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MOB or STUDENTS
II H|.O||0|T / AND DESTROY.
DIV Agsociated Press.)

Y BUCHAREST, March 2s.--Crowds Of
students gathered tsforc French shops
to-day, hooting and destroying sign
boards. The mob thence proceeded to
the French legation.8 They sent dele
cation to the minister to assure him
I that the demonstrations was in; no way
directed agains t the French nation An
other denEtatlpn was sent to the min
lister Of education. demanding the dis
smissal of77the director of the National
Theatre. declaring that unless the min7
lister compiled with athe demand Within
three days the university students would
go on strike. The disorders were re-
newed last night The authorities kept
the police and troops out OF sight. there
by aYertinR ca Sual lies. lSS.. q
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 2s.-FLOuR-steady.
but quiet. Rye Flour.Quict. Cornmeal-
Steady. Rye-Sominal,7 Ra.ley-QuIe,. X
oyi Ne ,sS IT'S elsyntor 2p
a Sfer net higher :Hg May iJuy. Sl,@
September 5l,sc.: December. toc. Oats
q, c e.amss fasSsly ri In,s
Arm; continent. 1910. I,ork-firm. Tallow-
Rce--steady. Molasses-- Firm. coffce-S.ot
Rio easy; No. invoice. Slice; mild. steady
Futures steady, unchanged TO = points sl2Mfr,
nominal! Is fair 1e1hnns '!s 1911
2l5-l6c. refined, quiet. Ruiter-S,cady and ma
changed, Cheese-Firm and unchanged. GIgs--
Firm: selected. aoc.T western Arsts. l6c.;
sou:herns, lsls91Gc.
FreIghts and Peanuts Steady and unchanged.
Potatoes--Steady; Bermuda. per. -ha r4G|.,
A.5oas5o: do. second crop, $4fb7 90; DO. sol.h-
barrel, sl,s5GDe.5o: state and Western. 81 SOC
50. Cabhnges--Irregular; Florida p4rs bs RI
rel crate. 50. 2tT2.i5; Charleston. soaa61; Danish
seed. psr ton. 6sl5Gli5.00 Cottonsead OII--ttrm.t
or on good speculative demand. Prime crude!
sSs,e n prIme white, ssas7c Prime White.
yellow, 49,, lp37c. seg2i ts lila
CHICAGO. March 2s--Favorable reports re-
gard!ng the condition OF fall sown wheat in
the United States together with lower prices
at Liverpool. induced much profit taking TO-
day in the local wheat marke. and caused
considerable decline In prices In !ese the
May option was Oft &c. corns was up M13nc.
changed to 5l3Mc, lower. NE h y b IA n n
This leading futures ranEe9, q sfoI.ows,
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. 71r7 NV
SUlTF0R INJUNCTION M.
DENIED BY FITZGERALD
(By Associated Prcss.)

n e. 8-gT (ByF Assocthtede FTcss.) .7-.95I
VIEW York. March 20 Justice Fitz-
gerald, OF the New York Supreme Court,
o-day handed down a decision denying
Arthur Duney's suit for an Injunction
against the Amateur Athletic Union OF the
United States. Duffey sought to enjoin
the Athletic Association from expunging
from the records his anameeand perform
ances, which were wiped Off the books
by a.Sresolutiont adopted at the last an
nual meeting Of the parent body. The
action was taken on the ground that Duff n
fey had received compensation In 1S99
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Fatal Sornnabalism.

& Especial to Tho Times Dispatch,) 5sf
"a BLuEFIELD, w. VA, March 2s.-.
Arthur II. Dorney, bookkeeper for the
Elkhorn Coal and Coke Company at
Mayberry. VIVA, died at the Miners
Hospital ct Welch to-day as the result
of injuries received from fa!lthg off the
perch Of the Pocahontas Inn at Poca-5
hontas, Va while walking In his sleep
Monday night. \
= He Was thirty-six years old ana came
to this country several years ago from
London, England.
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MARINE INTEnL1GENCE .
PORT OF RICHMOND. MARCH Is, 1905.

