The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-27

he Oh Homestead ard while I have
never lived On farm. IL sheer ~ynr,MtAw
Win many % my friends who have. ! fest
hEnsan emotion enough to characterize II
as lump IL my Threat and 4 motstensnx
aa0ff t5@ corners - ms aF@a. In the years
that ! have spent looking a. mimic d.
plays across the foofIlxhfs have never
JET found 3 tine when Eay emotions could
not BE- touched ~ true sentiments.
The singing 81 the dou6.s aaartette in
the first acs ard the subsequent wcrk y
the eh0rnses ard 1aartetfe ia fas sur-
ceeasng acts AID greatly 20 the effect as
the perforrnanoe. Tnere g profound
quality about The Ola Homestead nat
Will make II one % the ciassics or the
stage.
Friday nlzht TIE Stanford University
Mandolin and Gee Clubs. wlth & long lat
o. fashionable p4fronesses. gave one OF
their Jolly student concerts A. the Seattle
thsater.
Last night Miss Ellen Beaca Yaw. one
OF the remarkable yocalists Of the cent
Try. who IL credited with a voice OF re-
nsar<sDie range and volume appeared be-
fore a tiscrminz ting audience at the se-
attic theater. closing a week o. more
than ordinary importance iA theatrical
circiss.
i have enjoyed during the past week.
meeting with some Of fsse people Nfth
whom the earliest theatrical ventures
along the shores - Puget Sound were as
sociated. Probably the mos. representa-
tive o. these rare ola-timers sas Leonard
Grover ST.. whom I met IN Detroit years
arc. - many. that o0t OF respect 90 my
own age I viii a0s name the exact num-
Der, but eaough 20 place him IN the ranks
~ the comparatively young actors % me
time which made me . kid CUT Of my
knickerDockers, but an emphatic Kid, Just
the same. basking III the favor % ms
new sgaper men and theatrical managers
OF the 's0s. I REMINDED Mr Grover that
| knew him then. aud spoke o. his com
edy "Our Boarding House" He looked
ms over. asked my name. and " hen | told
him dear old chap that he - - ne
said that ne remembered me. 81 course
| doubt the statement. be was az the time
a successful actor-autbor- manager and I
a fresh kid hanging around the Detroit
Free Press Office and the thesters- Years
later / worked for tina Free Press. bur IL
was efier I had met Grover Tae Interest
THAI attaches 80 BIS present engagement
In this city revives that Of fourteen years
axB. when he came 10 the Pacific coast
with his own company, producing plays
that he had written. Mr.. Grover claims
10 have been the first theatrical man 10
bring his company over the Northern
j Pacific 10 Puget Sound / should like TO
+ believe the statement. bat what ana ] TO
+ uVs Iiltt ~ MfaffAN Lts=t @AtAAta@"A - A+AF
/ Old Homestead" Says that he vas the
i firss and says that his company. an old
j Skipped by ghe Light OF the Moon" com
/ pany. mana gcd BY Fowler a Warrington.
came over the Northern Pacific ss Far ~
/ they could. to some place ip Montana. and
/ thea staged Is West FOR "a considerable dis
lance 10 the place 10 which the Western
/ division bad been built. The rest Of The
trip was by rail- IL any event. the stories
/ are interesting. Perhaps Mr.. GrOFeg came
/ ali the NAY through hy rail-
i Personally Mr.. Grover i interesting as
1 good type OF the actors Of his dag and
generation. and 10 has brought his art up
| 10 the present easily and gracefully, aud
| Is as capable % playing a good round 81
| characters as many Of ME younger COM
/ temporarles. lie II. however. a page out
| OF the history Of the past that. while
! well thumbed and perhaps a little dog
| cared with the use Of time. II clear and
| legible iu.iss reading II Is great history.
| and many % It's leaves hive been dedi-
| Gated 70 those whose work has been nm
| lshed. whose curtain on the last act has
| been ruug down Oh their Hives and whose
| requests 70 the stage have been the talent
and the honor with which they endowed II.