New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-01

terrific should be said and done There are tines
when il is comfort 70 see 55f %ao can et
had it's positive. arnpi.. undenidhie merits Bat
neither he nor his apostles were ever satisfied with
acknowledgment Of those merits at their actual
! worth
Judgments as vivid as the foregoing are scat
/ tered ali through the book. but they are inter-
,yyined as has been noted. with the most inter
esting persOnaIia- Mr.. winter illustrates his ar
gument about an actor with words from that
actors lips, with an incident drawn from
/ friendly intercourse with him Speaking o.
Pootb.s clear intellect and the part that il
nIaved in the moulding OF his irnpersonatons.
he ouotes what the famous tragedian once said
IN him. 81 am conscious Of an interior person.
atty standing back Of my own, watching and
Guiding me" Apropos Of Joseph JeffersOn's
/ consumnate art. he repeats a saying Of the
comedian: ~ never did anything on the stage
that did not know I was doing never anything
without the intention 10 do it" At the sa1na
time he speaks Of the involuntary operation. in
Jefferson, 'of the actors instinct Of expression
citing an occasion on which they were looking
over some costumes in his friends garrett lust
before the revival Of THE Rivals Here is the
story:
His particular quest for suitable hat Ny
attention CHANGED 20 Be attracted % some play
little while ! did not observe him but presently
looking up. saw hiIn-cot'peLeiy aos2roed IN MS
ana InsT1 instantly ' A ~, He had f51g5tter hat |
person present His gravity Has pr2dlsious
His assumption Of Acres gg,ts & 5ie negsr
Lie performance that he ever after~ard gave u L
He gives US Some capital examples q Jefer-
sons burnOr in private life The friends were
among the paubearers at McCuIloUgh's funeral.
| AS our melancholy train was halted in a Phil
adeIphia street" says Mr Winter. che glanced
along the line and gravely remarked. I never
knew before that there were so many 1GlkjHg
| gentlemen in my profession Another quaint
anecdote which he tells with reference o. a
melancholy occasion is this one on the burial
of John Brougham:
Edwin Booth and I assisted % bear his pal.
had lowered his coffin little into t-s grave
tfe5s Of Ai@e her. and Raise herr 70 lit it I'D
again in order 20 enlarge the cavity Booth AMI T.
like Hamlet and HOratlo, Were standing under a
neighboring tree. observing these Dr0ceed1ss. and
nOrOUsy ruefui than ffaiiIll SIM rs y 1851
with those deco. neIanchoiy eyes and WITH
So 1T is the last rccGlL
The study Of Brougham IS Biographical
cameo. brief vitaIized and somehow fragrant as
with the charm Of the winning personality de-
Ifneated With him Mr. Winter had many a
happy encounter. He refers 70 one dinner al
Broughaul's house at which John Gilbert and
Lester waIlack completed the quartet One can
imagine that as he says. faithful record II he
talk would be a veritabIe purple patch q
DIeasaDtry wit satire reninisCenCe. artistic dis
c1,sston. kindness and rnirth' He recalls some
OF the comedians sayings and anecdotes one
Of the bet is his remark on B0UclcaU-t- II
Dion had to play a second-old-man he would
scaIp his grandfather for the wig In the
chapter on the elder SOthern he has an amusing
"Reminiscences of a coIloquy between that actor
and Booth To the latter SOthern once said.
THE worst performance ever seen was NY
Armand DuvaL" Booth remarked with griv-
:ty: The l50rst? Did you ever SEE ny
P0r1eo?'' AIlusiOn is duly made. OF course. 20
Sothern's wh'rnsicality and various specimens
of his fun making are given. but NJ Winter
sketches him with marked tenderness exhibit
ing him in c much pleasanter light than mai
in which he IS placed by most Of the stories told
about him "Sothern has. b some people
says Nj Winter been deemed and called heart
less I did not find him so" Lawrence Bar
rett's character is also very afeCtionately an
aIyzed and il may be observed in passing that
Mr. Winter here reprints the crushing article N
which he exposed. a year OF two agO. the pItl-uI
attempt made by an otherwise judIclOus writer
to present Barrett and Irving as at odds when
the former went to play in England
For its history this book viii be priced by all
students OF the drama il America but IT appeals
TO an even wider circle Of readers by virtue u
the living human character Of Mr. Winters por-
traits He had a kindIing sentiment for most Il