Life — June 5, 1884 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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LIFE CHARITY. CHARITY. CHARITY. IN AID OF THE SOCIETY FOR DISTRESSED POLITICIANS, EXHIBITICN (CHICAGO) BUILDING. ‘Turex Weexs’ PERFORMANCE, BEGINNING JUNE 3, 1884. NATIONAL MINSTRELS. MOUNTAINOUS, MONOLITHIC AND MOMENTOUS MERINGUE OF MIRTH-MOVING MERRY-MAKERS. Pgcutiar, PEERLESS AND PaTRIFYING PROGRAMME. INTRODUCTION: . OVERTUR| : BXELAD "Vase Farewell” . SONG—"' Pretty as my Picture ; PASTORAL—* Do not Wake Me, Let Me Stumber’ 4 Mr. R.B. Haves. . ROMANZA—* My Wife and I” }. A. Loan. : MELODY” The Old Home Ain's What it Used'to Be” MacU-& Gent. . DUET—" We Sat by Salt River, You and L” Mussrs, Titpen & Hancock. ‘TO CONCLUDE WITH THE RuyrumicaL Repus AND CANTATORIAL CoNUNDRUM (on sale in the lobby) MUSICALLY PRESENTED TO THE AUDIENCE BY Mr. B. F. BUTLER; ‘Air—The well-known Bar—Carol. ——“A BOOM, BEN? AH! D—N!!!"——- FOLLOWED BY (37 The Sensation of the Evening. “#0 RECITATION BY MR. JAMES G. BLAINE, Fohnson's “Vanity of Human Wishes.” observation ih extensive view, ater mankind from Chins to [277 Me. Buaine Maxing His Grab Pourrican Tumpue. "0 ~ SUCCREDING THIS, THE STANDARD —§« O[I]LI0; «s— 0] Cuorr, RTHUR. In, W. S. Hotman. OO Nim Che - M Payneful Posturings Poetically Presented with Pecuniary Perfection. R. THE Biel R's. R. ROBESON ROACH. IN THEIR (& ONAVAL SKETCH. Introducing the Latter in his Pathetic Ballad—* When Age Stea/s On.” Ulysse FOR WARD MARCH! Ferdinand. WILL PRESENT THEIR BVANESCENT ENTERTAINMENT, THE FINANCIAL CHROESI; OR, PAN-IC AND OLD NICK. During this Entr’ Acte, the two sweet lyrics will be rendered : “I Know ABaNK” ats _ “Vit Meer You ar tag Bars”... NEXT! THE SHERMAN BROTHERS, WILLIAM & JOHN ‘THE FORMER REPEATING HIS GREAT HIT IN THE TOUCHING ARIA, “Taxg, On, Take Tose Lips Away.” ‘THE LATTER’ RENEWING HIS OLD-TIME SUCCESS 1N Hoon's ‘Sox or THe [BLoopy] Suter.” * * MAKEVEIGH * * * FOR THE TWIN STARS, DORSEY AND BRADY, IN THEIR LAUGHABLE FANTASIE, ROUTE HOG OR DIE $50 IN ADDITION. At A SALARY OF $50 A WEEK. —+ THE TWO EX-CENTRICS. - IN THEIR EXQUISITE, EXTRAVAGANZA. RURAL RETIREMENT. In which Mr, Hayes will sing [at reduced rates for the round trip], Patti's Favorite Fucue—" THe Last Rows oF Summer.” Utyssxs. FERDINAND. * $50 ‘Tue PerForMANce To CONCLUDE WITH THE on, REALISTIC RAGOUT, ENTITLED, CONVENTION CASUALTIES, oR, Death on the pare Horse. MESSRS. LINCOLN, CARLISLE. HAWLEY, MORRISON, LOGAN, RANDALL, HARRISON, BAYARD, Erc., Erc. ‘Tho management beg to state that no expense bas been spared, and they venture to hope that to detervingtan object ill be supported gekeressly by the Fabie, My oe 319 WE read in a _ daily paper that at one of the diplo- matic dinners, “General Sheridan sat on President Arthur’s right hand.” We are in doubt as to whether this is a specimen of journalistic mendacity, or whether the Washington air has caused an enlargement of that useful member. Chester’s hands never were small, but as for General Sheridan’s sitting on either of them ! —we paws. MR. EDMUNDS’ VIEWS ON THE COMING CAM- PAIGN. BY OUR SPECIAL CANDIDATE REPORTER. OUR correspondent has been quite ill from ‘an attack of malaria brought on by contemplation of the country with Mr, Blaine as President. He promises, however, never to do so any more, a promise which seems likely to be kept, so far below par is the stock in the Blaine boom at this writing. As Mr. Edmunds looms into prominence the public naturally desires to know more about him than the present limited facili- ties will permit, and your correspondent ventured to call upon him and obtain that insight into his private life which has here- tofore been restricted to Mr. Wm. Walter Phelps, Mr. James G. Blaine and the favored reportorial staff of a New York Demo- cratic Daily which gives Mr. Edmunds’ canvass untold aid by opposing him. The gentleman was found in his vice-presidential chambers trying on a new bell-topped halo which had been presented to him by the lobby as the most virtuous man the world had ever known, not even excepting Mrs. Hayes’ husband. The room was tastefully decorated with appropriate Scriptural texts, and here and there were to be seen little emblems of virtue and truth which the eminent gentleman from Vermont has received from various Christian Associations. On the walls were hung portraits of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, appropriately grouped about Mr. Edmunds himself, who, as the central figure, shone out pre- eminently. He bowed stiffly to me when I entered and excusing himself fora moment left the room by a back door the key of which he kept hanging on his watch chain, Presently he returned, smack- ing his lips in a very unmistakable fashion. I suggested to him that I occasionally indulged behind the bar, but he said that his conscience would afflict him if he put wine before such a prom- ising youth asI, Consequently, Mr. Editor, the interview was dry. “Mr. Edmunds,” said I, ‘* what do you think of the political outlook ?” “Well,” he replied, “that depends upon where you stand comicbooks.com