The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-09
STUDLEY, ACTOR, DEAD AT 80
SPENT ms IONEIi iGE ~
ROOHS ~ JUkSO\ SQt IRE.
Dlsinr Approve 90 the NsunEcr Brsih~rS
and Would siak out OF BrittIng'S
Mu-eum when They came io see Old
F'tay hills sF the skull sf RIp's IDoE.

Mu.eum when They came io See Olsi
{ Ptal hills sr the skull sf RIp's iDOE.
John n Siudiey actor. j. dead He
will be huri-,I al I O'Clock today from
an undertakerS az ~ Third avenue and
there il probability that -ome oG the
most famous uf TIA. city's old actors will
be there Ia 49,. him buri"d Aud per
haps zom- 30 the younger generation
will come. too Who have heard their
! fathers tell Of tia. times they saw Studley
when he was Mary Anderson's leading
man m when they thrilled az his por-
travail 81 virtue triumphant "a The
I HunchbaCk- or Jack Cade
! Up A. the end of GrrrnwrCh av-nu.
| there il "a little old brick hous. that looks
moodilv out az jackson Square and the
/ swarminG alien folk. where Studley
who was NJ when he died passed the last
! days ~ his life lie chose ~ roam uu
IN" top hoor uf Charley BriItlngs place
/ because he could he near To- Fourteenth
street and the scene II Old trIumphs
! From his windows he could -s- the fun
nels uf the steamships ia tn" river, where
once there were only stark maStS of IN.
! sailing fleets and between him and the
water ther. was a bit IT green IA the park
across the street Dfeveningz he could st
, IN the big room downstairs cluttered with
old time yello~ play bills and pictures II
the great people % the profession and
smoke a pir- with Charley and now and
then speak Of the past
/ He had no sympathy with the modern
! -.'hool and no hesitation Iu telling IT.
representatives 80 when the actors
! OF to-day came to Rrittngs Studey would
leave the room with an air ~ studied
| contempt And he was forced 10 60 often
because Rrittings collection - stage
relics - famous Studley used to at
at one II the eight little tables that give
Charley an excuse for keeping a rs-taur-
ant and above his head thor" hung a
crayon portrait " Mrs SilbNrt or framed
ylay bill ~ the old Bowery Theatre II
1877 when Buffalo Bill made his first
public appearance there IN The Red
Right Hand or perhaps the skull II
Joseph Jeher~on'- dog Schneider. which
Rip gave - Brltting when ~ died. was
I pushed N the table together with John
Wilkes Booths sword - MAX" room for
/ the cornei beef and cabbage that Studley
had ordered
! Studley knew that such men ~ LETTER
Son and Charley Backus and Lev simmons
and Billy Birch had come To Brlttingr.
/ and perhaps that was another reason whv
he liked IN. place But h. grew more and
more rnoro@- toward ia. last. and once
when the minstrel man John X Buckley.
who had known Studlry when the latter
! vas AZ the Rpwsry Theatre PLAYING the
leading part came m and spoke to him
Stndley rose and stamI+d put
You wait -ad Buckley - Bri'Ing
4 u MAKE him speak 20 me vet The
next night Buckley brought his hanln
dowr ro writings and PLAYED On ~ while
StIdley was sitting on chair outsid" the
door making l~isye that b" was not
listening Buckley finished and turned
Ia the old actor suddenly DO YOU 70"
member that john he asked I used
tn teach that to your wife down az the
l Bleeck-r street hOIse. and that evil green
I parrot you had used 90 ours" me
| Studey "huckled and the other actors :
who had heen Listening nearly fell "a their
chars II was the first time that the man
had smiled IN years That parrot aid
Studlsy in his deep. hpnmIng voice was
always a good Judge ~ music
: II was while Studl.y was playing A. the '
Olympic Theatre that Charles Dickens
/ m his second visit to this country vent
10 -.-e Studley and liked MS acting 50 we'll
! that he asked To- -. introduced - him
! Dickens went b~bind IN" scenes and the
lntroductiona were mad. hut Studley
Was even more hrIsgIs than we- his wont
This - Dickens IN. great English
! author some ona y hzT@rrd m Studl"ys
ear What the hell do CA-"'- followed
the actor with "nOrmouS VOICE The
. memories ~ American Notes and lief
ferson BRICK stll ranked ~ his patriotic
hosom
Although II was minstrel man that
finally made him sniis Studl~y had no
,IzA lor this branch It the profession
and once ASKED RrlttlnG why h" l~t 50
many minztrelS rom" 70 his plaCa ~ an
evening Why, John SAID Brtting.
you Onc" did hlackfac~ yourself Don't
you rememher the tim" that Ferdinand
Hofele pat you On for t~o weeks run
a. Uncle Tom a. the Olympic wv
dear Charles, responded Stldlay mag
nIhc-ntly, i was not disguised A. a negro
merely an octoroon and I was rald for
my work IN advance
S'udiey was supported for the twenty
wears after he retired Ivy the actor folks
charities and what little h" had saved
hut he always scofed At the idea Of Going
To an actorS home He ussad IN stalk =
splendid figure of man. ny and down the
oh Rislto on Fourteenth street dressed
IN a long coat that hung hollow his knees
and a slouch hat "" began To fail some
weeks ago and went 10 the Post Graduate
Hospital to IL treated for cancer Of tho
stomach He lei, tho hospital IN a short
while and told Br'tting that he would
live 10 q hundred lie grew worse. how
ever. and IN Saturday morning he died
AZ the hospital Tho flks ana the Actors
Fund will conduct his funeral services
to-day
II vas nf S,,Idley that tho lines were
written commencing
olympi' head held s'~rnly hiEh.
Inc Old tir. a"'or pts-~S nv.
/ Anr IN N" hAu'sur Of hia gait
| Nou zoe vrA' Insde The boxes watt.
Wrhholdtng largo. ~ applAu-s
Mt. that prief. dramati" pauss
When he anne forth uyon 'he stage
/ In prin'"ly PRIDE or ROYAL rage
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