The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18
NEGLECTED o
A Remarkable Report on the Graves
Of Old Time Actors.

= HdNo WluNly tTdNtiicu tHTOubilOut tiIls
country and In other lands. 1t has as.
tonished me to observe how completed,
forgotten and neglected are the last
resting places of man. OF those who
were once footlight favorites. For in
stance. in the dismal London cemeter,
OF Brompton the graves Of Adelaid,
Nelson. the fascinating Juliet. and OF
Ben Webster, Henry James Byron, Wal.
ter Montgomery, Charles Dillon and
rare Tom Taylor, the noted dramatist
are shamefully neglected.
In the overcrowded cemetery OF Ken.
sal Green. London. the graves of Johr
Braham. the noted tenor singer and
! composer; Catherine Hayes. the Irish
Swan; Captain Mayne Reid, the dra.
matist Lucia Elizabeth Mathews mime
Vestris). and her first husband, Charles
James Mathews; Anna Cora Mowatt,
James n. Oegood, John Liston. and
Charles, Rose and Carlotta Leclerq, are
all in a deplorable condition.
Master" william Henry West Betty,
the Young Roscius,' famous for his
precocity; George Honey. Samuel
Phelps, John and Charlotte Vandcnhon,
and the celebrated pioneer MINISTRIES
Fred Burgess and Earl Horton Pierce.
all Of them Inferred ~ HighRatc Gene
terry. London, are entirely neglected. as
well as that Of the great soprano singer
Nine. Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa. In the
same representative cemetery.
Rare old William Dowton's grave In
Norwood Cemetery. London. has been
completely lost sight Of. The once YER
satile American actress Adah 1saacs
Menken. friend Of the elder Dumas and
the poet ~Swinburne. sleeps In n forlorn
grave in the cemetery OF Mont Par
rasse. Paris.
In Pere la Chaise Cemetery, Paris.
the last resting places of Chopin. the
never to be forgotten Mime, Felix
Rachel, and the great early comic act
rex Mile. Anne FRANCHISE Mars. and
th1 historical t%ragedian Francois Joseph
Talma, are shn mefully unkernpt.
The remains OF the riquant opera
boure actress. over whose play mann
zelle' American theatregoers raved
years ago, Mile. Marie Aimee, who died
In a hospital In the village of Auteuil.
on the outskirts Of Paris, were buried
somewhere In or near the great Partisan
city. but no French dramatic historical
writer or Journalist can inform me ex-
actly where Marie Aimee was finally
laid to rest, nor can tho graves of
Mime. Marie Celeste. the eminent dan
s~euse-actress. and Nine. Angelica
Catalani, tho distinguished vocalist, he
found. Mile. Hor,ense B~arbe-Loret
Rhca. 70 popular in America. rests neg
lected In death in the Cemetery Of
Montmorency. near Paris. Mile. Rhea
was a woman OF great beauty and n
real dramatic artist. and beloved OF
Americans.
In our own country William NJ.
tRilly) Whitlock. the renowned early
minstrel, died IN Long Branch. y. j.,
on March 20. 1873. hut strange 10 say
no one among minstrel authorities can
tell where this exceedingly popular
burnt cork monarch was buried. Mrs.
Edwin Adams was Billy Whitlock's
daughter. but the date and place 81 her
death do not appear on the dramatic
records.
In beautiful Green-W Wood, Borough OF
Brooklyn. are the neglected grave OF
James william Wallack the elder.
James william wallack the younger,
John Lester Wallack, Henry John WAL
lackp Mrs James william wallack. Jr..
and also Harry Montague MANN.
Rose Massey and Amy Faws!tt. the W
unfortunate English actresses. Mary Gam
non t"Our Nary. william Mitchell. Of
tho old New York Olympic Theatre (:
Matilda Agnes Heron tshe Of Camille
famel, Laura keene, Rose Te,bir, tho
dainty Spanish dancer; Isabel Cubas,
the playwriehts Isaac G. Pray and
Charles Gayler Lola Montez. interra-
''H' hAFA viz ~ .
Charley White. the minstrel Percy
Gaunt. the son writer Billy Birch.
rare old time minstrel King Constantia
Clarke Jennie. Sophie and Billy Wor-
rell. the old clown and his two gifted
daughters these and numerous other
day thcsp.ans have neglected Green
Wood graves, rine-'cnths OF them hav-
Ing not even an ordinary marker over
their touches Of death. Ada and Min.
ttn Mont .n.A-sral -A. - -
william North. the suicide dramatist
and author Of the long forgotten move
"Tne Slave Of the Lamp reposs In
unmarked Green-Wood graves.
Also Ada Webb, John Milton Heng-
Ter. and Tom Hanlon. the ma
and Eugene eugene D'Amelib. one
of the most wonderful artists in min
~strelr, n that other nne minstrel
favorit". Billy William W. New
comb, and Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Flynn,
Of the '5ns. Not a soul over s,ands by
nowned Greenwood,
In Cypress Hills William Pleater IA
vidge, the Nne old comedian, lies neg
lected in the las, sleep also James s.
Browne. Browne was Robert Nd
cntre. and New York play lovers pam
cgyrized him, In the Cemetery Of the
Evergreens. brooklyn. IN small private
plots ana public lot graves, rest the
orce sought after Kate Newton. WI
nette Montague (Ward). John Seton
ana william T. Carleton (Rnother sui
cide). None Of these Brooklyn graves
ere ever inquired after. Maple Grove
Cemetery. Richmond Hill. near Jamaica,
l.. !. holds the dust OF George. the Count
%Joannes. the queer t%ragedian." and Holy
Cross Cemetery. Flatbush. Brooklyn,
contains the sunkcn graves of William
Henry Kennedy (Harry Kennedy. the
ventriioauist, who wrrtc the popular
song Say Au Rcvo!r. but Not Good
the noted Hooley'H Brooklyn
minstrel. Archie Hughes, Foley Nc
Kecver c"ths Great Ricardo" as this
clever minstrel Of female characters
was always billed). and William Stuart.
the old time New York manager.
Nine. Emma Furch- Niadi, that ex-
qhistte songstrces. lies IN ST. Marys
Cemetery Of Plainheld. n. J..
unhefriended In death and without n
In the Shearith Israel Jew
ish tPortuguese) Synagogue Cemetery.
Evergreens village. Long Island, Selma
polaro. Lily Langtry's bosom friend.
is ~obscurely inferred.
No theat rical comrade. am In
FORMED. ever wend his or her way 10
the last home OF Louis Montague,
Adam F~orepaugh'A Ten Thousand
Dollar Beauty" in the Saint Michael's
Episcopal Cemetery. near Astoria, l..
j, How Louise Montague was "all the
rage at one time. and how the John
n'es used to run after her when in the
Of her beauty
Hudson. the ~Maseppa" eques-
rfann n