. Review of reviews and world's work. akespeares day, im-posing a heavy fine on theatrical rising young lawyer intervened, in their be-half, however, and on learning that his namewas Abraham Lincoln one is not surprised atthe successful issue of his efforts. The family drifted southward before long,and when Joseph was only thirteen his fatherdied, and the family fortunes were soon at solow an ebb that on one occasion he and hismother and his half-brother, the popular youngcomedian, Charles Burke, were abandonedseveral miles from Port Gibson, Miss., by ateamster who refused to
. Review of reviews and world's work. akespeares day, im-posing a heavy fine on theatrical rising young lawyer intervened, in their be-half, however, and on learning that his namewas Abraham Lincoln one is not surprised atthe successful issue of his efforts. The family drifted southward before long,and when Joseph was only thirteen his fatherdied, and the family fortunes were soon at solow an ebb that on one occasion he and hismother and his half-brother, the popular youngcomedian, Charles Burke, were abandonedseveral miles from Port Gibson, Miss., by ateamster who refused to trust them for tendollars till they should reach that town,—asad descent from the days when Mrs. Jeffersonhad been one of the most attractive stars inAmerica, the leading prima donna of thecountry ! Not long afterward, the war withMexico broke out, and the Jeffersoas joined atroupe of actors that followed the Americanarmy into the enemys country. When thecompany disbanded in despair at Matamoras, THE CAREER OF JOSEPH JEFFERSON. 675. Copyright, 1905, by li. \V. Histed, New York. THE LATE JOSEPH JEFFERSON.(In the latter years ot his life, even before he had retired from the stage, Mr. Jefferson was an enthusiastic painter.) 676 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF REVIEWS. one of his fellow-players joined with Jeffersonand his mother and sister in opening a refresh-ment counter in a bar-room and gambling proved an uncongenial atmosphere for alegitimate comedian, and when a stray bulletput the coffee-pot out of action, and a sporting-friend of Jeffersons from Philadelphia wasknifed before his eyes, he sold out his interestin the refreshment business and started by boatfor New Orleans. There the sight of John in A Kiss in the Dark gave him apang of jealousy, and fired him with his firstgreat ambition to be a star. From New Orleans the ambitious youth madehis way to Philadelphia, the stage ride acrossthe Alleghanies from Wheeling to Cumberlandoccupying twenty-four hou
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