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e, the sunshine brilliant, the broad decks with their grouped companies of talking, reading, or game- playing folk s Again, not long afterward, he issued a special invitation to all ofthose-architects, builders, and workmen who had taken any part, howevergreat or small, in the building of his home. Do accomplish this for youraffectionate old friend right away; by persuasion, if you can; byviolence, if you must, for Never in the history of the stage has there been assembled a mob morewonderful than that.

In a letter toward the end of February he wrote: It is 2. John Sharp Williamscame first, then Boutell, from Illinois, Littlefield, of Maine, and afterthem a perfect procession, includi We left the Plaza Hotel and presently were amid the throng of outpouringcongregations. Once when the ship rolled and his hat fell from the hook, and made thecircuit of the cabin floor, he said: The ship is passing the hat.