Life — January 4, 1883 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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— 12 - LIFE: Tue OLD New YorKER (putting on Ais coat): Certainly, sir. Tue Younc Man From THE Country: I do not know much about plays, and this isthe first time I’ve ever been to Wallack's, but is not this comedy very hard in its morality and very clumsy in its composition ? Tue Ou Yorker: It is, indeed, an unpleasant com- pound of immaturity and cynicism. I have always considered it the work of a young head and an old heart. II. IN THE LobBY, Tn YOUNG MAN PROM THE CounTRY: Who is that hand- some old man, who looks as though he owned the place ? Tue OLv New Yorxer (puteng on his glasses): He does. That's John Lester Wallack, himself. Tue Younc MAN FRoM THe Co deed ? The Op New Yorker: He's going to play here to-morrow. He's just back. Tue YounG Man rrom THECouNTRY: Back from where? Tue OLD New Yorker: Oh, Brooklyn, perhaps, or Jersey City—one of the suburbs—more likely from the Windsor Theatre down in the Bowery, or the Mount Morris Theatre up at Harlem. Tue YouNG MAN From THE COUNTRY (in great surprise): Does Wallack act anywhere in New York except at his own theatre? ‘Tue OLD New Yorker: Don't he? He does, for sure! He acts anywhere. In fact they use himasa sort of disinfectant whenever they tur a variety show into a Temple of the Drama. They get Wallack to play a week, and that consecrates the house. “= oe THe Younc MAN FroM THE CountRY (passing close to the sole Importer): What is he standing here if now? ALL IS NOT GOLD, ETC. THe Op New Yorker (lighting his cigar): He is giving Scene—San Francisco Ball. thanks. He is inwardly expressing his indebtedness to Provi- soGe. op Baercw ” dence, which has made him so short-sighted that he is not able Bunce, or Boston (who had been told that the in to see how very bad to-night's performance was! (Jumps on the “igenous young man was indigent, and that only waiters Jront platform of a passing car, leaving the Young Man from ever got new dress suits,) to WELL-DRESSED STRANGER: the Country standing in astonishment in the centre of the street, Are you a waiter? ARTHUR PENN. W.D.S.: No! Are you? ¥ (awed): Is it, ine Vii THN To succeed, it is essential to have at the bottom a bit of indifference. You seldom need it, but when you do, you must have it. It must be fresh and genuine. Bogus indifference is as bad as a bad egg, and is of no use. It must be very sparingly used. Too much of it devastates life as an onion does an apple pie THE FABLE OF THE FOX AND THE CROW. Tue pun is mightier than the sword. A crow, having possessed itself of a tempting ABSINTHE makes the heart grow fonder. Piece of Cheese, flew to the top of a Tree, where ‘Tue first Christmas was a myrrhy Christmas. it was speedily observed by a Fox, who began to cast ip all Neal earass, wesAdem the fodder of about how to obtain the coveted Morsel. Affecting, kind? Brass, - e er of man- therefore, a profound love of music, the wily Master pO: Reynard asked the Crow if she would not sing. Many hands make light work—for some of the “Certainly,”’said the silly Bird, but hardly had she hands. uttered a note when, of course, the Cheese fell to the ground, and the Fox pouncing upon it discovered that it was one of the Limburger variety, and fled for his life. Mucu Adieu about Nothing —Two women bidding each other good-bye at Elizabeth, when one is coming into New York to do an afternoon’s shopping. ae I tie folly: of “walock “ WALL street is, after all, the place,” you say ; Moral—- This tables teaches us the; folly ole unlock: There one cat wake e foctive in ¢dey.” ing the stable door before weare sure that there is a But, my friend, tell n.e is it quite so clear steed to be stolen which is worth stealing. One can make there a fortune in a year? G.T.L. comicbooks.com