The New York herald., 1922-12-24

are supposed 10 90 TO none Dut lntlmat
friends. 1t was invariably the II" style
AS for instance: 'The famous Frencl
sculptor Bartholdi, who ran over the ponC
to view the little island where his statu,
of Liberty will stand remarked to me a:
we stood on the sea wall of Battery Parl
watt US to Bedloe's: My dear Weelis
&C., &c."
Or Mrs. Astor, mother of John Jacob W
would consult me on the marriage of hel
son to Miss Ava, and would reassure hel
that despite his wealth the pair should hav,
a chance for happiness. AS one of the
gang had seen photographs of rooms in the
Astor palace on upper Fifth avenue one Of
them would be carefully described as the
scene wherein 1 delivered myself of the
dictum of a man of the world on this deli.
cate subject
Mrs. Roberts's lima aginary Partner.
And no doubt Mrs. Marshall o. Robert:
must have been mystified if she read il
the Tfmes-Democrat that she had opened
a hall of the 400 sponsored by Ward Mac
Allister at Delmonico's with no less 6
partner than the papers correspondent
AS | remember, one of the Bohemians hat
been corraled by his family and carried of
to a charity ball in the Metropolitan, where
he had seen this lady wearing a broad rec
sash and all her decorations, and what ht
remembered of her costume served to dres.
her at the former imaginary festivity. Fol
lowing this letter my salary check from
the Southern sheet showed weekly in
crease of s5, due was sure, to my promi
nenee in society.
These ingenious stories were. however
subsidiary to the main budget which cluns
persistently to the theater where, indeed
We were all at home. There were among IA
actually two or three aspiring actors per-
sistently "at liberty" and they could some.
times add true news to the gossip the
girls we knew in the theaters were kint
enough to provide Altogether 1 feel that
can boast (since the letters were a col.
0eneris. and like Crabbe Robinson de-
serves republication
About this time think, although it may
have been a little later Mrs. Potter and
Kyrle Bellew were preparing to launch a
revival of Antony and Cleopatra" ant
in this wonderful drama 1 made my frs,
and thus far my only appearance on the
stage I had speaking part, too, which
makes it all the more astounding. Yes, ]
was cast for the Messenger from Sicyor
My part consisted of but ten words. new.
ertheless for speaking them at Wallack's
L enjoyed the envy of every resident OF
Red Hook.
1t happened in this way: While the cast
was being gathered 1 met on Broadway one
day youth who had been on the loose IN
Paris when I was. Although his family
had recalled him to go into the real estate
business in Los Angeles, their home. he
had broken away and joined a road theat-
rical company, which after many hard
ships finally got back to New York. He
was down and down far, yet not witho IT
prospects, for an hour before 1 met him
he had been engaged for Agrippa in the
Potter-Bellew production.
"I'll be all right" said he, "if l can hold
out till the opening. I've got enough
chicken feed to buy meal a day, but !
don't know where am to sleep"
Come on up to Red Hook with me-
said I, generously; mo friend of mine shall
walk the streets while have a camp bed
and red velvet sofa to choose between y
The Animated Red Velvet Sofa.
He accepted. of course, and he chose. as
had hoped he would. the red velvet sofa.