PORTO RICHMOND, MARCH IS, 1906.
II iI5f FL ARRIVED. bG55s
Steamer Brandon. Harvey, Norfolk mere
disc and passengers. Old Dominion line.
.stsl. SAILED. l9- Il s'" + "A M.
"a Steamer Brandon. Harvey; Norfolk, merchan-
disc and passenger Old Dominion line. .
Steamer Pocahontss Graves, Norfolk and
James River landings: merchandise and pas
senEers. Virginia Navigation Company. q
u PORT OF WEST POINT. MARCH %, 1866
M z ARRIVED.
Steamship Baltimore. Short Baltimore. pas
scngeerS and general cargo. 4tlF sS@
a. Steamer Elm City. Haynes Aiattaponi River
landings, passengers and general cErSo. II
SAILED e is
Steamship Baltimore, Short, Baltimore, pas
sengsers and general cargo. A..5,-S
;1Steaner Elm City, Haynes. Mattapont, RIVER
passengers and general car6o;oiN
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TO TRY CHINESE LABOR
IN NAVAL STORES CAMPS
nv Assn c,uated Press.


.st GAINESVILLE, FLA, March 2--Ow-
Ing to the scarcity and high price Of
negro labor, experiments are to be: made
this State with Chinese labor in the
naval stores camps, which are constant,
.ly growing ininunnber, Sixty Cinnamon
have been brought from Portland, Ore.
and have arrived ut Paradise. In this
county, where they will be put to work
In the woods boxing trees at tho stills.
II successful, several hundred more will
be brought,
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Want to Build Big Ship. !.

WARRINGTON. D. CT March 2s.-Rep-
.resentattve calder, OF Brooklyn, called
on Secretary Bonnparte to-day and urged
the designation of tho Brooklyn navy
yard as tho place for the construction
OF the proposed 10000 ton battleshlp
which the House Committee on Naval
Affairs has agreed TO- recommend, RE-
quests also have reached the department
from other yards which want the pro-
nosed new battleshtp. a89
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CATILN MARKETS.,

u tsass At Union Stock Yards. ~,
y Richmond, Ya., March q. tvoa
Rsport Of the l,yp stos maEEss s0f 'As
INC; common 70 fair sls@te; best heliers, sfW
81 GSSr.;' best COWS, sg4c,; medium to good,
veal ea W ssse;s ae pss
head BEST sheen, GQ8ac;; common 10 fair, ig
&c.; best lambs. ilsc,; common 70 faira oW
;6Ac,; sows and stays 44S1se. u !. -.
Prospects good for all kinds OF STOCK y "
heXt weeks marketi5i Il 5;N
& CHICAGO. March 2S --cATT1.ET-Recel pts
1880 head. Market SLOW. Prices steady, Com,
mon 70 crime ssserA iasS2s. III s9ws. FAYE
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500: heifers. s27575.5o: bulls. s..so94ss; calves,
s2i15ds. 20; stockcrs and feeders 81, 75Gl47
.I1ogs.-l teroipts, 5000 head. Market SLOW:
9: IS; medium to good. heavy. seS5a6 20; butrher
weights. ss.35a6.45 good to prime. heavy, 4 mix
ed, s.a546 %; packing. Sc. oo1S. 40. Sheep-Re-
ceipts, % 900 head. Market steady to strong.
Sheep. s.S0d6.26; yearlIngs, s.75ae.4o; lambs.
{4.75lS,s 60. 81 s5i Al
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Leaf Tobacco Market

i The sales OF leaf tobacco opened at the ware
houses Mt 10 o'clock yesterday morning.. Tho
breaks were worry light. the total sales being
only about 1900 pounds The market was
firm and strong one pile at shoskoe ware
was OF the colnmoner grades. but they sold
well. The warehousemen do not expect large
breaks any day this week Ihe sales To-Day r,eI
third nj CrershnW md fourth at Shelburnes.
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HOLY See Grati6cd

