VEVEY, vr-va'. tOW11 of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. on the left bank of the Veveyse, near its influx into Lake Oeneva, miles east-southeast of Lausanne (Map: Switzer land, A 2). Vevey, the scene of l011sseall'A Nou velle Ikloisc, is a charming tourist resort, with a magnificent view of the Valais Alps. The climate is mild and delightful. The town is well and regularly built and dotted with fine gardens. It has an extensile system of quays. The Tour de Peliz i thirteenth century) is now used as a prison. There is a modern museum, containing a natural history collection, paintings, and a public library. Choco late, children's food, and condensed milk are ex tensively manufactured. Population, in 1900, 11,781.
Holm ANN ( 1829—). An actor, horn in Philadelphia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania. He went to England and ob tained an engagement at the Theatre Royal at York in 1S50. His London debut was made at the Princess's Theatre under Charles Kean's management in 1852. Two years later he 'starred'
through the English provinces. In 1857 he ap peared in the United States, returning to Eng land in 1858. The next year he appeared at the Surrey Theatre in an important series of Shake spearean roles, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Shy lock, and Othello. Then for a time he played at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, lie married in 1863 Mrs. Charles Young, with whom he successfully brought out :Marston's Donna. Diana at the Princess's Theatre in 1864. Among his subse quent impersonations may be mentioned Dr. Davey (1S66), James Harebell in Wills's Man o' _lithe 0867), Martel in Merwale's Son of the Soil (1872), Jacques in As role Irike It (1875), Daniel Drury (1876), which ran for one hundred and six times at the Haymarket, and Dr. Prim rose in Wills's Oticia (1878). Later he also be came known as a teacher of elocution and as a writer.