Show LAWRENCE a A R R I 1 kle arts peatie a crt great LOM 1064 to ho the american Atner lean there U 1 no tio oue cue whose death would bar been felt more distinctly ax a loir loss to lbs tb american theater then than that of law barrett till this li Is att because h be was w a very groat mat actor though tie he was A very lood one ho lie lad no such artl art stio litia anre to twi eminence neace as belongs V t the gnat great actor with whom ue as hod lail hn jan undated and yet mr booths would less booths effect the contemporary stage for sir booth creative period has already paved and at the most we ceu can expect no o 0 wora from him thou the repetition at 0 a duci aiu bor ot of familiar mr barrett on the other band wivi it knan of mallm lonerg and un ragging entert als nho he brought ti t the higher plane of dramatic dramn llo endeavor la ia this country a vital fore that sva was peo ullar to himself bl ml abo story ot of hii hl life it is ia in itself a leisson 1 ambition worthily wort lilly mart ing in poverty and arity with no ad van cither either in physical gift gifts or in ariy education be on 0 coune course of labor tudy study and gal elf f discipline till he made himself hinie elt tle master ot of his tl profession aud and the of any of bl his cholar scholar octora actors of bit his day the energy that blamed in ble his frail pit ai i lue ue implored limitation limitations on bis his art lie was alway always a careful thoughtful cons clentious lent lous ious actor and whatever he be did the tho wl terl ou on earnestness of a man who believed in the dignity of his calling and whose whoso artis alms were always high and noble it was this that mado made his work as a manager so important to him the drama d rama wa was something far apart from the how show bu bustnes busl sines nes with mith which it bes become to gen generally ersly ami and from his earliest experience in new orleans ana ano ban francisco to hi boxt work as director of mr booths performances 1111 ces he be set alway always be tore fore him a ha ideal which he strove earnestly to fulfill lt if be did not always reach his ideal no one know it better than he no was one of the laft tot of the actor managers mena man in america and there ia Is no actor now above the horizon who iu lu this field seems likely to tale ble his place an actor from hi his boyhood and passing most of his life in the theater mr me barrett arrett li rone the less found time to cultivate the and to make himself respected aw AV I 1 man inan the conscience that was hia most precious preci endowment was a part of a serious dignified character pure in lito life end and gente in all bis his personal relations be he honored the profession balon be he adorned enu set an example to younger actors that can be pointed to the more confidently fi from the tact fact that his laborious labo riou life at length was crowned with dumess and that he died in banies harnes 4 as the good t should honored and limen lamented ted by the great public bo be bad had served |