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BY AN EX-EDITORThe Veteran Discourses on the TalkAbout Edwih Booth.Edwin Booth’s death was immediately followed by much inane writing: and un-baked criticism and many incongruous j statements of fact. Among those who.I were reported by the newspapers as calling at the Players’ to inquire after the condition of the greatest player of them all there was not one whose name was in any way associated with the tragedian s professional life. The absence of-the men who were Mr. Booth’s personal friends is easily accounted for—they nearly all died before him. With the exception of John Sleeper Clarke, his brother-in-law, who is now in England, the men who were associated with him in his early professional career made their exits before him. Uncle Ben Baker, his first manager; David C. Anderson, the friend and crony of many years; William Stuart, his manager when he made his first great strides toward the high place he was to fill as an actor; even Lawrence j | Barrett, his last business and professional 1 associate, had preceded him to the silent laud. In view of what Mr. Booth’s associations were, it is sad as well as droll to read such names as Joe Evans, Arthur Bour-chier, E. Hamilton Beil, Paul Arthur and Frank Carlysle among those considered most worthy of mention in connection with the tragedian’s last hour.o£vurc\ttrtt
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jun 08, 1893
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