The Red Cloud chief., 1911-09-21

believed It feasible. but Aldrich never lost faith
In his ability to carry 1t to q successful conclu.
sion.
In this ideal abode are assembled thrtyons
former votaries Of the sock and buskin. They
are the Romeos Melnottes. Rosalinds and Ca.
miles Of bygone days. They were the idols OF
your fathers and your grandfathers-yes and
some Of your greatgrandfathers; for none is ad.
mitted to the home under 6fty-fve. and many Of
the inmates are octogenarians.
On winters evening the silverhaired women
are accustomed to gather In the parlor or library
and over their sewing or crocheting tell once
more of the beauty and charm Of Adelaide Mel
son, the wonderful characterizatons Of Lucille
Western and sublime genius Of Charlotte Cush.
man: while downstairs in the billiard or card
room the men have gone back to play again with
Davenport, Mccullough. Warren. Owens. Burton
and the peerless Forrest. Jefferson. Barrett and
Edwin Booth are spoken Of casually: they belong
too much to the present.
"Ah! there are no tragedians like Forrest now
adays," one veteran sighs In q voice that sug
gests the ghost in Hamlet.
"And no comedians like Burton" deplores an.
other
mo. nor any pantomimists like George Fox:
the art died with him." laments . third.
There were giants In those days." II these
veterans are to be believed: and who shall gain.
say them? None can; and surely none would
care to.
Two married couples grace the homo. refuting
the often heard remark, There are NO happy
marriages in the profession" They are Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Chester and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Morton. Mr.. and Mrs. Chester have been mar.
ried forty-seven years. and have seldom been
separated during their long connection with the
stage. Mr.. and Mrs. Morton have been married q
somewhat shorter time than the Chesters.
The oftrepeated question. Are they happy"
Is we'll answered in the following incident. An
old friend of one Of the couples mentioned ex.
tended an invitation to them to visit him and
his family at their country home. The pair re-
piled thanking him for his invitation and apollo
gizing for not accepting. but stating that they
were 80 happy In their new home that they could
not bear the thought Of leaving It, even for q
short time
One Of the most interesting figures in tts
unique household is Harry Langdon-"Handsome
Harry" they called him in the days when he
played dashing parts opposite Adelaide Nelson.
Charlotte Cushman and Eliza Logan. Though
we'll into his eightieth year. Mr.. Langdon was
reading book without glasses when was in.
troduced to him.
mo. have never felt the need Of glasses" he
said In answer to my question regarding It. II
may have to get some later. but now I read by
either daylight or artificial light without any In.
convenience"
"Tell me something about Forrest. Mr.. Lang
don." asked him: "some anecdotes. II you can
think of any"
There are so many" he replied "that II Is
hard to think where to begin. One that has been
told often, and sometimes attributed 10 other
people, really occurred while was present A
young actor was rehearsing a part but did not
seem to grasp the proper meaning of the lines
Forrest finally lost his patience and after re-
hearsing the scene for the young man with all
his tragic power. turned to him and exclaimed:
There. that's the way II ought to be done--why
don't you do II like thatr
"If could do it like that Mr.. Forrest the