Judge — October 21, 1882 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Arter the blood, tire and thander of “Taken fr Life,” almost any form of entertainment would have been a relief to Me. Wallack’s patrona, and Ti: Jcnor was therefore jnclined to be tothe virtues of the new play lings as Mind as his short sight naturally renders bim; for, unlike bis Teatonic contem- porary, Tu Jepor does not wield a Brobdignagian pair ettes. What, then, is the tenor of the chang ed to the jury in the case of The Parvena ? Tux Jvpor finds that the defendant hath been guilty of misdemeanor merely, inasmuch as he is guilty of “respectable mediocrity; but, in the opinion of th Court, this is one of the gravest of theatrical crim thongh not generally recognized as such. As to the plot—to quote Channing's Knifegrinder: "Story ! God bless me! being’that Mr. hav tell it, and in three acts too! He apparently set out with the idea that what was wanted in a comedy was not action or plot, but sprightly dialogue ; and, having arrived at this conclusion, made a selection from those modern Englis Kas a rule has been noted for the ity, and worked ther into a sort of comb , 80 that if you don't draw Roberteop you do draw Byron, and if neither one nor other, then Albery’s ieket. AS to characters, we have the time-bonored stage baronet, to whose listened we know not how oft, ma ally valgar and imbecile wi Jerably over-acted by Miss Germon, We have the usual vulgar noureaw riche, whose sole claim to dramatic originality consis in the fact that he is a self-confessed swindler. The good daughter of the bad baronet, the impossibly re- reflned daughter of the parvenu, the Family Herald, lady novelist stamp of peripatetic artist, and a really new (to the stage) type of lazy yoang cynic, complete the list as per programme. 18 far from being a good one. The smart dialogue and repartee alone serve to sustain the interest of the audi- ence and, as we have said, that dialogue itself is much too reminiscent. As to the actors, Mr. Edwards and Mr. Kelsey bear away the rather diminutive palmlet, the former excel- ent, the latter clever, but too self-conscious and too little at ease. Mr. Herbert's Glynne Is suggestive of a galvanically excited marionette, and proves pretty co clasively that Mr. Herbert cannot be all that Mr. Wal- lack’s fancy painted him when the contract was signed. ‘As to the ladies, Miss Measor, beyond any question, ade the success of the evening. The scene, in more than one way, when up atree, was perfect, and si infused the true comedy spirit into whatin other bands might have been a merely subordinate part. As hinted above, Miss Germon can put even more vulgarity into Lady Pettigrew than was in th and Miss Wilton as Gwendolin was as tame as the cir- cumstances permitted, which is saying a great deal. ‘The single scene, which does duty for all three acts, was excellently painted, and the practicable tree which overshadows the whole stage as realistic as they make Tim Jae, though a long way from belng en- thastastic, was, on the whole, not bored, and anyhow came away without the piece having left a bad taste in his mouth, which {s, alack! something to say in these daya, when practical explosions literally, or su; situations and risky dialogue figuratively, too often produce that unpleasant Mr. Raymond has been pla or, rather, Mr. has been appearing as Mr. Raymond in ‘8 nightmare, entitled + Fresh.” We don't know which is the more weirdly in- 10 story, does try to pompous hambag we have x! to an intrinsic- lines, ing “Fresh” at the Park, I've nove to tell, sit!” The only difference | It is not a bad play, but it | THE JUDGE: artistic, the play or th ‘our modest pile on the * comedy,” so callel. The double-barreled ** Patience” at the Bijou has fired its last shot, and Theo and high prices now jointly re at Mr. McCaull's little band-box of a bouse. Mra, Zelda Seguin-Wallace's thorough pathetic voice are th Opera Company | Opera House. chora but are in to stake st t and sym. mainstay of Strakoseh’s English which played last week at the Grand Abont the rest of the company and the the less said the better, round the World,” at Niblo’s, seems to hav around the pockets of the public, if Messrs, Kiralfys’ res are to be trusted, and they never lie, (We reler to figures.) Gallmeyer at the Thalia, and Geist nia, have cause! both houses to be filled to a sufTo~ cating extent. And