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LESTER WALLACES SCHOOL-DAYS.

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LESTER WALLACES SCHOOL-DAYS. My first experience on any stage was at an establishment at Mitcham, in Surrey, called Baron House Academy, a fine old mansion which had become a private school. Colman's Heir at Law was produced immediately before the beginning of the summer holidays, upon an improvised stage in the school-room, with the English usher as prompter and general manager. As the son of "the celebrated Mr Wallack," it was felt proper, naturally, that I should take part, and I was billed for the speech from Home's tragedy of Douglas —" My name is Norval" — although I was only ten years of age. I was dressed in a red tunic trimmed with fur, whi e trousers, and red shoes, and carried a round wooden shield and a wooden sword painted blue. As for the lines, I suppose 1 must have painted them. red. How I spoke them heaven only kuows. I only remember that I never missed a syllable. My next appearance was at another school performance given at Brighton, when I was about fifteen y3ars old. This was at a seminary kept by a Mr Allfree, which was then rather celebrated, and the play was Pizarro. At that time my uncle, Henry Wallack, was stage-manager at Covent Garden. Of course all the boys were racking their brains and ransacking the shops to find what they should wear. My mother applied to my uncle, who sent down a lot of splendid properties, a leopard skin robe and all the necessary things for Rolla, all of which were of course very much too large for me, particularly the sandals. I remember nothing of the play except that it went off with a great daal of applause, but I do remember that the end was a most undignified one for me, be- cause as I fell dead I fell just exactly where the curtain must come down on me and when it began to descend the boy who played Alonzo and one of the soldiers stepped forward, and taking me, one by one leg and one by the other. dragged me up the btage, a bit of new business which was greatly appreciated if I might judge from the roars in front.-From Memories of the Last Fifty Years," in Scribner't Magazine for October.

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