Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-24

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dustrial group.
/ ''Do you live at Stratford?"
eyes" was the reply, given in lazy
manner, and without even glance at the
| questoner.
"Oh, then you know all about it, aud
can tell us what we want to know"
The laborer smoked on with calm indif-
ference, as also did his companions.
"Shakespeare lives there, eh?"
/ "Who?"
"Shakespeare."
! "YeS,n
"no you know him?n
''No.n
els he living still?"
"Dunno think he's dead.n
lie now turned to his mates and they
nodded us much az to say that was so.
ayes, he's dead"
ellis house Is to be seen?'
eyes"
"Many people come to see IT."
eyes, he said with contemptuous
curl OF his lip and an extra PM at his
pipe.
"You ever seen it?n
al live here"
''I mean ever been inside IT."
"Notl"
"No, you know betteri"
"Should think do.n
His mates smiled.
"Only strangers that waste their time
In that way
The boss nodded.
'Thank YOU" said Toole, taking out
his purse you won't object to my stand
ing you diiuk2"
mo-
"There yen are, them
A horny hand was held out and passed
/ the coin on to the next man.
500 aud get half u gallon"
The mate sauntered away across some
| fields, short cut To the town, aud tue
boss became a tribe more communicative.
"This Mr.. Shakespeare was a famous
| man, ehYn asked Irving.
"Suppose so,n was the reply.
"a holar?r
/ "Dunno."
"But what was he famous forf" asked
| Toele.
"writln'," said the native with sud
den CLEAN of intelligence.
"On, writing" reioined Irving, "did
he write for the newspapers"
nNu"
"For magazines?"a asked Toole
"No."
"For London Journal" suggested Ir-
wing.
"For Family Herald2" asked Toole.
ono"
Harper's Magazine?"
'No,n WAS again the lacOnic reply, but
this time the native paused, and looking
round us If he had suddenly remembered,
said with an evident CLEAN of knowledge,
II think he writ for bible.n
Ea hlv ra,Iu oFto, ali
showing that ia spite Of himself the fame
OF Shakespeare had even penetrated his
mental obscuriy.
! But | must bear myself away from
| these delights OF the lonely, and tell you
something of the busy city, its work and
/ play, its hopes and fears, The theatrical
1 sensation of the week is the conspicuous
failure of 'Nadjesda" at the st. James
| theater. Never since the work of an
amateur dramatist produced play called
"Eair Fraucen 1t he Queen's theater has
there been such Il scene Ia theater as on
! the fiat night of "Nadiesda." IL recalled
| Fair Fraucen and AlDerys "Jacks and
! Gillsn with this difference; On the
night of Fair France the audience en-
couraged the author to come on after this
piece, Ostensibly To be applauded. When
they had brought HIM down to the
iootlghts, they Kissed aud ieered
aud laughed at him. On the
/ occasion of "Jacks and Gillsn Al
berry came on and called them conspira-
tors, or something of the kind. On the
arst night OF "Nadjesda," the .'ilrst
nighteIsn Ia the cheaper parts of the
| house, after the prologue, "guyedn the
piece right through-laughed, jeered,
! missed, whisiled and at the close received
the heroine's tragic death with loud
cheers. Miss Emily Rigl burst into tears
nj this shameful treatment, aud MIR. Gill
bert, IN the Times, denounces the
audience for its brutality and condemns
the critic of the Times who contends that
audiences have perfect right TO hiss \
bad play. | was not present ON the first
night OF "Nadiesdi,n but the critics
are unanimous In describing the
play as one OF the worst and one
of the most morbid of stage productions.
They evidently know nothing OF it, career
In America. Que OF them credits its au-
thor, MIR. Barrymore, with clever and
wrli-constructed prologue, but the critics
aud reporters agree IN their verdict that
the play Is tedious and repulsive, revolt
ing sud uninteresting. The Pail Mall
says; ono one with any knowledge OF
at putting ON the London stage.n Pool
Russell & Bushiurd! They are the new
managers, and they are advised 10 call ii
Mr.. Bancroft. One Is sorry for them, he
cause they have evidently erred In trying
e. do something new and sensational
Mr.. Barrymore Is u member Of their com
pany, an excellent e'tor and popular.
-.
silly paragraphs Continue 10 appear II
Amrric IA correspondence IN regard 20 th'
position OF Miss Ellen Terry AZ th'
lAceum. NJ change has taken place II
her engagement There or m her prospects
She had 70 20 ous OF tho "Olivla' bill be
cause she was sick. She had been suffer
ing from What have previously descrihe'
as an cpldcnic oi neuralgia, which ha'