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

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*LIFE- the cheerful observer feels oppressed by a strange gloom, and re- flects upon the yawning chasm which separates the talent of Meilhac and Halévy from the talent of Mr. Max Freeman. In short, “ Orpheus and Eurydice” might have been written by a phenomenally stupid person. But Mr. Freeman is not phenome- nally stupid. He has only made a lugabrious mistake. How- ever, ‘* Orpheus and Eurydice” does not depend upon humor for success. It runs, so to speak, on the legs of several pretty girls. The exhibition of legs in this piece is almost startling. It isa long way from “Orpheus” to “The Road to Ruin,” Thomas Holcroft's play, which was revived last week at Wal- lack's. Poor Holcroft! He worked hard for immortality, It came to him in some degree with “ The Road to Ruin,” after he had composed a score and ten pieces which are completely for- gotten. That dear old gentleman and fine actor, John Gilbert, re-appeared in Holcroft’s comedy. What a type of the past school this actor is—the best school, I mean. For a rare gentil- homme of the eighteenth century, give me Gilbert in ‘The School for Scartdal;”” and his Dornton is quite as true and striking as his Sir Peter Teazle. On the whole, ‘‘ The Road to Ruin” is neatly acted by the present Wallack company, though Mr. Os- mond Tearle is awkward enough and out of the spirit of the piece. Miss Adela Measor's Sophia is delightful in its breezy ingenuousness. That eminent representative of law and order, Judge Barrett, has written a play called “An American Wife,” which is about to be produced at Wallack's. There are several new plays on the stage this week. A brief mention of Mr. Pinero’s cheerful comedy, “ Girls and Boys,” should be made. It will be worth while saying something about ** Girls and Boys ’’ next week. This comedy is brightly acted by Mr. Lewis, Mr, Stephens, Miss Rehan, and by the other actors in Mr. Daly's popular company. G. E. M, RENDER: VNTO $CISSOR$ THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SCISSORS + POR, Te TMC TEMUNS Vy 44. SONG OF A GREAT SOLE. BBRING forth my flannels, mother dear, From out the camphored box, And also bring me, mother, dear, My home-made, all yarn stocks, And take my boots to be half-soled, ‘And patched, too, all around, I really fear that I ‘it take cold, T've so much on the ground. —Evansville Argus. “* Who was the straightest man in the Bible ?” ‘* Joseph.” ‘* Why 2” ** Because Pharoah made a ruler of him."—£x. Tue electric lights behaved so badly in Newport the other night, that they had to be put out.—. ¥. Commercial Advertiser. Tue latest dade story is that a farmer saw a couple of those agonis- ing specimens on the street and exclaimed : ‘Gosh ! what things we see when we don't have a gun."—7roy Times. Abarat Courbet telegraphs : ¢ Iam continuing my preparations for an advance.” This reminds us of Artemus Ward's heroine, of whom he wrote, ‘* All of a sudden the fair girl continued to gaze out upon the briny deep."— Globe. Ir is said that one cent's worth of ergotine will kill a cat instantan- eously, and that a millionaire by pate | his entire fortune in the drug might become tke owner of about fifty pounds of it; but we do n't suppose there is a millionaire living who wants to poison 100,- 000,000 cats.—Norristown Herald. A port, ina four stanza production, says, ‘I miss you, my darling, my darling,” ‘I want ou, my darling, my darling,” ’“'I call you, may darling, darling,” “need you, my darling, my datling,” and that “the blank of the dumb air is bitter” without her.. He evidently does miss her—quite considerably ; but whether he wants her to sew on a suspender. button .or pull, off his boots, he fails to state.—Screntific American. Henry Holt & Co.| Hand | Sour Mash PUBLISH : CHAMPLIN'S BOOKS For YOUNG FOLKS. CYCLOPADIAS OF “Should be placed wherever children meet for lessons and reading.” —Boston Advertiser. | Common Things, $3. Persons and Places, $3.50. sweetened, History oF THE War FOR THE Union. Illustrated, $2.75. and Liquors. THE FINEST CLOTH OF GOLD “Straight Mesh "’ Cigarette | | NOW READY. -Made OLD CROW RYE. HERMITAGE, MAYFIELD. 4 TO 12 YEARS OLD. Sold absolutely pure, uncolored, None sold until four sum- mersold. $3.50 to $9.00 to families. To the trade, at trade prices. H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 Futton Srt., NEW YORK. 1158 B'way, cor. 27TH ST. Cavanagh, Sanford & Co., Merchant Tailors & Importers, 16 West 23d STREET, Opposite 5th Ave. Hotel, | Whiskeys.' un- Finest Wines Write for Particulars. Subscriptions and advertisements receiv- ed for Lire and other first-class publica- tions. Low rates given. Cc. M. CANTY, Room 3, 166 Devonsuire Sr., New York. WM. S. KIMBALL & CO., Alll the latest London Fabrics regularly imported. | Boston, Mass., U.S, A. comicbooks.com