Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-27
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find that out. But as he represents to-
day the comedian of the American
stage, it suggests itself to those who
wish him the greatest success, that he |
should have the best play, and not plays |
especially written for him. In the past |
the comedian was the man capable of |
bringing tears to our eyes as well as
laughter to our lips, and to do this with
such quickness that we did not realize
how it was done. In life darkness and
light follow each other, and who can
say how many minutes are between 7
And life is comedy, for it is
made up of tears and smiles. Some
times it goes out with tears, sometimes
with smiles. But the ones who make
the greatest successes on aud off the
stage are not the tragedians but the
comedians, who can suggest the tears,
make us more than conscious of the
smiles, and leave us, when the curtain
| drops, laughing still. And that is what
| want to see Mr.. Sothern do in play.
Mr.. Jerome, when he wrote the "Maister
| of Woodbarrow," came near the idea,
| and it is possible that he may be the
writer who will give us the looked-for
comedy. Mr.. Zangwill has written plays
in sketches. Why don't he try one for
the stageg don't know who the man
may be, but | think if MIR. Sothern and
Mr.. Frohman will look long enough,
| they will find the right man for the
right actor, he who will offer the right
play.
LOOKING FOR TRUNKS.
New York is full of everybody. And
when say everybody, just now, |
mean people who are looking for their
trunks; people who have got their
trunks, or people who have lost their
trunks. The express lines rule all living
things. The baggage man is the person
we bow before. He will decide whether
the trunks are to be brought up tonight
or to stay down in the hall until to-
morrow morning, and he is absolutely
unbuyable. Accommodating fortune at
the rate that he is, neither money nor
smiles will tempt him. He don't care
whether he has brought the wrong
trunk or the right one, and he cares still
less as to whether everything in it is
tumbled all around or not 1t is true
that the average woman puts the silliest
things in her trunk that were ever
dreamed of but il is also true that she has
a way of believing, for, poor soul, she
continues to believe it all her life, that
her trunks are to be handled as though
they were packages of china.
ONE EXPERIENCE.
l was among the fortunate ones
got home at o'clock, and at 2 in the
morning the household was Weakened up
to receive the baggage. The man who
was with them swore at the boxes,
sworc at us, sworC at the puppies, and
swore at Tammany Hall. He accepted
our money with condescension, but he
did carry the trunks up. He said he
would not have done it il had not
cried, and that shows exactly how
valuable are the tears of women. He
also said he didn't care for the money,
but he took it, and We had the pleasure
Of discovering afterwards that he had
taken the wrong note, and had forgot
ten to give us the 81 that were coming
to us. However, we were so unhappy
, about other things that one more didn't
matter.
The other things were that, in our alb
sence, although the fiat had been locked
up, all the plumbing had gotten out OF
, order, and that we knew the next morn
ing we would be in the clutches of the
t kings of waterland. They came, they
J looked, and they disappeared. That was
a week ago, and they have not returned.
We expect them every day. We stay at
home for them, and we pray for them
/, But in our hearts we do not believe they
I will come, until, probably, after cleo
ton. don't know what the connection
is between the plumbers and election
/ but | do believe there is close and
abiding one.
q Bah AND THE GAS.
| Then the gas company had charged
, us for the time when il was impossible
i for the gas to be used, and when We
/ spoke to them about it, they snapped us
r up and said it had probably leaked. Wher
we asked to have the meter examined
a they said it didn't leak, but still coulC
y not explain how it was that we were
q given bills for the months when W,
d were away. However, we had to pay
). them. The gas is governed by a com
q pany, and we are only two women
' There are good many things | shoulC
r like to have explained to me.
!. One of them is about the plumbers
L and another is about the gas company.
One of them is about the varyin!
weather, and one of them is about tn
lack of new and good books.
10 One of them is about the lack of goo
n health, and one of them is about tn
J, lack of good medicine.
y One of them is about the plenty c
q our sour grapes, and one Of them
y about the plenty of unpleasant words.
W One of them is about :he lack of cor
es sideration, and one of them is about til
- plenty of unhappiness.
II wDnlpr Nyhy tharp IL al
" rainy than clear days. | wonder if thei
ID are, or if it is only in the way We loo
r at them? | think that must be it.
y we start out with the sunshine in OF
70 hearts, We will probably find it ever
Is place else. At least, that is tue way
70 am going to look at it this winter. An
sn suppose in looking at it that way, yc
ION eyes and heart with BAB.
or
Ia no WOMEN KNOX,?