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THE JUDGE. E the commencement of the current on, many New York mani » put it mildly) have discovered that their box-oflice receipts have not come up to their exper Ilow much longer some able to hold out, pms able to answer ing » admit that, in only a question of tin Harrigan and Hart always and although ** Cordel ntinues to draw full house has a suc r nearly ready. Niblo’s ** Excelsior” The Pavements of caten up the profit of the leg told ons. of them will be | veral instances, it is vod bus s Aspirations s, Mr. Harrigan a big run, torm Beaten” at the Union Square has never come up to the expectations of Shook and Collier. McKee Rankir abad in- vestnent, but they will probably find they have jumped from the frying-pan into tl fire when they put Coghlan’ in his place. Stetson has had enough of him, it is safe to say, and has learned by sad experience that no leading man, certainly not Charles Cogh- lan, is worth 8100 a performance. the Fifth Avenue has been most. unfor- tunate all along, Miss Gerard didn’t take, Coghlan wouldn't d und. theatr : preferred other plays to “The Duk The Count of Monte Chr: of Fashion,” &e. ‘ing on up town we come to Haverly’s y Theatre, which hasn’t enjoyed enough to tell what its future The $ Minstrels (worse luck all concerned) have ¢ even their pretty little hall i the turned into a ya: ‘* Dollars * proved a suecess, but Pinero’s nd Girls” that followed was such a pronounced failure that after a few repre- sentations it was summarily withdrawn, Mr. Daly is on ers who is 1 not to try i revival ing a good business. Bijou commenced with urydice,” and th n to change the pre y in New Y his theatre » has been no oce amme, Leg shows . k—provided exhib- » sufficiently fair and well-propor- and make a pleasing specta The brigade is a large on in numbers, and its members are to liberally support the leg- tione baldehy ine ever ready itimat In Old Heads and Y Wallack’s company irst time this si respective style ‘Tearle, as Littleton Coke, is an altogether different individual from ‘the sentimental that drawled so wearily through "and Harry Edwards, John How son parts well suited to their is a conundrum that no one | but every one is will- | “Orpheus | ung Hearts,” Mr. | Mm son, Gerald Eyre, John Gilbert, and lust but not least the all do themselves credit Vallack, however, has not beer ing rich, but MeCaull at the Casino, hi reason to complain, Beggar Student with its taking music and attractive sir is worth hearing more than onc is done here at all well ino has for a long time been the s popular successes. The Fourteent bonanza when it | John T. Raymond Street Theatre struck a hold of ‘ Fedora,” and three weeks engagement was lucrative. On the east side, McKee Rankin’s Thea- tre has passed into the hands of the Steven- | sons, and the Windsor, one of the few plages that paid well, has been totally extinguished. | Affairs at the Grand Opera House and he New Park are variable, and, for The Madison Square, nobody ever stops to inquire whether it is making money or not. Like ‘Tenny ve Rajah” will pro ably go on forever, and the only question is, to whom will the Frohmans beqneath it when they themselves shall be transported toa higher We haven't sufficient space to properly write up Mrs. Langtry and her new gowns, The only change noticeable from her per- formances last year is, that she wears her hair in a different style, and_has received support (on the stage of The Fifth Avenuc) from Charles Co; "s bre The Metamorphosis of Green. CHANGES. CHANGE THI. id Rochefort, Rochefort IN THR j * Bisa are ing friend’s hospitable m at the large n cigar Which ornamented Birmarck nt countenance, and lent an air of quiet elegance to the apartment: “I have often wondered how it the | young gentlemen obtamed among the girls | the reputation of being stylish and ‘chic * I believe I’ve heard my sister say, though I don’t know what that’ means. What-er do they say or do to the girls that makes them like the men so much?” replied Bismarck, briefly. one even- “Clothes. The bloods keep up with the fashion, you know. ‘They have private con- ith the tailors, and spend all their spons for bags and nobblers. Bags and nobblers, Pray, what are Where’s your nts—skins, you nd nobblers are the latest things in the roof covering line. See?” “Oh! Tsee. And is it because they dress nicely that the girls like them?” Well, not exactly nics you know, That depends on how you look at it. Now, my girl told mo only last night that if I didn’t stop sportin’ this heavenly tie (you can ju¢ for yourself) she wouldn’t even go out and sce the comet with me. You can see your- self this is a nice tie and yet it is only about a week ol Rochefort examined critically offered to his notice, and thought hims that he wouldn’t like to see his sister w ing out with a man who sportec hromo vividly representing seventeen red bull-frog: jumping over a five-barred gate to see a ball match decided under his chin. s he was reclining on the bed in his | azing enviously | HOW To RAtse ent * You se styl . old boy, yan’ve got to be in it the ‘propah capah,” under- u're going around am mn can discount any other around, in the matter of the mes ‘wrinkles’. “But, Bismare k, I don’t under you mean by the ‘latest style. always buys my clothes, and I taste excellent. Are not is my 1 shouted Bi “Excuse me, old) man—excus If you want my candid opinion, y have it) When did you hiona of course, buy that hat ‘This hat? My father used to wear this before he left for the war. Ma found the trunk, and I’m sure it is very nice ing yet. “Hal “ Ma traded off on And those bags? of her old silk dresses for them, A man came around, you know— , Sinclair. Clearly, your gar- though they cover your nakedne yet are they venerable with’ a Fashion, | my son, changes with the hour, nd the hat bur father wore is, at this late day, as much out of fi your mother in breeks, nnot complain if the girls don’t like to be seen with a man who looks if he was a belated passenger on a prairie schooner. Then you think, Bismarck, that if I secured a proper change of clothing, people would think me a fashionable m: Well,” said Bis: k, thoughtfully, 1 think the people would pause awhile before jumping at that hasty sion, ‘There is just a little—very slight, you understand— air of provincialism about you which should be connec with the style of elothi But time, my boy; time is everything.” “Who is your tailor, Bismarck.” “My Simpson on the Bow—no, ilor? cer—Clinker—you know Clinke Yes-s. But isn’t he a little exorbitant in his cha ventured Rochefort, timidly. Oh, 1 hang you up, Leonidas. ‘That's an essential point, too, if you want to be in the style. I'll tell you what to do. | You haven't any other clothes, have you? Well, you go to Clinker; introduce yourself n just returned from a whaling ruise—thav'll account for your clothes, you kno mention my name, and tell him to fit you out as my model. Talk as if you knew what you were about or he'll impose on you. ‘Then sce Clarabella and observe how she'll change her sty ‘The next day, Rochefort, nerving himself for the contest, stepped into Clinker’s and accosted an animated fashion plate standing near the door, as follows: comicbooks.com