The evening world., 1911-04-22
Actor viii Never Again
Play in Characters He
Made Famous on Stage,
From the "PriUofe Sec.
rotary" to "Sherlock
Holmes"
Billings, of "7oo Much
Johnson" Thomas
Bcone, and LeWis Du-
mont of Stirring War
Drama Also Laid AWay
for All Time.
BY

w England q week from to-day, ne
will take with him I'VE OF the
most interesting notabilities that ever
stepped from the stage % q gangpiank.
and over his shoulder all viii be wav-
Ing a shsdowy farewell TO . faithful
public.
One OF them will be tho hrst and
most celebrated member OF the spec
tacular johnson family. whose deeds
are as dark ns the duskiest OF his
descendants. Behind him will creep a
tirnid private secretary. blamed in his
day for moro things than Roosevelt.
over blamed Loeb. And still further
behind will sauntcr a rather fresh
war correspondent. whose propensity for
butting in 10 undoubtedly the reason
that war has been best described IN
burning words. By I O'Clock In tho
morning the gangp!ank OF the Cedric
will swing 10 the martial tread of an
army spy whose achievements are
theatrical history, and finally Il will
feel the stealthy stride OF SHINING So
J ciety's spcctacularly successful sleuth
(strfkc up the Gus ndD-Sherlock
Holmes.
All Bid Us Good.By.
IN plain English. tho party will be
composed Of Thomas Beane. whom we
have all seen della we'd b,, no, hold nv
the enemy: Lewis p,mon,. who hv
smoking cigars. nursing n wounded arm
operating a ,el~eyraphIc keyboard and
desying the entire Confederate army.
proved himself a bit OF a jugglcr while
on 'secre, service" the Rev. pobcr,
spauldins. a public Joke az n private
secretary: Augustus Billings. who gave
everybody ire met too much johnson"
and, lastly. Sherlock Holmes. who. de-
tecting that he II surrounded on all
sides by salt water n wharves. will
be sure to suspect that the Cedric IL
not a hotel hut a steamship. md that
by Going on board he VIII arrive at n
deduction. not to mention n destination
That VIII he the last that New York
will ever see or five, famous characters
william Gillette. who first breathed the
breath OF dramatic life into each OF
thern, has This season had tho busiest
and longest year OF his life. and. among
the many ways he has OF stating tho
case. puts II most mildly when he says:
~ ~ WYNN iiSuiV NV N h'As' b'S
sae~d OF all the ~conven'ences OF city
life. erected upon . luxurious farm hav-
ing all the delights or country ne both
located pom the principal street In
Heaven. tho price being that ] act any
one or all Of these parts again. I should
decline In language that would elect
me into the highes. councils OF the
other place"
a%ll,jnos 6eoIns II.
uour ~. r.,, IN -, .r..t,,v farm,
rL,A ou ., ,h.m arr,rc ,no voyov. H..
,maSn.. oo,y.r-.,,o, w,u az On ,,,s
.,..,..
w., y. a.. I'll. .,,.n q. .,,r.
... p,,,.n- .~. -. ..n..
took a lady 20 the opera two or three
times n sent her a photograph and
q Few letters ] have got TO go abroad.
! don't want :" g." I'M rye got TO.
You can't help mo out or rhat. but you
can help me get there See here.
You've got TO nov hav II Is or you
won't be any use TO me. MY names
Billings once No. IN Wall. attorney
and all that. Llve up IN Yonkers. Well.
time In what ! want. Now. see here
u > limo 'llS' iHtIt uTe TWO lhults WIN
me, my wife n her mother, They
think | w a big plantation dow IN
Cuba and run the business;
that's what they think. ! don't know
what sugar u. All came out OF a little
arsir-singular. isn't II. how these lltue
Innocent amusoments W. sometimes IN
dulgo nj was detained In town one
night on business-dinin' a French
table d'hote-one OF the real ones, YOU
know. down near Washington Square
she vas charming. too--the sweetest
ltttle-Frcnch, you know-and n firt-
great Scott, out OF sight, Yes. out OF
sight-and wish to God she'd stayed
there"
sh.rIoek i~,,.rru,,.
~ this 'uhe'ufe innings, aAas 'ohn-
son. ~ interrupted ny une drawing
'o".s ana paw, to'e"ou'"s eounlehah'e
Oh Hner"cN i'o'nnes as Nc mar muir
muts' AZ you auup''ess sather from
,ss,. Tho .cnnn1r.'s aro hn, ~.
track To ga, me on, n, ,no woy 4. ,ho