Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-30
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
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look for Comic 0pern-Dewolf Hopper.

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look for Comic 0pern-Dewolf Hopper,
snccess-Chnssnigne'sB Brnziliau.
0VoU are looking miserable this morning
what's the matter?" one young wife and
housekeeper said to another.
"MatterP" repeated the other, "Enouph,s the
matter. Matilda, my cook. wanted to discharge
me this morning She says don't do enough
work-she never lived with anybody who
worked so little. I argued with her for an
| hour and perhaps she will relent, but 1t looks
as il Matilda were determined to discharge me. -
At last the servant question is approaching
| solution-in this region at all events. Employ
| ers of domestic servants are beginning to
realize that they are liable to be discharged by
their cooks, nurses and housemaids IL they
| neglect their work.
THE doctor had at last pronounced the little
golden-haired girl out Of danger, and her
mother ioyfully bending over her child: Now
Louise, is there anything you would like us to
get for your You can have anything"
"Yes, there is one thing, mama-may have
-" and the trembling voice stayed.
What is It. Louise?'
"A tricycler'
TT is hard to tell sometimes from what one
reads in the New York newspapers whether
a play produced there is a success or no. The
new comic opera, "Castles in the Air" in which
are lodged all the hopes of DeWolf Hopper.
was criticised very severely on the first night.
A good judge who was present on that occa-
sion, agrees that the opera was very weak as
then acted. Since then it has been consider
ably changed and to advantage. The public
has taken very kindly TO it. and it will run
prosperously until August, no doubt The
Broadway Theater is crowded every night now,
and very often Piutsburgers may be found in
the audience. have noticed that Pittsburgers
in New York, especially if urgent business
carries them thither are compelled to visit the
Broadway and Casino frequently The un-
happy citizens who cannot go to New York
this summer will have a chance to see DeWolf
Hopper and his clever company here next sea-
son.
A NEW comic opera is shortly to be pro.
duced in New York, which PIttsburg will
also see if it is reasonably successful. 1t is
THE Brazilian" one OF Chassaigne's works,
and said to be lively composition of the light
est kind. The libretto is the joint product of
Max Pemberton and Edgar Smith. 1t will be
produced at the Casino, New York. and Mr..
Aronson thinks that several of the numbers,
particularly cigarette song in which Marie
Halten rolls and smokes a cigarette, will be-
come popular.
THE Grand Duchess" will terminate its run
Saturday evening, May 81. The farewell night
will be the one hundredth performance of the
opera, and its career of prosperity is second to
none of the Casino productions. Directly after
the final production Lillian Russell will depart
for California. on pleasure bent. She will re-
turn in the early fall ready for fresh triumphs.
FRA I'll M yuf1 mai lra fNr r1r1hl in
favor on Monday evening, June2 2.
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A CORRESPONDENT corrects me as to the
location of the story about the word 'con-
duit, which was told here the other day. The
correction is accepted with gratitude, the
more so as 1t exhibits another of our members
OF Congress struggling with a conduit"
mere Is communication: Inc matter
occurred In our own tnen Olstrlct Court
Judge kirkpatrick was on the bench, and our
own sD1 'onn Daizeli was tne attorney IN question
~ ne writer oL tnis was present some com,
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