The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

/ touched il to the Goals, and lighted a
I cigar with ii.
THE others were greatly impressed.
and soon the German opened his wal
let, brought forth a five-pOund note.
rolled IL up. touched It TO the Goals ana
with it lighted his cigar. The English
man thought Il very foolish. but he
could not be OUtdOne, nor have It ap-
pear that England was not the richest
country Of all. so he calmly took a ten
pound note and sacrificed il as a light
for his cigar.
The American looked on in wonder
He hadn't a penny on his person. and
yet be knew that he represented the
I leading nationality of all, one never
Outwitted or oUtdone by any one or any
country. SO he quietly drew forth a
check book. wrote check for a thou
sand pounds on prominent New York
banker. duly signed it. rolled il uD.
/ touched it to the Goals and lighted his
weed, while his cOnfreTes watched him
with amaZement, and it didn't cost him
d cent"
E II. Sotheru, chatting recently about
( his father. L. a. SOthern. the famous
comedian, said.
1T was after he had made his first
hit as Armand i'm Matilda Heron's pro
dUctiOn of Camille that he was cast
Z y
Country COUSIN i'm which Laura Keene
was starring Joseph jefferson was
also in the cast IN the role Of Asa
/ Trenchard- Ny father frequently told
me the true story of his lasting success
in this play.
The public is fond Of attributing his
hit to on accidental tripping over a car
pet during the first performance of the
piece This Is Il mistake It happened
i'm this manner: jefferson and my ia
Their were great friends. They were 81
intimate that they shared the expenses
of stable in which were kept their
two horses Nv father was extremely
fond of horseback riding and Jefferson
was at that time supposed to be dying
of consumption His doctor had or
dered him to ride in the park every day.
and had warned him that if he didn't.
there was absolutely no hope for his
recovery Neither Jefferson nor my IA
Their could we'll afford horses. so they
found a solution Of the problem in the
joint expense.
ION the day when the play was read
to the COmpany-an excellent practice
by the Way-Jefferson was delighted
with his role, while my father was so
discouraged with his that he determined
to go back to England to commercial
life He said to Jefferson, Joe, I'm go
ing to give up the stage This greatly
disturbed Mr.. Jefferson, who at once
thought that he would have to surren-
der the stable, since he could not afford
to keep it alone, and if he didn't ride
horseback, the doctors had told him he
would die Of consumption. Mr.. Jeffcr-
son was in despair. He took my father
all over Central park. ard argued with
him, until at last he persuaded him to
remain. He promised him as leading
man 10 permit him to do anything he
wished in order to make the part more
important. Miss Keene, learning the
difficulty. consented, and then my IA
Their commenced to think over the Pc
culiarities of a number of persons Of
mis- acquaintance in the effort to make
something out of nothing.
knowing this. the actors delighted
to make fun Of him at TeheaTSals, and
one day while going through his part he
tTipped over carpet. When the gen.
eral laugh subsidized, Miss keene re-
marked in TidicuIe. T suppose YOU viii
do that, too? Ny father had no in
tentiOn Of doing so, but anger and stub
mOrnness made him answer. Yes He
kept his word anC tTipped all through
the regular performance"
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the production of Wilton
Lackaye's own dramatization of Les
Miserables." The piece viii be put in
rehearsal this summer and produced
early next fall. with Mr. Lackaye in the
character of Jean Valejean-