CHEMAWA AMKRICAN.
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Of the viirioiw roads which lead to suc
cess, few will b found as rough, or to oiler
a mnny obstacles to he overcome, as the
path which was chosen by Benjamin J.
Sroville, n young nctor. Such a trnin of
adverse circumstances and hardship aa
he has passed through milit easily have
disheartened many a strong, sturdy iium;
lint with grit, energy, and great dfltermin-'
at ion, he clung to his work and gradually
rone, step by Blep, from the humble -posi-
tiun uf an orphan bonllilncir in the streets
of London, to be mi net or, theatrical iwtn
ajjer, stage director, and proiesar of elo
cution. , ., .; ,
Mr. S.MVille was horn in London.' Hit ;
Mlier, anarmyoflicer, wan killed In the
Z'Hii war, and his mother died shortly
alter, leaving Die little seven-year-old
hoy to take caro of hi tusler who wan two
yearn younger. With Ins father, and
mother both gone, the bpy set out to pro
tide fiod by selling newspapers and black- .
itig boots in the YVhitechapel district. Jlnt
hi scanty Income was insufficient to pro
vlilieveuthepooranl fare, and vhe; two i-hil-1
drcn ofle i went w)ioe days on dry cruets.
I'inally the little girl died of starvation, .
Allboiiu'il left entirely aloneiit (lie world, ,
Itfii cville continued for four yeiuatosell
papeifl, Bleeping nt night .ander (ha nrfihes
of Uiinloit Bridge, or in wagons, adey ways, i
r "Hi doorsteps. In spit of tliese hard
flilps, he was anxious to get abend, and
managed, evenings, to attend a school where,
he learned -iirreud and write,.. Onri njr the;,
d iv hi' iiiiiiniied his studies by reading the
ftver shops md business boluses while .
he w selling bin napcr.. Several ye.irs,,.
were passed iij tbi bard buttle with adver- f.
Mly, hut the boy made progress and kept
liiHol.je,-( Readily in view.
A fhTppding two, years in sticking hibHs,
in a hlneking factory, be started for Ameri-
ra, his head lull of such notions as h bid nf ;
thirteen might cherbdi. It was hi am-. :
biiu-n to become a enwhov, to shorn in
(Ihii.s, nnd In herd huff..!... These, l.le.is .
abandoned, however. In Dili...
liPHfciired a i.nsition with a d..ctor, .igree
ing 10 .In his chores for his -hoard and
el..ltl.-Tid will, permission to intend
sell -ol. Tb- work was li mi, often keeping .
him up late at night, hut be kept at It
pluckily for nearly six years and made ex
client educational progress menTlwhile.
He then went to Chicago, Cleveland. tid
at length to Itoston, where he took up the
study of elocution, working in a machine
shop during the day to pay his way. Thus'
ho (Kuiliniied until he had finished a three
years' course. He then secured a position
with a theatrical company, and ids train--ing
and natural talent were (piiekly appre- '
dated and rewarded with advancement.
At this time he wnrued aliiiostincessamly,
night and day, drill I tit:, rehearsing, ami
studying the parts of other actors as well
as his own. He was freojenlly idven im
porliint Shakespearean roles and acquitted
himself snccesslully, U returned to Lou-
don, and Sarah Bernhardt engaged him to
represent her. Kx.
Know Your Business.-
Under the above eaptioh the Arizona ;
Weekly Citien has the blowing tn;8;iy.'
of the president, of the Jreat Northern
railrond: James J. Hill went to work in .
'n Canadian torc at ir ; at I'll he wan in St,
Paul acting as iaborer, foreman or entry
clerk, as e!ianee offered. Later he went
into b"sine-s a a packet tUmi, and, like
Commodore Vanderbilt, added railroads to
Sieainbdals until little by little he built up
a great system at a cost pef Wile rnlr one-
sixth asgreat ss that of the Imple I:ie.
Hill int-reted tner. of icy, nnt.hv
a be
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