the audience is almost entirely German, too! And the thermometer has been h The “Vicar of Bray” has resigned his benefice in favor of the Rev. **Billee Taylor.” Lawrence Barrett haa been filling the Grand O House, but that feat hardly seems difficult nowadays, to Judge from the crowds which flocked to the and nasty production of “The Lights o° London. erat the Ger heap OUR CARD RECEIVER. NGLISH POLITICAL NOTIONS, To THe orton oF Tae Icoar,—Is tt not true that Engitsh- men In this country are always Republicans? Vinatsta Ciry, NeFADA. Yes. At the same time you will learn that this qui tion must not for a moment admit a grain of American- ism, The fact of the Englishman's joining the Repul- lican party is a fact which only the th Herbert Spencer, must jadze of in its relation to poli- tics in general. But, incidentally, we presume to say a citizen, joins the Samner, and other | really “great” Am who have left their impress |. were Republicans. Next, we think that ishman joins the party opposite to that which man joins, Thus, the Englishmen joining the Republican party in tives, keeps the Irishmen out of tt in thonsands. rroR Jena vated ratlro —Has the pedestrian pubtic no rights the 4 companies are bound to respect? Not content with sprinkling meat intervala with coal-tust and greasy water, 1 was almost frightened to death by a beary plank, which fell almost at my feet, as J passed under the track, and which, 1f It had strock me, would certainly have killed me. ‘The pevlestrian public has no rights, and never had. In the old days, before the elevated railroa thoaght of, they were at the mercy of eve wagon, or stage-dr ey are still. who own or drive horses and conveyances, or locomotives and cars, the city was laid ont for their’especial benefit, and it was at no time con- templated that any portion of the population should walk. The sidewalks were built to lay skids across, and back ap wagons against, and dump coal on. The crossings were constructed to givea jaded driver a little exhilarating amusement in chasing flying passers-b) and endeavoring to crush them with his wheels; or, failing that, to spatter them from head to foot with mud. the plank from the elevated railroad fallen upo your head, the company would doubtless have re your fate as a judgment upon you for presuming to walk when you should have been patronizing their mo- nopoly. No, the pedestrian public has no rights, and never hai; and should we see any disposition on t art of the tyrants of locomotion to concede any, w+ should proceal to set our house in order, for we would know that the millennium was at hand. 8 were hac! er; and, for that matter, t In the eyes of tho: beer- ‘Tur bells of London, according to Whittin- ton, had nguage of its own. must have been very ting They linguistic. Peycu, of course, sometimes goes on a Judy spree. MICHIGAN towns complain of bad drainage. Kalamazoo by any other name, and it would be as sweet. ‘Tere was a circus in an Ohio town the other day, and the people rushed and crushed so that they killed a child. Probably the; saw over the ticket-loor the word ‘‘oflice.” A you jady of Connecticut recently died of a burning fever, because she ate ice-cream, Which goes to prove that cream cremates, A HILL out West is called Turtle Mountain, If itis only a hill it must be a mock turtle mountain, “My wile,” said Middleby, ‘does not talk about stocks and bonds; but T must con- fess that she sometimes gives me some pretty good railaway intelligence.” “Does your daughter live out, Jones?" “No, she lives in a house, thank ye, bein’s the weather's cold.” PoLIceMAY to a frisky Celt, who stood hol- loaing after a party of tipsy negroes: “ Why don’t you move on, sir?” Celt: ‘Shure an oi wus only waitin’ till the clouds rowled by.” Mrs. $ oe UMMERBREEZI ys that when she shopping, if she finds just what she is looking for, and the price suits her, and she n't get it any cheaper anywhere else, and the quality suits her, and the clerk don't get impatient, and the store is a one-price place, and they won't take a cent less, and if she has made sure of it by asking a dozen times, and she really came in to buy something, and the article suits her, and if she didn’t merely come in to look at the goods, she doesn’t go through a great rig-a-marole like some folks, but just buys the article without a minute's delay. 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