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Show MEMENTOES OF GREAT ACTOR Diary of Junius Brutus Booth and Other Interesting Relies Ars Found In Old Theater. Diaries and relics of Junius Brutus Ilooth, famous In the annals of tho American stage, were brought to light by wiecUcrs working on tho reconstruction recon-struction of tho famous old Walnut Street Theater, nt Philadelphia, Pa., I lio oldest plnyhouso tn the United States. Away up In the caves, ani) there was no evidence to show how they were put there, were two bis; hampers of wicker, falling to pieces from age.' The theater's manager had a ladder put up, and he and a workman started to ascend. as-cend. The ladder broke and tho workman hud some ribs fractured, but the ham. pers, when finally . brought down, proed well worth th trouble. They were full of ojdtlmo costume, n diary of the famous! actor, a llcenso for liooth's fnthcr to practlco law, signed hy the king of Hnglaad, and a collection of old playbills and pro-giams pro-giams that are Invaluable today. Alonghlu the hampers, resting i ncrnss two beams, was a big, thin slab I of nun tile. It was found to.bja Utho- I graph stone on ulilch weryando the I plcuirvs advertising Jobo Sleeper I Clark. I |