Show ACTOR JOE ioE JEFFERSON QUITS TH THE STAGE Now New oct ph Jeff Jefferson lSon utter alter than hen seventy years on the which time he has become one of de th most honored and nd beloved b r ii r the dramatic slon has decided absolutely never to re his career carer Sorrow was pd by all who hud had heard tile t Mr arrived l here from Boa Bos I ton where he had rested If t W v days recuperating from his recent Illness at Ba aused a sed the ab of pig jils fall tour He is t t but still mut be judi I Ious In his r and 1111 emaIn ht here re three we ks after which tie he will go by bJ easy to stopping in Wash Washington ington for tor a time and In III At Atlanta lanta the wai a l el rel reached hed he It It to his family I 1 ne never r act agaIn he said ad My upon tIa stage are arc ended t I Once the t was made and Its first feeling f solemnity had e l Mr 11 Jeferson became mere cheerful It will seem deem strange at first to act no nomore nomore more he added but I shall shaH soon get used to that nd hd I shall begin to enjoy what I d to these many tong long long holida holiday In ii which I shall enjoy uninterruptedly nature In or lIfe my paintings my mJ and companionship with wire wife children and lar ar friends I begin my mj holiday at Paterson N J was the ct city where he be last The performance was jn in June and as an dd coincidence nce took place not tar from his quaint old sUmmer home where the actor resided n seasons for thirty years |