The manager of a card factory has offered to provide three or four thousand pesos a year to cover war expenses. It is a one act piece and so the connoisseurs say is a funny comedy, one of those that help to forget the miseries of everyday life. Right in front of the theater you can find carriage and stagecoaches as elegant as they can be, horses and lots of pedestrians. It didn't rain today. It is a cool night.
Lights throw their light as far as it can go.
It is easy to find the reason why. As they walk into the theater leading their mates by their arm and reading the expression in the rascals faces, many who will presently join in the National Guard have realized that there is a possibility that the name of the play foretells a personal tragedy. Saturday, September 19th. Confusion is queen in civilian draft. National Guard regulations had forbidden enrollment except in already existing corpses.