Show M MV DAYS y p T f fT STAGE T f ARE f f ENDED OO Such Is the lie Announcement of or Joseph Jefferson n the Great Actor BEFORE PUBLIC SEVENTY YEARS lie Will ill Go to Florida by hv Has Easy 1051 Stages Stopping at Washington lon and Atlanta New ew York lorl Oct Jefferson after afler more than 70 TO yearn on the tho stage during which time ht he has become one tit Ot the most mot beloved honored and mean mem members bers of ot the dramatic profession has haR decided absolutely never to resume his hll theatrical career Mr Jefferson arrived here from Dos floe Doston Doston ton on whore where wh ro ha hI had rested a 11 few days recuperating from his hili recent Illness at nt Buzzards day which caused the aban abandonment Abandonment abandonment of or his rail fall tour He Is I con but still mu must t b be judicious Ju In his hIli returning strength rind and will rut III remain here three weeks after titter which he be will go 10 by easy tM stages to Florida stopping In Wn Washington for or a 1 and again In jn Atlanta When heta the Iho decision was wu ultimately reached he be quietly announced It to hit his hi family fatally 1 Z shall never aster act again he said sahl My f days upon uron the tho stage are ended Once the decision W aunt and Its II first fooling of ot solemnity hal had passed Mr Mi Jefferson become nore nere cheerful rh It 1 will wil seem alem strange at lt first nt to ort art no an nomore 1 more Im lie added but bait I shall hali soon moon llon get let used to that and ond I r shall begin to enjoy what I have looked forward to enoy these thele many long long Ion I holiday In which I shall hal enjoy uninterruptedly nature In lit 11 outdoor outdo r Ufa Ht my paintings my lily IlY books and ond pl companionship trite children and dear deor with friends rends I 1 begin be ln my holiday fit at II last N J won sync WOI the city Ily whet hf lie hll last heel appeared P Than performance II ua was in Juno arid and an I as ac an on odd or coincidence r V took ok k piso tio m Jt I far tr his hi quaint Quint old lummer items ham wheTs whee the actor i ons for tor M 10 1 years yearn y |