The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-09-16

actor replied. wouldn't be working for six dol
lare week.
Forrest bad sailor and once when we
were f,aking water trip between two coast
towns the became choppy and the governor
had TO go below. where he suffered all the misery
of seasickness. Finally he sent for the captain
to to his stateroom.
How much is this old tub of yours worth?
he groaned the skipper appeared
Il don't know exactly. Mr.. Forrest was the
reply; why do you ask
Because | want to buy it and chain 1t up to
rock where it can't move roared Forrest
"E. L. Davenport was one of the greatest act
ors this country produced" continued Mr
Lansdon. For versatility he has never had an
equal; he could do song and dance with as
much grace as any specialist in that line, and
turn round and play Hamlet and Brutus with al
most any OF them. Davenport was a great guy
er; his nature sunny and he loved fun Law
renee Barrett tho antithesis of Davenport;
dignity and austerity were his marked
characteristics Davenport playing Brutus
to Barrett's Cassus on one occasion In the
first act OF the play Brutus says to Cassius
It'll then. my noble friend chew upon this
At this point Brutus and Cassus clasp hands
AS their hands met Cassius felt something soft
and mushy being squeezed into his hand by the
noble Brutus A Shiny substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped of on the foor; II was
a ripe tomato which Brutus had given Cassius
to chew upon Barrett could not resist the ridic-
ulousness of the situation. and had to turn his
back to the audience to hide his laughter"
Ellie Germon-dashing laughing laughter-mak-
ing Effe Germon, of the wallack Stock Company
and many other metropolitan companies-is a re-
cent guest Of the home.
They say I'm too short for grandes Danes"
said Miss Germon: and of course l know my
time has passed for soubrettes. although feel as
young did at thirty, and would like to work
but they won't let me: here I am, and it's
mighty fine place to be- under the circum-
stances I'm only sixty (she DOESN'T look more
than forty-fve) and come of a long-liyed fam
was eighty-seven. and my aunt. Mrs Elizabeth
saunders, is still living in San Francisco at the
age OF ninety-one She is PROBABLY the Oldest
player male or female. alive.
One of the lively boys OF the home is Charles
Gonzales who is a youngster of seventysix. Mr.
Gonzales had Spanish father and an Irish moth
er he says he doesn't know whether he 10 an
Irish Spanard Spanish Irishman. Mr. Con-
zales amuses himself with palette and brush and
his room contains many water coors done BY his
hani. Besides this. he Is manager of the Home
Quartette.' and with Mesdames Morton Brennan
and Campbell contributes musical evenings for
the pleasure Of the other guests.
Since the home opened there have been
admitted altogether egh ty-one guests
OF this number thirty have died. and twenty
have returned to their families or friends, but
are still provided for by the fund The fund does
not demand that one should go to the home in
order to receive assistance: 1t is purely a matter
OF choice. and aid Is given the needy outside the
home, we'll as within There are at present
over seventy persons outside the home who are
being cared for by the fund. Strange to say the
thirty-one inmates now there being the largest
number II has ever contained. There are accom-
modatons for nineteen more with NO furfb.r
applications.