Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
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BY WILLIAM FAVERsHAM.

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When I hear actors of attainment
complaining about the transient fame
OF histrionic achievement. which can
not be transmitted to posterity except
! by hearsay. smile indulgently at their
vanity, and recall the story about Jaco-
| bi, the illustrious mathematician. In his
/ old age, Jacob was once consoled by a
! hattering disciple with the remark that
all future mathematicians would de-
| light in his work
.sAh. yes" replied jacob, drawing
! down the corners of his mouth, but TO
| think that all my predecessors knew
nothing Of my work."
| Natural acting isn't by any manner
| Of means a new thing upon our stage.
| In former ages. just as to-day, it was
often unappreciated Speaking Of the
| acting OF Garrick as Hamlet "a
matchless ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, one
/ of Fielding's characters, says, with a
/ contemptuous sneer: He, the best
player, why, l could act as well as he
myself am sure II ] had seen ghost,
| I should have looked in the very same
/ manner anu uODe IuSA d. nv biNs
| Last winter I was touring through
| the South, where the trains forget their
schedules. Day after day we would
arrive at the station. and have to walt
| anywhere from one to ten hours for the
| train we wanted One day in western
Texas. however, the train steamed in
right on schedule time to the minute.
| The ingenue Of the company could not
repress her delight.
There's the train; there's the train
| right on time"
The dyspeptic looking station agent
overheard her.
"Shucks. MOI" he shouted. that's not
to-day's train, that's yesterdays train
getting in "A hours late"
As young lad | used to haunt the
| London theaters and the greatest OBJ
ject OF my youthful hero worship was
| the late Henry Irving. In later years
the influence of Irving came to be the
greatest intellectual force in my life,
but at that time stood much in awe Of
him, until one night an incident hap
pened outside the stage door Of the
theater where he was playing. | was
| standing there waiting for a glimpse II
the master actor near the old four
wheeler that always took him to ana
from his room
Presently Irving came out looking
very tired and worn after a strenuous
performance. He opened the door 81
the four wheeler which. like all Of its
kind contained one large comfortable
! seat and opposite a tiny hard seat,
back to the driver. As Irving started
to step in. he noticed at his heels his
little terrier, Fuzzy. In ahead Of him
jumped Fuzzy and up to the COM
Portable seat Then in climbed Irving
and seated himself on the small I'M
comfortable seat back of the driver,
while the dog stretched himself in lux
urious comfort opposite. And away
they rode into the mistoy night. Some
how after that | never stood in awe OF
Irving. although 1t was several years
later that | first met him.
The average drummer possesses a
fund OF ready wit Last year when
was touring in Arkansas, several mem
bers OF my company and myself were
| contemplating the blackboard that an
nounced the expected arrival and de-
parture of trains in junction station
| About ten trains were listed, and every
one of them was several hours later In
each instance the eaues for the delay
was marked, Delayed by snow" All
except one train, that was down as be-
ing ION time Upon seeing this, a
drummer who was reading the sign
stepped forward. picked up the crayon,
and beside the record of the train that
was marked "On time" he scrubbed,
Cause, unknown"
An English actor who had never been
in this country till he joined my com
pany was about to be married BEING
ignorant of the color distinctions be-
tween negroes and whites as We make
them in this country. he started to fill
i'm the answers 10 the various questions
on the slip that was handed him with
out much difficulty until he came to the
| single word. color For a moment
| this query threatened 10 floor him until
lie remembered thai his complexion was
particularly horid so undauntedly he
wrote Pink"
Unconscious humor s often the wit
test of all. The other day | heard TWO
negro lads arguing in deadly serious
ness. one was tIg Qs to Impress the
other with the lofty station to which he
had risen in life. Why. ] amt got no
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