The Washington times., 1902-09-28

with men from the north of England,
and his face has the red burned look
which comes from life in the open air.
Rosslyn has had more than fair share
of this, for much of his life has been
spent out of doors. He is an excellent
shot, and fierce cross country rider,
and supported pack of fox hounds for
two seasons himself.
His eyes are his worst feature, for
they are rather small and without much
expression, but this may be due to tho
stoica1 expression which every English
man cultivates as the only one permis-
sibie to good FORM His teeth aru
small and fairly regular and white. He
could not be called handsome man.
but he is distinctly a manly one.
Has No Regrets.
Neither has he any regrets for the
disposition he has made of his life.
"Of course he said the other day to
me in his apartments as we were smok-
ing and chatting, "I've some experiences
in my life which I'd much rather haC
not occurred. It's not pleasant to lose
all ones income. as did. for instance,
and the fact that / had to divorce my
wife was also a very bitter experience:
but on the whole don't know but I've
had as good luck as the next one.
my financial affairs are coming round
in fine shape and shall soon have an
income of fifty thousand year"
What shall you do then? Retire
from the stage first OF all, | suppose"
Not by any means" he replied quick
1y I went into the profession to make
name for myself. and propose to keep
at 1t until have done so. don't like.
I'll admit, to have TO be at the beck and
call Of stage manager and have to play
all the time whether l want to or not.
and accept any role the manager chooses
to cast me for. When my financial af-
tairs get Strengthened out I think I'll
take theater of my own and form a
good stock company. Then | can play
whatever role l wish, and only when /
wish
Has Not Decided.
"Will 1t be in London or America 30
"Oh. that's question 1 haven't decid-
ed as yet. You see, I'll have to be here a
bit before can make fair comparison.
There's one thing I have been greatly
impressed with, hoy ever, since I've beer,
here, and that is what seems to be the
prevailing and paramount ambition OF
your people.
IT'S make money and then so to the
theater. There's nothing like it on the
other side. It's certainly most extraor-
dinary" And the earl shook his head
as though it was quite too great prob
lem for British nobleman to hope TO
solve.
do you think your social position has
been hurt by your adoption of the
stage?''
''Oh. no." he replied: "at least il It
was at the commencement OF my career
the feeling has all died away by now
OF course. playing every night cuts all
chance of dining out except Sundays,
but | go out to balls and that sort Of
thing after the play quite as before. I
go to the House of Lords, and. in fact.
everything seems 10 be just the same
1t seems to me from what I've heard
that the leaders in my profession on the
other side are more highly considered
socially than they are here. Irving and
Wyndham have been knighted, you
know, and are considered quite as i'm
they equally prominent in any other
line of endeavor. There Is Just one
thing that wish the newspapers would
stop talking about in connection with
me-" the earl went en-. .'and that is the
absurd story that l lost G50.0o0 in my
attempt to break the bank at Monte
Carlo a short time ago. and that have
become convinced that the system is no
good As a matter OF fact, we had but
e ! eco, and really won little II I
had the proper capital l am convinced
I would have succeeded in my object Ii
takes man of iron to play it. though.
for one must have a bet on every coup
the bank plays. and 1t runs twelve hours
a day, you know. without a moments
''Shall you ever try 1t again.
"Oh, we'll, ;" replied the earl with one
of his rare smiles, las KipIing sayx
that is another story