The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-02
BOOTHS NEW YEARS. LIST.
Grave Comments by the Erratic Monsieur
X. amer Many New Years Calls.

| n. ufcf MANY new years calls.
Last evening" in the presence of large
| and intelligent audience, Edwin Booth drew his
| conception of Br1dits, the 70 bust Roman, whose
romantic story Is so trcnchanty told by John
| Howard Payne. when Tdrquin, the brutal,
lustful scoundrel, pcrpetrated his iniamics. zoo
years before tho coming OF our Lord, he little
dreamed Of the storm then brewing over his
| own hot head.
| Just so yesterday, when In the broad brisht
sunlight OF the morning all young New York
carecred about the streets like Mother uoose's
beggars,
Some in rags.
And some IN velvet gowns,
they little dreamed OF tho storm that was
brewing over their hot heads. The snow the
snow, tho beautiful snow lay 80 screnely over
all tho ground that livery stables thought
nothing OF charging $50 for a cutter and driver,
| and nobby turuouts netted all tho way from SIS
| to 500.
But the Tlrquinlan dagger 10 the volsclsn
| cities did its bloody work, so did the dreadful
death OF Lucrctid in the market place work
ruin to the proud usurpcr In the little town of
Cumde; and SO. too did history repeat herself
| last night when the fierce winds blew and tho
| heavy fall Of snow blocked the roads and spoiled
the little game OF the buttonhole brigade.
| Edwin Booth has boon playing hts favorte
| FOunu OF ffHtS-fOlltu AFOunu-IOr several
weeks. and 1t was generally remarked that
| although the weather was exceptionally favora-
bic for pedestrians, calls were not SO numerous
MS usual. A great many ladies' issued hundreds
| of cards through the mails, and the males re-
turned the compliment by postbOys. The ro-
nance OF calling ended when the city grew to
| it, present limits. Many thousands Of nen who
can afford to spend:
For gloves ..........'3 80 Tor new boo,....ti5 %
| FOR utcN ur........... hp|
! For OOuquct........... 55 Total..."......tI9 40
hesitate when they ind that the street cars and
buses are practically u no use. They really
/ not ford sleigh, and a coupe Is far beyond
their mean1.
Independent men, such as we know Erutts
| was, rarely care what 9th n people think Stung
to the quick by Tirqiins several outriges, he
boiled over ut the last. His father and brothers
had been barbarously treated by the brutal
monarch and Brttis fcigned imbeciity that he
"a. ght not be deemed Of enough importance to
| be murdered also. Inis phase Of Brluts. a.
! drawn by John Howard Payne, Booth pictures
with beauty and pathos Booths beauty IL
rather soft, md mis- uathos is generally the Kind
which we spell with capital Is, but | st night
| lie seem ID to rice above Booth aud to FORGET all
! save his Bftuus. Perhaps Booth can cl4tm to
be abla to look more like 40 idiot than any U her
! living actor II no does. grant his clain The
| crlitr scenes II tins Roman Punch simply
perfect. and At the same time perfectly simple.
| Otper IDIOTS not only scent Slg5j Tor their
| two hoIses and driver, witt an occasional foot
mlu Long before tue miikmen had left their
than Brtdus, because according to the com
monty received story he only f,igHei idiocy for a
purpose, met ia their four par tack aud made
on their lsts. Eich man had ms list oh, list,
Ana That reminds me mat In cerlain scenes Of
B1de, Booth DUPLICATES hi. Romeo, a. IA that
Filters GhDst Ia the woods. Don't you temem-
Der how idiuttc he looks when the GhD.t says,
List. on. let. could a tale UNFOLD" a., etc.I
We when hoOth crops MS lower and ponder
Ous Jaw to list ~ Hamlet. he looks precisely ns
he Toes when he sits on the what not IN the ball
scene with Jtlict and ours Ills lt0ueouistic tale
fun In her Jewelled ear.
" ell IL | was saving. each id lot has list.
These they tack together Then, br ced on some
tail tower bcnzine. they sally forth. u ich man
Introduces his three partners to the various
d1msels " his acqI intance, aud from rather
late cock-crowins IN tine morn TIL even The sKei-
"iuhs IN tho chutchNaru yawn they keep II up
aud MURDER time. Yesterday was an exception.
listers Raloshes, and umbrellas were tue only
wear after . L. NJ. and the gay and festive
gents VINO had hired cutters aud otner sleds
Tor ms occasion only were not only terribly DIS
pointed, out very wet. Us one thing to jump
smilln.S from an open sleigh on to an icy pave
incu;. tftp NJ the clean stets, hand coat and &
to koOert johnson at the door, and waltz IN 10
the lady 81 the mansion Ike a dollhouse June
Uug ON a spree and its quite another 40 20 on;
lumberrgi covered with sn-w. step the dainty
loot nto several inches Of tue uealtifui ,lspostf
reach Robert johnson Ike a case OF dam r.I
. y goods, anu -'..h INTO the presence OF your
iii'nd CAMP uucom!ortatie' And wi.ted as to
u required ,luck to make calls last oeht.
Ana II there's INV one line of busluo.s 40 which
s.incs brightest and t,st, Ike tine sons II Inc
INC nins. a. is that VA wnicn melodrtmiitc excel
euce. am plyslcal deNf,rity ave essential. How
I ui-eriuig tame ana sentl ally SICK he is IN
Rom'o until. Sung To anger by tue death If his
TREND, ne draws nis ~ ord, t.iN,s the stage aud
sw' fIs' down uion his foe, nghtng ike Jury TO
tie N-N deItnl
something of this, too. we nnd In Bri,tis
N.q Bo9th l. not dong himself lu-tlc- In play
he ought to have T. a co,ossli meiodr.ma, in
It l. Df Ilts