Life — December 17, 1896 — page 13: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

503 THE PRIMA DONNA'S RIVAL. O you see the great prima donna?" “I see a woman, Is she a great prima AZ ZAN TIN ee ee D . g “But this woman is eee Al 7 not singing.” p “No; she is doing what prime donne do when they are not singing.” “What is that?” “They sulk.” “Then the great prima donna is sulking now?” “She is, and she is sulking for all she is worth,” “+ T suppose she is sulk- ing because her salary is slow in coming.” “Your supposition is wrong.” ‘* Perhaps some other prima donna’s name has been printed in larger letters on the pos- ters, or has been more highly spoken of by the critics.” “Once again you are wrong.” “Do you know why the great prima donna is sulking ?” “Ido.” ‘Please tell me.” “‘Itis because she is no longer asked to write testimonials about soap, pianos, and malt ex- tracts,” “‘Has some one else supplanted her in those useful occupations ?" “Yes,” “Who is the fortu- nate person?" Oivorce. ‘Mark Hanna.” AS OBTAINED IN THE TROPICS. comicbooks.com