Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-24

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were tsokoi - fhe Szlse theAtef. 10
cpen Is the SANE nigbf Tnes ana mig.
ger business. a sorl q siitnce aud tun
sef. Dne u The trio eas ~ aud could
not appear. - the reinainiEs TIVE went
ca agt did the beat they epuld Gnlsr
the circumstances OF conrse the act
dld ret ~ az seli a. ussai. and they
rfre fearful II beng -rcastest Ia the
hotel aext motEin1 oGe - them par.
ctas~l a paper snd eAile awaiting the
arrival ~ sn Interpreter he could
neithsu read nor SPEAK French he
scanned the paper ON general principles
aud s.lsils found the fl.rafer criticisms
for the night before. CHANGING down the
column he discovered his theatef and
sasred. out in hurt tone. DEERE. vot
did / tell yuhf | knowed dey'd roast
us. LUX defe' Dey have turned NJ
down hard. pafd kin tell ~ de
headin'. Lux al il Les Negro!
The acknowledged oldest minstrel joke
Is witiicism II the late Archbishop
Whaieiy. born IN London IA ltss and
died N Dublin in issI5 One of his biog
raphcrs says: Ills Wit WAS great. his
generosity nuniticenf and his hospitality
houndics@" Here il the gag
Why can man never slarsc in the
Great Desert"
because be can eat the sand which is
their.
~Hus what brought the sand which Is
there"
Moan cent Ham and his descendants
mustered and bred
The same wit il was who asked What
was Joan If Arc made OFF, and who.
when the interlocutor gave il up.
replied, Joan III Are Was Maid of
Orleans
On still another occasion the arch
bishop startled his listeners by asking.
III the devil lost his tail. where would
he 90 10 find new one:" and without
waiting for anyone 10 guess. replied.
TO a gin palace. for bad spirits are
retailed there.
Al dinner one night this witty prelaie
asked the company 10 name the differ
man on the top If mountain in frosty
weather. Nobody hazareled an eSplana-
ton and the proposer answered: One
is cowled with the kill and the other is
kilt with the cowld. George T.. Good
ale.
Ir play just put on the boards. the
villain injects morphine into bunch OF
grapes 10 poison the young heir. But
one Of the grapes keeps fresh for years
and the villains deed is subsequently
discovered by this means. And yet peo-
pie talk about the degeneracy II the
stage.
james Whitcomb Riley VIII visit this
city March g. He will read from his
store of dialect poems He is probably
the sweetest singer 81 Indiana vernacu-
lar IN the country Hartman's hall will
be too small 10 accommodate all that will
wish to hear him read his quaint poems.
heMehan Ladies' quartet, 10 be heard
in the Powers March l. is sterling
musical organization. The singers. in
dividually and collectively are said To he
Of unusual excellence. The St. Ceciiias
will take benefit from the entertain
mcnt.
The Midnight Alarm" will he dis
PEELED Saturday evening. There will Toe
"A Breezy Time" in The Grand next
week. 1t is needed badly.
Manager Smith announces his regular
matinee performance for this afternoon.
Next week a splendid new bill.