Puck — December 3, 1879 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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[SS VEG Mrs. Motiycruus (lo her sick husband):—“1 wish you to bear in mind, Joseph, that when I die I shall request to be placed by your side mcs Mr. Mottycruss (with a sigh):—‘Darn it! No rest for me; even in the grave.” TO THE PEANUT. ODORIFEROUS peanut, 5 Loud let me sing thy praise! "Tis true I eat thee not now; but 1 think of youthful days,” Whene’er I see thee on a corner stand. ‘Oft is thy shell crushed hy the dainty hand Of maiden fair, Or of the maiden’s mar ‘Thou art not rare In circus or horse-car. ‘The rustic swains and maids, on Sunday Sit on the stoops beneath the moon's clear light, And chew on thy crisp form with all their might, When roasted well, and hot, + Luscious thou art, Ah, peanut, we will not From thee e’er part! Yet still, when chewed, thou hast a strong perfume, Which easily can fill the largest room: No lover can feel free ‘To take from his dear love a buss, When she's been eating thee, O peanut oderiferous! THE THEATRES. “Fatinitza” has been—indeed is very suc- cessful at the SranpaRp. Gilbert's ‘‘ Princess Toto” is in preparation, Mr, Frederick Clay is the composer of the music. Mr. Bartley Campbell's ‘‘ The Galley Slave” was announced for production at HavERLey's on Monday night. It demands notice, which it shall receive in due course. “An Arabian Night” was performed, last Saturday night, at Mr. Day's beautiful theatre with the full strength of the company before a crowded and eritical audience. We must de- fer our notice. ‘ ‘ ’Er Majesty's Hopera has been strengthened by the arrival of Marimon, and perhaps weak- ened by the sudden departure of Aramburo. “Mignon” was sung on Monday, Miles. Cary, Valleria, Del Puente and Campanini in the cast Mlle, Leroux-Bouvard appeared in ‘“Mig- non” at Bootx’s THEATRE last Monday in conjunction with Paola-Marié, Angéle and Capoul. Ambroise Thomas's work is a new departure for the company, but Capoul is quite at home in it. “Pinafore”—yes “‘ Pinafore,” with Mr. A. S. Sullivan conducting his own music with his own original orchestration, and Mr. W. S. Gil- bert managing the stage. This show is at the Firri AVENUE THEATRE and it is not astonish- ing to find that all the seats for Monday night, last, were sold. “French Flats” is certainly a very funny play, andit isnot surprising the UN1on SquaRE Tueatre is nightly crowded to laugh at it. Never on the New York stage, and not often on other stages, has there been such an array of fine comedians in one piece. This fact alone ought to induce everybody to go to see it. “French Flats” is a peculiar play. It is certainly more of a farce than a comedy, but it partakes of the nature of both, Though it is thoroughly French, yet there is sufficient “contemporaneous New York interest” in it to make one enter into the humors of flat and apartment life as if the scene had been laid here instead of in Paris. BROOM CHORUS—Peeasure before Business. “Street Sweepers? We Guess Not!” AKRONICS. A black suit—a negro divorce case, A West Hill girl has got the ague and says she is mad because her fellow gave her the . “Ouray for our side!" cry the Utes in unison. Is a baby-jumper necessarily an athletic infant? A South-End dog who had been looking for over a month for a soft snap caught an inno- cent citizen by the calf of the leg the other day. Could’ a high-toned hoodlum be called a bonnet lum? The kitten gives vent to its feelings on its purr of the moment. An Akron man died last week from swallow- ink a silver half dollar. He couldn’t stand the passage of the silver bill. ‘Theatrically speaking, could a dog star? POPULAR QUOTATIONS. Lee ward this tar of hempire takes it sway, A rolling pin gathers no dough. A wise cork knoweth its own pop. Corn in the ear is worth two on the foot. A schooner in the hand is worth three in the keg. “Fis a sensible cow that knoweth her own “fodder.” Mont Clemens, LITERARY NOTES. The Zvening News is a handsome, well- edited paper recently started in Philadelphia. Nor daunted by “Pinafore” or the presence of Messrs. Gilbert & Sullivan, Mr. M. F. Donovan has written the libretto of a comic opera called “The Mother-in-Law.” Mrs, Martha J. Lamb’s “History of New York City " ought to find many readers. The style is good and the engravings are well exe- cuted. ‘The second part of the second volume is just published. Tue Spirit of the Times is going to publish a gorgeous Christmas number. Among those who have specially contributed are Wilkie Collins, Oakey Hall, Nym Crinkle, Noah Brooks, W. L. Alden, Stephen Fiske, Ballard Smith, Joseph Howard, and J. H. Bromley. Answers foy tye Anrious. HaseLtive.—She did it, this time. Naso.—It is obvious that the first part of your name is not M. Ovidius. Lyxon.—Your remarks on Suicide show a liberal and enlightened mind, and a large erudition; but we must j decline to publish them. You are apparently only touting for the undertaking business at large, and we don’t think that is fair. D. B. Kee.er, 3rd.—We have no doubt that it would « please you greatly ” to see your sketch in our columns. We are less certain about the eftect on our other readers; and we think that, in the present temper of the public mind, it would be diplomatic and discreet to postpone the publication of that sketch an on or so. G. R. M., South 2d Street Brooklyn.—We feet vastly flattered at being referred to in this sty “High poised above this seething Hell Of Earth, where Sin and grisly Death, ‘And Crime and pall Sorrow dwell — Born from Corruption’s fetid breath— With shining bolt and bended Bow, You (wn) lay the monstrous Hydra low—"* but we should prefer to hear from you when your muse is in a rather more pranksome mood, as it were, if we may so express it.