$3.50. -lBy Assoolated Press,) ,.,.,.
L ROME, March, 2s,-G General distraction
Is expressed by the Holy See at the suc-
Gessful issue Of, tho Algecras conferences.
The chief credit for the outcome Is at
that for, the second time In
less than q Syear-at Portsmouth and at
Algecirns-tha United States has con-
tenance Of ,the peace e,N Of The World.
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Carnegie to Contribute.
u 3 fRy Associated Press.) ~

4 ATLANTA. GA, March 6 2s,-Andrew
Carnegie has announced that he would
contribute $4,000 to the construction of 4
library for The Agnes Scott Institute. a
college for young ladies', at Decatur Ga.
provided the friends of the institution
would. raise $4,000 for an endowment.
fund eer u s5.st -,t n
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Battleship Develops Speed,

(Bv Associated Rress)
b5 MAM MaISn sphe
ed maximum speed Of 1913 knots per
houor during her standardization trip.
The mean OF five runs WA s 9,02 knots, the
contract requirement being nineteen
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Stock Brokers
GEO. r. KING g. CO.,

51104A p. Main Str Richmond, Va,
STOCKS, COTTON AND GRAIN.
Fractional Lots a Speciality,
Close Attention to Out,of. Town Accounts,
Il, (. PRIVATE WIRES,
NEW YoRk, G HlGAGo, NEW ORLEANS.
Private Long Distance Phone to N. Y.
Loop to Western Union Main Office
If Stock Ticker in Customers Room.
3 Members 1g,
Richmond Grain and Cotton Exchange.
n Strangers visiting the city are Invited
to make our office their headquarters, and
have their mall and wires sent ~ our
scagos l;,.8
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The Produce Market.

The receipts OF country produce ona the Cary
demand was not very strong. Business was
not Oh the rush at any hour. but was fairy
good all day. There were hut few changes In
prices, ana they We're only fractional.
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MASONIC TEMPLE IN DOVER
BURNED THIS MORNING
x (Ry Associated Press. !

81 S5f- aa (By SAssoclated Press.)
V DOVER. N. H., March 81 2s,--Masonic
Temple, the largest business block In the
city. was destroyed BY fire early this
morning entaiins a. loss Of upwards of
200, 900. Several dodgers In the upper
stories were asleep wher the fire started,
gbut all escaped. a
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COTTON 4 AJaHEETs.

: IL fg s. Wa - : trt.
was moderately active during to.days session
with tho bulls In control apparently, and prices
h rnse nsW S, ne, of aeI
u points Sales for the day were estimated at
100000 balos. The market opened firm az an
cables and reports OF wet weather over the
belt. There seemed to be little general de-
nand wire and commission houses having few
orders but sellers on the break OF ycs,erdnyi
were covering, and the bull clique supported
d May. leading to revived rumors of squeeze
OF shorts in that position, which Increased lts
premium over JulysiQta matter ofsncariy 10
points at one time during ths.morn!ng. Before re
tho advance iwas checked May sold at 1l.3o
Sns uy wh Il oaober s aHpG al or pos
net higher. Realizing was quite heavy a ne e
advance and prices ensod on IN the middle
sess'on, = nv rnea n The eary
sold hack 70 teh level with the high point OF
morning on reports Of hrner Southern SPOT
markets and continued support from the butt
leaders. The close was little off from the top,
with May qulet nt3ll.17 ana July HIS south-
ern spot mar!tts We're repor1eh Ii,ienangsa,
yesterday had evidently been absorbed or wlth-
dr. wn. The weather map showed more or less
general n some Tr haces th,rssi
claiming the moisture was needed and pene-
ncinl, but where land has not yet been pre-
pared the continued wet weather IS sa'n 70 DC
Reeepts Of cotton at tho ports to-day were
s bales SEans saSs e o S week ana 81
1882 Last = u; SSenr ana at Houston 4S bales
! Cotton futures opened arm and closed
March .,.l, open, ,l H'sA Ii iIXs o! slis
Ray 1iaS ..,. ..,,,,..,,liss lisi li.ss liz
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sALEs..

