Show D DEATH TH SHADOWS V HOVER AROUND OU D Di i Cast Themselves Over Ocr Joseph Jefferson Dean of the thc American A mc rIca n Stage RALLIED SOMEWHAT TODAY I Out Hut It Is Known That the heal Final Cur Curtain Curtain tain thin Will VIII Soon b be Hunt Down on ons ills His Long Lang and Career I s V r JI l 1 U G Gl GI t i l lh I 1 l j i oi f r r Vit t 1 f iV J 1 iI J 11 j 1 h sr srI I I 1 I 1 r 1 r I sfa r rI r feu i r ti s s M I f I 1 kP y r s f JOSEPH JEFFERSON beloved Veteran of the Stone Stage Sin go Whoso Whose Days Aro Numbered most Palm Bench Fin April 10 19 This Thin morning the condition of ot Joseph JO Josephi eph i Jefferson J on the th actor was wan reported aa ItH better than yesterday Tim rho ed od patient rested comfortably during the tho The doctor Is slightly cm on Wn liln ton April 10 Mrs Sim lr It H I WScott W WScott Scott tin the grand dRUg daughter it r of at Joseph 11 today received a telegram from West Palm Patin that her grandfather Is Ie very much better bett r Joseph Jeffersons Jeter on recent retirement from Crom the toKe et ge aroused a n 1 new now Interest In the veteran player and In his un long ei reer and I l n a 1 brief ketch of ot nil his life lite wound would are n m at al t the present time The Flue dean of ot the tho American b best hist st known mind and beat hest loved of oC the player craft crutt woe was born horn In Philadelphia IM Fib 30 20 IHO 1119 For lIr three generations his hta an III castors had hod been folk and ond Isle his hisen hi en r I lot recollections lire are with the th theater It Ic le ld that thai his appearance wan WAil In Ion long cloths the Hl HII tip Van heing carl upon the thu stage to add realism to the scene It 11 IH Is not to ho hl wondered that Hint he Inherited a n love fur for the mimic life liCe lie tells Ui tee In his bin n that the st stage g was his play house hou e and that Ihal nt tit n It l lender ago age he lie formed his Intimate playmates two little bo boys bos n mind their slater sister into a n 1 dramatic com cam company company pany pony Joseph Jo eph Jefferson Is proud of tit his line lineage lineage age They were men mind women of ot gentile and anti ornaments of ot the stage e The unit to achieve distinction tion on the tho hoards boards woe Thomas who appeared at lit tho this Drury Lane theater In 1769 and ancl wan a for tor ome some time line ns with famous t company tae ons second son non was Joseph Jefferson horn born In 1771 tho time grandfather nt of the pre present ent Joseph JoHeph He Ue tallied mailed note on oh tho the IOng l li stage and In III 1787 1781 took look up his hla pro prom CeI loll In I n America Ills son Ion another Joseph was WIS bom halll In Philadel ihla In 1304 and followed In bm the tha pre pio of ot his father Cath r and In n 1826 he married Mrs Thomas Burke an nn actress whose non nony by y her Urn first husband huband w Charles St Burke a ma young oung actor of ot great greul whose Impersonation of at Hip Van un was Wit said to be artis artistic i tic lie and 1111 a 1111 touching The Tho only son lOll of ot I Joseph Jefferson II wits Willi Joseph Jet Jef Jefferson Jetterson I ferson terson III the of at this sketch TIft oung Joseph grew to manhood In n tin Inn atmosphere of or the stage singe his first practical experience being oh ch chained tamed In stock companion mud Inter In traveling combinations combination The flue n of ot the young actor In hl his Ills was not rapid nt tit first but hut he ho gained a n varied experience that was of oC marked advantage to him In to later latOr yens In n 1860 1880 he hl married Margaret Clements Clemente Ix Lockyer a n young oung actress find and was Willi thus thu given an additional In Incentive for tor hard hart 1 work and Its financial rewards When 22 2 years yeara yen Ill of ot agE ho was n member of oC time the elder eldor Booths wagon company and two or three years later Inter he 10 became a manager as ns well as os an nn actor with John Ellsler a name namo held dear by nil 1111 of or playgoers hr hI took a 1 company compan through the he south Routh with varying success Ills Hit next Important nave move was wall to Join this the company playing nt tit lh the Iho Street Streel Philadelphia under tho Ihl management of ot that thai sterling starling actor John Gilbert Here he won prominence b by ty his of or Hob Bob Acres Aeres In n 1863 he lie was Willi stage Binge manager of at the Hal III door museum and 0 lid later laler occupied ho the same position In III connection with