The sun., 1916-10-29
An Afternoon With the Famous Actor At His Countr!
Home Brings Many Delightful Revelations, Among
Them That Miss Marlowe Eyes Are Blue

mother, in her busy life at that time.
had constantly to say to the bystand-
ers. Here! hold the baby while she
ran to take up her cue at rehearsal:
the infant would have TO be controlled
by an alien hand, while Ride "A cock
horse and 'Pat-a-cake. bakers man
may have been sung in my ear by
many an unwilling nurse.
1T IL not always that one may
excite admiration concerning ones
personal charms before one has
entered upon this stage OF fools.
Such. however. was my good fortune.
I have "A letter. written by my father
from New Orleans 10 his sister In
England. II says:
"'Lytton Ia the most strictly beauti-
full child you ever saw. Fan tmy
mother) Is looking over my shoulder
as I write and says: o course the
baby will he the same
1.-THE baby was myself. on De-
cember 6. 1859. at - Bienville street.
New orleans. the baby appeared. My
father. careful to remember unimpor-
tant details. made n memorandum in
a scrap book OF theatrical notices;
among other notes. such as the sum
due his landlady and the number and
variety OF articles OF clothing IN the
wash. he had jotted down: Deem
her s, 1859. a. NJ. - Bienv.lle
street. New Orleans. boy born
zone is apt TO forget n thing like
that: a baby may readily he mislaid,
and II Is always wise 10 make notes"
Once started II f. hard to stop quot
ing from Mr.. Sothern's pages Of remi-
n~iscence. Here is a chapter concern
ing one Mrs. Midget hat simply will
not let itself be skipped over:
Mrs. Midget was small and elf
like: bashful. elusive. and. in a sweet
way, mysterious. eager and earnest
about her work, ready. indefa;igab'e
and ~observant. Her forehead was
high. her nose tip tilted like a flower
and slightly on one side. and she
laughed with lips close together like
"A rosebud. She had n great sense OF
humor. and her eyes were full of
wonder.
In the same name when MI.
Oldest was dubbed MIR. Oldest that
seemed an entirely appropriate name
loI MN. Ii' q pH'S "f''s N"N'
ty-four, but there was a general i'm
preston tina, he was at least a hun
dred and two. Anyhow, he seemed
appallingly ancient to Mrs. Midget,
who herself was Just sixteen.
at was the habit of Mr.. Oldest 10
work very hard at everything and at
nothing, In fact, a candid and un-
! pleasant friend had said to him one
day: You think you work, but YOU
don't. YOU fidget.' Indeed. this was
frequently the case, for much OF the
effort OF Mr.. Oldest failed to get him
anywhere. Still. his restlessness was
Of the kind exhibited by persons eager
to start in a race, and who 1T up first
one foot and then another. who hop
about and swing their arms and cry,
'Ha. ha!' AS the war horse OF the
Scriptures Is reported to have done
when he scented battle from afar; and
who clap their hands as the little
hills are admitted TO have clapped
theirs, on the same excellent author
ity. The little hills behaved thus be-
cause they were glad, and Mr.. Oldest
was glad--not about anything In par
ticular. but Just because he wanted "a
work and because there seemed to I've
plenty OF work to do.
"'Mr. Oldest was. In fact, so anxious
to be up and doing that 10 doubt his
features at tw%enty-four took, on &C.
casion, the aspect OF Methuselah; SC
that when. one fine day. he was ad-
dressed as Mr.. Oldest he became Mr.
| Oldest from thepceforth,
at was In the summer OF 1887 thar
Mr.. Oldest started In to tidget alb
normally concerning a certain play
Mrs. Midget was cast for q part in it
That Is now thirty years ago, but Mr.
Oldest can remember quite well tbs
slim. childish figure In a summer frock
who came to rehearsal. She had very
little to say. but watched with large
eyes everything that happened. At tina,
time Mrs. Midget had a way Of speak,
Ing with her mouth pursed up and heI
lips not opening very far. She laughed
after the same fashion. and Mr.. Old
est who took upon himself to rehearst
this play and to tell everybody how L
do everything, tried to get Mrs
Midget 10 talk with more open lip.
and to laugh with wider gladness.
"This matter Of laughing was Q par.