500 Atlantic Coast Line com.
1900 American Shelters, COM.
S,lW Atnnlgannted Copper "a.
ls,sW Amer. Car and Foun...u.
~ Amer. CatFand Foun., pfd.
M American Cotton ,Dll.....,.
American ,t'obncco, pfd i.
Ivy American Can s............t
i.W American Can, pfd......s.
ECO Amer. Locomotive, CONF.
~, Amer. Locomotive, pfd. -.
2,@ American Sugar ..n.a..c..
0,2W ~ z mud &. Fos coins...n
A.. T. and s. Erc. pfd...u
1890 baltimore and Cliio!......
4il;7W Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
2.m Canadian Pacific .........
AGO chesapeake and Ohio. M.
1000 Chicago Grca t Western. I.
1000 Gill, Mil. md st. Pntil....
G3.2O Colora do Fuel and iron i.
Gm Colorado South.,,conl ~.
1,@ Colorado South, 1st pfd |.
1W Coloralot South, I'd pfd...
1900 Clev.. Gins, Chi. and st. Il
2,1W Consolidated Chs ..........
1,SW Delaware and Hudson.
Del, Lack. and Western.
5000 Eric. cOt1,..,...........
200 Eric, 1st pfd ...............
1,eW Eric. I'd pfd.,..a..............
100 General Electric .......
2.Mo Great Northern, pfd ......
Mo Illinois Central ....l. !.
/ 4's"}' L11o H. !, and Nashville.
MAnhat tan ..........l....
1000 Metro. Street Rallwny.s..
5000 Mexican Central /.
LOO Mo Kan. ana rex. com. /.
1000 Mos Kan. and Tex, pfd..
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MISCELLANEOUS ] A1ARKETA
DRY EdOopSa MARKET. 4


NEW YORK, March 2s.--Thc dry goods mar
ket was stronger for the day. Domestics were
in better call and staple, ginghams are very
firm with an upward tendency. The print
cloth market was active and convcrstfs are
beginning to supply their wants, I'll. knit
goods trade is complaining Of delayed dellv-
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NAVAL STORES.

WiisStISGToS y. CO. March 2s.--sF lR1Ts
.TuRPENrINE-Not doing; recelpts,
rels. Tar--Firm at 81. receipts, q barrslf.
y SAVANNAH, GA, March es.-TUhPEN,
lT1NE-Dullat &C.; sd lcs.t ri casks; receipts. s.
casks; shipments. s 4. caAks.4 Rosin-.Firm = 0
quiet + sales 81 barrels: receipts. COS barrels;
shipments 1870 barrels; stock. x. 800 barrels;
@ CHA RLESTOS. III s. c.. March 2S-TCKPES-
TINE AND notwithstanding doing.
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Ii f. 4
Y. 9. rsfunding %. Registered. =. ...........
Y. g. rcfunding 2s coupon.
Y. 49,. cglsterod 7. Il. +.
y Sz. coupons..: .......................
y. s. Old As. coupoii.....
Y. >. New As. regscred.. ... ...
Y. $. New Is, coupon I. ). I.
American Tobacco As
American Tobacco Cs 4.
Atchlson general Z. I, .,..s
Atchison adjustment ...,,.......,.
Atlantic Coast Line Al
baltimore and Ohio 49, . N, X. Z. q.
baltimore and Ohio 3lks....i....,. ~
Brooklyn Rapid Trnnslt COW. 4s..........yY
Central Of Georgia Observation-Disclosures. /
Central OF Georgia LIST Observation-Disclosures.
Central Of Georgia "a Inc. ........,........
Central OF Georgia 81 Inc ..................
Chesapeake and Ohio AVS. 7.
Chicago and lton -
Chicago. -. and Quincy new A.. ....... !, /
Chicago, r. ]. and Pacific II. n. 4s...y..
Chicago. X. 1. and pac. H. r. col. 5s......
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET. sf
& BALTIMORE Md, March es--seaboard Air
Line. common. 80 bid; do, preferred. 90 bid.
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BALTIMORE, MD, March as,--FLouR-
FIRM saIa and nachanssd. Wheat ,e spss
tGorn4steady: spot. isis Gisxc.; southern white
corn isd56c oats-Frmer hye - z ,Iel'
Bu,er-steady and unchanged fancy lmltat ,3ns
isci isggs-Steady ana UNCHANGED q lbe'
.t,heese-Strong and unchanged; large, septems,
her, i44ol November. Ne, Sugar-Slrohs }eha
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS

