Judge — September 29, 1883 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. ot- nding the elaborate prep: for weeks beforehand, they have not hit the mark, and it will take even more champa than flowed the night of the dress rely to wash anything as En; “The Me ry I * down the throats of an Amer: can audienc To understand the local allusions with which the play abounds, one must be thor- oughly familiar with the slang of London sporting circles, and New York, not. beit Newport, there ‘are a few people in the city who. are not given over te sports, wearing London clothes, or talking with a cockney drawl. In fact, we venture to aftirm that rge number of our the: goers have never visited nglish nd, as regards the so called hero worshiy rtain English jockeys, they know little and care less If the points in * Tolanthe local to be duly appreciated her puns and alleged jokes in * Duchess ” fall When Gilbert to p at least Sullivan to fall back upon, music is always effective and enjoyabl in this j a Mr. Clay's: melodies are 4 yand. uninteresting as. is Mr. Sim’s libretto, ‘The chorus of “tigers” is about the only thing in the whole piece th: has “caught on,” and even this is sos gestive of a similar a (an opera that proved a dismal failure at the Bijou last winter) that it is no novelty. In fact, Mr. Clay’s music, without being tune- ful, is | ide up of reminiscences, The ve f the piece is misleadin for De to make the Duchess a merry one. as Brabazon Sykes, does fairly well. a clever comedian without much voic Lester seems to be bright and viv her high notes are_ paralyzing. pretty, as some of the papers have stated, but Tur JvpGe has not been able to deter- mine with any degree of accuracy w original features are really like. When an actress’ dress is suggestive of too close prox- imity to the flour barrel, one naturally sus- pects that the making up process has been carried a little too fi is quite prett. the stag were no wonder he Merry nd his js a specimen of Dickson have to offer us, Heaven help them. It_is doubtful if ‘*The Merry Duchess ” will hold the boards till the opening of the regular season, which has been announced for October 15th. A new drama, called “« The Soldier’s Wife,” is to be produced on that occasion, but, as we are to have more of Sim’s work thrust upon us in this play, the j and Angele ations made | too ase us, we have | prospect doesn’t look encouraging. Vows | verrons. The French Opera Troupe, with Aimee are warbling at the Fifth Ave- Angel tand hand- some as e but Aim |. we always admired Aimee, but candor compels us to state she is not the Aimee of days gone by, Her voice is broken, and her fire and dash are only seen at interval Disaster, even to the downfall of bridges, seems to attend Mr. Edgar. His perfor- at the Fourteenth Street Theatre k were remarkably commonp! » actor of his caliber should under- ” is past our comprehension. Othello,”at best, is not es sary to our happiness. Salvini Re seemed to think we Idn’t live without it but we could, and, moreover, we can assure Mr. Edgar that his efforts he rin this direction will be ¢ d with, elsior "is as suc as ever at Niblo’s; Barrett is doing a good business at the Star; Wyndham is festive at the U n Square, and Clara Morris is at the new ‘Third Avenue Theatre. Sara Jewett has come down from Shak peare to Pinero, and is to play in a pi written by the latter called ‘The Rector. ‘Too bad she can’t play Juliet, but then she has the fifteen hundred dollars she t enough to draw before the Edgu any went to pieces, besides her Delmonico breakfast, to comfort her. nue Theatre. Beatty's Organs for Holiday, Birthday or Wedding Presents. can be more appropriate for a y, birthday or wedding present than one of Mayor Beatty’s fine organs. He offers one of his latest styles, the Mozart, at greatly reduced. pri nd prepays all freight, if 1 within five day e of this aper. Read his advertisement and order without delay, thus securing the in- | strument at the lowest possible prices. Ir is authoritatively said, all statements to the contrary notwithstanding fellow got his inspiration for in Armor” while viewing the ladies in bath- ing at Newport. Wuat is the difference between a man who leaves the house in a fit of passion and the girl of the period? One bangs a door and the other adores A BASE BALLER—* THE Our Minister’s Daughter. Witn sentiment I've never paltered, My amours have been faint and few; My piety has never faltered— I'm orthodox —church- But now [am so stran; Indeed 1 know not wh nber, too; altered, to do, ‘There is u tumult in my bosom, As in the «ky when tempests My thoughts, T ean no lon Nor guide their Thrice oil bee ia Oh, | must be in love, T know! My nightly © Water, ‘ A sickly, sentiments Ts now the best my Our parson ghter's new white bonnet Each Sunday draws me to my pew. and hear the fath watch the d infer In hope te win her to . n upon my knees besceching, her by stealth and guile. 3 preachin, all the while; hing He could 1 I go to chu atch me in the old— nd worship Cu it, feeling I’ve bs n’s sermons are straying from th d ery for quarter; mM) lenge glove T humbly own that | have sought her, And take my sufferings to prove That she’s my queen—our preacher's d And Lam hopelessly in love. I raise, my Tue kind of fur your wife will wear this winter largely depends on how fur yon ean go in the p This is a poor joke, but at any ul is one man who will see the point of it—the well known fur dealer, C. C. Shayne, of 103 Prince street, who: d= vertisement appears in another column. 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