The Glenwood post., 1911-09-16

actor replied. wouldn't be working for six dol
lare week
Forrest was bad sailor. and once, when We
were making water trip between two coast
towns. the 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
81 don't know exactly, Mr.. Forrest was the
reply; why do you ask"
because | want to buy it and chain 1t up to
rock where it can't move roared Forrest.
"E l.. Davenport of the greatest act
ors this country ever produced" continued Mr..
Langdon. For versatility he has never had
equal; he could do song and dance with as
much grace 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 sunny and he loved fun Law
renee Barrett was the antithesis of Davenport;
dignity and austerity were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport 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 Cassus clasp hands.
AS their hands met, Cassus felt something soft
and mushy being squeezed into his hand by the
noble Brutus. A Shiny substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped off the floor; 1t was
ripe tomato, which Brutus had given Cassus
to chew upon Barrett could not resist the ridic.
ulousness Of the situation. and had to turn his
Effe Germon-dashing, laughing laughter-mak-
ing Efhe Germon of the Wallack Stock Company,
and many other metropolitan companes-is a 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
young as | did at thirty, and would like to work,
but they won't let me: so here am, and It's
mighty fine place to be. under the crcum-
stances I'm only sixty (she doesn't look more
than forty-hve) and | come OF longlved fam
lily. My mother, who died only a few weeks ago,
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-sx. Mr..
Gonzales had Spanish father and an Irish moth
er, so he says he doesn't know whether he is
Irish Spanard 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 opened there have been
admitted altogether eigh htyone guests.
OF this number thirty have died. and twenty
have returned to their families friends but
still provided for by the fund. The fund does
not demand that should 90 to the home In
order to receive assistance; 1t 10 purely q matter
Of choice and aid is given the needy outside the
home az well within. There at present
over seventy persons outside the home who are
being cared for by the fund. Strange to say the
home has never been hlled to its capacity, the
thirty-one inmates there being the largest
number 1t has ever contained. There are accom-
modations for nineteen more. with further
applications.