Famous actors and their homes . WILLIAM GILLETTE. jILLIAM GILLETTE, by reason of his distinguished an-cestry, the standing of his fam-ily, and his bringing up, wasin a position to fit himself forany career. He deliberately chose the stage. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, July24, 1855, in the old Gillette place, now occu-pied by his sister, Mrs. George Warner, asister-in-law of the late Charles Dudley War-ner. There Mr. Gillette still reserves a he occupies on his occasional visits toHartford. His den is his home, so thathe still has an abiding-place among his ownpeople and in th
Famous actors and their homes . WILLIAM GILLETTE. jILLIAM GILLETTE, by reason of his distinguished an-cestry, the standing of his fam-ily, and his bringing up, wasin a position to fit himself forany career. He deliberately chose the stage. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, July24, 1855, in the old Gillette place, now occu-pied by his sister, Mrs. George Warner, asister-in-law of the late Charles Dudley War-ner. There Mr. Gillette still reserves a he occupies on his occasional visits toHartford. His den is his home, so thathe still has an abiding-place among his ownpeople and in the house of his birth. [35 ] FAMOUS ACTORS The roomy old house stands in among glori-ous old trees, far back from the street, and inthe best-known part of Hartford usually re-ferred to as Nook Farm, after the residencemade noted by Mrs. Harriet Beecher door to the Gillette place is the CharlesDudley Warner residence ; near by, MarkTwains former house ; while just over theway is the Isabella Beecher Hooker place. Itwas amid such surroun
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