The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

week, q So raise over his previous
salary. ST mentioned had quite
q little experience and had Inn
proved in my enunciation since
Fifth Avenue Theater days. He
wrote he was glad to hear / had
improved, but that I should not
make him pay for all the Inn
provements.'
Even In the '70's Mrs. Gilbert
was called Grandma. - Ada
Rehan was handsome and attrac-
tive, with fine. expressive eyes.
James Lewis was the most COM
panionable Of men,. $50
With Joe Jefferson, Drew was
addressed by a stoclily built man
in the hotel lobby after a per-
Torrance. care you playing in
town now. Mr.. Jefferson" the
stranger asked. Rather plying
the man in his ignorance, Jeffer-
son replied in the affirmative.
What q ,simpleton he must be-
who did not know that Rip was
having a record rum thought
Jefferson. The stranger was Gep-
era1 Grant. -
So firmly intrepched in public
favor were the four principals Of
the DAILY company, that that inn
presario would not risk leaving
them out Of the cast. According
~ he cast Mrs. Gilbert once in. q
trivial role as a retainer to PEI
truchio
Scan this cast OF a midsummer
Nights Dream: James Lewis,
Bottom, Otis Skinner, Lysandsr;
John Drew, Demetrius; Joseph
Holland. Theseus; Bijou Fer
nandez, Puck; Ada Re1an, Helena;
Virginia Droher, Hernia; Effie
Shannon. Titania. Appropriately
enough" says Drew; I'VE were
playing this piece on that Monday
night in March, 1883. when the
great blizzard occurred. >"
In an allstar performance Of
"As You Like IT, with Crane,
Robson. Frank Mayo, Rose
Coughlan, Drew and many other
famous people, Mayo who was a
great favorite as Jaques, went to
a hotel for a cooling glass during
one Of his long waits. Until a
call boy rushed up to him he for
got the passage of time and the
cue waiting for his speech. 1.-THE
Seven Ages of Man. Taking a
short cut, he fairly flew over some
fences and as he neared the stage
he began reciting his speech to
give the impression he wasn't late
but on the job all the time. He
had not calculated. his distances
and when he arrived on the scene,
GREATNESS and painting, the speech
was all uttered.
OF Nat Goodwin, Drew let's US
in on the. secret Of his stage
genesis; he began as the hind
legs Of a heifer in "Evangeline."
Sothern In Louisville one day
was approached by a citizen.
''Mr. Mansfield, I ain glad to see
you here and / am going to at
tend every performance. I have
watched your career. Mr.. Mans
field" and with that he walked
away. Drew asked, "why In
Heavens name didn't you say
something. He doesn't know
Dick Mansfield is dead"
We'll" said Sothern "tha.
doesn't hurt me so much. He
doesn't know I'm alive"
Space forbids more than
scratching Of the surface of
Drew's delightful book. 1t is
not all anecdotal. There is a
name parade OF the mighty in
stagedom, Of the tours in Eng
land, France and Germany; an
intimacy found only in the in.
scriptions Of those who know the
| theater.
John Drew's daughter, Louise,
the granddaughter Of two famous
actresses and the great grand.
daughter of the English actress,
Eliza Kinloch, together with the
three children of Drew's Glster,
George, namely, Lionel, Ethel
and Jack Barrymore are carrying
on the family tradition in the
fourth generation while Drew
himself, We hope, is long dis
tances from retirement.
OF Mrs. Carter, too. we could
say much. but alas, she has writ
ten no book and what can a
Hedging do without the inevitable
reference work.