Show A Pleasant Glimpse of llnoth I It was during these days that those actors who have since become famous wcro guests at my fathers housa firstaniotig them Edwin I Uooth n ho was playing nil early starring engagement at the Howard Athenaeum and i used to drive out to daily dinner with my mother I I remember of our punishments as chil i ill en was to ho forcid to sit at a side table We did not mind this so much when no ono but members of the family were present but one daoh honors Mr Boothainvcd unexpectedly I un-expectedly and walked into the dining room as wlshicu < tom My sister and I wcro seated nt the side table Tears of 11101 tificntion filled our eyes and wo wore very push embarrassed embarrass-ed When Mr Booth saw us lie came up patted 1 me on the Moni < er smiled and said l ho had often vat at a side table when a bad boy and asking for his plato to bo 1 brought over by the servant sat down with us anfl partook of his dinner Mother was conquered find of course Mr Booth had tho b rest upon the big table lIe j put us ctraiplptoly at oar cast with funny remit I re-mit i5 au rat his onto boyhood and so mad i tvro shnrtora d giris very happy think this llil I act of his earlier manhood shows Jlr Booth as ho has been through hisjifc a man without allectntion considerate and kiiul even to tho most insignificant Fanny Davenport in Boston Gazette |