Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-09-15

actor replied, wouldn't be working for six dol
lare week.
Forrest bad sailor and once when we
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 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 1t up to
rock where it can't move roared Forrest
&c L. Davenport of the greatest act
ors this country produced" continued Mr..
Langdon. For versatility he has had an
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
err: his nature sunny and he loved fun. Law
renee Barrett was the antithesis of Davenport:
dignity and austerity his most marked
characteristics. Davenport was 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 Cassus 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 off the floor; it
ripe tomato which Brutus had given Cassius
to chew uron. 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-mak-
ing Effe Germon, of the Waack Stock Company.
and many other metropolitan companies-is a re-
cent guest of the home.
They sa I'm too short for grandes dames."
said Miss Germon; land of course I know my
time has passed for soubrettes. although feel as
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 circuul
stances I'm only sixty (she DOESN'T look
than forty-five) and | come of a long-lived fam
lily. My mother. who died only few weeks ago.
eiRhty-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, so he says he doesn't know whether ne is an
Irish Spaniard or a Spanish Irshman.- Mr. Con
tales amuses himself with palette and brush. and
his room contains many water colors done by his
hanl. 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 tyone 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 to receive assistance; It is purely a 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
being cared for by the fund. Strange to say, the
home has been filled to its capacity the
thirty-one inmates there being the largest
number II has ever contained. There are accom-.
modations for nineteen more. with no further
applications.