Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-26

aucttoneer. take sides against him. and he Is finally
told that after all. even II he does buy ten boxes
be has made good purchase In the end he is
badgered and bullied into buyinC the stuff.
When he opens the box ne finds the cigars
are the rankest kind nuwn TO the name The
cigar swinders clear about SIS less running
expenses. on a little transaction Of this Kind.
The bunco men VIII o attend these shops not
infreduently fall upon good victims Then
there IL always a chance Ia pick n neghhoring
pocket, and the company is choice and agree
able. Bunco men are proyerb tally good fellows.
THE POLICE DINE.
The dinner OF the police captains Of New York
at Delmonico's the other night was one Of the
jolliest feasts that body Of public officials has
ever had. As rule the police captains are
much impressed by good dinner Most OF
them arose from the ranks / suspect from the
prevalence Of Celtic names that vast majority
Oh them came over in the sterrlre some wears
ago Still they are hosl3table hosts and then
dinners are given with entire reCk.essness In the
matter of expenses
They played Joke on Superintrnsent Wa,in,
nj The dinner which quite de-trovedrhaf amtahle
Ola gentleman appetite Tor half an hour after
the event he Is quite an unobtrusiye man with
a long peatd ana sc9n'y hair He looks more
Ike a country Clergyman than the chief offices,
Of the metropolitan police and ni- manners are
quiet and almost feminine He SAT nj tho Ain.
ner very much ahashSd by his own ua~nia.
cence in evening toilet and the throny ~
famous men around him. when a district mos
senger boy rushed in with telegram and put n
10y his plate. The superintendent took a pair of
gold-rinmed spCCtacirs from his pocket. adj
lustei them carefully on his nose. and read the
dispatch over. Ii Was sent by sergeant IN the
Oak-Street station. who was known TO be on
duty. aud read: - Riot in the fourth ward. Turn
out the reserve" The superintendent bounded
from his chair Ike boy and floundercd toward
the door az a high rate of speed. The (25u)
men present, all Of whom were i'm the Joke eN-
cept the superintendent obstructed his WAY
and succeeded in getting the old gentleman into
white heat before he arrived at the door when
inspector plks took him into the Cloak-room
and explained that the whole thing was intend
ed as harmless Joke. Nhereupon Walling sat
down until he had regaincd his composurc and
returned few minutes later to the dinner look
lnG crestfallen and unhappy.
"DECEFrIoN"
which was produced at Wallack's last Thursday
night, will shortly be withdrawn This Is the
habit OF the Wallackian management For the
past two years they have done nothing but pro-
duce pieces ut spasmOdic intervals ouly to take
them of without warning after they have run
ten days or two weeks. The effect has been
that the theater has slowly driven away its old
patrons, until now Moss Mr. Wallark's PARTNER
declares that they think OF giving il up as q
stock theater and renting il to cumbinat IONS
They have not struck success there ia so long
that the treasury has become seriously depleted
All this despite the fact that ii is a famous thea
ter, has an admirable company. and was for
many years the leading theater of America
There is not an actress TO-DAY who is SO enjoy
able in certain roles as Rose Coghlan. She il
az excellent In melodrama in comedy and
she would bring good fortune TO any house in
the world if properly managed. Mr. Wallack
seems TO have lost the knack of managing q
theater. He is losing his grip.