Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1882 — A Missing Actor. [ARTICLE]

A Missing Actor.

Philadelphia Times. Robert Me Wade, the well-knowh actor, who has been identified with the play of “Rip Van Winkle” for many years, has mysteriou-ly disappeared, and his wife and children, who live at 4105 Hutton street, this city, are in great distress. In the latter part of August Mr. Me Wade was playing in Southern Utah, from whence he sent $75 to his wife. Since then, however, his wife has not heard of him. His last letter was filled with words of encouragement to his wife and advice to his children, to whom he was greatly attached. Mrs. Me Wade says, he was a regular correspondent, and is confident that sortie harm has befallen him or he would not have kept her in suspense four mouths. Mr, Me Wade has three children; the eldest boy was preparing himself for West Point, but owing to the stringent circumstances of the family since the father’s disappearance the lad has been taken from school. Mrs. Me Wade owes her landlord, Richard Middleton, SBB for rent, and yesterday the family furniture was seized for the debt. The missing actor was very popular with his fellow Thespians, and when his Wife’s troubles became known at the Chestnut-Bti.eet Theater yesterday, the acto?s and other attaches promptly raised a purse of $32 to relieve her immediate wants.

A Philadelphia theatrical wig maker says that Clara Louise Kellogg wears a profusion of blonde hair a yard long as Marguerite, at a cost of $700; but, as a rule, wigs worn on the stage are cheap imitations. The curly brown wig worn by Jefferson, as Rip Van less than an ounce, and it Is considered a marvel of good workmenship, while the gray one dost, with the beard, $l5O. Rose Wood lately paid S9O for a blonde wig. Ada Gilman $125, Marian Booth SIOO and Fanny Davenport $225. i - Nearly one-seventh oflreland is bog. Muuh is al" great boot