Evening star., 1926-03-21

Hough SuStainS the principal female
character. Miss HMigh was the spe-
cial pet at Laura Keene's for the
past two seasons and is said to be
the very finest soubrctte on the Amer
lean stage. These are supported by
performers selected with great care
and from the best now on the stage.
The performance tonight will con
clude with the local farce of j. j. of
the War Department
The Star. Wednesday, April %,
1862. i'd
Manager Growers opening las;
night was certainly n very handsome
affair. The house was crowded in
every part and tho universally eX.
pressed opinion was delight both with
the theater and the acting" The no
tice gave praise to the players. nam
ing several--perhaps all--of them
Mention is made of Mrs. GermonS
land the beautiful and accomplished
Misses Parker and Climber and such
we'll known performers as Messrs
Tilton. Phillips. Bokee and Meldrum."
The notice continues: This is the
anniversary of the Bard Of Avon
and tonight Mr.. Tilton will recite
The Seven Ages of Man Married
Life and The Toodles' will be pre-
sented with Setchell in two of his
highest characters. Miss Hough will
sing her great comic song 'Jesiah's
Courtship.' saS sung by her in New
York theaters for 300 consecutive
nights"
IN hunting these musty things the
Rambler read names of many
comedians who are dust. Their names
are strangers now. Perhaps the grave
in which "old favorite" was laid has
been forgot. Or. perhaps, the grave
is known to a daughter who keeps
the image of her mother in some
corner of the brain. 1t may be that
man whose eyes have CROPPED along
these lines will mutter Yes. remem-
Der Setchell--how droll he was" Or
II remember Lofty Hough--how gay.
how pretty" Yes. old reader. those
were names Of long ago. Setchell
Lofty Hough, the beautiful and ac-
compiled Misses Parker and Climber"
and 'such we'll known performers as
Messrs. Tilton, Phillips Bokee and
Meldrum'' have made their last bow
have spoke their last line. When it
was they passed the Rambler does
not know. but almost surely 1t was
long ago. l feel that in bringing back
their names to the eyes of men T may
be doing something which pleases
them if they are conscious in another
life. And the Rambler believes that
whatever reward or happiness lies be-
yond the last breath is theirs-just
as though they had led stricter, cold.
err life than probably they did. And
as we say farewell to these actors
Will you forgive an old chap who
works moderately hard-just moder
a n 0or I, iC,
a nip that is unlawful, and who also
works moderately hard-just moder-
ately-to give you things you like to
read-will you forgive this old chap
for recalling the lines Where be your
glbes now? your songs? your flashes
OF merriment, that were wont to set
the table in roar? Not one now, to
mock your own grinning? quite chop
fallen? Now get you to nv lady's
chamber and tell her. let her paint
an inch thick, to this favour she
must come: make her laugh at that"
And as we part, let us. YOU and I.
give a grateful thought to Leonard
Grover. Let us hope that when the
end came he was serene and knew no
fear. Let us hope that when Charon
put him ashore troupes of old friends
came round him. And I would not
print one word about it If his old
friends handed him a cymbium. or a
patera, or even Il scyphus of Faler.
mum.
With the hope of getting a picture
OF Growers Theater / went to my
long time friend. William II. (Willie)
Fowler, manager of the National. He
loaned me the picture which is before
YOU. 1t is a photograph made of
the National Theater on January 10,
1868, at which time the managers
and proprietors were w. f. Spalding
and w. w. RapIey. 1t is fair as
sumption that the building was then
as it had been under Leonard Growers
proprietorship in 1862 and the follow
ing years of the Civil War. On the
photograph are the names, Herzog.