Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-09-16

actor replied. wouldn't be working for six dol
lare week
Forrest bad sailor, and once, when
were making 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 to his state-room.
How much is this old tub of yours WORTH
he groaned as the skipper appeared
Il don't know exactly, Mr.. Forrest the
reply; why do you ask?
Because 1 want to buy it and chain it up to
a rock where it can't move roared Forrest.
e L. Davenport was one of the greatest act
this country produced" continued Mr..
Langdon. For versatility he has never had
equal; he could do song and dance with
much grace any specialist in that line, and
turn round and play Hamlet and Brutus with al
most any of them. Davenport great guy
er; his nature was sunny and he loved fun Law
renee Barrett was the antthesis of Davenport;
dignity and austerity were his most marked
characteristics. Davenport playing Brutus
to Barrett's 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 Shiny substance oozed through
his fingers and dropped of the floor; it was
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"
Efie demonstrating, laughing. laughter-make
ing Efhe Germon, of the Wallack Stock Company.
and many other metropolitan companies-is re-
cent guest of the home
They sa I'm too short for grandes dames,'
said Miss Germon; land of course 1 know
time has passed for soubrettes, although feel as
young as l did 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 more
than forty-five) and L of long-lived 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 a youngster of seventy-six. Mr..
Gonzales had Spanish father and an Irish moth
err he says he doesn't know whether he is
Irish Spaniard or a Spanish Irishman- Mr. Con-
zales amuses himself with palette and brush, and
his 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 ty-one guests
OF this number thirty have died. and twenty
have returned to their families friends, but
are still provided for by the fund. The fund does
not demand that should go to the home in
order receive assistance: it is purely matter
of choice. and aid is given the needy outside the
home. as well as within There present
seventy persons outside the home who
being cared by the fund. Strange say the
home has been filed its capacity. the
thirty-one inmates there being the largest
number it has contained There accom-
modations for nineteen more. With further
applications.