Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-27

VAS ana now much better the othA
parts were and how absolutely IL fell
pieces after the tirst act? OF cours1
did as ! was bid. and I argued viii,
the woman for hours. and fnally ~
her round. tho while he ga, cro.l
legged. after his fashion. on a dee
chair and implored me with his ev1
10 no my worst. J. happened long az
ana j was so ohsessed with the desiA
10 picasc him tina, the humor OF II
situation strikes me only now
:. Passion for Thcuter..
For money he did not care at all:
"as TO him bur pieces Of paper wi
when he could make practical the e
'"rpriseS that tcemcd In his brain Th
We're all enterprises OF tn. thcatd
having once seen a thea,er he nev
afterwards saw anything else exc.
sites FOR 'hcatcrs. This passion b.s
"hen he waS poor boy staring wis
in!iE ~ Portals on, Of which he "
hErt ny the want Of a few pence
cn.nn "heh ne hrst saw theater
csa7ntd his hand TO mis- heart "A
certainly he was true 10 his nrst loy
- 70 m" end /, was still the sam
'reat 10 MN "a 60 In: he still thr,ll
whcn The hand struck up. As IL IN
hoy mad hold OF his hand
IN a sense, he had no illusions bo
me ,heater know its tawdrine.s as
, - .''' 80 'il MS EtaSeS me
10 nave known every oncI He Won
! watch the performance OF nl,v
some language Of which he did NJ
KNOW word, and at the end tell va
! not only the whole story. but VIII
, me characters had been saving to cad
other. indeed. he could usually te
"nat was TO happen In any acts
so"h as ne saw the arrangement
ne furniture. But this did not ma d
MN hlase--a strange word. indeed
Z apniy to on" who seemed to he bod
a'r"sh each morning. II was not :
much that all the world was staa
10 him ~ that his stage vas A world
a world Of the artistic tempera
mar is 10 say, very childish uor
OF which n" was occasionally the ster
nut usually the indulgent father. iii
Ihnumerah!e companies were as chi
dfen 10 him he chided them as chi4
dren, soothed them. and forrava then|
and certainly loved them as childre
lie eNuited in thos. who became sre
names In that world. and gave ,her
beautiful toys 10 play with: but, srea1
as was their devotion to him. IL ia nd
tneN who will miss him most, b,I
rather the far greater number wh !.
never made a hit" hut set off like a
the rest TO do it. and fell ny the way
lie was of so sympathetic a nature
he understood SO well the disma Inc 3
to them Of being failures" that III
saw them as children with theft
kunckles to their eyes. and then he sal
back and cross-legged on his chai
with his knuckles. ms it were to hill
eyes. and life had lost its flavor fol
MN until he invented scheme for givi
ing them another chance
His Talent AZ a ltHcontcur.
authors OF to-day sometimes discnsi
with each other what great writer 81
the past they would like most to spend
an evening with if the shades weri
wiling 10 respond. and believe (an}
honeI that the choice most often fall
on Johnson or Charles Lamb. Lam1
was fond OF the theater. and thinI
OF all those connected with IL that
nave known Mr.. Fr6hman Is the oni
with whom he would most have liked
10 spend an evening. Not hecause o1
Mr. Frohman's ability. though he had
me hisEest brain ! have met with OF
the stage, but because Of his hui,oi
ana charity and gentle chivalry and
MS most romantic mind. One can con
ceive him as so often. sitting at eas
lar pack. in his chair. ross-leesed oc
casionally ringing for another ice. FOL
nc was sn partial to sweets that h.
could never get them sweet enough
ana sometimes he mixed two in the
nope that this would make then
or me stage as only he could tel
mem. rising now and roaming the hooi
as he shows how the lady OF the pla,
receives the declaration. and perhap
forgetting that you are the author Of
me play. and telling you the whole
Story or 1T with superb gesture and
cleaning eyes. Then back again cross
legged to the chair. What an ESSAY
Ella might have made of that night
none OF it about the stories told, all
about the man in the chair. the humorI
Gus. gentle. roughly educated. very hni
American gentleman In the chair.
Perhaps IL is hitting that all thosl
VINO only made for honest mirth ahd
happiness should now go out Of
world because too wicked for th6nj
Strange to think that in America
Dernburs and Bernstorff, who we mus
believe were once good men, too, havI
an extra smile with their breakfa :
roll because they and theft have downeJ
Charles Frohman.
It's His Long Suit.
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