The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

whom I love very dearly, and I do not
 criticise him for his criticism of me, for
 after all, one learns ones weaknesses by
 reading what the critics say.'
 Were you educated for an actor. or was
 it merely accidental, as is the case with
 so many?' I inquired.
 ''I studied to be an artist" was the an-
 swer, 'beginning when I was very very young, afterwards becoming a student at | the Royal Academy, when l was only IT.. 1 There I remained until I was 2, and then I went on the stage. That was some 36 | years ago Since then I have devoted
 some time to painting, but of course, an
 actor has little time for anything outside
 his regular work. Mrs Robertson (the
 actor tells you that he doesn't bother about repeating the full name every time) | is always pleased to tell my friends that , my portrait of Sir Henry Irving hangs | today in the Players Club of New York. | Sir Henry commissioned me to paint his picture when he and I were playing in
 London in Much Ado About Nothing. have also done Miss Ellen Terry and Mrs Kendall.
 Among my pleasantest recollectionS," he continued, was the friendship accord ed me by the aged Sir John Everett Mill lais, the great genre painter, and also my friendship with James Abbott McNeil
 Whistler, that strange genius of brush and pdictle, WnOSe uc was as cduStlC as his hand was clever, Is another of the
 bright memory spots recall. must tell you story of Whistler. On one occasion | a number of artists in London who formed
 a little club decided to hold banquet,
 and to it were bdden many people both great and small. Lord This and Lord l That Baron Come and Baron Cant-all
 accepted and when the evening arrived ] everybody was present except Whistler, | the President of our little organization. 1 We didn't know what to do, so finally we decided to send him a telegram. We
 waited, but in vain. At last a message
 came which was most Whstleresque in | it's makeup. He had merely said: Feed My Lambs" | For many years MT. Forbes-Robertson has been among the few successful Actor | Managers on the theatrical horizon. Next season. MT. Robertson said to
 me, 'I am going to tour Great Britain in
 shakespearian plays, later coming to the 1 States for a tour"
 Will you advertise 1t as a farewell | Tour la Bernhardt and Patti?" l asked, | laughingly
 That has been suggested to me. I shall
 not take advantage of it." said he with that candid, charming smile that men and women who have talked with MT. Robertson have come to know, and to | loNe ana to feallze m IL honesty and
 truth, and the splendid manhood that
 makes his acting so genuine and so great. But, as a matter of fact" said he, 'rI | intend, after my next tour to the States, l to settle down in my English home, and enjoy the companionship of my wife and | daughters.
 Again looking at the pictures of them | he said:
 That's about the only thing that helps to eivilize my life when I'm travelling over | the country like this"
 | We chatted of many things and then | about our favorite actors, and whom we | liked best, and after bit MT. Robertson | said:s
 What wonderful actor MT David Warfeld is! I had formed in my minds eye an idea of what he was like but one
 must see and hear him before knowing all.
 Mr. Sothern is another for whom I have
 the highest regard. His Shakespearian
 productions are splendid, and he and Miss
 Marlowe are among our best opponents of histrlonic art today"