The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28

is the recipient of many strange letters.
one Of these read:
-vENEERED SIR: I wish to go on the
stage. and would like TO Join our
valuable theatre. I have been a brick
layer for Ave years. but having failed
In this branch | have decided to take
on acting, II being easier work. atm
not young. but I am six feet tall with
out my boots. l have studied Balls
system of Ellacution. and | am fond
Of reading"
Another Nn: Cd.
DEAR Mr.. TREE: hear YOU want
dark people for your Antony and
Cleopatra | should like to come {,
you. | am n Mohammcdan have
great dramatic talent. Yours truly.
"SAhpoNApALrs.
up 81 can MT any grand piano
with my teeth"
Going back some years. | might say
that on lrving's death I rcjoined my
old chief. Sir Charles Wyndham. / had
rropheeied his knighthood six months
before II happened in aN article for a
daily paper on the subject Of should
Actors be Knighted?" with the second
headline "Sir Charles wvndham a
Coronation ISODtuIIltN. Inc nuTnOV
of the idea evidently appealed to Sir
Charles. for on my showing him the
| proof he asked. Cant you make II q
lcrd?"
/ next Joined Sir John Hare the was
then plain "Mr.") ~ his general man
nger for his farewell our OF the Eng
lish provinces and last performances Of
certain pays in London. Thus com
menced one Of the most delightful OF
all my engagements. so thoughtful and
apprecia,ive was SIR John. Never
shall I forget his CONSERVATION when
as he was escaping from some de-
pressing town IN the Midlands n
Sunday morning n secdv looking IN
rabitnnt cam" up to him. put out his
hand and sad. England Is proud Of
you. sir" thus constituting himself the
seif-appointed deputy OF n nation tn
the confusion OF Sir John AT the time,
hut his subsequent amusement.
Nor was | less impressed by the re-
mark made to me by "A grateful waiter
to whom ! had given a pass to see Sir
John IN ON" of his iiaely contrasted
characters. Going back at night To his
hotel after looking l,Gg and furtlvcly
at tho dapper little gentleman he had
served with supper. who presented Il
striking contrast to his appearance ns
Eccics. GoIdnnch or OHcr. Tho almos,
hypnotiacd waiter said: "E do dis
gu!se 'iSsc.f. duan't 20"
Perhaps. however. the two finest
tributes paid to Sir john IIar" were
those Of a colleague of his and The
late King Edward. II was George
! : HAy n ,,I.r pt',l, t..ry A.. t.,fl,H .V.-.,HI-l
hum In a little speech before the cur
tain of a theatre 70 which hc was
coming as not only a great actor hut
- great gentleman" while KING Ed
ward when Sir Johns name was men,
toned at "A certain dinner party said,
referring to him, My favoritc actor
both on and off the stage Nor can
! forget his Majesty hearty grco.-
!ug to Hare ON the nlsht ~ IN, Kings
last birthday hat one AZ Sanjriusham
after Hare had been playing a quiet
Rubber" before the royal family party.
ON the King thanking him suisse
qucntlN Sir John awaited h.msel. Of
the opportunity Of thanking his Maj
,Sty too for ia" tn. Just bestowed
upon him. was only a few wards
away. ana 4 week later was AN oh
server If the moro formal PERFORM
auce of "N I'alr %! Spcc,aclos' at
Windsor Castle in honor of the
KAISER
rwinr 20 81 John Hare, virtual
or provisional retirement o." rc,um-
m"udcd my REINSTATEMENT ny Sir
Johnston Furuco-RohcrtSon. whom I
rcloiuod some seven or clCh; Years
~" and with whom | remained rs