Eastern Utah Advocate | 1903-03-26 | Page 7 | When Harrigan Broke Down

WHEN HARRIGAN BROKE scene brought back his own boye boys deatch ned harrigan Harrl gan who allo recently resumed hia his stage career told an inter esting anecdote tho the other night friends had assembled to wish him luck and tho the conversation conver naturally turned to the profession prof ossion 1 III tell you about tho the only timo time I 1 ever over broke down plaid old the veteran actor according to the new york and express it ivas ras in a little play where tho the bad son had gone away and bis mother had to go ano look at bis his tos and little shoes before finally giving him up in her heart I 1 bad had lost my own eon son just before but in rehearsal this little scene had never touched me tho the hopeni op eni night though when that bit ot at realism came on I 1 went all to pieces and actually had to ring down the curtain the looking over the toys brought ray my own loss so keenly to me that I 1 never played that scene again