Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1927, Page 20

20 300 PAY TRIBUTE |Chaplains Gather | TO OTIS SKINNER Friends in Philadelphia Honor z Actor on Fiftieth Anniversary % 4 of Stage Debut. i {By the Associated Press. | PHILADELPHIA, November 2.— fTribute to Otis Skinner on the fiftieth janniversary of the beginning of his Istage career, was paid yesterday by 300 leaders of the Intellectual Life lat_a uncheon. i The nated actor, the guest of honor, recalled October 31, 1877, when he en- tered the Ninth and Arch streets museum with a letter of introdu-tion . T. Barnum, which read: “O." A known to me. His parents respectable people.” ner said his memory of the was cloudy, “but I remember ‘that 1 had nightmares about missing my lines. T was a forlorn boy. wan- dering about the street without friends, repeating my lines to myself constantly. “My first job at the Arch street museum paid me $8 a week. I played 325 parts the first year. Once, when I went op the stage, my legs shook 0 badly that the manager exclaimed, ‘For God’s sake, Skinner, keep your legs still.” " On the luncheon tables were copies of the museum’s program for Decem- ber 26, 1877, showing pictures of O, A. Skinner as Fozzle, in a skit called “Hungy Dunky.” The part was de- scribed as a' pantomine, but the actor ‘said he could not recall either the piece or the part. ——— INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PROPOSAL IS RENEWED Contractor and 2 -ociates Again Ask Permit to Build Structure Over St. Lawrence River. By the Associated Press. BROCKVILLE, Ontario, November 2.—W. Gilbert Freeman of Alexandria Bay, N. Y., announced here yesterday that he and his associates planned to renew their appiication for per- mission to construct an international bridge across the St. Lawrence river. The private bills committee of the House of Commons, at the last ses- siono, refused the application for a charter after the department of rail- ways and canals announced it was ‘the intention of the Canadian govern- ment to construct a bridge across the Tiver near the Great Lakes terminal. The proposed Freeman Bridge would cross from a point near Alexandria Bay, N. Y., to Rockport, Ontario, mak- ing use of islands in the river. Armistice Day at Arlington Shrine By the Associated Press. Active and Reserve chaplains of the Army who participated in the relig- fous ceremonies at the interment of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery in 1921 will gather again at the tomb Armistice day to re- new memories of the day and deco- rate the grave. The chaplains in the sroup include Col. John T. Axton, chief chaplain of the Army; Bishop Charles H. Brent of New York, Dr. Morris S. Lazaron rabbi of Baltimore, and Chaplain John B. Frazier, director of chaplins affairs of the Navy. 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