Life — December 15, 1898 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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to cast acceptably a play of Shakespeare con- taining three or four virile characters. ° * . TLL Rostard ever write another ‘+ Cy- rano”? He is a very young man, and a hard worker; so, if he is not made less vigorous by his present success, there is hope. That ‘* Cyrano” is so great will bea heavy bandicap with the public on anything he may produce; but that he should have happened at all at this age of the world is no more strange than that he should supplement the work that has made him famous with another or others as great orgreater, M. Rostand’s future will be watched with interest, * * * IFE is glad to give a free insertion to the following advertisement, taken from the paid advertising ‘columns of the daily news- papers. The sight of a theatrical manager making any effort to give his patrons fair play and to protect them from imposition is so un- usual that any such attempt is worthy of rec- ognition and commendation. Dante Frohman desires to state that the public can secure thetr chotce of seats three weeks In advance; that a very limited number of seats are placed ut a few of the principal hotels—one week In advance—from which the management recetves no emolument or cou- sideration whatsoever, but are placed there merely as a conventence to hotel guests and strangers; and places are assigned at the box office strictly in the order of application. * . . HE old hymn books had a lineto the effect that a certain kind of sinner might return. And Charles Frob- man is going to produce ** Romeo and Juliet.” Metcalfe. TLL TAKE you HOME. AN AMABIAN EPISODE, WITH 4 MORAL FOR EXPANSIONISTS, The World’s Progress. RS. LEEDS THEGANG gave a dinner at Sherry’s last evon- ing, ut which wero present Mr. and Mra, Lottsmore Stile, Mr. und Mra, Gatheran Spend, Mr, and Mrs, Newo Butsolid, Mr. Freddie Goodcatch and Lord Howe Poore. E At tho opera, Monday, thero was something or other taking placo on the stage, but it excited no interest in Mrs, Dressta Kyl, Mre. J. Kakklyn Henne, Charley Fourinband or Mrs, Van Damme Expense, Tho latter wore a gown of black net over yellow satin, covered with moonlight pailettes, and some large diamonds. Mr. and Mrs, Stilor Nuthin aro still about, and generally among these present, Last Thursday they both ate, and wore clothes, 80 also Jid B, Trowsers Van Guzzie and Heritage Doolittle. J. Fatuous Chump, who is a nepbow of the Pursey Strutts, reads ‘@ paper every morning, and has literary ambitions. His grund- mother on the coachman’s sido was an Iceyback Chillum of Boston. IFE is able to state on the very best authority that it has not been informed that impeachment proccedings cre to be brought against Secretary of War Alger during the present session of the Senate. comicbooks.com