4 C. and ST Louis gen As . 1t3lh
4 Colorado Industrial S. series A., 7sM
e essFsas l sIsias1 &. series 3 81:
4 Colorado ana Southsrn Observation-Disclosures. 81 "
1 Cuba 81. . 10i
4 Denver ana Rio Grnnde 4s.... ...... 99S
1 Distillels Securitics 5s....,....,,./.,..... s9h
4 Erie prior lien 10l
4 Erie General ylS
\ Hooking Valley AL n. Z. los
4 Japan Gs 1olH
\ Japan I'd series 1o1%
n japan ANS 4. u 9yl
Il Japan liz ties A51
\ Japan rs certifcatos "a series 9lss
4 Louisville and Nashville Unified 4s....... 102h
4 Manhattan con- gold 49, 1O3 n
1 Mexican Central 49,. SIN
z, Mexican Central list Inc .,,........... "a r
4 Mimi and 81. Louis ............ 9h
Missouri Kansas and Texas 4s.. ........... 1v0N
i Missouri Kansas and Texas I'd ........... B9Hs
i National r. RI Of Mexico con. 4s.......... SGz
i New York Central gen. 31ss.................. vs.
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Duii and easy No = spring wheat 76aSoe.i
No. 3, I7sa7 100; No. 2 red, SsEqLs4Ac. No 9
corn, 4se,; No, 2 yellow; 4ShgAsE 40. =
6ol.o Good feeding barley 31RG use, la ai
No. northwestern. sll.i prime timothy :, seen %,
lard per 100 pounds, ss.4a!. short ribs sides
tIoose S. 7oGlS7s; short clear Sides Sboxsiea1sS'
cIover contract grade, 1910, Butter-Flrmi
crea meries, 16ip9GHc, da!r!es, 16GeSo, Cheese
Firm at IldIlSo, Esgs-Flrm at mark cases
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New jersey Central gen. 6s,............... 1871
Northern Pacific 10l%
Norfolk ! and We.,ern con losS
Oregon Hhort Limo ref,nding 4s............ ~
Pennsylvania conv. Observation-Disclosures. 1904
Reading General <s.........,............... lo0m
st.. Louis and Iron Mountain CON- 6s..,... III n
St. Louis and San Francisco f. 4s......5 81
st. Louis southwestern con. 4s.......... 7sHi
seaboard Air Limo IS (oftered) .............. u
Southern Pacific list Is. certlacates.....,.. SsA
Southern Railway IS (offered) ............. ITS
Texas and Pacific 1sts... ~
Toledo. st.. l.. and Western 4s.............. s3h
Union Pacific 104&
Union Pacific cony. 54s.....................1H G
United states Steel I'd Observation-Disclosures 10
Wabash 1sts. ll5h
Wabash Deb. BE- ........................GB "
western Nd 4s SIX
Wheeling and Lake Erie Ss................. 8yls
sys saa g. f ssis,srsi rus, 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

caress'd and my Character as a private Man
makes em more DESTROYS OF my Company.
II was a stimulating moment for the beginner
when playing Richard one evening, ne became
aware of a certain illustriOus little gentleman IN
black in a side box. This was Pope, who had long
given up theatres, but had been persuaded by LORD
Orrery to see Garrck. II had some hesitation In
proceeding. from the anxiety and from 1oy. Car
rick told some one, years afterWard On MS sloe
the classic arbiter Of taste so greatly struck
that he said to his companion: THAT young man
never had his equal actor. and he viii never
have rival He furthermore expressed a natural
fear that the young would be ruined by praise
nature the half-French actor possessed?
People of the highest fashion were Garrfcks adj
herents from the outset. He dined day after
day with very ingenious nOblemen-" They told
him he mot only the best tragedian, but come
diam in England; he was "only born 90 act what
Shakespeare writ These things daily occurring
give Great Pleasure he wrote. with Pepysian
frankness. Yet, being reflective and shrewd. he
probably appraised the hatteTy Of the laity at its
value and dwelt with deeper satisfaction on the
experts commendatiOn bestowed him by old
Cibber in the often quoted aside TO old Mrs. Brace
girdle, II faith. Bracey the Lad is clever"
What a triumphant career stretched before
that clever ladi Mrs Parsons sets forth its
phases in a carefully interviewer reorganization
OF what his contemporaries said about him. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