a playhouse In 11 Va 11 where whorl the stock company com pliny Included such nuch artists as Ie AIls Acnes Dion and Edwin Forrest He lie followed toll owed this engagement cn by a n trip to Europe where he ben bene by observation of oC the lending Lon Ion London London don coil and continental Upon his return to this country he Joined the company om pan managed by h Laura kaura Keene at atthe tho the theater then the thc most mOAt popular playhouse In New York While here bore he was wan dubbed the Sunday school comedian from Crom his hie habit hohlt of ot expurgating I ing lines from the tho parts part parthe he was playing In 1867 1857 ho tried his work nt lit dramatization concocting u l melodrama from Crom the revolutionary story of or Blanche of at vine lne He lie did not follow tollow up this branch of ot the tho profession possession protes lon however although omo years Inter he made nn rut arrangement of ot nip Hip Van lIn Winkle but hUI this was not considered successful In 1869 18 3 Jefferson Jefter on scored hili hie greatest su i cess ceis up UI to tf thin this time as os Asa Trench Arll In hr the Cousin It U Is la interfiling to tf note that the older ohler Soth Both Bother Sothern Sothern hit hi I er ern n also mode his lire first pronounced In the than thi n minor role of or Lord Tord f nun Dun n dreary The ph play y ran ron HO nights In Now New York n 1 phenomenal record fur for those thoM days Jefferson on then took mink It on the tha roid ills wet next success was wan In to the her heres es ter of ot Catch Plummer In The Crick Cricket et Cl on nn the tho Hearth and he hI lens also aillo well el nn nM Newman In 10 h lall Nt t klch and as Oil flip Van Vall I Winkle In 1 tin Ihl latter laUr r ho however he hewon won no nn distinction until he ho 1811 1151 the mon Dion version of or tho the In 1801 Mr Mrs Jefferson died end and shortly gin illy afterward the actor went to 10 Australia Au he be n hr It t round of or In 11 I hf he London and while there the alp Van Winkle which with lapses lale he h nan has played for fOI 40 years lie HP th the new nets Rip to the American public In New York In III rhe The following year ho hI married Sarah Sarh Isabel Warren niece nf ot the fi fa t moo a comedian roniel nit William Warren of or orthE thE lie Beaton Since Starr that time limo he lie has hall b ben been on th Ih time stage singe almost constant constantly ly h confining to the limited IP re repertory 0 1101 of ot characters In hi which he won his hIli early Joseph Jl Jefferson the man n as AI welt well All as a Joseph Jefferson the actor has long boon been n R prominent In the public rye eye HP lie Is an nn Intimate friend of many of ot the HIP great men mell of ot the day and his hIli goings going I end coming co Ings the simple details lIe tall tallot of ot his hi life Are nrc frequently tre and copiously In both bath th the dally dati and I rat cal press PICKS HP Ile loves art And has ol el I some t nn nil a painter He lip U Is Ua Isn a n devoted angler anIel and spends spend many of nt hi his hili notion days day In this thin fascinating pursuit He lie JI has ban an rut estate te In limit nut HII passed most of ot his hiM leisure p ure time at al alrOw crows rOw Nest Nut his delightful home bone near Hay flay HII Mr III Jefferson Is III the tether father of 10 children four of ot whom have har already shown hown decided histrionic talent There Thoro l Is III n a of ot opinion Concerning Jo Joseph Jeffersons eminence na as nn in ador Rut Rul the feet remains he hehu heh hu has h so endeared himself elf to the Ing In the Ihl few chira hp he has hasa a n astl led that he hI li Is the bp heat t known nt ot nil all ILl players and ani the HIP one on hM p fume fame bids bl 18 fair to b be cherished the longest lon At 1 this time lime It In is apropos to quote till the estimate ell 1 I of Mr 11 Jen r on written liy by bynn 1 nn i chronicler It II was v n more than mood Good fortune dial t brought Jefferson on his hiM Im hn menne of ot reward No Xo on one can grudge I hi hl good things that Ihal have hn to an his h hi i share HP lie hn hIR preserved pren In nil ill the sweet whole amts i mt hens that thol arts act ns as n n a salt against ills friends friend are nr unanimous In their of his hi simplicity cordial Iv pv 1 and frankness To ye have the th serene old oil age of ot fourscore en A o un ri I ot i time 11 i t is n I 11 I H in r or gen I i its ill II liH hj t ry y can an 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