The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-11
Hobart Bosworth Has
Lived Life He Portrays

tHtffN iutfac tffhN ako tu"hss
is.yaar.cid youth. named Hobart
basworth. began voyage
aboard an old windIsmmer sail.
Ing out II New Nurtl--a voyage
Of adventure thai this week
brought him. now q gray haired
man, 10 the Naorw theatre.
And now, with masterful tech
nique. he IL portraying the life he
learned TO know 40 intimately. In
Jack London's Tho Sea Wolf.
Like London. tioaworth has seen
life in every aspect. lie has hattled
for a bare existence, with board
for a bed and crust for a meal
lie has sailed the Eess. boxed ana
wrnstlsd for his grub. fought saw.
asely with life for life, and sue
ceeslod.
Having learned from life what life
Is. and had his own conceptions Of
life vlaualised clearly BY the prince
~ the carth'a men" Jack London.
Hobart RoswoFth declares that he Is
now trying In small way 20 keep
t.ondon's memory before the public
with the dramatic fragment. The
Sea Welt
Bosworth started life with the
fervent desire TO be an artist.
sailed Round Harm
lie was horn in Marietta, Ohio. In
1857. emharklng on voyage around
the Horn in 1879 from New York on
the Sovereign OF the Seas. II was
tough" trip. taking lis days. lie
landed AZ san Francisco. embarked
on other ships. sailed from port 20
port. and concluded with a whaling
trip along tho Pacific coast. quit.
ting the SEN at the age of Is. be-.
cause. as he says. Il began 20 dimly
see that an education was needed. IL
were to succeed In life"
hosworth was stranded In san
Francisco az Is. tough. vital and
strong, with desire 90 attain an
education and study art. He did
everything for a living In the tine Of
actual work. He tFucked. jurgled
grain sacks. and finally obtained a
Job as super at tho old California
theatre.
Decided on Stage
In the hustle and light and hfe\
OF the theatre. my ideas OF a career
as an artist went EilmmerinE--at
least, as an artist. painting pic.
lures" Bosworth says.
Instead. l Immediately decided Go
become a worth while actor. and
lent every energy to tho task. Time
came when. marvel Of marvcls. /
was given my first speaking part
was Is then. And believe noe. | real.
lard every opportunity In a. The
Production was the Power OF
Money and what I said sounded
very important.
II lasted about year with that
company. and quit wasn't fired
And was regular actor after
that"
BoSworth first played in Seattle In
81. after the big fire. lie played In
tent.
Toured Thru Mexico
Stranded In Sal, Lake City while
later, he Joined sorcrr with Hermann
the conjur.r. and went on tour OF
Mexico. Asterward. he signed up"
with Augustin a DAILY, and was
put thru a eyels at productions hast.
Ing ten years. eo-stArring with such
stage notables as Mariow.. Cross.
man, Mrs. Fisk, Florence Roberts
and Amelia Bingham.
And then, In 1900. oontractee
ftsfx 49,
fighting for breath ever since"
lie came to Seattle in 1914 with
Florence Roberts. in Marta OF the
r.owlands." Here a severe hetn0r.
rhage developed. Ard for SIX Weeks,
Bosworth ba,tied for his life harder
than he had fought for anything he.
fore. His physician was DIR. Ken
meth Turner. well known In Seattle
Friesd Of London
Bosworth first met Jack London
in san Francisco in 1914. An i'm.
mediate friendship. that was to
prove enduring. sprung up between
the two men. London was intro.
In a San Francisco theatre. The two
talked all night in Bosworth's dress
ing room.
London was the finest type of
man that ever appeared on earth
the best friend that n man could
have" is Hobart Bosworth's est.
mate OF the dead author.
Bosworth says that London was
approaching fruition Of his power as
a writer. that his best works lay be.
fore him. when he died. His works.
over 80 volumes. are filled with the