Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 35, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 February 1897 — Page 3

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Impaled by a Glance.

My first experience with Forrest was many years before the period of which I am now writing. I was a boy and acted as one of the numerous supernumeraries. I could nerer please him. He declared that I was the most stubborn lad he bad ever met. One day he kept nagging at me so persistently about the manner in which I carried

my spear, which, by the way, had a

Forrest was almost morbid in some Tcspectn. Ho con Id not be brought to believo that he had any sincere friends. Evon his intimates, bethought, admired his ability, not himself. It was in all probability this trait which earned him so many personal enemies. He was not suspicious. On the contrary, he was one of tho most trustful and confiding men it has ever been my privilege to meet. Ho simply thought himself personally unattractive and was unable to underatand how any one could regard him in1 any other light. A very excellent illus-' Oration of this trait was afforded one

afternoon when at his invitation I went with him to his country place at Fout Hill, which i.s now Mount St. Vincent, inthisciiv. Ho had there a beautiful Arabian mrtro named Dolly. While we were on the bronil piiizzu Forrest shouted loudly, "Dolly, Doily!" In a very few }*oeum he shnjvly steed came praneing from the direction of the stable, uml, going to her owner, rubbed her head aft cetiouately njrninst his shoulder. Turning to me, this re murk able man, then in tho very zenith of his glory, remarked, "John, here is the

only

Forrest was very much annoyed by tho loud talking and laughing which proceeded from a l*ex occupied by the manager of a prominent city paper and the wife of the propriety. He eame to me and complained of it. I sent a polite mossafre to the disturbers and requested that the noise ceswe. For a few momem* compilative quirt rrigned in that particular spot, bnt after a very short interval it was broken by more talking and laughing than hnd 1 »vn indulged in before, Forrest was furious. Blind to his own interests and deaf to my entreaty, he siro.ie close to tho box. and staring the offender oat of countenance he said:

the rootiights.

of a Venerable Stage iyianager—Associations with Forrest.

of my

important engagements as a foil stage manager was in this city win Forrest. I remained with that capacity for a long time, my intimate personal and profesal association with him qualifies to speak authoritatively of one of

grandest figures the American

stage has ever 3mown. In fact, I think that 1 am well within bounds when I declare that Edwin Forrest was the

most convincing actor in thiB country been debated far a consideradtrring the latter half of the nineteenth century.

sharp steel point, that I became angry, f°r» great as she was, he was considered and, boylike, regardless of the conse- I tlie public as even greater. But he

conse-

quences, I attacked him with the weapon. Ho fled ignominiously. The members of tho company were convulsed with laughter. Suddenly the giant stopped and fairly impaled the actors with a terrific glance. There was an ominous pause, while everybody quaked in anticipation of the earthquake that was about to come. Then Forrest burst into aloud laugh. Most of us were greatly relieved at the unlooked for turn of events, "but wo were all so thoroughly frightened that none of us dared to join in his hilarity.

KoRlitvST RiSBUKiXO TUK OOOUi'ANTei OF THK UOX.

living creature which really lore? 'the Roman type, and the sharpness of me disinf. rested!v. He sighed deeply, and I could not help thin'ring that perhaps the heart of this taciturn genius concealed a romance ef which the world knew nothing.

Othello a peers to have Ix^en a fateful character for Forrest. It was at the time believed by those who were in a position to speak wiih authority that it was something which occurred at one of Forrest's *poriV-r::: uvs? of Othello which gave Edwin Doo:h an undisputed position as an extroin ly great aetor. At I

any rate, it is quite certain that up to Forrest handsomely, as many snperanthat tune he was regarded only as a particularly promising "son of his father," while iumieoiutely afterward he was ueet jKeti for himself and was recognized as a potent favorite.

"Madam, either yon oar I must cease talking, or the play cannot go on." A Chance For Bdwin Booth.

Naturally this had the desired effect, but it brought down upon Forrest a torrent of condemnation from those who declared that his action was brutal and unjustifiable. The next morning the newspaper owned by the husband of the loquacious lady published a long article, in which it stated that, while the right to the premiership of the American

ble time, it ought to be considered as settled. Forrest was •waning Edwin Booth was growing stronger every day. Booth had been coming Forrest had been going. 'The king is dead. Long live the king!" and a lot more in that line. This article was widely copied, and this it was which many believed firmly established Edwin Booth, as I have already explained.

