The evening world. Newspaper, November 20, 1922, Page 8

SSA ETE pees: THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1922. So many reminiscences of Mr, Ba-| he lecame 4 sheep herder, an adver- con's trials ‘in the sticks,” while he] tisioe sellcitor, newspaper editor and was travelling from village to village | finally trivd polities, in unimportant stock companies and defeated ay a candidate for before he had an opportunity te cis fornia Assembly, so he went {bal s Frank B ’s Idol Frank Bacon, Broadway’s Ido . : Lightnin’ Bill J ” Dies; As g nin ones, les; play his talents before a New York © and joined a small stock {the old druggist in “The Fortune 9” dreds of public men and actresses and] audience, Wave been told that books yelling In covered wagons, | Hunter.” Then he played In a vi “| AmTired Out His LastWords actors have been received — by| could be written about. them. He car- ne part of Switchell in] feville act, He later was in > id , about with him more than ten years in of the credit for the muccessfui| before iw could convince @ producer in a Bar Room," as his] Miracle Ma : ' Great Character Actor Ends Career in Role That Won) ca:npwin of the Actors’ Bauity Asno- |! was worth while, Rill’ in California, which he planned to do in 1924, after he had filled en gagements in Boston and Philade! phia. He was to have begun the Boston stand on Christmas Day. Messages of condolence from hun- the time of the earthquake. He had|the principal character in the cast, is been for eighteen years on the stage |being mourned to-day, For in his death at the Alcazar and Grand Opera House. He came to Chicago short- ly afterward, and played the part of at Chicago yesterday vanished a most pretentious theatrical h—the an- ticipation of “Frank urn to his old haunts in the rol which made him famous, As a barefoot boy sheep herder in the great Sacramento Valley be- nm the Sierras and the coast fabge, as an advertising solicitor ih for over eigh' re has relied avon Gor. aud's Oriental Cream to keep the skin a complexion in perfect condition through the stréss of the season's activities, White i Flesh;Rachel. 4 Send 10¢ for Trial Size PERD. T. HOPKINS & SON, New York e * and “The ho was Nie ap- ried the worn copy of “Lightnin’ itle effort, and there fol- lowed almost thirty years of troup ing in the West and Middle West, during all Which time he was trying get to New York and either act] write @ play of importance, * Bacon was a member of a pany in San Francisco at| Bacon ord & Taylor Cinderella Man Br Him Unexampled Acclaim—Played Despite Warning [020.22 in aan atria cen Wayside, Lone Taland. He ite Ne pearance in ‘ early manhood, as a photographer two years ago Is given to Mr. Bacon been Bayside, Long Island. He —His Life a Romance of the American Stage. Hp worked for Wake ip Deneit ut om and reared aia Mesveville, CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—The final curtain has fallen for Frank Bacon, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 20.—In J and then as the actor, Frank Bacon aking speeches and assist-| -cight years ago, and went ne of the most widely known actors on the American stage, and «ll the y, his birthpla in the |found contacts throughout Calltornia | t : , | which made the first story of hie suc: | Lightnin’ a cherished bit| til he was fourteen, Then | earthly cares of “Ligtunin’ Bili’ Jones have ceased £o extsi. } “Bill,” whose pathos and tender~ ness had swayed millions during the | more than 2,000 performances he had } played the part in New York and in this city, just got all tired out, But he refused to step out of the char- noter he loved so weil until it was u Gouraud's Orientai Cream The Thanksgiving Spirit Is Regulated too late, Passing his hund over his By The Kitchen a j eyes just a little more real y { Sottien tn heed mia it a0 of THE Thanksgiving dinner de FIFTH AVENUE mands the perfection of culi- nary art. The proud housewife aspires to have her every dish in the play, he went on and on un- til on Saturday he fell itno a coma from which he never revived. Arterio-sclerosis was the name by TELEPHONE Fitz Roy 1900 oA Shipment Of ‘New Hartmann Trunks! which the medical men called it. He eal PHEW irodined Uy had been compelled a week before to . p y P retire from the play, but right up the half if she has/the sendoff af- o 37.50 time unconsciousness overtook him he kept on repeating “I am just a little tired, but I'll be back in a week or two."’ Now, after nearly five years, when “Lightnin’ Bill’ again steps on the stage, the delightful, sible and thoroughly Bill Jones will be play other man. Someone else wil the delightful prevarication of dr ing 4 swarm of bees across the plains without the loss of a single bee When his wife and daughter, Mrs. Matthew Allen, learned that “iil was a great deal more tll than ho would admit even to him took tim to a suburban hotel, lop that he would improve to such an ¢ tent that they could take him buck his home in Rayside, Long Island He chided them for their sober mien and, with the cheering optimism of his character, said that his tndispe tion was nothing and that he would be back on thie stage In a short thm: fell into a with his face bearing the smile of THN Jones the role which he } played so long and whieh had be # part of his personali But perhaps things occurred just as Frank Bacon would have wish He had scored onc of the most spec- tdoular successes of the American stage after many lean years. Ho rewrote the play “Lightnin’"* with FRANK BACON been planned. They will be held on nesday at the Blackstone. The- where he appeared daily for ‘ eulogy at the services, which will be in charge of the Christian Science Chureh, of which the actor was a member . the actor's, son, b coma. a from California, and ives he will place the ault here, there to remain until next Summer, when tt will be moved to Mountain View, Cal., Mr. con's boyhood home, the bedy will find its @ast Place in the soll of his native , in which he had not appeared ce his recent phenomenal rise to forded by such modern kitchen utensils as are to be found inour Housefutnishing Department Combination Strainer Pot and Cooker, $3—Made of heavy aluminum with “Lox Lid” cover may be used as double boiler, steamer, double roaster,colander, Contents may be strained or Bpured without removing lid. 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