New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-08
MIJSIC AND THE DRAMA.
THE DOCTOR OF LIMA.

Il
rb;s nbvsc,an had his career in the capi'ai -
Darn He was fond of cutting up dead bodies an,,
in carly life had swallowed dict'onary"hi'i,
not agree with him. Furthermore, ne was " 80
md had "neyer loved" Wheh, e
Madame Janauschek, in the cn"'ac'
a corpse had been brought 10 n' ;,c
gerv and he had resuscitatsd her py uioP P-t
hot candlegrease on her left eye, his inNnlS
1vas touched and he determined 10 So' =.
Madame Japauschek approved Oh 'i4Y' i'''i 80,
i,"I - no was "bnngry" and If was not uh'l
encouraged by one square men OF nle"u anu e. e..
30 Cro+or ,yater that she consented TO the hup'"'9
~ ,i,ron were the fruit of this suspicious
- sc eoionce and imbecilitv, and the doctor hau
iust spcceeled in teaching his wife no" 10 spell
x-ben n man named BabcOck appeared, ana acchseu
1er nc "tbe gross presumption OF degenerate Il"
plicitv upon which she said. several tlnes 'ha'
She was hungry" and fled from the apar ,lhon' /;
High words then arose between MI. ba"coon an
The British Consul at Lima, and Sir George liito"
gentleman with a wooden leg, suggested that ri
Hancock should apologize and withdIa" ~
4be Infatuated Babcock, speaking WIN ivy
-, declined 10 do The Doctor OF Lima
by this time much eXcited-hoW ""'ii 40 ~
stropp dose of Peruvian bark to an tipe
"o,,hato,,ts and wound up by stating that ms wlie
1ros in fact Mrs Babcock. Then the British on
srl celIe6 i'm Madame JanauScEek-Who mentioned
,bot she was hungry and told her that she
,nrst 90 with Babcock, who had intlmateu
that he was a good proydcr and would
administer nourishment This plan was tuihilcd'
and Mr. Babcock kept his word-gvng her
cranes and buns and other su'iehahce
and talking to her with longer WofdS
even than those of the Doctor OF LINE"
But Madam Jan auscheh dropped his coiee-po'' ana
persisted in stating that she was hungry 80 '''
al last, Babcock-whO seems never 10 nave oeeh "
,e, a1n,bla man and whose trousers were certainly
too small for him-got so mad that he pI""'o'"
connie of pistols aud fired one Stag into ms own
abdomen. and the other into the man with the
wooden leg. The Doctor Of Lima, being summoned
In haste. commanded that "for prudential reasons,
other medical assistance should be procured" Tor
R.bcocE and n few moments afterward the British
Consul stated that providence had relieved
that individual of his anguish" Madame
JonauscI,ek then said that she was
"hungrv.' and invited the whole company
20 take breakfast with herself and the Doctor Ihls
touching narrative has been told in theatrical
form by Mr. Saim Morse and it may be enjoyed AT
the Union Square Theatre, where last night 1t gave
maloyed bliss to Il small assemblage. Mr.. Morse IS
truly great writer and it would not be a bad plan
for him to hire a hail. and produce some more PLAYS
of this kind They are too lovely TO be
with a really noble sincerity by MIR. Alex
andcr H. Stuart; and the heart-piercing
tones of Miss Isabel Waldron, addressing Babcock
as "obdurate man." would soften the heart
of stone MIR. Tissington was visibly
moved, and gave I'm Silent Grief"
with the tenderest effect. Nine. Janauschek had
the undivided sympathy other auditors She SAID she
was hungry, )" and-althOugh she did not look 1t
the qualification was very general when at last there
seemed likelihood that Babcock would not prove
an extimguisher. We have forgotten to
say that Madame Janauschek had been
starved by Babcocks mother, and a'terward
shipwrecked, and that the Doctor Of Lima once
knew man who got his leg broken, TO please a
woman Madame Janauschek acted in a
sweetly cirlsh manner and with agOnized
inanity; and when she softly murmured, IL loave
you Austkin" there was not DRY eye In the house.
And ont of doors it rained. This was the cast
The Subject afterward Austin. j nauschek
The Doctor OF Ltma) Alex. ". stuart
Mir Babcocs Tan AdveBturer- - L. TaNIor
Wilson British Consult ..--...... H. r. MCNlabhln
Sir George TtOn "a Titled TO,f1stj.-... ii. Ralnfcrth
Jones "A MorChaut) o. !" aldiOh
Prescott "a w - Sna.a