One of Forrest's weaknesses was his dislike of Charlotte Cushman. He could

no*

possibly have been envious of ber,

disliked her intensely. For many years before he died these two transcendent artists had never spoken. I had been in the employ of both, liked them both and admired them both as individuals and actors. /They were two of the grandest people I had ever met, and it was my constant hope that I might be able to bring about a reconciliation. The op portunity I thought had arrived when I received a letter from Felix Vincent and John Ellsler, who were then managing the Atbenaenm in Cleveland, informing me that Edwin Forrest was to pla1 three nights at their house and that hhad requested that I come on to rehearse for him the three pieces which he was to do.

The letter further stated that Charlotto Cushman was to fill out the other three nights of the week. I went, and 1 thought that my chance had come ai last. Forrest's opening bill was "Richelieu, and he gave a particularly good performance. Miss Cushman was in a box. She led the applause and in nc perfunctory manner either. I was shaking hands with myself. Forrest certainly could not resist such a tribute from

such an artist. I was thunderstruck when he strode off the stage and made some sneering allusion to Miss Cushman.

He was taken ill with gout tho next day and had to cancel the other two nights. My long cherished plan had come to naught. They never met after that.

In appearanco Forrest was a most impressive man. He was a couple of inches short of fl feet and weighed about 220 pounds. His chest was enormous, his jaws powerful, his teeth large, regular and as white as snow. His nose was of

his eye was immediately noticed. In short, he was a typical Roman gladiator in appearance. His hair was always disheveled, his necktie was never straight, and his clothes, while of the finest quality, were carelessly worn. In mauner Forrest was almost brusque, though, as I have said, tender hearted in the extreme. Some persons have said that Forrest was a heavy drinker. They simply could not have known the man. He was very abstemious in everything, even in the matter of food. Acting paid

nuated members of the profession who have been eared for at the home which he endowed and which bears his name caL testify.

The Old Stor-%

Police Magistrate—I would at like to think, prisoner, that you attempted suicide. Yet witnesses testify they saw you cm the pier a minute before the accident But why did you go off—

Tan key—Ish the ole story—hie—I s'pose I Aidb't know I was—hie—loaded.—Buffalo Times.

HUMAN DUPLICATES.

LIKE ALL GREAT MEN THE PRESIDENT ELECT HAS A DOUBLE.

He Once Endangered the Major's Be potation For Sobriety Cleveland** Doubles Are Many Speaker Reed Hai a

Physical Counterpart. .•,

[Special Correspondence.]

WASHINGTON,

HON. A. T. FOX.

other president elect to admire and read about today. If Major McKinley had gone into private life instead of into the governorship of Ohio when he retired from the house of representatives, he would have ceased to be a political quantity of move than local importance. Politicians said to me when the major retired from congress, "He has ceased to be a presidential possibility unless he gets the nomination from the next national convention." They were wrong. The major kept himself alive by becoming the governor of a great state.

McKinley's Doable.

Here is where Major McKinley's double comes into the story. A gentleman conspicuous in the politics of Ohio said to a friend, "I will not support this man McKinley for governor."

Why?'' said his friend. Because,'' he replied, "I cannot support for governor a man who gets drunk." "Drunk!" said his friend. "You never saw William McKinley drunk. I doubt if he ever tastes liquor." "That shows how little you can know of the man, "said the first speaker. 'I saw him blind drunk not many days ago at ." Major McKinley's friend was much disturbed. He knew there was a mistake somewhere. But where? He went to the major in his extremity, and it happened that on that very day there came to tho home of the 'jr a man who lived not many huntln miles from Canton. "His card came# when the conversation was in progress. The major listened to what his friend had to say of his conversation with the accuser. Then he sent for his other visitor. He entered. The first caller looked at him in surprise. If he had met him on the street, he might have mistaken him for Major McKinley. The major smiled that quiet smile which has made so many of his recent visitors at Canton feel at ease. "Were you at on such a day?" he asked. The newcomer said he believed he was. "My dear fellow," said the major, "you will ruin me if you don't take the pledge. Here is a gentleman who brings me the story that I was drunk in on that day, when I wasn't within 100 miles of the place." The visitor confessed that he had indeed been drunk on the day and at the place named. He was a good friend of the major. He was not a public character," aui he had not realized that his conduct was a matter of importance to any one but the members of his family and himself. He and the major had a good laugh over the confusion of their identity, and the first visitor went away provided with an alibi for the major and a solution of the story which his friend had told.

