Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-09-15

actor replied, wouldn't be working for six do
lare week
Forrest was bad sailor, and once, when
making water trip between two coast
towns, the became choppy and the governor
had to go below where he suffered all the misery
of seasickness. Finally he sent for the captain
to to his state-room.
How much is this old tub Of yours worth?
he groaned the skipper appeared
I don't know exactly, Mr.. Forrest was the
reply: why do you ask?
Because | want to buy 1t and chain it up to
a 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 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 was sunny and he loved fun Law
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 ridic-
ulousness Of the situation and had to turn his
back to the audience to hide his laughter"
Ef1e demonstrating, laughing, laughter-mak-
ing Efie 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; land of course / 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; here am, and it's
mighty fine place to be, under the circum-
stances. I'm only sixty (she doesn't look
than forty-fve) and come of longlved fam
lily. My mother, who died only 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 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 Irish moth
er, he says he doesn't know whether he is an
Irish Spanard 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; it is purely matter
of choice and aid is given the needy outside the
home well as within. There are at present
over seventy persons outside the home who are
being cared for by the fund Strange to saw the
home has never been filled to its capacity. the
thirty-one inmates now there being the largest
number 1t has ever contained There are accom-.
modattons for nineteen more, with no further
applications