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Show PKOM JOSEPH TO JOE. t ' At the Joe Holland benefit at the Metro- Solitan in New York a letter from Joseph efferson to Joseph Holland was read which was full of tenderness and svmna. blfss the little church around the corner. And I am clad to say that It has kept its baptismal appellation to this, day, and I am glad to know that in the- same year I was isrodfafherto yourself and christened the Little Church Around the Corner. "And now, my dear Joe, I feel it must be gratifying for you to know that, though tl rough your illness you have fallen by the wayside, it has been from no fault of your own, and that thousands of eager hands have been stretched forth to raise you to happiness and comfort, and, be-l!ve be-l!ve me. no one rejoices in this more than your atTectlonate godfather, "JOSEPH JEFFEftSON.' thy. i The letter closed as follows: "I was requested by your parents to officiate of-ficiate as godfather to Joseph Jefferson Holland, lit course I consented. I met tl:t-m at the church, your mother In tears your father wreathed in smiles; you rel belled at the ceremony, and no wonder, for you were surrounded by enough -stiffly starched frills and ruffles to make any young one low spirited. I, of course, promised to bring you up in. the way you should go, and the way you did go was tremendous, for, though I brought you up, I could never take ydu down. "Our next domestic relations were of a more solemn character. A telegram from your mother announced to me the death of your father. I hastened to town, and, taking your brother with me, repaired to the church jour mother attended and asked the minister If the funeral could take place from his church. He consented, but when I mentioned that Mr.. Holland -as an actor he withdrew his consent. 'But,' he remarked, i'there Is a little church around the' corner" where' you might get t..e rastor to bury your friend.' to which I replied. 'If tha Is so, then God |