Judge — January 6, 1883 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Ovrstpens, as a rale, regard the holidays theatrical managers. Th of houses rather, for the holiday mati- on which must not be left out of the and naturally aay th ing money. Any one in nanza season hot ne ey soe th lay hous is an institu -count—crowded to the door management must be"co! the business, however, will tell you a very different story. Perhaps the worst week in the year, theatrically con- dered, 18 the week Lefore Christmas, and a couple of big houses on C 8 Day can do but little to make up the deficit. Why this should be so—why busi should declin Just before the 25th of y of ex planations have been ofered, but the most plausible 3, chat people are spending money on Christmas ave little left for amusements, and the ents of the season are sufficient to her channels, x change of bill presented during e Modjeska’s Viola, in played Camille; bat ile” 1a a hackneyed p the lady's perform ance in the title role 1s sl from her former viait. It is not very far from being the most sat- isfactory Camille thia country bas ever seen. Those who are fond of draw a parallel between it and Sarah Bernhardt’s Dame aux Camellias, and will be con: 1 to concede poin to Madame Modjeska, which they will withhold the famous Frenchwoman. In Viola, however, sho breaks comparatively new ground, and has only to dread comparison with the memory of the vanl of Adelaide Neilson. That comparison Tz Jepar does not feel himself called upon to draw. He is too thar fol that there Ls still an artist to revive occasionally one of Shakespeare's ¢ heroines. We bave had “Twelfth Night” cut, staffed and altered to suit the ecentricities of Robson & Crane, who played with Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheck created Into star parts—a°good and laughabie performance in its way, Shakespeare. Of the Viola of that cast, by a lady of the stock, Tur Jepor has no recol and at best in the “Twelfth Night” according to Robson & Crane, it was a role of subsidiary importance. Mai Modjeska’s Viola isa pleasing performance, scarcely great, but always int , marred somewhat by her foreign English rywhere vivitied and brightened by her magnetic personality. It is drawn on the sa: eral lines as ber Ros: That is, any one familiar with the two heroines could accurately predict, from a memory of Modjeska’s Rosalind, how she would ren- der any given passage of Viola. By the way, speak- ing of “As You Like It,” we have had another ambi- tious Rosalind in worhood. The part has » essayed by Margaret Mather, in Williamsburg, and the good'people of Eastern Brooklyn have been edie tied by the—alas!—not uncommon spectacle of a raw amateur, with nothing to recommend her save unlimit- ed assurance and circus-like advertisin to portray one of the most Leantifal and delicately shaded creations of Shake genius. Poor Williamsburg ! It could only enter a mute protest against the act of vandalism by ita absence from the theater, and this it did most eloquently. Every row of empty Lenches protested thousand-tongued against the profanation. Miss Mather’s ind was a shade of two worse than Mrs. Langtry’s. Figure out its depths of abasement, ye who thought amateur idiocy reachod its lowest abyss in the Jersey Lily Old Heads and Young Hearts” re-introdaced John Gilbert to his old friends at Wallack’s, and he was re- ceived with a hearty welcome. e from the © most Interest! the past week, was Madar “Twelfth Night.” ne well remem parisons will proba raul of excellence m not played ction, undertaking are’s fully at the nd has recovered a portion of the ten thousand dollars which, ina weak moment, she paid to Messrs. Reade and Pettitt for t rican right in ten drama—said drama, as Tux Jcpor has alrealy taken oc to remark, having proved @ failure as barely to survive its initial production other theaters have drifted past Christmas, and contemplating the opening of a new year without an event worthy Tite Jvpar’s attention, or that of friends. rank a The his “A cow and a German woman were seen in M , the other di r ag in the field.” this, his heart will bl the same yoke hauling a o Mr. S. PC. A. Bergh hears ed for that poor cow. A way in Illinois recently sold his wife for a keg of Since the Democratic victory beer is alinost given away in some Tue dog census of the United Stat ,000,000. Now some mathematical tlend will not be happy watil be informs the pablic around the workl thelr tals would reach, if amputated and spliced together—an undertaking, by the way that seems almost impracticable. how many times At Keyport recently, girl twina born to one family were matched next day by a pair of boys born to ai other family living directly oppos! And newspaper man, not long married, living in that town, has moved to a house facing a residence occupied by four old maids. He believes in the motto * In tim war prepare for peace.” Tur Imperial Ga. years old; but th American select their jokes from the first vol The Gazette ie weekly e of Pekin is fifteen hundred report th cus elow this Journ as free from jokes as is a base sland ondon ¢ Ax exchange prin have at a Funeral.” alculated tos for the mourners to indulge in a game play seven-up for the drinks, whi owereil into the silent tomb. an It Is tim se adverse co: 1+ How to B artic of leap-frog, or the late lame A screstirte sharp has mea bubble about to burst, and fin red 3 it about th an inch in thickness. about that thick. He shi e number of pages ina he film of a soap ee-fourths always w 1 now bend h of Oscar Wipe sayspie possesses more brains than his If he were to be arrested on that charge, and tried in co jury would pronounce his without leaving the box. critics t, a not guilty A Dr. Ixents practices medicine in an Ohio town, It would be cruel to say that his patients are “killed hy inches,"—although it might be true T of course. Covrse, of events race-course Takin; Hortxe against hope a policy ticket. Coot undertaking: Harvesting the tee crop. Tie may find pleaty of sand for bis hour any sugar case. AN up-town tectotaler recently broke off'a match be canse the young lady had an amazing flow of apints. Soctatisw is just now doing Herr Most, if not worst, in New York. We hear a great deal “legal tender, man who makes a practice of golng to law oft it rather mor but the A sovet call We are looking for a sequel entitled 83," oF “A Silver Joy.” + Tue wicked stand on slippery places,” so we read. A CONSTANT READER” compli writes to ing of dead cats in the spring. what do you want, anyhow ? preferable to 1 They ar Dead cats in e eats in the fall ason. A woway enterad a saloon in Jersey City, kicked a table, smashed a dozen under the bar-keeper’s nose a led her husband out by th over the Rhine, closed one ey marked to a terrified customer, over ea, shook her fist flend, and The bar-keeper from ntly {called him ear. signi and. res maybe ad aboud some WHIFFS WITH CORRESPONDENTS. Ge F. T. Haxsox.—No more, good friend, no Wb. P, The matter has been attended Not available, but you might try again, G. K.— Excuse us if we turn our tack on your last 4 mmany retorns ngest are foo long apd oa cand SW. C= You go back too tar. TL Well, ee are sent with articles Have mething and we will tell sou. paragrapbert Some Ware bat ary—you sent * an ordinary eketch t extrac: Aree D. Diswippy.—Your last “i and Ashillke Gavor, Dou't try the thing again if you please. 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