Life — January 3, 1884 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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aah acelin aan el wh ar ee OS ae Eas 1 alicia a ll BURR NE Ric acct for criticism. But this is nonsense. Mr. Booth is the kind of actor Lire takes peculiar pleasure in talking to (‘‘ lecturing,” if you like the word), because Mr, Booth has opportunities and duties. that other actors donothave. Success improves work, Thisis a | little moral maxim which Mr. Booth might remember when he desires to entertain his public. Mr. W. C, Sheridan, who appeared as Othello to Mr. Booth’s | Iago, was, if possible, more singular than Mr. Booth himself in this splendid, deep, and vibrant character of passion, Mr. Booth was passionless, Mr. Sheridan was as lusty as Falstaff, and unpleasantly suggestive of the late Mr. Backus—corked. But nearly all the actors go to pieces when they try to do Othello, Mr. Sheridan is, therefore, in good company. Furthermore he is, in a proper play and character, an admirable actor—too de- clamatory, without doubt, but strong and thoughtful. His Louis XI. is an impressive and salient performance. Mr. H. H. Boyeson has written a play called “An Alpine Rose,” which is about to be produced at the Madison Square Theatre. It tells the story of two Alpine girls, Ilka and Irma, one tender and imaginative, the other gay and mischievous. Ilka loves a brawny poacher, one Hansel, who is afterward tured into a soldier, much against his will. A Count von Dornfield is mixed up comically in the play and becomes, in the end, the hus- band of Irma. He saves Hansel’s life, when Hansel is taken as a spy; he does various good to the sisters; he leads them involun- tarily into a troublesome intrigue, and then leads them out of it. This play should make an agreeable dramatic entertainment. G.E.M + LIFE | could n't have known him ! RENDER VNTO $CI§SOR$ THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SCISSORS - SUER Te THR PEMUNS IV 14 HER GREAT UNDERSTANDING. “THE diamonds she wore were of brilliancy rare, And she dressed in fine laces and satin ; She spoke French and German with accent most fair, And was n't a novice in Latin. Her wonderful wealth was almost on a par With her rare and correct nomenclature, But her feet were regarded by all, near and far, As grand and sublime freaks of Nature. —Bismarck Tribune. + So, Buster is out' of the street, eh?” “Yes, he's had to go.” “Bad clean-out ?” ‘Lost every dollar he had.” ‘Ah! he should have moved with more caution.” ‘Caution! Why, man, yu He was the most cautious man in Wall Street. He bad a part of his cash in a partnership in a faro bank, some more in a lottery scheme, $5,000 in a gift enterprise, and he got into his broker over $20,000."— Wall Street News, he café of the new Theatre Italien : aiter, a glass of beer, if you please.” Brune or blonde ?” “ Brune.” “ One docka neara !"— Paris Paper. “ ETHEL," said the teacher, ‘(whom do the ancients say supported the world on his shoulder?" “Atlas, sir.” ‘ You ‘re quite right,” said the teacher, |“ Atlas, supported the world, Now who supported Atlas?" ‘I suppose,” said Ethel, softly, “1 suppose he married a rich wife." —Ex. EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. will begin the issue of their AMERICAN NOVEL SERIES. CHAMPLIN’S BOOKS FOR YOUNG FOLKS. Cyclopedia of Common Things. Hand: Sour Mash MA Price, $3. Brut. 5 Se Sold absolutely pure, uncolored, un- L Cyclopedia of Persons and Places. ey 2 LuVinerace Paice $3.60: sweetened. None sold until four sum- Neo ae pewost || “Should be placed wherever children meet for mersold, $3.50 to $9.00 to families. To Neve lessons and reading.” —Boston Advertiser. ‘ = | the trade, at trade prices. Finest Wines got ting History of the War for the and Liquors. ct Union. ILLUSTRATED, $2.75. Fohnson's (Helen Kendrick) Our Familiar Songs. = And Those who Made Them. Three hundred standard songs of the English- | speaking race, arranged with piano accom. paniment, and preceded by sketches of Merchant Tailors & Importers, the writers and histories of the songs. 8vo. $6. Henry Holt & Co. OLD CROW RYE. HERMITAGE, 4 TO 12 YEARS OLD, H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 Furtoy Sr., | NEW YORK. 1958 B'way, cor. 27TH St. | Cavanagh, Sa nford & Co., Subscriptions and advertisements received 16 West 23d Street, Opposite sth Ave. Hotel, | All the latest London Fabrics regularly imported. Made Whiskeys. YFIELD. Dry Special, Write for Particulars. for Live and other first-class publications, Low rates given, Cc. M. CANTY, Room 3, 186 DevonsHIRE St., Boston, Mass., U.S. A. New York, comicbooks.com