President Cleveland's Doable.

President Cleveland, as I have said, has many doubles. Some people think that A. A. Wilson, the marshal of the District of Columbia, looks like him. The resemblance does not strike me, but all eyes do not see alike. Any stout man with a fat face and a mustache, without positive features, might look a little like Mr. Cleveland to some eyes. Speaker Reed is another fat man who has doubles. The chief among these in Washington was the late Charles N. Bell, the photographer. He really did look like Reed, the point of different between them being that Reed's little mustache was black, while the shadow which hung on the upper lip of Bell wa§ red. If Mr. Bell were living now1 and had shaved off his musta che, as Mr. Reed has done, there wonld be little to distinguish one from the other. What made it easy to recognize Mr. Bell or Mr. Reed when Mr. Bell was alive was the fact that Mr. Bell rode up Pennsylvania avenue in a carriage, while Mr. Reed always walked or took a cable car. Few of the statesmen who sit in the house or senate have carriages.

The likeness of Mr. Bell to Mr. Reed was a source of annoyance to Mr. BelL This is not often the case with men who are doubles. Usually the double takes a pride in his resemblance to some public man, and sometimes he uses it as a means to play jokes or get drinks. There is a clerk in one of the departments who is used as the instrument of a practical joke very often. He looks like a conspicuous statesman, and he is introduced to a group of strangers by his friends as "Senator ——." He assumes the character very seriously, and the visitors go

TERBE HATTTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, FEBRUARY 27, 1897.

Feb. 22. President

Elect McKinley has a double. It is the fate of all great men. President Cleveland has a dozen. Speaker Reed, in spite of the marked peculiarities which have helped to make him famous, has more than ona No man is truly great until he has at least two of them.

Major McKinley1* double came very near being a factor in the major's candidacy for the governorship of Ohio, and if he had been we would have an-

•way from Washington firm in the oonviction that they have spent an evening with a senator. They also note in their conversations afterward that it is characteristic of a senator in Washington that he allows scone one else to order all the drinks.

Dr. DepeWs Doable.

Ghauncey Depew said the last time he was here that he was always getting letters from men who thought they looked like him. Mr. Depew is likely to have doubles in almost every community because of the peculiar cut of his whiskers. Mr. Depew has a set of "sideboards" which would attract attention anywhere, and as that style of adornment is not popular it is not sur prising that men who have no other of his characteristics but these whiskers and a Roman nose are saluted in various parts of the world as "Mr. Depew. These doubles often send Mr. Depew their photographs and ask for his in return.

The most complete double of Mr. Depew was the late circus manager, Adam Forepaugh. Mr. Forepaugh did really look like Mr. Depew, and he made use of the fact for advertising purposes Sometimes he would even get out posters announcing that Mr. Depew was to address the audience at one of the performances of his circus, and Mr. Depew would be deluged with inquiries from all parts of the country and with protests against such a degradation of a great name. Mr. Depew is one of those calm, philosophic persons who do not protest against anything trivial, and as Mr. Forepaugh never committed a crime in his name he allowed the deception to be practiced without protest, thinking it a good joke on the public. There are thousands of people in the United States who boast, of having heard Channcey Depew speak who never saw him.

There was a perfect epidemic of doubles of Mrs. Cleveland just after her marriage. "Do you think I look like Mrs. Cleveland?" was a stock inquiry in society in not one but dozens of cities. Young women all over the country had their pictures taken in the poses made famous by the photographs of Mrs. Cleveland, which were scattered everywhere, and these they sent to the White House with letters asking Mrs. Cleveland if she noticed the resemblance. She was very good natured about the matter and returned pleasant answers. In some cases she sent her photograph too.

