, 1881-09-04

Jumped lU6 \Y4vtz0I1-SEIL- WAS Ill
| 0minous cracking and all the harness canle
! to pieces; the horse quietly walked away, and
the escaping villain sprang out Of the vehicle
! and escaped OH foot behind the horse-leav-
| ing the climax as flat as the dia1oE.
| Tile ending Of another act was the lower
inE OF tho curtain OIL u terrible field of battle,
| in which painted horses and cannon, and
real soldiers and real cannon, were jumbled
! III great confusion anu little elect The
front Of the stage was strewn thick with sup
| tain, and a half dozen very dead men had to
! return to lnolnentary consciousness and drag
| i'll their legs and heads which stuck out from
under it in very funny fashion,
| StetSon St0Tned ut every nlShap, and the
| English language suffered worse than usual.
[ lie Is the gentleman who wanted Il trou
icaf sn0w-scenc fur his theatre. When the
passion Play" was talked of he intended
to produce it III Boston, and made arrange
::Thcre are twelve apostlcs,' said his
stage manager.
..Twolvo apostlesp' rctortcd Stetson.
"What would twelve apostles look like on
my ''ynI 4iE y St9gS? HSy Iii have forty None too
'"**?NSi *NoiM,S wy eSy sSyli he the other day to me-
chanic, do you think I'm as rich as Crca-:
S9te, that yonu, chuck this traplstry round
like Sli3ylngs 2"
Stetson is great acquisition to us, and
Boston must be dull without him..
The kiralfys were in front to see their
rivals production OF tt Strogoh," and saw 50
many faitin:s that ut the eleventh hour they
advertise tllnt their opening, which wls for
tonight, will not take place till Saturday.
lsumcr says the p0StpOnenlent Is to procure
live horseS,--tlley have lot OF stuffed
ones to pile around the stage in the battle
more uecently than Colyillc's tie less circus
the kiralfys get in the better.
H. NOBLE EARL AND HIS LUGGAGE.
We have had spasm Of duty in the
CuSton1-uousc this week. Rich ladies come
on every steamer loaded with Gutiable goods
which they have no difficulty in getting
through, but some poor nlilliner, like Nine.
1salley's or Miss DENIM, with few yards
of lace or box Of gloves, makes 4 great
disturbance.
On the Sythia WIS the Earl of Dnnrayen,
one Of the finest Englishmen that ever
visited the country. He was deSirous Of
getting aboard the o'clock train for Mont
real. lie assured the Custom-Housc people
lie had nothing snugsled to get out OF the
place, and begged them to pass his bag
gage. No; they went through every
portmantcau and box and bag like
4 true Britisher he carries Ills wardrobe and
appurtenanccS in number1ess small pack
ages). Time wore on; most all the pasSc1l-
gers got away, and still the Earl was de-
tanned. Finally, as the last article and the
biggest WAS c1alked to pass. Dunrayen grab
bed it; tho coachlnan had several valises,
the valet was racing up the dock with vari
ETY. Of hat-boxes and leather bags. and be-
hind, bringing up the rear. was the noble
Earl, struggling with sole~leather trunk,
the thermometer in the 90s and the caloric
inside the amateur bagEaEe-smasher up to
40.
The same steamer brought over some Of
the people for the Forthcoming extravaganza
OF "Palience ce''-notably Il Miss Roche, who
plays the esthetic Lu1Y Jttnc. She weighs
in the neigl.borhood Of ;;a0 pounds, alld has
4 voice III power lit proportion. Imagine
this biz lump of Il woman sitting by the lnal-
gin of Il lake, i'll the sad moonlight. accom-
Vanyiug herself on l. Violiuccilo, and Singing
words us funny rs these:
Eilvcred is the rainbow,
Spreading is the parting straight,
Mnttlcd the complexion fair,
Hating is the youthful gait.
Hollow is the laughter free.
Specialized tho iimped eye,
Little will DC left Of lne
In the coming bye and byet
Fading is the taper waist,
Shaptess grows the sanpeiy limb.
And although securely laccd
Spreading is the figure trt1l.
Stoutcr than I ugct 10 be,
still more corpulent growl
There will be too much for me
In the coming bye und bye!
The music Of Patience" is very charming
and the libretto very: funny. We know
through the much laInented "F-n-f-r'' and
the "Pirates" what Gilbert md Sullivan can