Show = = ATE FJIANK MAYO LEST TVPB OP TUB AMERICAN uonosn MCIIO sleet tators buy IInn to llno ss I 1tsy I rmkrll In ass Ci tnratd flay ul TIool NmolInlalun hi Mil Iseay leaps yai i II recent death r III r11ffi Iran Mayo his 1 I ortna 1011 Ill great sorrow not only 1 among his old nso At0clalre clrtwi of thin lliia h ter but In man circle where his l genial ant manly L characteristic were 1 o known and re sported Although 110 never readied tho top of tha adder or blnied forth A liar of the first magilliide In the theatrical firmament firma-ment ho woe for many par and dawn to the tlmo of his death n popu tar actor whose presence always added vitality to n rut end won favor from an audience Krank Mayo horn In llniton April 19 1535 wnn In lili flflyevenlh year nterlng Iho dramatic profession when quite young ha was conectwl with the singe for forty year and owing to lsls long service It wee presumed by l many that IIP was a much older man than the figure Indicate HID success with Ilidirnhend Wilson hail not only rehabilitated his fortune which nt ono limn mil reached n very low ebb but hail apparently given Mm n new lenso of life In isrl Mr Mayo left Iloslon and made hla way to tho 1aclflo coast where Mi natural bent for Ire slap nan became manifest Two year after arriving In Ban Francisco IStC ho made his Pint essay on the stage appearing nt tho American theater then tinder Ihs management of Iaiirn Krrn oa this waiter III n farce called Hnlslnn lire Wind Subsequently ho played for several ainni In Hun rranilMo omit nmunK the mining towni In the support of IMwIn llooth 1 aura Kene Julia Dean l llayno Jamra Anderson and the Chapmnn family and In IMS mailo no murh of n hit ai Nann Sahib In Houclcaulli drama Jle llrown that ho becnmo Ibo fivinllo Imtillng man of tits gold roast an cnvlabto position which ho wai ruin to maintain until 1SGS when Ma luip 01 operation wa trnnifrrrrd to the lloiton theater On Aim 21 l Iti3 ho played lladivr In The Htricta of New York nt that theater with great purees and was subsequently even thero and elsewhere In llamlol Illchard 111 lago Othello Jack Code Arlagnon 1 Don Caesar do llaian anil other eimrai ler Its work during hula perlnd wa that of leading man In n legitimate I stock company but In 18 7 ho made n determined de-termined bid for stellar honor by fiodu Ing Davy Crockett a typical American play This Important event In his career occurred Hochestcr N Y Sept at U72 and thereafter for shut yasea heg8s7M IIIIIIuOl1011 I ho American backwooiUirfsn conilnu ouily Hut when the toguo of Davy Crock Ito ytJY F rilANIC MAYO oil expired through the operation ct tho ilntuta of limitation enacted by Ihe popular laito Mr Mayo found It exceedingly ex-ceedingly dtlllcult to gain the attention of the fickle public In an thing else Accustomed to seeing him In the buckskin buck-skin coat of n hunter n thlng else teemed Just right and thus It happened hap-pened that from 1884 when Davy Clocked was put aside until within n recent period his fortune waned During that Interval ho wrote a play Nardock In collaboration with John 0 Wilton and appeared In the chief rolo with arllstlo but not financial success suc-cess Ho also appeared 01 n member of various combinations snit stock companies but failed to regain his old position before the public until a little more than a year ago when ho hit upon up-on Iuddn head Wilson Ai an actor Mr Mayo was sincere and sympathetic lie believed In straightforward methods and was destitute des-titute of roannerlsmi or affectations Ills beautiful daughter Illeanor wa seen last > enr In Irlncei Honnle but her stago career was nit short by marriage James Klverson Jr of tho Philadelphia Inquirer became her hut band a year ago last April when abs pernanentl retired from tho itago Trank Mayo mss belood by over one In Iho profession and I do not think any man In it had warmer friend than he 110 played ids first engagement In Chicago < > vI8C9 Ills death lake away ono of our forcmott actor It Kern that all thin old one are going and tho new one do not ecom to nil their place Prank Mayo wa a prince not only na a man bill ai on actor |