with profusion Of Illustrated anecdotes All
are we'll worn. but taken together, are interest,"
Ing as ever 1t is worth remembering that so
powerful was Garrick's acting, that lesser minds
were apt to identify the player with his part
There was the Lichfeld grocer who, after seeing
Davey as Abel Drugger. told George Garrick
that he no longer desired an introduction to him.
for. though he be your brother he is one Of
the shabbiest, meanest. most pitiful hounds I
ever saw" There was the First Murderer in
Macbeth who. when Garriek said to him.
with all Garrick's concentrated intensity"
There's blood upon thy facer' started in
alright. and. lifting his hand to his cheek cried
out, els there. by -" We may not forget
Gives exclamation from the wings Damn him.
he could act a gridironr' Nor the story Of
Mickle. the author who. having a tragedy re-
fused by Garrick tucked into his translation of
CamOens note animadverting upon the actor
manager. he went to King Lear" and
during three acts he spoke word: then -after
a noble burst of Garrick's IN the fourth. he
sighed deeply. and said to his companion Il wish
the note out OF my book" Garrick's
friends never tired of talking about his Lear
To what he himself attributed his success I'm the
part is told here:
Garrck had been acquainted with an unfortunate
man in Leman street. Goodmans Fields. who play
ing one day at upper window with his twO-year-
old child accidentally let it spring from his
and fall into a tagged The child was killed
and from that moment the miserable father lost
speech and reason. He passed the remainder OF
his existence in going TO window, playing in
imagination with child. dropping IL. then burst
ing into tears. and filling the house with shrieks
OF anguish. AfterwaTd he would sit down. pensive
and STILL and at times look slowly round as II inn
plOrtng compassion There il was Garrick
used to say. that learned TO initiate madness:
copied nature and to that owed my success IN
King Lear
The chapter on old theatrical ways Is anus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

field playing Sergeant Kite in private theatricals
when only eleven years old. writing to his
Papa, Captain Garrick. of the Gibraltar garri-
son. quaint, prim little letters about his poor
Mammals weak health. her tonics and her
''Lowness of Spirits; or as hulking young sam
uel Johnson's first pupil, composing scenes for
comedy, while at hand his preceptor
worked upon tragedy-a poor play-but his
own. This last portentous thing was Irene"
years a characteristic outburst OF temper. When
told that "a gentleman named Pot considered
'Irene" the finest of modern tragedies Johnson
snarled. IF Pot says so, Pot lies" The poet
no doubt, took very different view of his work
on the day when he and Davy Garrick started
for London together 70 seek their fortunes.
Garrick twenty, his former schoolmaster
twenty-eight; both were poor. '"They rode and
tied. Garrick used. in later years. to declare
though once. when Johnson roared to him in
fine company something about their having ar
rived. himself with twopence halfpenny and
thou. DaVy' with three halfpence. the more con-
ventonal actor became, people would say
nowadays. a trile edgy at the reference
Davy's three years experience as a wine mer-
chant not wasted. since his dealings with
the coffee houses frequented by actors brought
him into close relations with them and with the
London theatres; and came the day when he
wrote to his partner. his elder brother Peter,
that play acting is really what doat upon
1 am resolv'd to pursue it, How the Lichield
Garricks ragged. what letters of scorn they wrote
to young Davy! 1t was much more respectable
In those days. to be a mediocre wine merchant
than eminent play actor.
Never there a rapid leap to fame
upon the stage than Davy's II is not long be-
fore he is writing to the disguised Peter. 81 be-
Heve nobody Gas Acton was ever more