The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-26
Prominent Wen and Women Of
tIiess age 3emInlIslIcsle i Over 4.
Thanks givlng
Not susuaily . pay Of Great Rejoicing
a or Thorn, But They Tell % Past
ESperIonees Which Have
Il !, fingered In the
5'f4 Memory.
r<So.THD actor Thanksgiving day
usually means on1 day Of
harder work than usual-a day

~ - When there are special uAtF
y .,nees and when luncheon and
dinner are hurried through 80 as to be
lat; the theater In time to make up and
play the part that the public, paying
for espeeial amusement on this day,
( demands:,
z, OF course, picturesque Thanksgty'
ing story dealing with theatrical PEG
Z pie would tell of driving snowstorms.
long cold walking Of railroad ties, per
formanceB that were not prefaced BY
dinners, and with the hope Of unearth'
ing some such sad tales the interview.
Or hunted out group Of players and
asked them for Experiences"
Thanksgiving Tragedy.
First, there was Miss Grace Hun.
who. was requested to tell her Thanks
giving memories. grave or gay.
The charming leading lady laughed.
."Well" she said, my funniest mem.
DRY was q tragedy at the time, for the
first turkey 1 ever cooked vas on
Thanksgiving day. did not know that
there. was to be company. but my
mother had invited some friends to
dinner, and you may imagine my hor'
ror when I'realized that some one out.
Side Of the family was coming to test
my first attempt at cooking the nation
al bird. have had stage fright many
times In my life, but never, never
had the stage fright equal to that ex'
perienced when that turkey was
brought to the table-and didn't
know how it was going to be.
= Another Thanksgiving that stands
out viyidly in my memory was one that
I spent in a little town out West On
the veranda where was sitting was
a poor cripple boy playing with a ball.
1 was watching him and rejecting
that while wasn't in the happiest
surroundings, had a lot for which to
be thankful, because didn't happen to
be deformed, like the poor boy.
"T felt very sorry for that boy and
very kindly toward him, so that when
his ball rolled away and down hill |
started after It for him. Just imagine
my surprise when, suddenly, e,threw
away his crutch and swore violently at
me. telling me in no uncertain terms
to keep away from his ball. That
knocked a great deal Of the Thanks
giving spirit out of me, | can assure
you, for It was such shock to find
that the poor little cripple for whom
felt so very. very sorry was only
fake"
Tale Of Too Much Turkey.
Miss iHut's narrative stopped amid
a ripple Of laughter, and some one sug-
gested that Lowell" tell about his
Thanksgiving. Mr.. Sherman, the
handsome leading man, looked gloom
lily. into space and, of course, It was
expected that he had some beautifully
romantic experiences to relate-some-
thing that would thrill the matinee
girls.
But alas and alack for ideals!
.,:'I remember one Thanksgiving" -
aanauptsd after bit, that stands out
ins MY memory as the aRddest I have
eYsr spent. / had been Ill for two
weeks beioHe-undar the Doctors care
and had him at my side all the time
at home and in the theater, hadn't
eaten a,mouthful of solid food for two
weeks, when suddenly the day OF
Thanksgiving felt myself again.
Naturally wanted to celebrate my
recovery, go I planned Thanksgiving
dinner. that was really dinner-eyery
thing from soup to nuts! How did en-.
Joy that dinner!
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