. Twelve Americans : their lives and times. ch at onetime constituted the chief scenery of a first-class theatre aseries of solid set scenes specially prepared for one play, ata cost of $15,000. He has lived to see the salaries of lead-ing men increase from $30 to $350 a week, and to know theleading lady who received $175 a Aveek and part of herwardrobe. He has lived to see our best society so meta-morphosed that, instead of turning up their aristocratic nosesat play-actors, the young women of that society arerushing upon the stage in droves—in ninety-nine cases out of ahundred to make themsel
. Twelve Americans : their lives and times. ch at onetime constituted the chief scenery of a first-class theatre aseries of solid set scenes specially prepared for one play, ata cost of $15,000. He has lived to see the salaries of lead-ing men increase from $30 to $350 a week, and to know theleading lady who received $175 a Aveek and part of herwardrobe. He has lived to see our best society so meta-morphosed that, instead of turning up their aristocratic nosesat play-actors, the young women of that society arerushing upon the stage in droves—in ninety-nine cases out of ahundred to make themselves and their unfortunate relativesmiserable for life. He admits that great progress has beenmade in his profession, but contends that much greater prog-ress must continue to be made. Those who know him best—those who know how faithful, painstaking, untiring, and con-scientious a public servant John Gilbert has been — will joinin wishing that he may live to see the American stage as hewould have it. 10 The Recollections of a ROBERT C, SCHENCK, The Recollections of a Veteran. ROBERT C. SCHENCK. EARLY STRUGGLES. Of all the men in this country who have won distinction byself-exertion, energy, and hard work few have been so misrep-resented, abused, and misunderstood on the one hand, or ap-plauded, admired, and appreciated on the other, as has thatsturdy old soldier and legislator, Robert C. Schenck. At thesame time it can, without exaggeration, be said that no otherdistinguished citizen of his day has performed greater ormore varied public service. But few men of any period havetaken part in so many strange, exciting, and varied was born at Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, in October,1809. His father, General William C. Schenck, having emi-grated from Huntington, Long Island, was one of the earliestsettlers of the Miami Valley. At the time in question theneighborhood of Franklin was a wilderness. Communicationbetween that place and Dayton was had by an India
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