The morning times., 1896-05-31
| AIRY PITTS son-it seems NOR,

| | AIRY PITTS son-it seems more
~ natural to speak of him thus than
| as Charles Dibdin Pitt-belongS to
| not numerous class of eartbingly.
Heis but sixteen years old, and was
born under Britain's flag, neither OF which
are uncommon. but the poor fellow has only
had one-fuurth of The birthday joys to
which the average boy is heir He WAS
born in Leap Year. on the 29th Of February,
thus having birthday only once in four
years. He has professional as Well as car
nalbirthda ysa equa! intervals. Whenfour
years Old he was led on as ii some sort al Il
child or other, though his mind lsn't SO clear
on tGat point as un his marvellous fright
when he came before the fiery streak nf
fOutllghts and saw all the strangers in front.
The year of his second birthday, though he
he was really eight years old, he made an
other debut This led into his pla wing
Little Lord Fauntleroy," in which his
father was the original carl After an
other period of no acting and 10 birthda vs.
they both came back. when lie had hiS third
quadremniaI celebrati ton He created the
role of Tom Rerr, the contrary boy in
'-Shore Acres anu his mother, in fact,
Fanny Addison Pitt, created the role of his
mother in the play. T. his repertoire he
next added a part in 'Roscdale," when it
was produced at the Boston Mus
For several years he has been in the school
and lately in trade as lie expresses it.
with good British instinct. Another birth
day suggested another debut, and he cele-
brated tie occasion last Monday night ~
Brother Bob Mr.. Pitt vs. lie pro-
poses to stay by the stage, and BY hard
work and perseverance gather o himself
some OF the thespic glory that has been
for the elders OF his family. His grand
father, Charles pibdin, whose names he
bears, was leading man of the English
theaters and was conspicuous in many
or the historic productions prior to the half
century year. His father, Harry Pitt, WAS
the leading man ut Daly's prior to John
Drew and retired from the profession in
the midst Of success. He came back to
tile Old love. bus the Old love wasn't con-
slant and ether fayoriteS had crept up.
The mother OF the latest Pitt is Fanny Adj
olson Pitt, and she was leading woman in
England before she came over with her
husband. OF course, there was not room
in Days company for Ada Rchan and an
other leading woman. She took TO play
ing old woman parts.
Mrs. Pitt is only fort y-SX. Many critics
think her Mrs Malaprop superior to Mrs.
Drew's. she and her daughter, who calls
herself Miss Dibdiu, viii he with Sol
Smith Russell next season. The eldest of
the three children Is Addison PITT, ami he
has been with CharIey's a Aunt' the past
two seasons. The new generation OF Pitts
will be watched with interest. There were
two other sons OF famous actors in Brother
Bob, and A gneS Findlay s the daughter OF
once famous English actor-manager
kIAT GOODWIN'S plans for the Austria
~ Ian tour are as prolific as the girl
graduate going over to do the En-
glisl cathedral towns. Nat made a
personal success ont of"The Rivals
tour. he always does that. More people
think Nat Goodwin a good fellow than
think anything at all OF the others. Their
esteem for the ideal Bohemian has lu-ed
them into a conviction that anything that
Nat touches he emheIishes. But they're
wrong. His Sir Lucius O'Trigger was
slated in every quarter, except where the
spirit of bonhomie SO suffused the critic
that tolerant silence supplanted unncces-
Sary truth. For another example, his
David Garrick was inferior. In fact. Nat
has the grasp on the delicacy of refine
meht aud the artisticaiiy exquisite He
can play broad burlesque Or n ell OF a
fellow. as in The Gilded Fool,'' or A
rough grained, good-hearted sheriff in
Missouri as no other actor can.
But as to his plans. He viii try two new
nlavS on those dogs of Australians Ono s