Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17

/ THE LOST PoRTRAITS.-Th is one of
| the real episodes that have all the aspects
| of fiction. 1t might be called 'erhe Tale of
| the Lost Portraits; The first chapter
! dates back several years to day when
| the present generation of an old New York
family moved from the house that had
| long been its abode to an apartment far
Their uptown. The change TO less COM
| modious quarters made it necessary to
dispose of much of the family furniture
SO it was sent to the store of a dealer IN
ant ques. Months after a search was made
| for some fanny portraitS-oqd photogra pms
| that it was thought mad been saved. Inc
| search was in VAN ara the portraits were
| given up as lost.
| The second chapter brings the story up
| to last autumn, when MRS. F'iske was
| making ready to produce Leah KleSchna.,
| In the urst act, showing the lodgings in
Paris OF Lean ana her father, the details
| of the setting included some S ngle por-
traits to be hung the waAs. They
| night be supposed to De the pictures OF
| reiatlves of h4escnna and his daughter or
| perhaps portrans meaningless 10 Cue lUdg
| erS that the iandlady had made part of
the furnishings OF the room. To OBTAIN
| THESE pictures recourse was had to one
| of the shops where antiques were sold AT
such SHOP We're found portraits in small
Mahogany frames, old las nloned in design.
| and these were purchased. In due course
| they became properties Tor the production
| OF Leah KIeschna' and were used dur
| ing the five months that the pay ran
n New York and during the spr-ng tour
| to the PACING coast.
Chapter three occurred only a few weeks
| ago, when Mrs. FIske was again playing
Leah kleschna' in New York and two
/ members OF the old KnIckerbocker family
| went 10 see the play for the first time
Their seats were well down in front The
first act had scarcely begun when their at
tention was diverted from the pay py the
| surprising SIGHT of the long-lost portraits
| of Their relatives gazing upon them from
| the wall of the Kleschna lodgings in Par
| is After comparing notes to determine
| that II was not case of imagination and
studying the pictures through opera glasses
| they inquired for Mr.. FSke and told HIM
| their extraordinary story. He gladly con-
scented TO return the portraits and others
were secured for the wall decoration The
new pictures have not thus far been iden-
| titled.
THE EVOLUTION OF BUB HICKS
| The reward of $40 and seat In an open
| carriage in a parade took Frederick Burton
| from humdrum mercantile life and gave him
| the fever for the stage. Mr.. Burton may
| be identified as the impersonator of Bub
| Hicks, the freshman, in THE College Wild
| ow." He comes from Gosport, Ind, which
| like many community of It's size. is some
! Pythias. And for the Pythians what more
absorbing play was ever written than 'Da-
| mon and Pythias?' Burton played Diony-
sius in the Gosport town hall production
| and played 1t SO well that he was invited to
assist In a performance at Charlottesville,
| with the added inducements already men,
| toned. He returned to Gosport, sold out
| his business and took to the road with
| repertoire company-"rep shows" they are
| called in the tall and uncut. Burton had
i tsr aff fn,-
| but attracted notice In Sky Farm" and
| then headed for New York. He found that
| Henry w. Savage was looking for an actor
of his physical specifications. applied for
| the position, and the rest is known Last
| summer he returned to Gosport after
| season In New York in which he had at
| tracted attention. He was invited to
| 'socable, where, after having confessed
| that he would not sing, dance tell a story
/ or play the harmonica, he heard 1t said
| that he couldn't be much of an actor.
"A FROSTY RECEPTION. = The most
amusing experience of Thomas Jefferson's
years of touring came In Newcomerstown,
near GAINESVILLE, Ohio. Here he found a
wretched theater, with six kerosene lamps
for footlights and forty-four in the house,
while little applause greeted the play. He
couldn't understand It, Indeed. 1t got on
his mind, and when the season ended and
he returned to Palm Beach he told his
father about 1t.
Joe, Jefferson smiled then ehuckled and
then was convulsed with laughter
Whats the Joker" asked the son in
amazement.
The best ever" responded the father,
still choking with merriment. Il was out
fishing the other day with a man by the
name of Capt. Clough from Newcomers
town. Ohio, and in the course OF conyersa-
ton he remarked:
:" Jefferson, l did you favor few
months ago. A chap came to our town
playing RIP Van Wrinkle and advertising
himself as Thomas Jefferson. Well, own
nearly the whole town, YOU know, and
fixed it all right. I made things as un-
comfortable as possible for him. I knew
he was an imposter, SO wouldn't let any
OF my friends go to the show. oh, he got
frost all right
Thanks" said Joseph. the father. sThat
was my son Tom"