New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08

When the Treasury Department have finally made mp
snefr list OF articles from which they Wish the customs
duties removed In order to the vews expressed In
the Presidents there will be tall hollsrnG
In this neck Of woods The g,itterins generality
pretty jewel and shines very nicely before the eyes OF
NewYork City people just at this moment bcosuse they
have been accustomed to look through Mugwump eye
glasses. Every fellow Is expecting some etner fellows
to DO gored by this Free-Trade bull Bat whom the
Treasury Department gets down to details and the silk
man finds himself hit and the button manufacturer
their factories labelled for closing and on
the long list will s 'S
lures annually product whose aggregate value over
$500 600 and possibly S6oo,000.00o She leads
Philadelphia the next largest manufacturing city In the
country by 800 100000 Mr.. Cleveland will think
ndnr, ana Ss MN oan 'ns Of
ployes get walked up"
The make up Of W. J. Florence for his part Of Our
Guvnor" in the play OF that name is almost identical
with the actual appearance Of the father OF Rollin NJ
Squire. The ex Commissioner went to the play the
other night accompanied by his wife, who in her girl
hood had been accustomed to speak Of the elder Squire
Mr.. Jimmy" When Florence first came upon the
stage she startled into the exclamation Why, it's
Mr. Jimmy. The resemblance reaches further. for
"ns S sr T"s not to
CRY and frequently began his "reminiscences after the
same fashion that Is. wa. twentyseven years ago
yesterday that l." etc. The resemblance Is entirely
accidental. Mr. Florence sayG
One Of the in Our Guv'nor" by the way,
its climax and the improvement Of the play to Colonel
Ingerso who read the original play In manuscript to
his family at Long Branch. It had not then been put
the STAGE and Mr. Florence seeking suggestions.
Colonel Ingerso became interested that he read 1t
through to the last SENTENCED. Tho scene where the
Guvaor by his remarkable interpretations Of the rules Of
poker captures the money OF the young Engishman,
who sit down to game with him at his friends house.
as originally written. left the young fellows penniless
Colonel Ingersolls comment this: Florence. your
principal character has far shown himself simply
inofensve old tlowhard His big stories have hurt no
robber. That will not do Besides. after he has shown
himself capable OF suoh robbery he hardly the kind OF
man to step In and the heroine" Then and there
Mr.. Florence made the changes by which the Guvnor
returned tho plumber Of tho poker table, act which
always brings down the house. There Is fair ilustra-
ton in this inciden. Of the In which some plays
are written and some playwrghts get suggestions
The Subway Commissioners are somewhat given to
joking each other. Jacob Hess ohafed Commissioner
Gibbons for time the laters wonderful silk waist
coats and then his furlned overcOat night or two
ago Mr.. Hess complaining OF pain In his shoulders
rheumatism govt II" asked Judge w. L. Miller.
Rnb 1t with urpentine," suggested Larry" Jerome,
with good natured suggestion that the remedy was
good for either complaint. say, Hess, put In Com
missioner Gibbens Just of sarcastic deslre
to get with his ormen;or, You might bury 1t with