New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
THE FOLDED LAMBS.
SOON TO BE IN THEIR NEW HOME.
LONG wANpERiNGs TO END IN HOUSE THAI
THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN.


LONG wANpERINos TO END IN A HOUSE THAT
THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN
TIL. Lambs are to have a new fold. For more
than twenty years the flock has LED nonia"ic nv
has fed IN scattered pastures and iouna 'cn'po
rarv and uncertain shelter. Now the shephero' ).
.ha,sre ~ his 1ock has bought house where II
can s,av always II II will, and where IL VIII ~
least be in its very own home. The news 'H"' VIC
new house has been bought has aHesoS so.'
abroad Briefly 1t is at No. 20 West IhirE-siA'n-
:, =, was bought from Mrs. White. and IL VIII as
SOM as possible be fitted for the use OF t'e noe"
,nder the direction Of the five Lambs VINO FORM ''
pu,ldinr Committee. Thomas b. Clarke, STANFORD
White John Gllsey +. clifford Potter ana >eiso"
Wheatcroft. q
!, s easy 10 guess when this list Is read that ,he
,rproyements are TO be planned by STANFORD ""i.e'
and that the club will have the advantage oil the
or,,stic skill and the practical judgment Tor use
and convenience that have made the mousse vi ''ie
PLAYERS one OF the most delightful In TINS OF any
other city one OF the advantages which 'e mem
bers of the flock find in their new ioId Is 'n" ~,
hack of Il IS up against the back OF the EarriVh
Tbea,ra To the thoughtless and the over-poeuc
,b,s might seem like an assurance that they expect
"a derive inspiration from the proximity Vi d
house devoted to dramatic art ana bearing inc
name OF so great a master or X as DaNiu VA.
But although this conclusion might 'e PN''' "
would not be wholly just
lambs are tmid beasts and these animals snare
that quality with those of the country pastures.
But in the artificial life of great city th'y nav
learned some ways that the focFs OF 'he p"S,u'''
know not and OF these is a way that 'i'es nav
OF rehears,ng their gambos instead OF oo'is ''."'
ovIte spontaneously, as has been the general hdoi'
:, ,or,hs since the time Of the earliest records
thar poetry has preserved. For this reason II Was
always annoyance to the LAMBS ina. orJt1 he
Right way 10 put *; The real ANNOYANCE was ina,
the houses adjacert had back WINDOW reSearsai
Tor a gambol without exposing II 10 1ne N aten
curious siuaSn's Of natural was EMBARRASSING
10 The shrinking natures or the psSI III ar n~i,,
Thsref9re a G1nn;ed BENEFIT and an advantage
in the new fold though it cuts of any PiebS" IN
view of green slopes and clear streams ""O''' -"
deed. might not be there any way
THEATRES ALL AROUND IT
Another advantage OF the new house is that II
Is centrally placed with reference TO several the
aires There are within halt a mile the olympia
the Broadway. the Metropolitan Opera House 'he
I,rpire. the Casino the Knickerbocker. the Herald
Square the GarricS. Koste: Balls, the STANDARD
,be Riou Palmer's the Fifth Avenue and Days
And still the house is of the main thoroushfares
and In quiet street; =. ...,,oa, ubo needs
10 be told that the Lambs are cap e Gohs smnms
chiefly of actors Ih.re are or actors who
have delighted the present generation OF tne"' H.
e e0erI in London John Hare was the founder OF
that flock He invented It's peculiar phrsseo, re
de s the shepherd and the president the boy
rho secretary also. is sometimes called me come
II was Henry j. Montague who brought ne IDEA
this eOu9r nd S' r s02@ ary i Beeke John E
! Grainger George II Msesn' n nr6rH J. Monta
Se wss ,6e fist shepherd That in 1874 and
The fold then such as IT was was at the mon ,nrn
,hen than it is now After two years 1t was mSyef
No @ Broadway and soon aieT r@r Two 20 Years
more The next shelter was at No. 10 East SIX,
yheFe bSr. G ad da HSt stay
No 81 West Twenty-sixth-st Here the mock LED lea
iO' o ,we' place But il wandered thence to No
West Twenty .ninth-st and from there 10 us pres
en- Fnelsnd has long been famous for its success IN
eheeprasing. Wool was exported TO the t c0nnem'
OF the island has likewise been delight Ior AGES ICES
Isds is oSTss so n0' greatly e earns out
"Floreant agnrD, while the flock IN LONDON IRON
tered and as a flock. lost For there is no flock
of Lambs In London any more
TIE ONLY FLOCK LEFT NOW.
When John Hare was here last winter he was
entertained by the Lambs, and he ;oid them OF
their prototypes across the sea- anu cav nv ,,
their charge certain relics which were left OF the
Separted club. They, in their turn, made him and
all the surviving Lambs of the London mock nom
orary members Of their own
It is interesting. now that the Lambs are be-
ginning new time Of prosperity. TO recall some
., the names of - dir members. past and present.
uho will long be remembered with grateful pleas
IRE as the givers OF many hours OF happiness 10
many hundreds of unknown friends Such names
arc Lester Waack Edmund NJ. Holland John
Gilbert Frederick G. p. Robinson Henry Edwards
William ]. Florence. John Drew, Henry r. DiXey,
Steele Mackaye. John II RyHey Joseph j. Holland.
William H. Crane Henry c. Barnabee. Nat {.
Goodwin De Wolf Hopper Stuart Robson, r. ii
Sothern John Mccullough and Henry Irving, the
last an honorary member.
The Lambs point with pride TO the first OF their
house rules: THE clubhouse Of the Lambs snail
never be closed" The wanderer from the flock
NAV go as far as he will and may stay as late
as ne can; when he back 10 the fold he
shall always find it open for him and somepody
ready TO help him take off his coat 0or the coats
of these Lambs are made TO come on and snow
him q warm corner where he may sit. The lambs
is said by those who have lived among them that
they DO not know enough 20 look Tor sneiter IRON
The weather: that they Will huddle up toee'ner
and freeze and never think of getting on the lee
near This is possibly because Of the habit OF
Shepherds OF closing early. so that the hooks 90
not get used 10 the idea of there being any place
for them TO go TO after the darkness ana the VINO
Rave IL down in their house rules and they know
that the fold is always there ana always reauH
and so they know enough TO go 10 H. Hencelorth
they will have the additional comfort OF Know
ing that II is their own, that they VIII ma their
wanderings are done.
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