The Critic and record., 1891-04-02
THE CRITIC ABROAD.

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taurant where theatrical people most d.
congrcgate. All the men in the room
knew each other and soon driitcd into
general conversation. The stage and IFS
players were, of course, the all-absorbing
theme. One man, whose face, grayish
blue from constant shaving and the use
of grease paints marked him as an actor,
said in a tone of authority
Gentlemen, with Barrett dead aud
Booth soon TO- retire, the question is, Who
shall the coming man be? ] shall name q
man that we all know as prince Of good
fellows, and who is, in my estimation, a
magnificent actor, Joe Haworth.
'Ah, some of you seem surprised at my
selection. Why, boys, to-day HawOrth
has more fire, magnetism and art than
Barrett ever possessed.
why is he not more prominent Lack
Of proper management. With IL he would
shine brightly among the other stars.
Hayden failed badly when he managed
llaworh in 'Rosedale' and why J. NJ.
Hill never starred Joe in the Moral
Crime is still a mystery TO me. His work
IN that play as the Count ID Albert was
something marvellous. Yet the show
lived short life. I'll give you another
instance when
"If you want your Joseph starred"
chimcd in a little handy legged variety
actor over in the corner, Tony Pastor
will double him up with that young and
charming artistic, Jennie Hill, who was
present at the birth of Henry Irving.
Tony II send the combination out with
great paper, and you can consider your
self engaged rs advance agent
The advocate of HawOrth took the guy
ing with such good nature that another
round of white label followed.
War rumor5 beget rumOrs of war, and
multiply talk thereupon. Some gen
tlemen were talking of our diplomatic
troubles last night. The fact that we had
had nothing like war for many years, eX-
Cept the recent little outbreak with the In
dans in the Dakotas was mentioned.
"That reminds me-" said one, "of an eX-
preston heard used by a Michigan couu-
tryman, who had been reading the news
papers about the disturbances. He said:
i think the Gov'ment ought to take some
of thar sCantlin guns and run them
damn Sior back to thar resignations.'
Give me good health and three weeks
of fair weather." said Agent Keyes of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Animals this morning to the Critic, "and
] will contract to anihilate the entire
Italian navy if it attempts to come up the
Mississippi"
"How's that ?" asked the Critic
ITS the easiest thing in the world
replied the Agent "and have the plan
already perfected, and my application for
lettCrs-patent Is now in the hands of the
Commissioner. The principle of the
whole scheme is brutal, overpowering
force.
"On the banks of the Mississippi mil.
lions of willows are growing, besides
scores of other varieties of wood. 1t will
float, and no missile that ever left the
CannOn's mouth can make il sink. II
you take log of wood and put hundreds
of auger holes in ii il will still float, ELI
Well, if you build a raft ofthese logs, bind
ing them together with great cables, the
same theory holds good, does it not2 Yes.
This is the secret Of my idea. IL is 10
build hundred or more RATS around
hundred or more strong tugs, such as are
plentiful in the Mississippi, and when the
fleet comes uown the river it will float
maiestically and with irresistible force
will come against the ironclad ships of
Humbert and surrounding them crush
them as you would an eggshell between
your thumb and finger.
"Cf course the vessels will no run
away They will show fight, but there
will not be a chance of victory for them.
What if they do throw their heaviest shot?
They will either glance harmlessly from
tiiC luBsi Vt elSe DuIy themselves luere'
All this time the raft will be coming
down with their terrible power, some
gliding alongside others in front pressing
on and closing in. 1t will be great
scheme" concluded Mr.. Keys, smoothing
his whiskers, "and ! don't think there
will be any doubt of my getting letters
| patent"
There are no people who furnish more
| picturesque material for the artist than
negroes, and none so neglected by the
| painters living in Washington. No
| where in the country can the various
| phases of negro city life be observed to
better advantage than right here on the
line between North and South Yet this
excellent field is going almost to waste,
| and hardly an artist here, outside of
| those who furnish sketches to the news
| papers, has paid any serious attention to
| ii. But all of them agree that it is an
| almost unworked field.
Only two of the local artists have given
| any attention to it at all. j. II. MOser for
time devoted himself to putting the
brother in black on canvas, and did some
| remarkably good work, but he soon de-
serted it, and has made a name for him
self as producer of dainty water colors
as well as oils Gus Forsberg also did
something in this line, and one of his
| creations, 'Ine Christmas Dinner" IS the
best thing he ever did. You can almost
catch the odor of the possum as it smokes
upon the table, and the smiles of antici-
patton upon the faces of the old darky,
his wife and the little piccaninnies is
bound to bring q responsive one to that of
the observer, no matter in what mood he
may be in.
Since the appearance of Sebastian Null
Ter in this city the members of the athletic
clubs have watched with much interest
the exhibitions that he has been giving.
They wonder at his strength and cannot
conceive how he breaks stones with his
bare fists and handles the heavy weights
that he does. II did not occur to them
that away back in 1871 Thomas Thomp
son lifted three barrels of water, the ag
gregate weight Of which was ,S36 pounds
This feat was accomplished without the
use of modern harness. This same
Thompson raised with his teeth a tabl,
six feet long, on the end of which was
weight of 100 pounds,
IL was only u few years ago that an
Australian negro, who left ship in Lon
don, lifted a 200-pound cannon by hi,
teeth and allowed ii to be discharged il
that position. One day while he wa
giving one of his exhibitions the barrel O
the gun burst, and while some of tn,
fragments were found nearly 200 fee
| AWAY the negro egCaDpd mini iurpl