BEEPING OFF THE BT . THOMAS WITH MAffT, M StAAnOHS JRY HFKXAKI J.
NVAl l I R JACK DUNCAN 7ORK C F, 7 Urr N S U, INC O OFF THE SHELF,
COPYRIGHT, I 9 28 B T- ir. rip. DUTTOW CO., INC. ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED PRINTED I If U. S. A. First Printing . . . Oct. 1028
Second Printing . . Dec. t 193 1 29 t, MHI, l VniH 1 1. N V Sill I
iMK i l ttH1i CONTENTS CHAPTER I. I BEGIN MY LONG CLIMB, Page 3 II.
I Boo THE GOOSE, 30 III. DRAWING NEAR THE ROMANCE OF MY LIFE, 38
IV. MR. WHIFFEN, 47 V. THE FIRST TRIP TO AMERICA, 59 VI. THE
ENGLISH TROUPE BREAKS UP, 72 VII. A ROMANTIC INCIDENT, 78 VIII. OUR
FIRST TRIP TO THE FAR WEST, 95 IX. THE Two ORPHANS AND PINAFORE,
112 X. THE MIKADO, 134 XL DEATH OF MR. WHIFFEN, 151 XII. TRBLAWNEY
OF THE WELLS, 158 XIII. Miss ANGLIN AND THE GREAT DIVIDE, 172 XIV.
VAGRANT MEMORIES, 179 XV. MORE SCATTERED LEAVES, 188 XVL A FEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, 196 ILLUSTRATIONS MRS. THOMAS WHIFFEN AS SHE
Is TODAY, Frontispiece SISTER SUSAN, Facing Page 8 AND How WE ALL
CRIED THERE ON THE GRAY DOCK Page 13 AUNT LOUISA PYNE AND MRS.
WHIFFEN IN HER FIRST OLD LADY PART, Facing Page 18 OLD DRURY LANE
THEATRE, Page 21 OLD COVENT GARDEN, Page 25 IM GOING TO DANCE WITH
THE GALTON GIRL, Page 33 SISTER SUSAN AND MRS. WHIFFEN WHEN THEY
WERE PLAYING AT THE ROYALTY, Facing Page 42 DALBY TELLS ME You ARE
GOING TO AMERICA, Page 6 1 MR. AND MRS. THOMAS WHIFFEN WHEN THEY
FIRST CAME TO AMERICA IN 1868, Facing Page 66 MRS. HORACE LINGARD,
Facing Page 82 FAY TEMPLETON, MAY THE FAY, WHEN SHE WAS THE INFANT
PRODIGY OF HER FATHERS COMPANY, Facing Page 90 A YOUNG MAN NAMED
DAVID BELASCO, Facing Page 98 N THE EVENINGS THEY FLOCKED TO OUR
PER FORMANCE AND THREW MONEY ON THE STAGE, Page 107 vii
ILLUSTRATIONS MODJESKAAT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER, Facing Page 118
MRS. WHIFFEN AS BUTTERCUP IN THE FIRST AMERICAN PRODUCTION OF
PINAFORE Facing Page 124 THOMAS WHIFFEN AS SIR JOSEPH IN THE FIRST
AMERI CAN PRODUCTION OF PINAFORE, Facing Page 130 ToM AND I DINED
WITH SULLIVAN AT OLD DEL MONICOS, Page 137 SCENE FROM THE PRIVATE
SECRETARY, BY WILLIAM GILLETTE, Facing Page 146 MEMORIAL TABLET IN
ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL, Facing Page 154 THEN THE CARRIAGE STOPPED ANI
OFF STEPPED Two OF THE QUEENS SIKHS, Page 161 MRS. WHIFFEN AND O.
P. HEGGIE IN THE ALL-STAR REVIVAL OF TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS, Facing
Page 182 JOHN DREW AS SIR WILLIAM IN TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS, Facing
Page 192 vm KEEPING OFF THE SHELF CHAPTER I 7 Segin 7lfy ong Climb
FAR UP IN THE BLUE Ridge mountains of Virginia, there is a little
cabin. Fruit trees are around it and a stream chuckles through
bright green willows. The bl. ue mountain peaks hem it in like
walls f velvet, and at night the fireflies are thick ill the tall
grass. Below is a tiny village, and up the winding road are the
rude houses of the good colored folk who greet me so softly as I
pass. There is infinite peace here, and the days go by in
gentleness. Here my son plows the fields and my daughter brings me
fruit from the orchard, and no one asking for interviews knocks at
my humble door. There is a feeling of Eng land that I know in this
beautiful country side, anci there is also the feeling of rural
America, and so here I have them both, the 3
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