The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06
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simply said: Charley, IN 60 over and see
you. and II you're all right I'll tell you. and
If you're not all right you'll have to quit.
The old gentleman's verdict was that I
was all right, and ever after that he was
my greatest champion-"
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Not long ego some friends were remon-
strating with Richard Mansfield for bur-
dening himself with exhausting roles and
giving himself SO unreservedly to the en-
thusiasm he has for his work. He could not
agree with them, 1t seems. Work Is a ton
&C." he exclaimed. Work Is life itself. Do
you know that as a class actors live longer
than any other set of men? Threescore is
merely the meridian Of accomplishment.
There is a long list OF great and famous
actors who passed far beyond this limit.
There was Robert wilks. the best-dressed
actor of the first quarter OF the last cen
tury, who lived to be s.. David Garrick
died a comparatively young man at s..
when we recall that Mrs. Garrick, the
beautiful Violetta. saw 80 years. James
Quin, who yielded the supremacy Of the
English stage only to Garrick, reached 20;
Hamlet Betterton. 70; Jack TOMBSTONE, IS:
Braham. 70; and Colley Cibber made his
final exit only at S.. Gifted and virtuous
VA -hAAAg - ~ ~ anu
the celebrated Charles Macklin attained 1O7.
The elder Blackstone was, / believe, Il at
his death. and Benjamin Webster was an
octogenarian. The entire line OF Jefersons
are noted for their longevity. Irving is
counting fourscore. and consider the SPLEEN
did maturity of Ristori. salvini. Janau-
schek. Mrs. Gilbert and the late Couldock.
These are scarcely exceptional. There
seems to be a magic elixir in stsgeland
which stimulates the vitality and whets the
faculties"
To these Mr.. Mansfield might have. and
doubtless. IL he had taken the time. would
have. added Mrs. Give. who lived 10 years.
regal Mrs. siddons. "a; George HIS favor
tie. little John Quick. so: Thomas King. rs:
Richard Cumberland. 49,; "Falstaff" Dow
ton, IS: and comic Robert Kelsey. 10.
James A. Herne will bring his Sag Har-
bor' production to the Olympic Monday
evening. January IA. Besides Mr.. Hsrne.
the male members Of the company are. in
the order Of their importance, Forrest Rob
inson (who will be as leading
man with Mrs. F1skel. Frank Dean. WILL
lam 7. Hodge. Frank Monroe, John Gar
rick. Walter Crane, T.. Henry Burke. Rob
ert GlIleg, and last, but not least, a baby
whose name is Algernon Charles Swinburne
The ladies Of the company are Miss
Everett. who will doubtless be re-
called for her capital work as Mrs. Lori
mer in THE Moth and the Flame: Mrs.
Sol Smith (who has mothered almost every
famous American actress since the days
OF Adelaide Nelson and Mary Anderson);
Edythe Skerrett "a daughter of Rear Ad-
-, - - 81 T-ntsAA GtaNaa awr,- L
HorsfaIl. and finally. the Misses
Julie and Chrystal Herne. daughters Of the
author-star.
The number of friends who are willing
TO immediate themselves by reading ones
books is startling. But they are not all so
frank as the friend who wrote this letter
John Luther Long. the author of the
.tory from which David Belasco dram
affixed Madame Butterfly:
NV Dear Jack: / hear that you have wdtten
hook called Miss Canary blossom Two peo-
hav. told me that IT Is worth reading. But I
an, .1ord to spend sl.0 to find out. Send me
ne thing. IL tie really worth reading I'll
,sna YOU the one-nfty. II It amt. I'll return the
,ook-tf you care for I'll This Is no Joke. Yours"
snsr Ereischuetz' was presented for the
,rst time in Dresden in 1870. and is the most
'.vorsd of webers compositions. The story
$ as follows:
A vounx huntsman, Max, Is In love with Agathe.
laughter OF euro. the chief ranger OF Prince
,ttokar of Bohemia. Max wooes Agathe. and
feir union depends on a master shot which he
$ to deliver on the following morning. During
he Village festival he shoots badly and 10
uocked by the peasants. His comrade. Caspar,
ola huntsman, Is his evil genius. He has
"A h,mself to the dsvu ana v . mysterious and J