Cause of Confnslon.

When Samuel J. Tilden was a publio man, he was annoyed constantly by men who tried to pass themselves off as tho Sage of Gramercy Park. They did not find it very hard to personate Mr. Tilden, for the reason that smooth faces are not common, and the fact that Mr. Tilden's face was smooth was the pair ticular characteristic which the public seized as identifying him. You know, many people think Levi P. Morton looks like Mr. Tilden. They did not think so when Mr. Morton wore the luxuriant "dundrearies" which distinguished him when he was a banker and a private citizen. The public is not to be blamed for confusion about the identity of public mefl. There is much to confuse the publio mind in the newspaper portraits which are printed in these days of illustrated journalism. No two printed pictures of a public character are alike. So the public seizes on the fact that a man has a prominent nose or a bald face or a big figure, and every individual imagination fills in the other details of the portrait. Mr. Tilden was much annoyed at the people who usurped his identity.

Men Who Look Like Bryan.

There was an outbreak of Bryan resemblances in the last campaign. Wherever Mr. Bryan spoke there was at least one person in the audience who bore some resembianco to him who was painfully conscious of the fact. A lady who attended the meeting in St. Louis told me she saw a stranger in an adjoining seat who seemed to be writhing under public attention, and when she ajked the lady with him for the loan of her opera glasses the stranger broke out with, "Don't you think my son looks like Mr. Bryan?" Strange to say, one of the men who look like Bryan is a member of the next house, and he ran on the Republican ticket in Duluth and beat the Bryan candidate for congress. He is Judge Page Morris, and when he was here the other day the resemblance was noted by many of "Bryan's friends.

Another of the new members looks like Dr. Frank Howe of The Evening

HON. W. H. FLEMING.

Star. He is A. T. Fox of West Point, Miaa W. EL Fleming of Georgia, also anew member, nsed to look like another of The Star's bright young men—John P. Miller. Mr. Fleming met with an accident some years ago—he was kicked by a runaway hone—and the appearance of his face was altered, so that the likeness between Mr. Miller and him will not be noteworthy.

Colonel G. C. Morrow, the very efficient executive clerk of the senate, who rejoices in the fact that he is "a MisjKjorian, not a grammarian," is the walking image of Senator Peffer. Senator Davis looks like a survival of Botler of Massachusetts.

GEORGE GRANTHAM BAD*

There is probably no malady to which the human body is liable so painful or aggravating as rheumatism. The person so unfortunate as to be afflicted with this insidious disease has no outward indication of inward torment Unlike other disorders it does not often affect the appetite nor does it in most instances reduce the flesh.

Often a certain flush in the face accompanies the ailment and leads the friends of the patient to congratulate him on his healthy appearance with the familiar expression, "now well you look," while he is suffering the most acute torment Not often being the direct cause of fatality, the patient does not generally receive the sympathy of friends as is the case of other complaints. Often during the day there is a marked subsidence of the pain and the sick man is able to get around with considerable comfort only lo feci the most excruciating agony on retirin and the night is spent in the most painful sleeplessness. Sometimes the disease assumes a migratory character moving from limb to limb. This is the most alarming symptom as it is apt to locate in the vital parts in which case it is liable to prove fatal. Under the most favorable circumstances an otherwise healthy body may wear out the disease, but the cases when once seated and recovery follows ure few. Frequently it does not succumb without leaving the" extremities in a deformed condition and the hands often remaining permanently out of shapes After seeming convalescence it is liable to return on the slightest provocation.

The application of embrocations and other outward remedies may, in a slight degree, alleviate the suffering but are powerless to give permanent relief

REV. JOSEPH 8BCHLER.

A gentleman connected with the press was recently conversing with Rev. Joseph Scchler who furnished him with some information concerning the above mentioned disease.

AEW YORK

EirtsfindsInformed

A Minister's Sufferings

FOR FIFTEEN YEARS REV. JOSEPH SEOHLER WAS IN TORMENT. Tried all Sorts «f Medicine, but None Afforded Relief,

Somewhat Discouraged but with Faint Hope He was led to try a New Remedy. Read what He now Says.

From the Gazette. Galena, lUinoia.

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