American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-21

actor replied. I wouldn't be working for six dol
lare a week.
Forrest was a bad sailor, and once, when we
were making a water trip between two coast
towns, the sea became choppy and the governor
had to go below. where he suffered all the misery
of seasickness. Finally he sent for the cantain
to come to his state-room.
how much Is this old tub of yours worth ?
he groaned as the skipper appeared.
l don't know exactly, Mr.. Forrest was the
reply; why do you ask?
Because / want to buy it and chain n nm IN
a rock where 1t can't move roared Forrest.
II. L. Davenport was one of the greatest act
os this country ever produced" continued Mr.
Langdon. For versatility he has never had an
equal; he could do a song and dance with as
mucn 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 guv.
er; mis- nature was sunny and he loved fun. Law.
renee Barrett was the a~ntithesis of Davenport:
o.sn'y and austerfty were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport was PLAYING prutu.
to Barrett's Cassius on one occasion In ~.
hrst act OF the play Brutus says to Cassius
IN tnen, my noble friend, chew upon this'
AT this point Brutus and Cassius clasp hands
AS their hands met. Cassius felt something soft
and mushy being squeezed into his hand NV the
noble Brutus. A Shiny substance oozed through
MS fingers and dropped OF on the floor. r. wo.
a ripe tomato. which Brutus had given Cassire
70 chew upon Barrett could not resist the r,dic.
uiousness OF the situation. and had to turn his
back to the audience to hide his laughter"
Efhe demonstrating, laughing. laughtermak.
ing Efhe Germon, Of the Wallack Stock COMPANY
and many other metropolitan companies-,s . -
cent guest Of the home.
They say I'm too short for grandes DANES.
said Miss Germon: "and of course 7 know ~
time has passed for soubrettes. although 7 FOO, -.
young as l did at thirty. and would like to work
but they won't let me: so here | am. and ~. .
mighty nne place to be, under the circum.
stances. I'm only sixty (she doesn't IooL w.
tnan forty-fve) and l come of a longljved f.,
lily. My mother, who died only a few weeks o
was eighty-seven. and my aunt. Mrs E1iz,ho,h
is still living in San Francisco AT tha
age OF nlnety-one. She Is PROBABLY the oldest
player, male or female, alive.
One of the lively boys of the homo 10 C,..,
who is a youngster of seventv.six M.
had a Spanish father and an Irish uoth
er, so he says he doesn't know whether no 10 ~
Irish Spaniard or a Spanish Irishman. Mr. c.
zales amuses himself with palette and brush 49,
ms room contains many water colors done by his
hani. Besides this. he is manager of tho lis
and with Mesdames Morton prannns
and Campbell contributes musical evenings g..
the pleasure of the other guests.
since the home was opened there ha~e No..
altogether eigh ty-one guests. ~
OF this number thirty have died. and twan.u
have returned to their families or friends ~.
are still provided for by the fund. The fund doas
demand that one should go to the bomo -
order to receive assistance; it is purely a rn.t.H-
Of choice. and aid Is given the needy outside ~.
nome. as we'll as within There are at nresen,
over seventy persons outside the home who az
being cared for by the fund. Strange to say az
nome mas never been filled to Its capacity. the
l~hirty-one inmates now there being the large,
number 1t has ever contained. There are .ccns
for nineteen more. with NO furtha.
applications.