Arizona republican., 1900-11-18

from the dandy he appears in the sec ond act to the poverty stricken lodger in Pinch Lane" in act 3. Nobody has ever clasged MT. Robson among the handsome men of the stage, but as
 Poor Noll' he has emphasized every honnely feG ture he possesses. till h. ob- tains a remarkable likeness Of the fa- nous Irishman. He affects Goldsmith's extraordinary taste in clothes. Some
 times he appears in a suit of snuffy brown or h1dden gray or else a vivid
 turquoise blue satin, a spent3id purple,
 or a rich crimson velvet. His red wig is constantly awry. his figure and ga.t are ungainly. his keen eyes look out at you from grizzled, frowzly eyebrows. Except for the severely pock-marks d skin. which was one of G.qdsmith's
 best remembered defects. MT. Robson
 has attainesf a makeup which is a really remarkable copy of Reynolds famous painting.
 Hi is ten years ago. he told me, "sinca the idea of presenting Gold smith character occurred to me Ten years ago l could rot touch it. Tine Hcn:ietta' was the only thing play gOers wanted in those days. Still
 went on thinking of Goldsmith. In tho quiet hours spent in my library. he has been one of my closest companions ard l have looked forward eagerly tD the day when l could picture his life on the stage. Ii is very hard, though, to make q reputation as comedian and turn aside to playing ra,ess which mak people i,h.nk-cr-road. l have been trying to do that sort of thing dur ing the past few s-asons. I marle ane stupendous attempt Of this sort last
 season when I puo on 'The Gadny. spent $1S,000 staging the production. It was a wonderfully strong piece uf work but the motive killed it. We cEt the
 most dramatic situations from the story, they t1uchei loo closely on the subject of religion to be staged. no mat
 ter how carefully. After all it was the religious diaiogue-smaH as it was left in The Gadlly' that killed it. When I saw that l must finally sheIve the piece, I determined on carrying out my long cherished scheme of putting 'Ol- iver Goldsmith in play. Several yealts ago I had suggeS,eA the man as a theme for a drama to Augustus Thom- as. In September, q year ago, he be gan work on it. Six weeks later the maHusciipt was in my hands, and l consider it a npasterly piece of work. He has depicted faEhfully not only the character of Goldsmith With all its idiosy yncrasies, but he has made excel lent character studies of Johnson, Gar
 rick. Boswell and Burke. It is the [S0nt of play which delights an audience of people who are readers and scholars
 It may seem strange. but on the road can find such audiences much mote readily uhan in cosmopolitan New York.
 My wife is not in my company this season" said MT. Robson, when l asked him about the delightful come ii nne wh1 is so dearly lovcd, on both sides of the foOtlights. Our boy David is at that age whSn he neeis q mothers care more than ever ile did in his life.
 We hav= q delightful new home a,G Naves.nk and my family is spend ing 'rhe winter there. Mrs. Robson de- ciares she enjoys d seasons retreat from stage life, but l doubt if it is the whole truth. Before spring l fancy sh,, will be eager for the foOtlights gain. When a man CT woman becomes a player and has won success, there is an undetinable something, almost like virus which enters EilC system anl make; q dropping of the old life an im.i>ossibility. The feeling, I think, is stronger iH a woman than in a man. l met Ellen Terry a few weeks ago, and we discussed this subject. I can not even think of such q possibility ats leaving the stage she said. I must face it before many years go by, but what life will hold for me then I can- not imagine. l understand exactly the feeling of the man who invented the phrase ylat he wished h. might die in harness. Mss Terry speaks. I think. for the whole profession
 Do you imagine your iittle boy will take up your Gll?" l asked.
 David become an actor, I fancy not" and MT. Robson laughed marrily. %TIe is looking forward 10 a very diff fer, Tt calling. During the fall, when we were settling down at Navesink, David disappeared one day and there was frantic search for him. He was discovered with another urchin drift