Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-09-15

actor replied, I wouldn't be working for six dol
lare week.
Forrest was bad sailor, and once when We
were making water trip between two aoast
towns, the sea became choppy and the governor
had to go below, where he suffered all the misery
of seasckness 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. ~
80 don't know exactly. Mr.. Forrest was the
reply: why do you ask
:" Because [ want to buy it and chain it up to
a rock where it cant move roared Forrest
e. l.. Davenport was of the greatest act
ors this country ever Produced continued Mr.
Langdon. For versatility he has never had Al
equal; he could do song and dance with
much grace as any specialist in that line, and
turn round and play Hamlet and Brutus with al
most any OF them Davenport was e t guy
er; his nature was sunny and he loved -. Law
renee Barrett the antithesis of Davenport.
dignity and austerity were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport was playing Brutus
to Barretts Cassius 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, Cassius felt something soft
and mushy being squeezed into his hand by the
noble Brutus. A Shiny substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped off on the floor; it
a ripe tomato. which Brutus had given Cassius
to chew UPON Barrett could not resist the ride
back to the audience to hide his laughter"
Fife Germon-dashing. laughing, laugbter-m max
ing Fife Germon, of the Wallack Stock Company
and many other metropolitan companies is re-
cent guest of the home. .-- 49,. te.... .....
They say I'm too short for grandes dames,'
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 won let me; so here [ am, and it's a
mighty fine place to be, under the circum-
stances. I'm only sixty (she doesn't look more
than forty-fye) and / come Of long-lived fam
lily. MY mother who died only few weeks ago,
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 youngster of seventy-six. Mr..
Gonzales had a Spanish father and an Irish moth
er, SO he says he doesn't know whether he is
Irish Spaniard Spanish Irshman. 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 Mesdanles Morton, Brennan
and Campbell contributes musical evenings for
the pleasure of the other guests
Since the nome 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; It is purely matter
of choice, and aid is given the needy outside the
home. as well as within. There are at present
over seventy persons outside the home who are
BENG cared for by the fund. Strange to say. the
home has never been filed to it's capacity the
thirtyone inmates now there being the largest
number 1t has ever contained. There are accom-.
modations for nineteen more. with no further
applications.