Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-08

wonder is it u Sift of God or a vista
ton of Providence.
While here he told the inteIVieWers
that he considered Americans to be the
greatest of theatergoers. Then in pri-
yatc he said: But | mean in quantity
not quality
Sir Herbert does not look in the least
like IA humorist. He is a little more
than six feet tall and was formerly
very slight. Today he is of fuller pro-
portions. 10 put Il mildly. He is clean
shavcn, with fair hair and eyes that In
his genial moments are an intense
blue and in his thoughtful moods gray
green. like mistletoe. He is most com
monty accepted and caricatured as am
| absent minded dreamer and Il creature
of cloudy distractions.
/ or his Observation-Disclosures many good
stories are told. One day he took
| cab and gave the driver the address.
! Throughout the journey he was read
| ing letters and when the house was
reached he alighted. still reading, and
| knocked at the door When TIE door
was opened Sir Herbert looked up alb
| stractedly and said to the amazed SER
| want: Come in Come in Still read
| ing he re- entered the cab and return
cd to the theater before he discovered
he had not made the call he set out
| to make.
All through his life he has been pref
| ty severely harried by criticism of his
| style of acting. One day in cauStG
| burst he said 81 shall seen b. able to
retire on the blackmail | have not
paid
One day he walked leisurely into the
West Strand post-otiice, which is
particularly busy place. The young Wo-
men clerks there have ne time Tor trl-
volity What between selling stamps,
answering the telephone, weighing par
cells and counting the words in tele-
| grams their minds are completely oc-
cupied and their faces wear worried
| look that won't come off
Si~ Herbert strolled up to the count
| or and leaning over said in his suavest
tones: DO you sell stamps here?'
what kind" snapped the girl who
didn't recognize him.
Il should like to see some penny
stamps.
How many
II should like to see some. please
| The girl gave him a eontemptuous
glance. opened the bank book IN which
they kept the sheets Of stamps in Eng
land pulled out q sheet OF loo anu
showed it in front of him. Sir Herbert
adjusted his monoele and studied ttle
sheet carefully for a fun minute. Then
very deliberately he placed his sloVed
finger on the stamp exactly in the mid
die of the sheet and with his peculiar
lisp and most innocent expression salo'
"In take that one. please.
The girl snatched the sheet oaek,
tore one off the corner and passed 1t to
him. Sir Herbert picked it up as
thought it was of priceless value
How much, please?'
Penny
Really, Only 4 penny That is very
req sonable. | shall tell all my friends
to come here te buy their stamps
Even the worried pCst-office. gIri
eouldn,. withstand such sublime ldiocy
and smiled. Immediately as she did so
Sir Herbert dropped +, the mask ana
laughingly handed herfa sovereign,
THAT'S yours said he. Il made :
bet with myself that tryoas hard as
could / would not be able. 10 make
post-office girl smile. and you win.
His elaborate and costly productions
at His Majesty's theater are we'll
known even on this side of the At
lantic once on being demonstrated
with for such prodigaiity he SAID
Thrift is a virtue it is easy to urge
upon others,
Stepping into an English railway
carriage he found himself alone with
a young man who was putting away
on a villainous "Woodbine' cigaret.
Sir Herbert himself had just lit long
cigar Looking austerely at the youth
he said: This is not smoking com
partment"
The other started guilty. threw
the offending cirgaret out of the win
dow and said. sorry Then he no
ticed that the actor had lighted
cigar.
But you are smoking he protest
ed. y
Yes, no one objected to it" was the
reply, and II On he handed the youth "A
cigar. -,
When asked What he considered the
cleverest retort HE had ever known OF
Sir Herbert answered:
That of Charles III to the verse
pinned on his bedroom door;
Here lies our sovereign Lord and King.
Whose word no man relies on;
He never said a foolish thlnS
And never did a wise one
THE royal rake replied My words
are my own: my acts are those of
Parliament
Sir Herbert is the son of Julius
Beerbohm. who was London grain
| merchant He was 50 years old the
18th Of this month, and not 20, as some
| interviewers here put it and to which
| he laughingly referred as being born
ahead of his time. He adopted the
name of Tree when as a clerk in his
| fathers office he occasionally took
! part in amateur theatricals. After
adopting the stage as profession he
| had the name legalized.-New York
Sun.
! DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUDAN.