Also did he “star” in “An Actor’s Romance” or “An Actor’s Holiday,” the author forgets which; however, the tour was neither a romance nor a holiday. January 4, 1887, Meriden, Conn., had the honor of being the first city of witnessing Mr. McNish’s appearance as an end man. Most everybody knows that Frank McNish was the originator of the Silence and Fun specialty that made him famous, and which has been extensively copied by other performers. In addition to being a good dancer, he is also a good singer; originally a plumber, Mr. McNish always has his pipes in good working order. An early partner was Edward Gildea; the latest were Joe. Penfield and Frank McNish, Jr. Frank McNish was born in Camden, N. Y., December 14, 1853. [Illustration: BILLY LYONS FRED. MALCOLM CHAS. HEYWOOD JUSTIN ROBINSON THE GREAT “EUGENE” ERNEST LINDEN LINCOLN ELLWOOD BURT. SHEPARD PAUL VERNON FAMED FAVORITES WHO FEATURED FEMININE FANCIES--SECOND EDITION.] GUS MILLS achieved considerable popularity as a female impersonator with Simmons, Slocum’s and Sweatnam’s Minstrels in Philadelphia; Dockstader’s in New York, as well as Emerson’s and other well known organizations; he died in Chicago, Ill., October 6, 1903; age about 55 years. JOHNNY MACK entered the profession at an early age. He had as partners at various times Johnny Gardner, Billy Conway and Lew Dockstader. With the latter he played with Whitmore and Clark’s Minstrels in 1874, as Mack and Clapp. He died at Hoosick Falls, N. Y., February 28, 1891; age 38 years. WILLIE (WM. H.) GUY was the first of the Guy boys to enter minstrelsy, making his initial appearance with Hooley in Brooklyn, N. Y., about 1863; the following year he was with M. C. Campbell’s Minstrels in New York. Subsequently he joined his brother George, and as George and Willie Guy became quite popular at Hooley’s Minstrels in Brooklyn, where they remained for a considerable time. The next few years he was with the minstrel organization of Kelly and Leon; Moore and Burgess, Harry Robinson’s, Welch, Hughes and White; Smith and Taylor’s, and George Christy’s. In 1874 he became a member of Guy Brother’s Minstrels, and as such continued practically until his death. Mr. Guy ranked high as a song and dance performer and comedian. Willie Guy was born in Hartford, Conn., October 16, 1853; he died in Springfield, Mass., February 26, 1906. RICHARD GOLDEN (Frank Golden), whose fame as “Old Jed Prouty” will long live, did a black-face song and dance with Lew Davis (later Chace and Davis), in the late 60’s; he was also with Sharpley’s Minstrels. Mr. Golden was born in Bangor, Me., February 6, 1853; he died in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 10, 1909.