The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-25
DISSERTATIONS ~ CTNCINN.tTL
What IL Lost Interesting 20 ~ Stranger vis-
Hing that very Interesting city

CINCISN Art. March -. -th.u'iug to meet
Mr.. 4. NJ. Palmer. manager of dlr Union Square
Theatre. in the corridor OF the homclikc Bur
nett called his attention to The fact thnt Mr..
Hart Jackson advertise him- II as the author
Of the Two Orphans "a play brought ont
years neo ly Mc-srs. DEnncry and German in
Paris. H. was silent for moment. and then.
as acharactcristicaly cynical smile played over
his features said: "W,ll. he certainly il rs
much the author of the orphans as Dion
Boucicaui is Of Led Astray.
How so?' asked.
because he translated it from the French"
And that was all Boucicault's authorship OF
Lcd Astray ?"
Certainly. In fact. Jackson il more than
Bou .icault mn author. because he prepared all
the last act. and arranged it literally for our
stage"
Did you pay the original authors. II that OK
preston may be used. for tho Two OrphansT"
I'VE did"
How much ?"
Seven hundred and flny dollars and from
that small investment all this mighty harvest of
hard cash resulted. SO far rs the last act is con-
ccrned it was written by Hart Jackson. and wa
could compel managers to pay Il royalty iOr
using ins % i Is our Propecr,iyE; ,,,o.g.
lIc made $4,000 10y his work"
=, This would sccm to show NJ the authors, Of
ii' Still ulD III u ItlNfT queer llGiis, anu 10
disclose them as simple trqnsators doing a
work which any French scholar. or any ordi-
nary hack ronld 90 rs well Th", Celebrated
Cnsc. oyer which 50 much ink andtempcr
wasted u t'w months ago. - case IN point 1t
WAS purchased 10y Shook Palmer. aud by them
work. and did i weii' bat il Would look rather
strange 10 soc. IN the columns Of THE sun. the
two plays originally written D., D'Enn'ry AMI
Cprnan rrcdlt"d. the ono To- Hart Jackson. and
the oth"r to Mr.. Ca2uurau. and \ Il thr on is
lust ~ mn IA the author ae the other The lat
u l.tfl ia f.stt
and the Wr-i. Mr o'N.i Who PLAYS 'i,' t6c part att
assigned To Mr.. CoshIan. Is compgrcd by the
san Francisco press To- SalNin. Mr. Ihorne
Nio j. pay ng thr SAM r"ft through The W, IT,
invests il with moro animal life than Mr.. Cogh-
Ian. VIII lsr INTERPRETATION il "harn, trriI'd by
care and that art which best conceal. his art.
Cincinnati is a strange Iln'e Most p.opl"
think OF it as the home of the hog. and Il depot
But no Thoughts like these rest in the mind Of
the native res iicnt of this rectangular town.
lis chiet pride j. its journalism
= II secured It's Geological. Garden beyond the
nccd not rcminl the rcalers of THE sry
that this j. the workshop oi thrtruv gooi Dra-
con Richard Smith whose virtuc~ have 50 often
ben ghr"n. .lei therein;
Il s. t'ic straighic-t ~ the straight.
There is nothing crooked about him-morally;
or NJ. physique. from head To- Knee. no word
of lrlis" or communication can b. too great.
below tAn kuo' tho Dencon IS oren to ritirism
Therein li,- a. ,irch-tl Of his handsome but
d".pnr,t" rival, the wari.kc Murat. the KAY and
RI" aN. rage man out .hcrc. between hi.
Shakes. sny- of h!s nrghhor not lie is as
i,imiHri a. lEn'nin-. lut He 10 rs smart ns
a =, IT. f ia, eGaT an oT'ho@S @ Ok cGrisi"n ] AL al
AWAY a. smart and full of bounce.
On th' other hand. no elinilo is more fire.
ngNoi' at ct trpiaud the humane ihan that which
likcns tho party praised IN the good Deacon.
Nwh9 i soon 10 m2yn t. an enlarged spherr OF
USEFULNESS, some blocks above his present site.
:. ! have he''n rhcercd by sight OF both these