The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-09-22

believed II feasible, but Aldrich never lost faith
in his ability to carry Il 20 a successful conciu.
sion.
In this ideal abode are assembled thirty.one
former votaries OF the sock and buskln. They
are the Romeos. Melnottes. Rosalinds and Ca.
MILES OF bygone days. They were the idols Of
your fathers and your grandfathors-yes. and
some OF your great grandiathers: for none 10 ad.
mtted to tho home under Afty.nye. and many Of
tho inmates are octOgenarians
On q winters evening the sllyer.haircd women
are accustomed to gather In the paror or library.
and over their sewing or crochetng tell once
more OF the beauty and charm Of Adelaide Mel.
SON. the wonderful CONSIDERATIONS OF Lucille
Western, md 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
"khl there are no tragedlans like Forrest now.
adays" one veteran sghs In voice that sug'
gests the ghost In Hamlet
"And no comedians like Burton deplores an
other.
mo. nor any pantomimlsts like George Fox;
the art died with him." lnmonts n third
There were giants In those days" II these
veterans are TO be believed: and who shall gain.
say them7 None can; and surely none would
care to,
Two married couples HlhN' wv hoHl't iflhNHb
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-soven years. and have seldom been
separated during their long connection with the
stage. Mr. and Mrs Morton have been married n
somewhat shorter time than the Chesters
The oftrepeated question, Are they happy"
Ia well answered in the following Incident An
old friend Of one Of the couples mentioned ex'
tended an invitation 10 them TO visit him ana
his family at their country home. The pair re-
piled thanking him for his invitation and apollo
glZing for not accepting. but dating that they
were 30 happy In their new home that they could
not bear the thought Of leaving IT, even for
short time
One Of the most Interesting figures in this
unique household Is Harry Naturalization
Harry" they called him In the days when he
played dashing parts opposite adelaide Nelson
Charlotte Cushman and Eliza logan. Though
well Into his cghteth year. MI Langdon was
reading a book without glasses when I was in
troduced to him
NO. have never felt the need Of glasses" he
said In answer to my question regarding H. u
may have 10 get some later. but now 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 ia
hard 10 think where TO begin One that has been
told often, and sometimes attributed 20 other
people really occurred while I was present =
young actor was rehoarslng n part, but did not
seem 10 grasp the proper meaning OF the lines
Forrest finally lost his patience. bnd after re-
hearsing the scene for the young nnn with all
his tragic power, turned to him ala exclaimed:
There that's the way II ought to 10 done-why
don't you do It like thatT
"Tf could do It like that, Mr.. Forrest. the