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

actor replied. I wouldn't be working for six dol.
lare n week
Forrest was bad sailor. and once when we
were making a water trip between two coaHt
towns the sea became choppy and the governor
had TO go below. whero he suffered all tho misery
of seaslckness Finally he sent for the captain
TO come to his stateroom.
"Ilow much Is this old tub Of yours worthr
he groOned as tho skipper appeared
81 don't know exactly. Mr. Forrest was tue
reply; why do you ask7
because want to buy II and chain II up TO
n rock where II cant move. roarcd Forrest
"E L. Davenport was one Of the greatest act
ora this country ever produced" continued Mr..
Langdon. For versatility he has never had an
equal. he could do n 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 tirp. Davenport WAS a great guy
err; his nature was sunny and he loved fun. Law
renee Barrett was the antithesls OF Davenport;
dignity and austerity were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport was playing Brutus
20 Barretts Cnssius one occasion. In the
first act Of the play Brutus says TO Cassius.
eth then, my noble friend chew upon this
At this point Brutus and Casslus clasp hands
IA their hands met. Casslus felt something soft
and mushy being squeezed into his hand by the
noble Brutus, Shiny substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped on on the floor II was
a ripe tomato. which Brutus had given Cassius
to chew uTon' Barrett could not resist the ride
ulousness Of the situation and had 10 turn his
back to the audience to hide his laughter"
Efle Germon-dashing laughing, laughtermak'
Ing Ene Germon, Of the Wallack Stock Company,
and many other metropolitan compAnleB-s a re-
cent guest OF the home.
They say I'm too short for grandes DANES"
said Miss Germon aud OF course know my
time has passed for soubrettes. although feel ms
young as did ut thirty. and would like to work.
but they won't let me- so here | am. and It's n
mighty fine place to be- under the clrcum'
stances I'm only sixty (she doesn't look more
than forty.nve) and come Of a ong.liyed fam.
fly My mother. who died only few weeks ago.
was eightyseyen. and my aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth
Saunders. Is still living In San Francisco nj the
age Of nlnetyono She II proDaby the Oldest
player, male or female, alive.
One Of the lively boys Of the home In Charles
Gonzales who Is a youngstor Of seyentysix Mr..
Gonzales had Spanish father and nm Irish moth
er 20 he SAYS he doesn't know whether he IL an
Irish spnnIard or a Spanish lrishmon. Mr. Con
2ales Rmuses himself with palette and brush, and
his room contains many water colurs done by his
hanl Besides this he In manager Of the Home
Qunrtette" and with Mesdames Morton, Brennan
and Campbell contributes musical evenings for
the pleasure Of the other guests
Since the homo was opened there have been
admitted altogether elghtyone guests.
or this number thirty have died and twenty
have returned 10 their families or friends, hui
are stlll provided for by the fund The fund doef
not demand that one should 80 10 the home In
order 10 receive assistance; II ~ purely a matter
Of choice and aid Is given the needy outside the
home, aB well ms within. There are at present
over seventy persons outside the home who are
being cared for by the fund Strange to say. the
homo has never been filled to its capacity, the
thirty.one inmates now there being the largest
number II has ever contained There are accom-
modations for nineteen more. with no further
applications.