Life — January 15, 1885 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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40 the New Park Theatre with another one of their inimitable farces. Their recent loss, whatever its effect may have been upon their pockets, does not seem tohave effected their spirits in the slightest degree. Of the Ristori restoration it can hardly be said that it was asuccess. The great actress has lost much of her old time fire while her support was more of the kind calculated to ex- | It is to be hoped that | cite ridicule than inspire respect, Madame Ristori will not repeat her experiment in New York. The so-called “ Absurdities" have broken out with in- creased virulence. Mr. Mestayer with his troupe at the Fifth Avenue Theatre and the Rice Troupe at the Comedy can do more nothing in a given space of time than is allotted to most men and women. These affairs may be admirable as mirth provokers but it speaks ill for the dramatic tastes of the city that they should draw larger audiences—and their pro- prietors draw larger cheques—than the more worthy per- formances of which it may be said that they are more num- erous than dollars. Love on Crutches is still running at Daly's to appreciative audiences, and the management are to be congratulated upon the sprightliness of their performances, in which it is difficult to find any serious defect. We feel that a word of sympathy with Mr. Daly in his re- cent bereavement will not be considered out of place here. His loss is one which rarely falls to any man, but in his affliction there remains to him the comforting assurance - LIFE: that he has the sympathy of countless friends, not only those who have known him intimately but the many whose troubles he has done so much to lighten. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ww". M. EV-RTS: Yes, your ex-ness, the propin- quity of your opportunity is exceedingly propin- quitous, You are just the man for a long term in the Senate. Lengthitude of Language, Lankitude of Limb, and Legal Luminiousness generally are the best af qualifications for senatorial honors, but it is a pity you couldn't have gone in the Roman Senate when you were young. Your's is just the figure for a toga! The Cat, Sun Office: We congratulate you upon your suc- cession to the position recently occupied by the lamented Mr. Dana, whose untimely disappearance, in November last, excited the most appalling suspicion against one Butler, with whom he was last seen, The Sux, we doubt not, will become | More amusing now that you are there, but never give way to your feelings, pussy, and above all, beware of the Tabbies of the Tall Tower. Mr. Otis Skinner, Daly's Theatre :—Yes, your imitation of Mr. Irving is good enough to make the audience see what you are doing. But why mar an otherwise perfect perform- ance by adopting the most painful of another actor’s manner- isms? It is out of place and not half so funny as Mr. Dixey’s effort. ed yegt the supe? onl ge hed Besedwed ail meen'n fer shed Oradea an mer Dee) (Dr Hatuk contends Hee imere Than ene meata deny Well after the je Sieemb andthber wen The comic oekisl. Trxigg Phe vost nickle , tobe fugay ire financrat read Beers bore cant? SIGNS OF THE TIMES. comicbooks.com