Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-19

Tnose VINO became Tor the time being part
Of the constituency of the member from
Kohosh last evening enjoyed themselves as
only mortals thus privileged can. Their
genial representative had them completely in
his power and yet they seemed to like it. It
was what they expected, and they did his
bidding without protest. Although the Hon.
BGrd,UeU Slote made only brief speeches, he
captured his auditors every time "by large
majority" They laughed at jokes which they
must have heard scores of times before; they
roared at his odd assortment of abbrevia-
tions just as they would if they
were hearing them for the first
time; they smiled when their honored
representative smiled, and became couvulsed
when he protested against being termed "a
dodo." though at the same time making his
cause their own. Truly the Hon. BardaUeU
Slote is. as he himself says, a SIX. f."-a queer
fish, but he is, and always will continue to be-
immensely popular.
Everybody knows 1.-THE Mighty Dollar" and
needs not to be told that it is an exquisite COM
edy. But ii might wear out with usage like
anything else that IS good, in the hands of any
except the Florences The fact that it is still
the same mirth-provoking delightful creation
that 1t has been for years speaks volumes for
unique character. which only Mr.. W. ]. Flor
ence could personate properly. He never
overdoes the part, but always comes
! up to the expectations of his hear
ers. He is as painstaklng as a young
| actor, desirous of making first favorable i'm
preston, though he has been playing this role
| for more than dozen years. He ought to be-
| and doubtless is, proud of the Hon. BGrd,oelI
Slote and this may be the reason for
the remarkable and long-continued pop
ularity of the play in which that
highly eccentric, yet exquisitely natural,
Mr.. Florence was received last night with the
| same favor always accorded to him in Pitts
| burg, and his work seemed better than ever
Possibly 1t was not, for he is one of the few
| comedians who appear to improve as one gets
| better acquainted with them.
Mrs. Florence came in for her share of the
| honors and applause. AS Mrs GiLfory she
| can never be anything but charming. Her Gu
rious French, her .Partingtonian pronun-
| citation OF English and her verbal
repetitions never fail to excite
mfrth, second only to that inspired by the
efforts of the Hon. Mr.. Slote 1t will be welcome
| news to the public to learn that Mrs. F, F,orence
has no intention of quitting the stage at
| present. for she appears to be good for capable
work for many years vet to come. The COM
| pany is good one, on the whole. and makes q
| strong support for the two principals. Mr..
William Yerance plays arthur Len1aatre, and
does ba 9sses to the Mr.
also made favorable impression,
while Messrs j, J. Fitzsimmons and William
Herbert sustained their roles equally we'll The
| ladies of the cast-Misses Annie Mayor, NJ, E.
Fitzpatrick and Marion Russell-are all capa-
BILE. Miss Russell, in particular, made a de-
cided hit as LIBBY Dear.
Tonight H cart of Hearts," a new but sue
cessful comedy will be presented. 1t ran $50
nights at the Madison Square Theater last
season,