Life — November 23, 1893 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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337 LOVE'S FIRE. wr a glowing fire Young Love kindles With the fuel Of desire! When ‘tis fairly started How he tends it ! When it dwindles How at first he mends it! Is he tender-hearted ? Nay, he's cruel : For at last When the novelty is past. Weary grown Of the dying embers, He no more remembers That the fire was once his own, Lets the flashes Fade in ashes Gray and cold! Young Love soon grows old— And that ends it. Nathan Haskell Dole. A PRACTICAL TRAGEDIAN. OUTTOWN: Adopted the stage as a profession, have you? How are you doing? SONOROUS EARSPLITTER (¢ragedian): First rate. Making money. “Wha—?” “Fact. You see my brother and I are in partnership.” “ What good does that do?” “He sells eggs and I act.” IDOLS OF THE HOUR. was the re-appearance of Madame Materna and her magnificent rendering of the finale from Tristan and Isolde. The orchestra were in fine form. It is to be hoped the remainder of Mr. Damrosch’s programmes will prove as rich and varied. A BROAD Comic, comicbooks.com