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168 At present we are not prepared to dispute this. There have been a great many vagabond exiles sheltered here, at one time and another. Some of them came over with Peter*Minuits, some with John Carver and Miles Standish, some with Henry Hudson, plenty with Lord Baltimore, and not a few with Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake. Sad rakes they were too. They represented a species of No-Property-Rights Nibilism in those days, pretty much as the late lamented Mr. Jesse James did recently, and were en- titled to just about the same amount of respect. The views of their descendants correspond, Exactly what they represent, we have not as yet been able to determine. It is not an autocracy of wealth, as the bank account of the VAN KanTALoures will show ; it is not an autocracy of blood (vide the PuMPKYNS) ; it is hardly an autocracy of good manners, as those who have had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. KATRINA VAN VRIES Hopkins, nde Kopsieston, will testify; it is certainly not an autocracy of genius, — witness the recent novel of Mr. Howarp-HowarD DesMitH, the original play of Mrs. BLANCHE DUNDERTEUFEL Symmons, and the late histrionic outburst of Miss GWENDOLYN PUMPERNICKEL—and it can scarcely be considered exactly an autocracy of morals, if the fruits of the season at Newport are considered. Perhaps it is not an autocracy at all. It that case, the extremist might oscillate towards the belief that it is Nibilism. Our esteemed subscriber seems to be possessed of facts in the case, and we respectfully await his statement. Eau de Cologne—a bill for perfumery. Fcce homo—shoot the dude. Ex“ post” facto—a blockhead, (SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK DRIBBLER.) Bere. Juy 2orn, 1883.—At the open air concert of the Saengerfest a large and enthusiastic audience witnessed the ascension of several beautiful fire-ballons, which after rising quietly fora few minutes, took an easterly direction before a strong breeze from the lake. - LIFE: M® WYNDHAM and his company in ‘* Pink Dominos ;” Miss Charlotte Thompson in ‘‘The Romanoff ;” Mlle. Aimée as Bettina in ‘* The Mascott the debut of Mile. Nixon ; Rose Eytinge at the People’s Theatre, and the ‘* Mulligan Guards Picnic” at the Theatre Comique—these were exhibited last week at the playhouses. This week we have Miss Daven- port in ‘* Fidora” at the Fourteenth Street Theatre, the opening of Daly's with ‘* Dollars and Sense,” the Opening of Wallack’s with ‘* Masks and Faces” and some other entertaining events of the early season. You will perceive, therefore, that your dramatic critic is a somewhat hard-worked person whose capacity for ob- serving the good and especially the bad of the stage, must be practically unlimited. Let us suggest concisely what was accom- plished last week. There wes Mr. Wyndham at the Union Square Theatre with his Englishmen who pronounce" here” as “hyar” and who ought logically , therefore, to pronounce * bear" as “bar.” Mr. Wynd- ham is a very lively actor, who wears new store trousers in every part that he does, and who talks glibly through his nose. His ability as an actor is chiefly demonstrated by his agility, or, if you will, pedestrianism. He is always on the go, and he makes his fellow actors go too. ‘ Pink Dominos” is the representative piece of its class. The class was designed for the virtuous play- goer, It illustrates the genius of man as a gay deceiver of inno- cent woman. But the woman, for the cause of sound ethics, al- ways has the best of it. Mr. Wyndham's bouncing efforts as the gay deceiver show all the fruits of ripe experience. But, for real liveliness, give me “ the Mulligan Guards’ Picnic.” or anything with a Mulligan in it. They make the dust fly at the Theatre Comique, and when a score of able-bodied men, rep resenting the Celts and the ‘‘ niggers” of the East Side begin to (SPECIAL 10 THE NEW YORK DRIBBLER.) ROCHESTER, JULY 21ST, (883.—Last evening Prof. Heffel- henner, from the roof of his mew barn, discovered three new comets by the aid of his powerful mew telescope. This makes ninety-four comets which the Professor has detected in the past three weeks and entitles him to the prize offered by the Rock and Rye Appetizer Co., consisting of an elegant silver wine- cooler, mounted in antique bronze. comicbooks.com