The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-16
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s'sar, :, oisss. Recipe Fer ss.yIes.

Henry E. pixey's Recipe For Staying
Young.
An old fagorite and one who has
withstood the test OF time comes to
the Grand tonight In the person OF
Henry e Dixey. who win be seen in
a dramatization of Harold MacGrath's
popular story, The Man on the Box"
II has made a great hit In New York
and Mr.. Dixey has reason TO claim
anew his title Of matinee idol. y
Adonis Dfxey he was niclnamed 20
years ago, when he arst appeared In
the title role of the successful piece
of that name and never was the title
better deserved. There was an indie
scribable charm. regularity OF feat.
ure, an expression Of the eye, a rose
Of the head ora suggestion Of a smile
about Henry Dixey in those days
which would have made him the toast
Of the town had he been a woman and
which, as It was, made him the most
sought after and popular young actor
of the season, He was always the
gayest of the gay. the life OF every
party, the wit whose saliies were pass.
ed from muoth to mouth, the central
figure of the brightest life Of the
swiftest set on Broadway the set
which forces the pace that kills ~
but 1t didn't kill Henry Dixey.
To-day he Is the fascinating, ,debon.
air, graceful, berry Harry, who looks
80 and is ten years older, who has
seen vast audiences rise to tumultous
applause at his efforts to amuse them
in one theater for three years at
time, and then has seen himself the
star In another when he could not get
a corporal's guard to do him honor.
He has been making money SO fast
that as he himself once wittily said
his education had not progressed far
enough In arithmetic to reach high
enough figures to express the amount
of his weekly income. and then again
he has seen the time when money was
a very scarce commodity.
Nevertheless. his eye wrinkles as
merrily, his dark hair has still to find
its first touch Of gray. and his face
is as unwrinkled. AMI he is Just the
same careless Prince Charming to-day
as when he was first called Adonis.
Not one of his contemporaries. wheth-
er their fortunes have been good or
bad, but shows a trace of his years.
No one can look the dashing boy OF
% who views the world with the fresh
ness and enthusiasm which accompany
that delightful age-not one but Dixey.
How does he do 1t? How does he
manage to keep SO young that De So.
,to's fountain Of youth would dry up
with envy could 1t behold him?
What woman is there who wouldn't
give her choicest possession. her dear.
est treasure, anything or everything
that she could command for the secret
and here 1t is, Harry Dixey's recipe
for keeping young;
Don't worry! That is the whole Sc.
cret. Always be cheerful and happy,
for as the slangy little boy once said,
the worst is yet to come, and no mat.
ter how bad things look there Is al.
ways some redeeming feature of the
situation II you'll only stop to think
of 1t, and there is always some reason
to laugh If you only know enough to
find out what 1t is and then obllterate
all the other phases of the situation
from your mind.
perhaps I'll have to take back my
first statement and give half the cred.
1T for my having preserved the same
appearance for twenty years to having
the faculty of seeing the funny side of
things and laughing at them. Exer.
else and hygientc diets are all very