The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-09-15

actor replied, wouldn't be working for six dol
lare q week
Forrest 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 captain
to come to his state-room.
How much is this old tub of yours WORTH
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 it up to
rock where 1t can't move roared Forrest
Il. 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 a 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 great guy
er; his nature was sunny and he loved fun. Law
renee Barrett was the antithesis of Davenport;
dignity and austerity were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport was playing Brutus
to Barretts Cassius on one occasion. In the
first act of the play Brutus says to Cassius
Till then. my noble friend. chew upon this
AT this point Brutus and Cassius clasp hands
AS their hands met, Cassus felt something soft
and mushy being squeezed into his hand by the
noble Brutus. Shiny substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped or the floor; it was
ripe tomato, which Brutus had given Cassius
to chew upon. Barrett could not resist the ridic7
back to the audience to hide his laughter"
Efie Germon -dashing, laughing, laughter-mak-
ing Ef1e Germon. of the Wallack Stock Company
and many other metropolitan companies-is re-
cent guest Of the home.
They say I'm too short for grandes DANES"
said Miss Germon; "and of course know my
time has passed for soubrettes, although feel as
young as did at thirty, and would like to work,
but they went let me; so 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 come of longlived fam
ily My mother, who died only few weeks ago.
was eighty-seven, and my aunt. Mrs. Elizabeth
saunders is still living In San Francisco at thes
age OF ninety-one. She Is PROBABLY the Oldest
player. male female. alive.
One OF the lively boys of the home is Charles
Gonzales, who is youngster Of seventy-six. Mr..
Gonzales had Spanish father and an Irish moth
er, SO he says he doesn't know whether he is an
Irish Spaniard or Spanish Irishman Mr. Con-
zales amuses himself with palette and brush, and
his room contains many water colors done by his
hand. 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 one should go to the home In
order to receive assistance; 1t is purely matter
OF choice. and aid Is given the needy outside the
home. as well 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
thirty-one inmates now there being the largest
number It has ever contained. There are accom-
modations for nineteen more. with no further
applications