, 1879-04-20

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had always heard that
ALICE WAS ECCENTRIC.
and when / heard that after ConnelPs prime
idiocy in St. Louis he was still retained IN the
company, knew my former Information was
correct
One afternoon q few weeks ago CHANGED to
be in Philadelphia on business, and' oy an error
which newspaper men seldom commit, wan
dered into the bar-rooEn OF the La f1e1le
House. / was looking around for way 10 get
out, when my attention was attracted oy the
odd appearance and behavior OF a stranger. lie
was of medium size, and the architect VINO
planned him must have modelled his franc upon
that Of an unusually bulky rhinoceros. his
voice had the ring of broad-gauge bassoon,
and his clothing exuded an odor like camp OF
noonslfncrs in full blast. There was blood in
bis eve and Philadelphia whisky on his breath,
and be was just in the act OF telling bis com,
paniors that il the New York pauars tackled
Mrs. Oates next week in an unkndly sp1Fl!, ne
intended to s'knock the heads OIL them
critics."
WHO is that person3a' 1 asked Of the bar
keeper
There were several men in the apartment,
but tho functionary addressed had no dnaealtS
in skewering the one had reference to.
That" said he, with alacrty,. SIS teller
named Connel. He feels his"
But fed ere he could finish his sentence
Now, Mrs. Oates, Eonnell, and the rest, were
playing at the Arch Street Theatre last week.
At the Arch Street Opera-House the Laurent
Corellt troupe were doing '' Pinafore." At this
point it becomes necessary to callfpttention to
the Renaissance that Mr. Laurent Is the chap
vino was some seasons ago alleged to be Mr..
Oates pro tenn. Here he was in Pniladelphla;
anyhow, playing in opposition to Alice. And
here he was, on the same eyent1ul afternoon OF
which write, standing upon the curb in front
Of the theatre he occupied, voraciously gnawing
the third hair on the second row OF mis- mus
tache, and viewing With considerable apprchen-
sion tie somewhat vague prospect OF getting
away from town with his company. de had
partly finished his lunch, when, In the distance,
like rescuing ship for some forsaken mariner
on desert isle cab appeared. Rapidly the
vehicle drew nearer, and, finally, passed @ m1m
BY. Then it came to halt, and returned. The
door opened, and a fair hand profusely decked
With diamonds beckoned to him to enter. He
lost no time in obeying the summons, and the
cab Immediately took
Il BEE-L1NE FOR PARAMOUNT PARk..
About duslz:that afternoon Sfr. Laurent was
in possession Of several hundreds OF dollars, and
the hot coppers OF his boiler were sizzling under
an uuwouted pressure Of "Extra. Dry" And
at about the same time rotund person With
resonant voice, albeit a tritle husky from sup
pressed emotion, or gin, or something -o1 tnat
sort, was hunting wildly for Laurent, swearing
he would have gore, gore, GORE!
Still later, say about midnight, Col. +. E. J.
Alphabetical Miles was sitting in his hotel room,
when there came knock on the door, and Henri
Laurent entered, to talk business With him.
They had just settled to their work When sec
ond knocking was beard.
.iWho's thcrc!" called the Colonel
"Me,' roared voice like -four horsepower
trombone. II want to see you minute"
"Whew!' gasped Miles. - Gosh! here's a
60: Here, Laurent you don't IT; Tant to see thi5
fellow. You just climb into this wardrobe anu
With a promptness and agility that were as
tonishin9, the silyery-GcTman-slve Voiced
tenor CONF piled with the suggestion. The door
was then unbolted, and MI Council entered
the room. A long conversation eusued, to
which Mr.. Laurent was an interested and breath
less listener from his secluded post inside the
wardrobe. At length Col. Miles thought OF M
e1pedieut, and, acting upon his thought, sug-
gested to Connell that he should go downstairs
and buy ~! na1adozsn a;as do sm eissrs saia conne
"No," responded the. Colonel promptly.
"The boy might bring the wrong brand You
know the kind like: Go down and get some;
that's a good fellow"
The baritone could not resist these bland
shments, and departed. No sooner had he dis
appeared than Col. Miles sprang to the ward
robe, threw open the door, and dragged Laurent
out.
tsFoR GODS SAKE GET oUT,'
said the benevolent manager. sect ont before
he comes back"
scheme. Mr. Connell, upon reaching the head OF
| the stairs, had discovered that in bis pocket
| there were several OF the cigars most enjoyed
| 1y his late companion. And very properly
thinking 1t was foolish to 80 downstairs to gel
| what he had already, started back again. DUST
| at this juncture Laurent came out OF Col
| Miles, room with a rapiditT which suggested the
presence OF catapult in bis rear, and the tenor
and baritone, we're face to face.
It is said that Connell promptly drew of and
"pasted u Laurent upon The end Of his nose
| thereby lifting him about four feet from the
| floor, and that when the tenor came down agalr
| he proceeded to ''lam " the baritone vigorous
| II. Anyhow, there was lovely row, lots o1
| blood, and one black eye. And now both teno1
| The account have, however, says Council was
| awful1y used up.
he ought to be, on general principles AND
| SO ought Laurent They are couole OF the
| worst pills l ever saw. The only difference il
that Laurent can sing, and connel can't; ado' 10Y
wish you any harm,-but you ought to see him
Hc looks like delegation from some ''Grcaser'
| settlement in the far, far West; anu he acts-as
poetic friend of mine feelingly expressed IT.
like id fool" He mistakes the characte'
| for q kind Of male 1opsy, and PLAYS 1t SO. fnt
| ting this alongside Of bis newspaper talk IN 81
! Louis, and his terrible s'giTe-away" in Phlla
| dc!phla, [ am inclined TO believe that Mr. Con
| neli's intellect must consist OF about tea
| spoonful of brains, so remotely yt6ecludeu tna
| they can't be discerned with the naked eye. In
| deed, l doubt if they could be reached with any
| thing less vigorous than
| sAND-BLAsT.
But perhaps be has suffered sufficiently. Te
| he licked bY QnT man is unpleasant. And tt
have your ere :blackened by Henri Laurent,-
| that Is too much, too much.
| At the Fifth Avenue, *'tinafore" has beer
! going on its regulation course to good houses
which have picked uD little since Laurent ane
Corclli we're fired out. The way OF that aiial
| was as follows: When Harklns went on to bos
ton and engaged the Laurent party, it was viii
the understanding that they were to produc
tsFatinitza u on the 2Sth OF this month. sPina
fore - was to fill the gap. Laurent came 1n du'
season, but no .tFatinitza,' no scenic plots, q
ANYTHING. The piece was not even put in re
! hcarsaL After q time Harkins went to Lauren
| a11u said: fare you going to do 'Fatinitza 10
me, or not!" The tenor gave a blank Kind Ct
stare and replied, ''Fatinitza yes, re
member Too late to get it up, amt it!''
Then Harkins got mad, flung LaurentE COZ
tract in his face, and briefly remarked:
| "Gitm =.
And SO the tenor vamoosed, taking With him
mart OF bis com pany, with w!iom he is announce
to do "Carmen' in English in Boston thi
week. The places made vacant BY this Will
drawal were readily filed, and Suppc's me-
comic opera was put in rehearsal Tithou
a moment of delay. It will be pr