Famous actors and their homes . the ease anddistinction with which he carries himself insociety rdles, does not happen to be a societyman who has broken in upon the stage; but [IT] FAMOUS ACTORS that, in him, an actor to the core, one of thethird generation of a family of actors, andproud of it, has been made most welcomein society. Mr. Drew always has been fond of exerciseand has kept himself in the best physical trimfor his work. He belongs to the Riding Club,a rather exclusive organization in New York,and when he lived in the city, could be seenalmost every day on the bridle-path in Central
Famous actors and their homes . the ease anddistinction with which he carries himself insociety rdles, does not happen to be a societyman who has broken in upon the stage; but [IT] FAMOUS ACTORS that, in him, an actor to the core, one of thethird generation of a family of actors, andproud of it, has been made most welcomein society. Mr. Drew always has been fond of exerciseand has kept himself in the best physical trimfor his work. He belongs to the Riding Club,a rather exclusive organization in New York,and when he lived in the city, could be seenalmost every day on the bridle-path in CentralPark. When his daughter was old enoughand had leained to ride sufficiently well toleave the ring, she usually accompanied herfather. Her teacher was Mrs. Beach, who hashad most of the Newport women as pupils inriding. No parents could have been more carefulin the bringing up of a child than have beenthe Drews with their daughter. Nothing hasbeen omitted in her education. Part of thetime her parents were living in New York[18 ]. Copyright, 1902, hy J. ByronJohn I>rew and his Daughter ready for a Ride <| THEIR HOMES they had her placed at an excellent privateschool and then at a convent in Mr. Drew was obliged to go abroadwith the Daly Company, she went with herparents and they utilized the opportunity toplace her at a convent school in quickly became proficient in French andwon a prize for an article in the convent order to give double pleasure to her parents,she told them nothing about it until she sur-prised them with the prize itself. Since his appearance as a star, Mr. Drewsdomestic life has been more or less brokenup, although with every opportunity that haspresented itself he has clung to it as tena-ciously as possible; at the same time notaUovnng his having become somewhat of arover to interfere in the least with the carefuleducation of his daughter. She was sent tothe noted finishing school of the MarquiseSan Carlos de Pedros
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