Intimate recollections of Joseph Jefferson . ravellers resumedtheir places; the driver mounted the box, gath-ered up the reins and snapped his whip, thenturning his head and leaning down so as to beheard by the passengers, he inquired in a loudvoice: All full inside? to which a fat man, plac-ing both hands upon his stomach, replied: I dont know about the rest of em, but Iam! Mr. Jefferson was at his home in Hohokusduring the election of November, 1884. He usedto say that an actor should not vote, because hemust have the sympathy of his audience, and aDemocrat cannot sympathise with a Republi-c
Intimate recollections of Joseph Jefferson . ravellers resumedtheir places; the driver mounted the box, gath-ered up the reins and snapped his whip, thenturning his head and leaning down so as to beheard by the passengers, he inquired in a loudvoice: All full inside? to which a fat man, plac-ing both hands upon his stomach, replied: I dont know about the rest of em, but Iam! Mr. Jefferson was at his home in Hohokusduring the election of November, 1884. He usedto say that an actor should not vote, because hemust have the sympathy of his audience, and aDemocrat cannot sympathise with a Republi-can, nor vice versa, so the actor should beneither one nor the other, especially as his pro-fessional duties take him from city to city, andit is seldom that he remains a citizen of oneplace long enough to entitle him to a vote. Mr. Jefferson, however, wished to vote forMr. Cleveland at his first election, and twofriends called at his home and drove him tothe polls. When the slip was handed to him,he read the names upon it and then handed it. JOSEPH JEFFERSON 87 back, saying that he wanted to vote for After an explanation concerning the electorshad been given, he cast his vote— but, underprotest, he said, as I assure you I have notthe acquaintance of any of these gentlemen,indicating the names of the electors upon theslips. 88 INTIMATE RECOLLECTIONS OF CHAPTER VII AUTHOR AND ORATOR And now I must end my life, not with a bare bodkin,but with a harmless goose quill, and, however painful thesuicide may be to me, it is a satisfaction to know that withthe same blow I have put an end to the sufferings of myreaders. Jefferson s Autobiography. JOSEPH JEFFERSON was not only a self-made man, he was self-educated as versatility was denoted by his acting,his skill with the brush, and by his use of thepen. The publication of his Autobiographybrought the actor before the public in a newlight, and gave him a great literary audience. The interesting story of his life wa
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