The Red Cloud chief., 1911-09-21

actor replied. wouldn't be working for six dol
lare week.
Forrest was bad sailor. and once when ws
were making a water trip between two coast
had to 60 below. where he suffered all the misery
Of seasickness. Finally he sent for the captain
to come to his state.room.
"'How much 10 this old tub Of yours worthr
he groaned as the skipper appeared.
"I don't know exactly. Mr.. Forrest was the
reply: why do you ask?
because want to buy It and chain II up to
q rock where It can't move roared Forrest.
"E. L. Davenport was one Of the greatest act
ors this country ever produced" continued Mr..
Langdon. "For versatility he has never had an
equal: he could do q 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 reat guy.
er: his nature sunny and he loved fln. Law
renee Barrett was the antithesis Of Davenport;
dignity and austerity were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport was playing Brutus
to Barretts Cassius on occasion. In the
first act Of tho play Brutus says to Cassus.
It'll then. 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 by the
noble Brutus. slimy substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped OF on the floor: 1t was
q ripe tomato which Brutus had given Cassius
to chew upon Barrett could not resist the ride.
back to the audience to hide his laughter"
Efne demonstrating, laughing. laughter-mak.
ing Efhe Gernon. Of the Wallack Stock Company.
and many other metropolitan compartes-is re-
cent guest Of the home
"They say I'm too short for grandes dames."
said Miss Germon: "and OF course l know my
time has passed for soubrettes, although feel 40
young did at thirty. and would like to work.
but they won't let me; 30 here am. and it's
mighty fine place to be. under the circum
stances I'm only sixty (she doesn't look more
than forty.hve) and I come of q long-lived fam
lily. My mother. who died only few weeks ago.
was eighty-seven. and my aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth
saunders. 10 still living In San Francisco. at the
age Of ninetyone. She is PROBABLY the Oldest
player. male or female. alive.
One OF the lively boys Of the home is Charles
Gonzales. who is youngster OF seventy-eix. Mr.
Gonzales had Spanish father and an Irish moth.
er, SO he says he doesn't know whether he is an
Irish Spaniard or q Spanish Irishman. Mr.. Con.
zales amuses himself with palette and brush, and
his room contains many water colors 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 was opened there have been
admitted altogether eigh 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 should go to the home In
order to receive assistance; II Is purely a matter
OF choice. and aid Is given the needy outside the
home, as 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
home has never been filled to its capacity. the
thrty-one inmates now there being the largest
number It has ever contained. There are accom-
modatons for nineteen more, with no further
applications.