, 1877-09-09

hurriedly pokes . roll Of MANUSCRIPT at the
head of the Treasurer ''Just hand that 10
Palmer,n.hc says. and vanistes.
Stuart Robson has been sufferer n0tn oe1nfe
and since s.Sandy Bar." The atlliction often
comes in letters offering something that Twill
exactly suit his style Of acting" 1t Is no use
assuring the correspondent that, his engage
mcnts for the season being all made, it would
b. impossible for him to entertain any proposal.
The rcply comes hing like this: NY dear
sir: Yours received. iuclose YOU the maui
script OF MY play, not with a view to its i'm
mediate production, but for inspection and re-
vision. / send it to you because you are one ot
inc very few comedians who have brains,' and
So On. This is highly complimentary, Of course,
to Robson and Crane, Clarke and Jefferson, and
others.
The other DAY. Crane had play sent him
uwith . part written to fit him." The comicsitua,
.roes about annoying everybody with his bad
S.os+h The ladies II, the NAV hold their noses
whcnever he approarhcs, and this is calculated
to produce screams Of laughter Imagine this
for q closing tablcau: Comic man in the CEN
trc Of a group OF ladies III a fasniouable draw
iuc-room fall holding their noscs) SAYS: Why
does. ererybody dcsnisc mc9' Chorus by the
whole company: .sBecausc ron stink, because
you sr1Sk!s Curtain.
Crane told the author very politely that in hts
opinion an audience would look upou this as
yulsarity. "But it's rcal, insisted the author;
II tooE that ycry sccne from real life. saw
it myself in drawing-room" Crane declined
to play the TART, and the man went away in
was an ignoratnus.-
ItIs said that the Partisan impressarios have
adnnted The ernef1ient cf sending ali manu-
scrnts n Mazas ft,r The conyicts tt read, They
arc returned to the manager with an exhaustive
r;tts y - said cr,ns;dcr his Kind Of work
nres1,r =. 70 1nns1,ncnt than nicling oakum or
brsakiner i stones' and eve even the bittcrest de-
nn'ncer of convict labor viii hardly raise an
objection to it.
sona d,v ~ tl;s drearv mass Of waste papcrl /
- wo,,i'} ha iii" 1o snecnlatc mon the subicct,
II is barely r,ossib]c. hardly probable Play
m,tin% has become a mania, and it will have
t,,oos 1,anx rs cnpa~e in Il. IT'S like tho
gold fever or silyer-mining mania. We hear Of
Some one making fortune in one season out
of sinule play. We 20 to see that play, aud
We pronounce It trashy and ephcmcral. We
say 10 ourselves We can write better play than
this this promising sold.region for short and easy
read to wealth.
Il is estimated that since the comcdy y-farccs
sunerseded the French emotional dramas at
least 10000 comedies have been written and
submitted to actors for inspection, revision, and
ACCEPTANCE. There is young man in the East
who can write f1ve-act drama in twelve hours.
Robson met him recently IN New York,--saw
| him bearing down upon him with load Of
mannscrints and was caught. The hend held
bin up fGr two hours and paS*aa 5ead bis nt;.E play
through; & tsats hnt = .rold no1 10 went home to
sur1ng him that II "outu 4oe ~, WV uoae ~
| Sleep Ih1s was on Meunesuas' N1' 49, .to eaa
ing note came: aiS ueaF ell. ~ &C. 70.
made m'slake. 1,,n' r. M.M. y, aa so1 Hsra;.
VIII nesea uo 191 you WV noH " wor1z nnnn new
tb;no ~ VIII tia part tt that YOU can't iail 10 make
| big lit in. 1t is to be farcc;comedv in 1ou1
| acts II you will call round about II to-mor
| row morning Friday), will read it to you."
aon W. M Inn,C nf yo1ns- man in Chicago whe
.,n "e s;t Hd dawn after supper and before going
dnrn ~ town to his evening assignment dash OF
comedy in four acts, Just as II he were not
| printing press. Happy faculty that Is. Mls1
t1as ersoe soen He Jew Would s meet M With warm rcccp
tlou xr,,,,o thu ,r,r;teris occunief
Cn11ously eno 49, aroinisccnccs he looks u
ior moment and 10! the tiend himself LII II
" G1ani- verso. Here. Crane, Robson. Bouci
na,i+ xrhere are 7ou3 Let me make 20,
eao,'a ;ntc1 with this gentleman.
Be- turns out, however, to be harmless: he
doesn't ask one 10 reau H. 1te4 - 1a ,u ~;
fidence IN ms manncl taas ~ saeS, 3,,,t nend rn,,
opinion.'' No; he only wants . sample ct 1t t
20 into print to tickle the public appetite an'
| noEr IL crave for more. nc has Llhcu III
tro1ble to prepare some choice extracts. No!
tsatee+o This il drarno trhicI deals .rif 1
TIC p6c o1 Rssla It ~ vas Speatso shartly he sui ut
'nittc'l umiul to the whole world. The following
from the fourth tableau OF the louitu aS., 49, ~ ~
| earrosinns an neoplc who write plays:
&C. ~ r,1,a rv;+, me to the bright sailor
RdEf Oe n.Ii3Iv 49, i3nu,ettc n and Rough ct Noir
1tr an ronr fn1tnne, mr. fair boy. yourself
Uctor =. E'nG9 .,e,3 sea.te Un away. w'1i p''
tune n0sf1IIs ~ 1ISvom mean The legacy.
| V;rfor " R-Ah, tznly, eycn srcn one Us
can nnIs hoass .s shnnT never risk one pound ups
the gambler fseach rous cau
Victor and Ea1 @ cnter hatEin1" on the fah
bling parioss q tae oaen'n7 ~0
known 2s Ens: .h,,,- nv stars. that no scrup
5 AdH De NJ ~ .a.un isrrj. now watch me vii
have 50 too1ts 80" 1otd rieccs on certain nun
! | llsau plaecs -,i ESss,i ,;,nes You sec how to
bers and "li1s se'eia' 1'
: tune lavoTs y ~v.,, nay, The devil on1y coax
/ slang
yon n,ens y Tho devil. do you say, 4 clever SOL
1ul ~ ;o IN thix delightful war
ID ~ ~. rA1 HLTherc look at HIM. who loses
t /. rtctv. 80 worn detected, in his face despa
Yon VII, o'~. ;, da",n unon some guilty man, tyl
Dloous ,idir sces impenaing voc, eternal justlt
: stal,n: Mt ~ inst dues. See! Now he turns
threa. n9!j 1n;y fortf. Tor all is gone! He may
y rushcs Macy 1oi'n' IVA
s. soon ns nie' px,au. foolish youth, what sen
T. Kdg Dc cf.ILsna" ,..s,' .vhn:s scrn thc world,
- men's TO na'G ~ cn M Int to lrcad shall the r: