Life — February 25, 1897 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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is rl sors Av NvLLy PLAY-HOUSE PATCHWORK. The Manager, the Manager, how much he has to do; He is obliged to foot the bills—sometimes the “supers,” too. He'll * jaw" and rage when on the stage with actresses’ mammas, And, added to his other cares, he regulates the ** The Actor, the Actor, right singular is he ; How criticism fills his soul with either g: Applause doth make his bosom swell—he it is fame, But, prithee, do not tell him so, or his head may do the same. The Agent, the Agent, sent on to advertise, He fires the editorial heart with mastodonic 1 He’s always bent on working up some wonderful sur- or glee, feels that stars.” Argonaut. Society was not exactly shocked, but it was con- siderably disturbed, the other day, by the marriage of two very respectable young persons of the best set, Prise, neither of whom is possessed of any means to speak of. And knows whatever's going on, because he uses “I's.” Society is speculating and awaiting the result of a prac- The Critic, the tical experiment of that fabled condition —love in a He only see cottage. Several young ladies were discussing it the tsan inkling of the plot, the rest he has to guess, other day, with the result that love got a very black To send his criticism down in time to “go to press.” eye. One young woman, however, was true to her affections, and would choose love in a cottage. “| would sooner marry the man I love," she declared, f he had only $10,000 a year than marry a millionaire that I didn't love."—San Francisco Post. Is, the Chorus Girls, they're bound They ogle all the audience until they make us tired. If they can see themselves in type how very proud are they i ; “ MictiT I ask,” said the lady from South America, And, ab! their “ understandings” have saved full many «hk plaincpersonat the far tide. of ihe-room «play! tes unto herself so many airs?” The Dead-head, the Dead-b She is a Daughter of the Revolution,” said the one He speaks of Edwin Booth as interrogated, in awed tones. ‘Her ancestor fought ** Joe.” in the Revolution.” He'll talk with “* Oh,” said the lady from South America, a mou: am a daughter of seventeen of th Aad yet he’s very useful when you wish to fill a house. —Indianapotis Journal. ad, on hand at every show; : “Ted,” of Jefferson as zest, though all the rest sit quiet as “myself PER AND BROTHERS, NEW YORK, By W. D. Howells, Previous Engagement. a From the ¢ ix Cups of Chocolate. Edith V. B, Matthews. Literary Landmarks of Florence. Hutton. The Last Recruit of Clare's. Beauty and Hygiene. Bound in Shallows. By Eva Wilder Brodhead. Jn the Old Herrick House, and Other Stories. & Ellen Douglas Deland. By S. R. Keightley. STONE AND KIMDALL, NEW YORK Ry William Joseph \ By Hearik Ibsen. A Woman's Courter. John Gabriel Borkman. by William Archer. Aliss Armstrong By John Davidson Grip. By John Strange Winter. With the Band. By Robert W. Chambers. comaz Transt Hours with Famous Parisians. Chicago: Way and Williams. Masked in Mystery. By St. George Rathbone. Na York: F. Tennyson Neely. Telepathy and the Sublimental Self, By ®. Osgoa' Mason, A. M., M.D. New York: Henry Holt a Company. By Stuart Hen “+ WHERE are you going, my pretty maid “ Taint a-goin’ at all, sir,” she saide. “ Prithee, explain yourself, my pretty maide.” “T've been, and got back ag’io, sir," she saide. —W. J. Lampten For sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. The Inter. national News ‘eee Bream's Building, Chancery Lane, EUROPEAN AGENT#—Messra, Paris; Saarbach’s News Exchange, 1 Cl Germany, Agents for Germany, Austria and ‘Switeeriand. Brentano, $7 Avene de V'Opers, io Loadon, F. C. sctiethe peadine ositieal-Atgortera Bilier PRAT ngostura Bitters \ Drugglsts and deals N strengthens the stomach, ers. The beauty of a summer dress Is in its dainty spotlessness; The charm of evening linen, too, Is in its clear and snowy hue; And so the dress of man and maid Depends alike on Ivory’s aid. Copyrighs 108, by The Procter 8 Coats Ca. Ca" WE PAY POST- ACE. BIBBER Patronize American industries —wear KNOX HATS. LITTLE CIGARS. ALL IMPORTED. ; TOBACCO. Wanted— An tien Zoe thie PARK & TIL,FORD, Agents. WT All you have guessed about life insurance may be wrong. If you wishto know the truth, send for “How and Why," issued by the Penn MuTuaL LIFE, 2-3-5 Street, Philadelphia. Chestnut Both speed and reliabil in “ HARTFORD.” TIRES. THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS HARTFORD, CONN: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Ck Minneapolis, San Francisco, ‘Toronto. WWW Wo DDERBURS & CO.. Patent Attorn D.C. for th 800 prize offer an HIGHEST IN PRICE, FINEST IN QUALITY. 2sc. a Bundle, 1o in Bundle. Trial Package in Pouch by mail for 25¢. H, ELLIS & CO., Baltimore, Md. Tue Ammnican Tosacco Co., Successor. new list o pint. He the rtockings slipped “and wntaste ply making aclasp with a soft or and smooth loop, be overcame the difficulties, and result is the pew" Velvet Grip” Hose Supporter. It isa sensible idea. Chicago and West—North Shore Limited —THE NEW YO » clonicbooks-com