
Ana nov T. you. my friend and brother. come
happy u b. the chosen voice Of your brothers ami
sters honored that MINE is the hand offer this
cIp-a loving cup indeed-a token OF our esteem
decorated with miniature emblems Of your many
triumphs. It IS scrolled and inscribed behttingy, In
were II Of FURNISHED gold ana inlald with precious
stones il would. am sure. be Insignificant in your
panes IT, for It must be to you the symbol Of
ovsriowins fountain Of the love Of your coimrade'
always wreathed With the imperishabe affection
Nv dear brother in art in their name greet you
once more In their name present ms cup In their
your familys good health and may you all live long
and prosper.
MR. JEFFERsON's TRIBUTES TO OLD ACTORS.
As he said the last words Mr. Mayo uncovered
the cast of the cup. Frank Mordaunt and
called for three cheers for Joseph Jefferson. They
were given and then Mr.. jefferson began his reply.
lie said:
Mr Mayo members Of the committee. and. may
| not address you all friends and comrades, II
seems that | have won the cupl And let say
that whatever misfortune may occur at any future
time this cup will always remain In this country.
find by-the-bye that this is not the cup but did
not know that until to-day, but | may say that
even II II were silver | could not ask to be In bet
ter position than In company win me cas-.
Mr. Drew remarked that the time was coming When
other arts There is one slight exception would
make believe that It has already taken IT'S paC-,
as certain recent occurrences III Ehsiahu ana III
Win rerari to the cup some one has lrreverently
remarked and | believe il was one u ny own sons.
that the Inscription should be For a Good Boy
kno that I Tha Tdrf Ro ON 'n i as G m GSs
years ago since l first appeared on the stage. |
not very Yer Si Of ngh as S yoI on R and bT cu
Gus coincidence the lady with whom came on the
then and was in the theatre at the time.
Here there was great applause for Mrs. John
Drew. who rose from her ard bowed in
acknowledgement OF IT, Mr.. jefferson then went on:
a "i'f,e Evil that men do lives after them;
The good IL Oft inferred WITH ' n bones, nones ad
r.ght When the occasion offers as it does in this
nltance that The good d9ne ny mo- h5ore vac nay, hse
by whom they known. 1t is not only justice TO
vas one very dear friend with whom acted for
three seasons The next year. when he was not
with me in leaving the theatre | would often find
waiting at the stage door some oid wonah or oI
man 20 whom my Cd partner had given help or
And there Is yet another name that IS indeloly
marked upon our memories J know you al know low
remarks he made 70 me az the playnr' on Fo o, ~,
ers Night shortly before his death lie kneW OF his his
to me zoe they drink my health a! the next
thing which shows that he was aware OF nus an
In . end bs the seaon q e the and
FALLING of The leaves reminded him OF MS approach
inc end re talked 10 me freely and fearessly ana
said he freely forgave all who mad inJuren hlIn an
oil who had caused him any injury Ines s,r W %e
for the next world.
A large part OF Mr.. Jenerson's address consisted
OF stories and "reminiscences OF famous actors Ihey
were most amuslngly told. and they delighted the
audience II Is impossible however. to reproduce
them here and the because they would lose
the most Of their effect In losing Mr.. Jenerson's
manner OF talking In closing he said
Now then ladies and gentlemen. hope you do
not suppose because have made these few
trifing and frivolous remarks. that am not i'm
pressed with the honor that has been shown me.
/ didn't wish TO lapse into the melancholy and the
| doleful and am you wouldn't require that,
, for me to tell you that thoroughly and entirely
appreciate the gift which you have bestowed. and
should have terminated my speech with the toast
OF RIP Van Wrinkle. but Mr.. Mayo has taken the
wind entirely out OF my sails 20 that shall have
to depend on something else believe there
here to-day three persons who have known each
other for long time and who were formerly
associates in Laura keene's company. There was
a company OF thirty actors, OF whom now there are
but three alive. Mr. Stoidart. Mr. Charles COuiock
and myself Possibly this Is the first time In thirty
years that all three have been assembled under
the same roof or in the same theatre together.
might say with the witch IN Macbeth; When
shall we three again" But believe We shall
meet again. And after all as Seneca says Life
IL a pay: II matters not that II snail be long nut
that II shall be well acted. and let US be sure
that make a good exit
THE CUP AND THE SCROLL WITH IT.
At the end Of his speech Mr.. Frohmsn gave to