Puck — August 29, 1877 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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PUCK. ROMAN SENSATION. ary Cardinal, DRAMATIC NOTES. “An Sin” in St. Loui Sornern Dundrearie: of September. ‘Tur Boucicault Comedy Company are going on a “ Bridal ‘Tour.” “ Bany" has gone to Philadelphia to keep up his Sunday School. ‘THe BLonpe Beauty of Britannia-still beams on the gilded youth at Wallack’s. RicNotp is threatening us again. to do “ Clancarty” here in January. ‘Tue report is positively denied that Edwin Booth will play Zood/es during the coming season, Mae. JaNauscuek produces a new play, “Katherine the Second,” during her season at Duff's New Broadway. “ Srrocorr” has been struck off the list at the Lyceum, but there is a chance of our see- ing it later in the season, Tue “ Micuty Dottar” has opened the Eagle, which may be an auspicious omen. ‘The Eagle needs auspicious omer Mr. Mavrice Barrynore is in town looking for the theatrical notice-writer who located him in Pittsburg for the coming season. Tue “Danites” is wooing fortune at the New Broadway. But the general opinion seems to be that it is a play better suited to the “ glo- rious climate of Californy.” “Don’r you think,” ventured the meek critic, who has to see all the new plays, “don’t you think they’re rubbing in this Chinaman business just a leetle too much ?” Cutanrrau_ takes his little “Kit” to the Grand Opera House on the 3d of September. George Boniface plays his original character, Manuel Bond, in his original style. RayMonp opens at the Park in January, and four dramatists are waiting to know which of them is to be honored first by the production of his new play with the prospective millions in it. Joun McCuttoven will, it is announced, continue to manage the California ‘Theatre next season. If somebody could only be found to manage John, he might be able to carry out his intentions. Mr. Daty opens his theatre with “ Our City” on the fourth of next month. Rumor says he boucicaulted it from the German. Ada Dyas, Sidney Cowell and Emily Rigl play in the new goes at the Park on the 3d He wan!s | piece, and Barrymore and Lewis have the lead- ing parts, Mr. E Harvier, the dramatic critic, has been specially engaged to write a series of | articles descriptive of theatrical celebrities for | the London Zimes, and when Harvier crosses Union Square, Histrionismn rises and gives him | multitudinous invitations to beer, and tells him | it doesn’t want a notice, you know, but, “Pink Dominos” is drawing crowds to the Union Square, and may be called the success of the season; and all the theatrical managers in the country are quarreling for the possession of the naughty piece, just as if it were the sweetest little innocent of a strictly moral drama that ever served to entice the pious to the play-house. Ix “Our City,” soon to be produced at Daly's, there is an Irish part which has been intrusted to Mr. John Drew, ‘The ambi tious young artist, on receiving his rle, devoted considerable time to the study of the Hiber- nian dialect, and, at the first rehearsal, he “spread himself” on a realistic rendition. When he had finished, Mr. James Lewis arose and remarked mournfully : “They're running this thing to death —we can’t have a picce now without a Chinaman in OUR ARTIST WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Pace leaves the city in summer. SMiLiie is taking things cheerfully at Lake George. Bierstapt has struck Milwaukee, and feels quite at home there. New Jersey is the place where the poor art- ist may get a house cheap. Julian’ Scott is there. A number of our best-known artists are up in the wilds of the Adirondacks, where they haven’t Beard for a month, and are McEn-tee to drink. Winstow Homer is practicing with a white- wash brush, Homer is tiot a pre-Raphaelite. He is more inclined to the barn-door style of painting. Cuurcu has bought the mainsail of the Great Eastern, and is up in Manitoba trying to cover his canvas with a picture of the North American continent. Louis Tirrany is in Massachusetts making studies with his palette-knife. When he comes back to the city we shall see what improve- ment, if any, he has made. Iv is not true that Mr. J. G. Brown is pass- ing the summer on the rocks in the vicinity of Central Park. ‘The report arose from the fact that this artist makes a specialty of painting kids. Eastman Jounson is in Connecticut. He is making such earnest studies that he confi- dently hopes to reach the highest goal of his ambition. Nobody will be able to tell his next Academy picture from a Nassau Street chromo. Casitear is in the White Mountains. He goes there to commune with Nature—'cas ’e'll "ear her tender voice more distinctly. It is positively denied that he seeks the country on account of his health, and leaves the city ’cas ill 'ere. Now is the time when James M. Hart wan- ders through the country seeking chances to paint tall trees with red cows under them. ‘The beauty of this plan is that his pictures appeal not only to the taste of those who like trees, but those who like red cows. Hart is a good business man. Ausweys ‘or the Aurions. UNTAIN, —Dessice ALIA. —Try not to be silly, L. 2, EI should eal you D. Flat, Binkins.— Pry again, Hasnitive.— 0 us about it, Doctor. panies each on Devri.—Stay where you are. The Z the Unsalted Seas will do f SARK nan, that thing is nota poem. It ary outrage in four Try it, by all mean: pat to overlo it, ng, mixed up. ‘There's more Sorry to say it, but that’s the way it looks. James. —Are you ever called —familiarl ki Jim? And if so, is family name Jams? Judging from your article, we should think it R. 1.—We cannot follow you in lofiy fights of poetic in: jon, It is just as well for you that we can not. We're bad—Aad—when we reach for am Lrosipas.= My a ose verses beginning, my dear, unmarried aun are extremely clever, and would reflect great credit on you, if they didn’t reflect more on the man who originally wrote them, His name is Holmes, and he lives in Bos ton. Pratr.—Your paragraphs are all about the right length; they are neatly written, and on very nice paper. What a pity they aren't funny!” For paragraphs have t be funny, Platt; it’s one of their peculiarities. ait Hopi, Towa City.—Go drown yourself in boil- ing oil, get yourself tom to pieces by wild horses, drink three gallons of poison—inflict on yourself every torture which human ingenuity Itwon't be half set the crime of writing those verses —not half, HD. HL, Adrian.—The © sion appointed to read has clased its labors. ‘The majonty report re- that you be decoyed to ‘ork and. assas. ‘A merciful minority simply advises that you be tand bastinadoed. But we do not intend to pro- , and we merely print the opimons of way of a mild insinuation that your poem won't do. S$. R. J.—You announe n of continuing dd tis such contributions as “An Adventure in Bar- gainin, Do so, Our constitution is good; we can stand it; and long practice has taught us to sling things into the festive waste-basket with an easeand cle- gance that would surprise you. We can keep this thing up just as long as you can, Only let us give you one word of advice—organize a spelling match with yourself, and try to brace up a little on orthography. comicbooks.com