Show irvings ideal ula mathews and I 1 were one day looking through an album and camo came across a drawing of the back of a it man mail lafont I 1 cried mathews cried out what do yon you know about lafont il ive seen him act I 1 replied mathews turned to me very quietly and said to that man I 1 owe all aall 1 built myself up on him the fact ie Is when I 1 was playing ut at the st jamee james after I 1 had finished I 1 would often drop into the tile gallery of tile princess theater and see the tile end of a french play from that gallery I 1 saw an all actor which caused mo me to say inwardly ITh atts my man ho Hovas was great that actor was lafont that is how I 1 recognized billi in mathews Ma album henry irving in strand magazine |