Judge — May 22, 1886 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE, suppositition. The seven ages of man have indeed given place in this case to the fort: ages of woman, and the fair young lady borne on the wings of art from the cradle to the grave with a velocity which takes heed of no expense. It is one of the triumphs peculiar to the period, but it probably makes her very tired. She is quite youngand she is not strong. The Court is pained to see that the wedding of Miss Folsom was bought in Paris. While it is true that it was most convenient for the lady to buy it in Paris, she being in that ity at the time it became necessary to get measured for it and have it made, it is a blow at Jeffersonian simplicity and home industry and enterprise which ought not to come from the first lady and which the first Democratic pre quarter of a centary ought not to permit. There has come to be a belief that truly elegant clothi an be bought nowhere in this ce from Paris and our manners and customs from England to too great an extent. At the same time that we fly out against all foreign ques: tion of the superiority of America and Ameri- cans, the flaming cheek and the clenched hand proclaiming the fervor of our loy: for practical use. there have been many changes since his day, and that the assumption of contempt for Amer- n productions is frequently a matter of af- fectation. But never mind. If Grover will kindly consent to wear an_ ill-fitting coat on his wedding day, and if he will omit the super- fluous collar from his neck, and if he will wear unblacked shoes and go before the coun- try and the clergyman contemplatively chew- ing a straw after the manner of the horny- handed agriculturist, perhaps matters may be so evenly balanced that all the proprieties will be pretty fairly observed. We import the costly dress ty and patriotism, there are those of us who find no- thing in America which is quite good enough The first president taught at to a considerable extent, he being a ° importer of foreign goods of every kind; but it may not be inappropriate to remark that Judge at the Play. | Miss Georgia Cayvan is to star next season inanew American play, now in course of preparation. The affinity existing between the salvation army and negro minstrelsy has been empha- sized recently by the accession to the ranks of the former of West the minstrel. “The Bridal Trap,” an adaptation, by Syd- ney Rosenfeld, of Audran’s ‘Serment d'Amour,” is to be given its initial production in New York, on the 3ist, at the Bijou. Miss Margaret Mather closed a most success- ful season at Albany on the 15th. Miss Mather's tour has been a succession of large houses, enthusiasm and red fire, the latter supplied with a lavish disregard of expense by the indefatigable management. A small fortune awaits “Pepita” on the road, There isan insatiable yearning in the bucolic breast for Solomon's music and the other more substantial beauties of the sprightly operetta. It is needless to say that this state | the ubiquitous Mr. Hill. The dignity of our swell minstrel troupe does not admit of fumigation, A casual re- mark about whitewash and chloride of lime will do more to arouse the ire of the artificial arkey than all the writs and attachments of a back county sheriff, or the most caustic re- flcctions of a provincial newspaper. This week closes a most eventful season at the Lyceum. Howard's charming comedy is withdrawn after a run of two hundred nights, and Miss Dauvray leaves us to recuperate for her return in the fall. It is still undecided | whether tho Lyceum or some other theatre is to see the first performance of the new comedy. | The irrepressible John Rogers threatet duel with Arnold, his leading actor, be« Sa ANOTHER STRIKE. ct FarMer— have?” Tramp— No, si six potatoes and coffee “Do you mean to tell me you are want spring chicken, and not going to break that wood, after eating all you all your wife gave me was some porterhouse steak, of things has been very shrewdly fostered by | R. E. GRAHAM. Gen. Knickerbocker—* Little Tycoon.” Minnie Palmer, Rogers's wife, favors the actor. We don't know whether Arnold is married: but if he is guilty as charged his first name ought to be Benedict; and if John Rogers doesn't punish him he ought to be burned at _| the stake over again. Rosenfeld's new opera, “The Mystic Isle,” is to inaugurate the fall season at Mr. Geo. C. Brotherton’s Temple theatre, Philadelp! Mr. Brotherton has a penchant for American opera. His remarkable success with The Little Tycoon ” has served to lend more color to his views in this direction, and to further convince him that it is a good field for cultiva- tion, The eagerness with which the daily news- papers caught up the statement of Edwin | Booth’s intoxication and the cold-blooded way in which they enlarged upon it show that a good life fifty years long is no protection against the folly or weakness of a single night. If the Almighty judges men as mercilessly as do the daily newspapers there will be no soul saved. Lydia Thompson complains that the same faces are not to be scen in the front rows now that were wont to loom up there when she last swept through the country in all her unadorn- ed and unabashed loveliness. If Lydia w stop a second to reflect, the conviction will begin to dawn upon her that as a man is built considerably different from a woman he can't live forever. “Erminie” is an immense success, and is fated for a long and highly profitable run. Nothing has been put on at the Casino of late that has equaled it. The music is bright, dashy and melodious, while the book possesses that | necessary adjunct to a simon-pure comic opera, humor—a quality that has been most conspic- comicbooks.com