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At rehearsal at the London Lyceum
Theater, before Sir Henry Irving had
arrived, one of the actors in the COM
pany, who was noted for his accom-
plishments as a mimic, proceeded 10
give lively and elaborate imitation OF
the actor knights highly characteristic
mannerisms. AS he finished his DEM
onstratlon, Sir Henry's well-known
voice came from the depths of the
darkened auditorium: Very good.
Very good, lndeed So good, in fact,
that there is no need for both of us In
this company"
An anonymous writer in To-Day tells
an interesting anecdote of visit PAID
by Gladstone to little bOOkshop near
the Odeon, in Paris. AS he entered,
Gladstone saw a Strengthening man
In conversation with the bookseller
and carrying an old copy Of Vil!on's
poems. "His dress was ragged and
dirty. his face was matted with hair,
and he had the eyes of an archangel.
with the mouth and jaw of babo n.
Nevertheless, the respectful attitude OF
the bookseller showed that the man
was a personality. Gladstone entered
into conversation with him about VII
ion, and for an hour they talked about
early French poetry. Then the stran-
ger shuffied out of the shop. Who is
that gentleman asked Gladstone; he
has an extraordinary knowledge OF
French poetry Monsieur, he himself
is our greatest poet. C'est Paul Yer
laine!"
Artistic folk frequently have vague
notions about business. Some OF them
says Golfers Weekly, are quite ig'
uorant of 1t, others utterly Indifferent
to it, and others yet hate the very
name of 1t. One of the last-named cat
egory was Liszt. He had returned
from a successful tour, and Princess
Metternich, the wife of the celebrated
statesman and diplomatist, was ques
tioning him regarding the concerts hi
had been giving abroad. Il hear" she
said, that you did good business il
Parls?" To which List gave the tar
reply: 81 only played some music
there. Business leave to bankers
and diplomatists." TO another lad!
the musical cleric gave still mor'
sarcastic answer: "Ah, Abbe" sh'
sighed, what a great fortune yo'
could make If you could be lnluced e
go to America TO play" Madam,
returned List, "if you stood in ne
of that fortune, believe me would g.
at once"
Shortly after the appearance of h.
first book, "Ten Months Captiv
Among the Filipnos," an eltarpriia
manager induced Albert Sonnichsen +
20 on lecture tour. The young au
thor made his debut in small Nev
Jersey town, in Il dismal, Ill ligh'e
hall, before handful of peop'e hue
! died in the front seats, and multitud
of empty chairs. The manager, as Dc
! jected as the lecturer, sat In the real
! under the gloom of the balcony MI
Sonnichsen ended his lecture in a stat
of nervous collapse, and then, in orde
! to live up to his program, sad: 8
: shall be pleased to answer any ques
: tions you may care to ask" An oppre'
t slve silence followed Mr.. Sonn!chs
r repeated his offer, with the same n
J. suit. Something had to be done. |
Q desperation, the lecturer pointed
e that gentleman over there" indica
$ ing the manager, and suggested thS
0 he looked "as IL he wanted to ask
t quesI5n." That d.sgus ted individual
seeing an opening to get back at Ii
I author, who had attracted attentio
r to him so unexpectedly, shouted bacl
n Eyes, | do. Sonnichsen, how do 20
II feelP