Life — October 18, 1883 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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an example of his acting. He jerks himself about the stage as though he was on hinges. He speaks as though his voice were pumped up by some internal—if not infernal—machine, He swaggers as if he owned the stage. ‘There is a conspicuous lack of spontaneity: ease, grace, self-power in all that he does. I am not saying that Mr. Coghlan is a bad actor, There are men who are strong in spite of their faults. Mr, Coghlan extent, one of these men. He has a particularly fine intelligence, He is, like some troublesome poetry, immediately suggestive. He has the spirit of an artist.. In characters which suit him per- fectly, he is quite an artist, But—Mr. Coghlan is not worth his price.’ He should not have been imported at his price. How- ever, Mr. Stetson stands the load, and has a right to pay for the whistle. Perhaps Mr. Coghlan was unfortunate when he chose to appear as Evelyn, The character is preposterous, farcical, stupid, Imagine a man who persists in doing and saying silly things, and who is, at the same time, a doseur for culture and refined cynicism. Were there ever two more exasperating per- sons than Evelyn and Clara Douglas? She talks of his cruelty, and he talks of her falsity. Naturally, they avoid a sensible expla- nation, When they can do nothing better, the one rails and the other weeps. Bulwer, it must be admitted, was guilty of some formidable literary crimes, But when he wrote ‘* Money,” be should have been squelched energetically. Was he squelched? Not at all. ‘* Money” has been accounted a successful play. Its morality is soothing to the mob. Its gush and flummery in- spire the tender hearts of women. Its noble picture of a hero who is constantly demanding ten pounds for his nurse, awakens deep emotions of philanthropy and charity. Every one applauds Evelyn, and few imitate him. So runs the world. Miss Gerard makes some rather melancholy ‘‘faces"” in the part of Clara Douglas. She appears, however, to be a respectable actress. Mr, Charles Wheatleigh and Mr. Waldon Ramsay do the best acting in“ Money.” Mrs. Chamberlain should not exhibit her stockings too wildly, VIXEN, to some - LIFE: ~( = ¥ RENDER VNTO SCISSORS THOSE V THINGS WHICH ARE SCISSORS - SUMAN, Te THE TOMUANS IV, 44, ‘THE knowledge that dead bodies can be preserved a long time in the Polar regions must be highly encouraging to Arctic explorers.— Chicago Times, A MICHIGAN man who lost both in a saw-mill now sits round and tells about the terrible battles of the late war. That's the sawed- off man he is. —Zoston Post. “So your husband is a critic? Now tell'me, does he always write just what he thinks about a \exf ” “Oh, dear, no! It would n't do, His paper goes into the families,’ and profanity is out of the question."—Boston Transcript. “ No,” said mamma, ‘‘ we can have no idea of what God is. He is beyond’ our comprehension.” ‘* Mamma,” replied little Edith, ‘1 firk I know what Dod is like; he must be like a bis'op, only p'aps not quite so gwand.”—Boston Transcript. THESE opera mi rs are shrewd. They start their people from the other side, one a day. Then it is telegraphed that Mme. Yellthe- roofoff has sailed, and all the papers publish it. When she arrives the fact is announced, and the whole gang secure a heap of advertising for the show altogether.—Boston Post, Two ‘commercial tourists” met in the station the other day. “ Hello, Charley," says No, 1, ‘have n't seen you in an age. 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