, 1879-01-19

| never gets over the Alleghenies. But see
here, be shouted, suddenly, s'there's Mexico
hanging to our skirts like q tropical parasite,
with all the chivalry of Spain. the romance
of the aborigine, and the color of eQuato-
| rial Africa; land drunken with her immemo-
| rial superstitious; whose soil Is red with the
conflict of ages; whose people blaze with the
colors Of barbarism, aud retain all the poetry OF
a feudal age2 Why don't we have Mexican
p1ays3 Why shouldn't we draw On Mexico, as
England draws on Indfa2"
MISS FANNY DAVENPORT
says the peculiar thing Which struck aer aooue
tine London theatres is "the habit which is In
vogue there of everybody eating aud drinking
| ;3urinr the performance You can SEND 1or Hnas
you want US there is bar at eagn tleI, anu out.
inr the iiltcrmission ladies and gentlemen Set
up and 20 out to these lunch-countcrs, Wn'cn
look for all the world like the eating counters az
railway station here, for you geo pres aho
cakes covered over with glass. shades
in lust the same way. Ladies VIII
stand there and ea5 ana 1aa H. efen one is
pcctins to hear bell ring or whistle blow,
and some one call ont Ten minutes for relresa-
.Eents.' On the whole rather like the laea OF
! ladies going out between the acts, os pcople
| here suppose that ladies never get tired IRON
being seated so long, and then, Us soon as tue
| bell rings and the curtain rises, You see every
one in their place, from the top tier down to the
| parnuct, and in spite Of the amount OF dr1nlang
goin. On you see very few tlpsY persons 1t the
| theatres"
pESMAS TuoMpsoS's s.uscLE JOSH"
! is a COPY from life. He says he is not only q
| real character, but he's twins, and thus he e1-
! plains:
In swanzey lived for many years Capt. Otis Whit
! ccmb and Uncle Joshus Holbfook, and they were
| well known for miles around as characters"
! Uncle Joshua q very peculiar ulhH+-'eEJ
| shrcwd, and having great deal OF common sense;
Sonnd to DO bis woe duty but never making
fuss about it. lie had some peculiar IDEAS about
matters and things, however: and some people
stance some years ago lie went to Washington TOR
no earthly purpose, 20 far as ANYBODY cGu!a
learn except as be ,ns sad, d. to 5esu,4ss
| Wnat he did, and what was done with hln1,
| nobody in Swanzey ever knew; but pc came
and III nt S o P6os so a be-
departed this life about three weeks ago, and, as
a letter from friend OF mine then Informed me,
| win no buste. fuss or confusion. He had CIR
| rltd hae OF meal into his Earn, and, haEinS
it. On 9s 9o a WbcsgS a9Sn xss es its d
ferent sort of in some respects, full Of fun,
very original i'll al his remarks and actions. and
with an ,nexhaussib1e fund Of anecdotes and
tion Of my new character, while from Uncle Josa
took the more serious traits AsI laid each
ones name, ana called my man Joshua Mh1tcono.
TIE FAMOUS LONDON PASToSIM15T,
". H. Payne, died recently in Dover, England.
He had been on the stage tfty-four vears His
first appearance wac in s'Hop O. aly Thumb"
which was followed ten years later BY brilliant
SUCCESS in the pantomitne Of ''Guy, Earl OF
Warwick, and the Dun Cow" Payne, says the
Ie e1raph, was far superior to the mere tuInbier
and maker of grimaceS in q har}equinade-
Grimaldi naT have surpassed him in the noble
7f CT frr
tasting the favor Of a Ted-hot poker, but PAYNE
possessed many OF the higher qualities o! Gri
aldi. VINO became "an accomplished exposition
OF all that is most dexterous and most cteganE
in the old Italian school Of pantomtme-" OF
that famous school the most cousummate mod
ern professors in France were Debureau and
Paul Legrand, and its last traditions we're pre-
served in England bT the family OF Payne.
GREES-RooM NOTES.
"Diplomacy" is still being performed in Lon
don, although it has now been kept on the stage
for over gear.
Henry Byron has sketched out new farctcal
comedy to be called "Our Girls" which will
follow sour Boys"
Barley Campbell has received IN offer Of
s3,090 from Katherine Rogers for half interest
in his play, Fairfax" which is to be done at
Wallack's.
Fanny and Florence Davenport both propose
to capture London during the current year, the
EiueSt slstCE Enthusiastically du0 Lie YOUNGEST
sister operatica1y."
Evan a oianr ;s mt natch for , woman. for
Col. Goshen tells Brooklyn reporter that his
wife has run AWAY with man named Sweet,
$1,000 team, and an educated goat
Tennvson,s new nlov is to he nrod,ced at the
1rcsnm Tha,tra f'nndon The Tonraote ~ rsnI saaI
Il Terentlv to 7rrine and se1ect nartr of
friends. and the reading oecunied nearly six
7' hanrs ALL INV p'~0 1sA1t' 74~
nout''
Mr. ": c. Coup. OF the New York Aquarium,
and another gentleman are negotiating With tho
tpr.n;nth .+raet md Rroafwor Wv wbareon - tho, ~
and ~ o1on+ cn1iosso, nn;dinor a1,a
nartuSinr Of Of the Character Of GiImore.s Gar,1en
and the 3nnar;n,o ~ 0"Aoe"
1'4e VIZ ~
The dramatic critic OF the st. Louis 1imes-
1o"rHd. sits @ DOWN before Mary Anderson and
cxclaims: 's1f we were Ingonsar. and If Mary
Anderson we're to roll her. crest juicy eyes
around US and hold ont her plump, white arms,
aud tell us about the two souis,' etc, We would
be ten thousand times worse than the most ir-
nd "-ana ! & a no. 1orgct our le
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