Famous actors and their homes . THE LAMBS. ^HE Lambs Club, on WestThirty-sixth Street, New York,is the most popular actors clubin the world. Its doors neverare closed. A few seasons agoE. W. Presbrey, the playwright, and a Lamb,who lived near the club, was burned out at fiveoclock in the morning, and narrowly escapedwith his life. In his pajaijias and bare feet heran around the corner and through the opendoors of the Lambs Club. Practically he wasat home. That word home conveys onereason why the club is so popular. It is theone retreat from the furnished room and board-ing-house open to many m
Famous actors and their homes . THE LAMBS. ^HE Lambs Club, on WestThirty-sixth Street, New York,is the most popular actors clubin the world. Its doors neverare closed. A few seasons agoE. W. Presbrey, the playwright, and a Lamb,who lived near the club, was burned out at fiveoclock in the morning, and narrowly escapedwith his life. In his pajaijias and bare feet heran around the corner and through the opendoors of the Lambs Club. Practically he wasat home. That word home conveys onereason why the club is so popular. It is theone retreat from the furnished room and board-ing-house open to many members of the pro-fession. It is the home club of many[ 179 ] FAMOUS ACTORS players. No wonder it has a large member-ship and a large waiting list. As a club it enjoys the unique distinction ofcontaining both actors and an audience, and ahighly select audience, too. For there is alay membership as well as a histrionic non-histrionic members are of two classes,those who, although not actors, follow someartistic pursuit, like painte
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