Walker Whiteside

The èontraei betweeñ the pure artist aind t'lie ardlaary human, lias in all ageB liecome so iuarked that imly tlie trae tlist-iple of rt oen iathom i he high preeeruire, the extreme nervousnesB and nttcr abeeoc of tihlngs earthly which the .irtist is enilnwcd witli. Tlic nlval and poetlc, illi a iJiorouirli analysis ut rcality, mako np tbeir Uves. The crrors and blundTS of tilu'ir ifiBS favurril as.-uciiitcs strike terror t tbefr smils. The liy]ici--siisitivc niay be i-ankcd aniüii.ii tbr great actors who follow tlieir t.lie true lave of tlioir art. A wrang reading, a earelese makeup, or Imcompetency ii tlirni is as liiOHTilile as a Hscord Avnuld bi' tu a iniisk-ian. In tüiu long career of "Walker Wliitrsidc. tlic ;iii. many tilines have i.reurrrd that, wlhöe amuetog to otberè, have nearly placed Jiim iiors de combat. Oo ome occasion Jie, liad an oíd actor in hls BmppWl t luit in íenner years had been a star, but laak oí gesaiue and Uve iníirmity of ycar.. liad reléaicd liiiu to the raul;s. In the play of ■llamict,'' bbe oid gentleman was cast lor the "ffihoet." Hr. WhlteBlde ïiiitiii-d a niist.-ikc in liis rradiiin. i. e. "1 am niy (atber's ghoet," - eaUcd liis al.tcnt inn ti) it and SUgge&ted iiic proper word, ''Spirit" for "Ghhoet." ■■(oud beavens !" ejaculated ! -!i' Oid man. "Have 1 lircn sayiirj,' 'gttlOSrt' l'ir 'spirit'1.' It Miaift happen agaia," he mutteïed. Tbat niulil. lm wever, lic thnnderd lorth the same line, "I am iny (atber'e g'liOBt." Iastantly detectlng bhe mistake. in bhe same tome í vo-lce be said. "Spirit, be God. saiil ,nlm.-t usahi didn't 1 V" WUilB tJio audtence roared. I he sensitive nature ; ;' Mr. Wliitcslile i-eeeived a slim-k. whlch called i t.li all oi liis vüality t conqueri Mr. WWteeide wili appeax at the grand opera bouee, Ntov. 3d. Poets .■!!!' bom, but ttoeir subject la oflcn maid. A hot scotch - 'Tlie ome on whoni a joke is attempted. The matrimonial knot quite often resulta in a tañóle. It must li:i vo been a man whosc cari w.is stuck ín the mud preïVri-cil a (limicr of berta, etc., to a stalled ox, etc. HoíhI's pilla oiu-c all ills.