The daily critic., 1890-09-27

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Minsirels, and when I took trip with
my own company the year following.
Colorado and California papers asked
why gave Thatcher's gag line so
much prominence in my printing.
Numerous other minstrel men followed
with noisy. witless limitations of the
quaint conCeit Only four or five years
ago I went TO Montreal for the first
time. a local critic, a very wise and
p8ironizing young man, asked why |
quoted the line so extensively in my
printing. The critic laughed inordi
nately when modestly informed that !
was generally supposed TO be the author
Of the phrase.
What nonsense = he exclaimed
Why, | have been using IL inmy locals
for ten years. Yes, replied Murray,
that's about the ace Of It, The re.
porter laughed heartily and said he had
met and read Of cheeky agents, but this
was the climax. BY the way, asked
Murray, If Noble didn't write Il, who
didY a painful stiffness ensued, during
which the reporter discovered that he
didn't lust remember However, he
said, It's as good as sure that it's some
where In Dickens III look itup be-
fore your star gets here and be ready
for him. Do, said the agent, and
spring Il on him the morning after he
opens. Noble will enjoy the joke as
heartily as anyone.
"As It was not sprung on me during
my Montreal engagement presume the
reporter didn't find time to run through
his Dickens.
The stage as an Advertisement.
notice that some Of the dramatic
chaps reminded Mr. Byrne last Tuesday
morning that in his play Of Goggles"
he went out Of his way to advertise Ger
tain restaurant keepers and trades peo-
pie In his dialogue. If he did so / will
remind the critics that this is the pure
DAILY conception Of comedy. There is
more advertising for dressmakers, mil
liners and candy manufacturers spoken
by Miss Rehan in a season than by any
other actress on the American stage.
Fortunate Is that Partisan that takes
| Miss Rehan's waist measurement and
envelopes her in the fair creations
that she always seeks to stun us with,
for the name Of that genius will be in
the ears OF New York choicest persons
throughout the regular dramatic season.
II Is q little curious how the trained
writer's accuse Mr.. Byrne Of business
motive II he allows one Of his charac-
tiers TO speak Of Delmonico's, while not
a word Is said, and Mr.. Winter even
heaves additional slghs OF intellectual
| Joy, when DAILY has Huyler, Madame
Louise, Worth, Felix and dozen other
tradepeople playing regular parts In oil
of his translations. .-T0icB Topics
Miss sybn Johnstone's Exposition.
The addition OF Miss Sybil John
stones ample aud alluring rump to
the cast Of "Tho Clemenceau Case"
has awakened the town to a frenzy Of
shocked morality, and has packed the
Standard Theatre with throngs deslrous
Of having their sensitive natures con.
| fused. OF Miss JohnstOue In uudrcss
It may be said that there Is consider.
| able Of her between the chest and the
knees, and from a distance It's quality
/ seems satisfactory. But | cannot say
/ quite see how the drama Is benefited
! by an exposure Ike this, or what
| earthly excuse there Is for II other than
Miss Jobnstone's personal yearning TO
show everything Of which she Is pos.
| sessed TO the whole wide world. Miss
Johnstone in the nude Is a striking
| creature TO the eye, but ! really think
most Of her auditors would consider
! her exhibition best suited TO private
view.-Drdmuiic Nelcs
It's pleasing to note that the audiences
that have rushed to see Miss Sybll john
stone In a state Of partial nudity NJ the
Standard Theatre have been composed
largely Of a cheap order Of unintellect-
ual men, the absence Of women being
especially marked and the pervading
atmosphere being that Of the meat mar
kets and river fronts. / found one
writer, in a Sunday newspaper, arguing
that Miss Eytinge minus her clothes.
was an otiense, while Miss JohnstOne Is
high art. II all depends on the con
ditlon Of the curve, theng Before such
logic ] bow In silence, for Il Is un-
answerable. / will insist, however,
20 those purists that profess 20 believe
that nudity should be allowed a place
In the theatre, that Miss JOhnstone does
not comply with the requisites Of their
prescription Of art, for the reason that
she is not nude, II they assert that the
revelation Of a whole beautiful body is
art, while half draped suggestion is vice,
then how do they excuse the presence
Of Miss Johnstone's pink tightsy Those
tights are a confession of latent shame
In The actress, and art knows no shame.
Let her by all means take of her tights
If she hopes 10 have US look upon heI
with the purely critical eye Of the sculp,
tor aud poet. -IOpR Topics
Miss TempIstOn RstiFes.
An authoritative telegram announces
that Miss Fay Templeton has given hel
managers two weeks notice, and will
on October 4, retire from the company
bearing her name This Is the natural
| elimination of all the troubles thai
have been making Miss TempletOn'
life mOIe OF less a burden for seyera
weeks back. The warfare that broke
out early In the season between w. l..
| LykeIs aud q. III. UnYeTZagt, Miss Ten,
! pletOn's managers, and that was TEN,
| pCTgTily patched mp before the Organi
Zaiion left New York, has never been
completely stilled, and during the pas
fortnight has been raging with renewed
fury.
The harder the two men fought the
more extensively was Miss Templetou
advertised as the centre Of a scene Of
tumult, aud We suppose her patience has
finally given out She has made rather
unexpected struggle against the tempta
lion 10 throw over an engagement thai
has had little In Il but contention, and
70 Is not surprising that She gives up
| Nr. luveIZagt loses IN the neigh blThO0d