New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-19
THE END OF THE SEASON AT DALTs.
A brilliant and fashionable audience wit

A brilliant and fashionable audience WI
messed last night the final performance OF the season
Daly's Theatre. The house was crowded In every pa
and the principal members OF the company were warm
,y.,cnsea The play was given last night with unusu
spirit and vigor and the applause was frequent WIN
the last line of the piece spoken the company can
forward and delivered tho following epiosue' writt'
expressly for the occasion by Mr.. DAILY;
Mrs Gilbert 1r.
Wear different meaning as speak them now.
You fail to follow me- Have all forgou
The occasions true agnlhcancef
Opnes-
Pray. WHAT
The aetlal tourney that we plan to make;
The real departure that we soon shall take.
Right and rs chosen spokesman we agree
To fix ON you Professor.
What On me
Yea YOU, whom scholarship most htly ranks
To voice the valedtctory OF our THANKS
M .a ae1, ny Wife could do 1t SO much better!
Just wait-Pn run across the way aud get her
Che is restrained-)
Mss Dreher-To her father)
This last Night on" for many nights to come.
T6ats So Professor-Goodness. don't be shy
Brace yourself up. and wish 'em all goodbye!
M 3. bTisT bDt Sunsent. sr-orna.c but true
AND shnn mere commonplace, whats'er you do
M ncn't rset vsur brslns Tor wisdom or for wit.
Aim at their hearts, and you'll be sure to nit
Good gracious! WY. ysu take away my breath
BY ponacing all upon rae like grim death
NV well OF sentiment Is dry "a dust;
nv muse regards me with sublime dlstrust
BJ rude rehuffs my genus has been shocksdi
The tail OF my poor Pegasus 10 dockedl
Henceforth oblivion shrouds me In her mist
A shattered and consumptive 9ranatIsh
Who wrote. with upapprseiatec power
A tra.edy that ran one-hsf an hour,
And who shall hear in many future dream
That small boy whistle and that parrot screan'
rnen Nsbe, here, eourageously must try
To play the part Of epilosue
Mss Rehan-
What, II
Mr. Dretc- ..o,, I'll, 90.
Have never failed us
Well, III do my besti
no polished phrase could liqudate our debt.
Where gratitude is blended with regret
No altering sky can dlssipate the speu
That touches tenderly our short farewell!
Short may IL be, since every triumph new
Shall but remind Us what we owe to yon
In every other hand that brings us cheer
The echoes of your plaudis we shall hearl
In every smile that greets us will be shown
The reiilun nation Of ysur own
For every laurel that our labors glean
Home will have duplicates more dearly green,
And all fresh praise will symbol, while we roam,
The priceless welcome We await at home
Curtoin.
AT the close OF the epilogue, which received wit
Ioud applause there continued cries for Mr. Dali
who at length appeared and said:
II ia too late Indies and gentlemen. 10 detain 70
longer than thank yon one heartfelt word for yeu
unwavering kindness during the past season; Ever
thing that we have done seems 10 have nierited u
annroyal Our old comedies and the new Plays-you
Old fayortes and the comers-have all shared You
Eiadest fayors May IL be for many seasons TO come
We are about to leave for annual tour and we sa
part from you should part from our best friends
with the very pleasantest anticpations OF our mex
meeting. On Tuesday next Clara Norris VIII occup
this stage with her new play IL exactly niteeh
this month since Miss Morris came TO me In the ltl
Fifth Az Theatre. from her Western home. an ul
known girl seekin metropolitan recognition And an
sure you will be glad 10 and her once more II
the old way under her old manager In one
her odtime parts And now for little while only goo
night and good bye.
\ As he concluded Mr.. Daiytwas heartily spplanded hD
had to bow his acknowledgements again and again.