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H S th rn ! rg n H rn d) Sta rting for a Wa lk E o a n d h i i in h Ma i a f i . H . S th e rn s W fe t e n H ll o th e r H om e Fra ncis Wilson a t H o me Fra ncis Wilso n in h is Libra ry Fra ncis Wilso n a t H om e A ! u ie t Ga m e with h is Da u ght e r H a rry Montag u e “ R e ading Ro om o f Th e La m bs Th e D u tch Grill o f Th e La mbs L e st e r VV alla ck ’ Th e La mbs A ss e mbly R oom Edwin B ooth S e cond Fl oor H all o f Th e Pl ay e rs J o s e ph J e ffe rso n “ R e a ding Room o f Th e Pl ay e rs “ Grill Room of Th e Play e rs [ X ] F A M O ! S A C T O RS £5 T H E I R H O M E S JOHN DREW ORE than any other actor on the A m e r i c a n s t a g e , John Drew occupies what gener ally is understood under the ” term a social position . He ” moves in society whenever he h as time to — and is welcome there . One of the most frequently quoted passages from Emerson is that in which he tells of the Boston woman who said that the sense of being well dressed gave her a feeling of deeper im tranquillity even than religion . Somewhat s il ar is an exclamation I once heard from a New York woman What would we do Without the ’ Bible and the Social Regi ster The S o cial Register is a book in which is given a list [ 3 ] F A M O U S A C T O R S of New York society people . It is impossible ’ to buy one s way into it . There are million ’ aires wives who for years have been gnashing their teeth because they do not s e e their names in print in it . Now if John Drew had a fixed n s o residence in New York , his ack owledged cial position undoubtedly would entitle him to a place in what aptly has been called the ” Society Bible . Drew is what is known as a society actor and his personal knowledge of society and its ways has aided him greatly in acting and ‘ dressing society rOle s . Just as women look up to certain actresses as models in the or art of costuming themselves , and copy try o wn s o to copy them in their attire , to a host of men Drew is a glass of fashion and a mould of s t so form , though men do not e much store by these things as women . However, a conversation I overheard between two swell ” youths shows that they are not wholly indif 4 l 85 T H E I R H O M E S f ferent to m atters o this kind . They were talking about theatricals . Have you been to s e e John Drew ! asked one of them . No . Why He wears the longest tails to his dress coat that have ever been seen here. “ Then they must be the latest ‘ swagger ’ ’ s e e - thing out. I ll go to them to night . ’ I do n ot consider Mr. Drew s social position a matter of such importance that it need be cried from the housetops . But it is interest in g in his case because , while most people hunt ’ for it and harp on it when they ve attained to it , his real pride lies in his profession . Never has he turned his back on that or on its mem of bers . Never has he , for the sake social o wn connections , given up his friends in his calling. That he has been entertained by S o - and - S O in Newport or had this and that or the other socially well - known person at his [ 5 ] F A M O U S A C T O R S ’ “ ” i ou t e daughter s com ng rec ption , does not mean nearly as much to him as the fact that he represents the third generation of Drews on the stage and his daughter the fourth . For after Miss Louise had been presented to s o ciet sh e y in due form , followed the traditions on b e com of the family and went the stage , ’ ing a member of her father s company. Miss Ethel Barrymore , who also is a great social o pet , is an ther representative of the latest gen cration of Drews on the stage . She has Drew blood in her veins , her mother , the charm ing comedienne , Georgie Drew Barrymore , ’ having been John Drew s sister . Thus Louise Drew and Ethel Barrym ore are first cousins . M e n d u m Another clever young actress , Miss , ’ also is Mr. Drew s niece . It is his devotion to his profession which , i together w th his agreeable personality , makes John Drew on e of its most popular members d within its own circle . People hear a goo [ 6 ] F A M O U S A C T O R S “ ate choice . She is going to play with me ’ on . when I go out the road , said Mr Drew b e to me in speaking of her. She will the of on fourth generation Drews the stage , which is ver nice. of y A friend mine , an wh o o architect , has a son wants to g down to Pierpont Morgan ’ s office and become rich ’ it. soon , and my friend does n t like He wants s on l . his to become an architect , like himse f But you cannot compel a man to follow a l cal ing which he does not like The stage , however, seems to have a certain hereditary — s o fascination , rather more than any other profession , I should say . h as Although John Drew is an actor , he been singularly fort unate in having been able to gratify his taste for domesticity because his long connection with the late Augustin Daly ’s company kept him much in New York and enabled him to have a home there . Mrs . Drew was a Miss Josephine Baker. One of [ 10 ] 35 T H E I R H O M E S her grandfathers was Mayor of Philadelphia. e e Her immediate antecedents , how v r, were on theatrical . Her parents were the stage s h e one rOle s herself was an actress , and a clever , in S h au h ran sh e like Moya in The g , when married John Drew .

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