The age-herald., 1897-11-21
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N NW sig the professional stage. Mss Eustis, who is the daughter of Allain Eustis. has been a belle in exclusive social circles of New York and Paris.
 Miss Titus, a young beauty at New port, will appear in the comic opera to be presented at the Astoria by the So- ciety of Musical Arts.
 Miss Jessie Vanderbilt McNamee, granddaughter of the late Jacob Wander bilt, was one of the pianists at a recent musicale in the Astoria.
 writer in the Dramatic mirror gay IS the congressional library ay Washington is one of the greatest repositorfes of learning of modern thnea It is no doubt imperfect in it's stordd treasures. as all great libraries have belsn, but in the fa- bricated emblems of the arls kindred to literature it might have been made mora eornprehe nsive than. it has been. Among its grayer tokens of persons great in various fields, it p-nsrnts figures Of architects and scientists, of facieg au dilI Illus SiEAttS silQ even ON PdD- fishers, artisans and invento.s. Yet the theater, strangely, is represented by but two persons Shakespeare, in truth, tlle dominator of all literature and appie- prlately the chief effgy in any library staltuary-and Ellen Terry. With Shake speare there might approor. ately have been subordnabe1y placed other dramat- ists, and this country has produced play CTS who might properly have been set on plane with the gft.l English wio- man named. No niche would have been belittled by a Cushman Forrest, CT Booth It is evident that there alae spaces in the congressional library occu- pied by mementos of lssser persons tha. some other generation may we'll re furnish.
 Benjamire Valentine, whose dramatl- zation of Mrs. Geppsr rt's novel "In Gods Country" is one of the very well known writers of the day. He is a young En- glishman and has written fun for the American newspapers for the last twsn- ty years. He was one of the founders of Puck and its editor for a number of years. He has been on the editorial staff of the leading dailies in the east, and J York Herald, in the capacity of literary and art critic, foreign correspondent and dramatic critic. He is the author of several plays and has written a num- Der of clever short stories He is a member of the Lotus club, American Dramatists' club, and an honorary member of the Savage club, in London.
 A clever bit of dialogue in the Mar rage of Consequence" the current play al the Empire, Is in the first scene when the courts serving man, Jasmin, and the Countess maid MaI'ton, in speaking of the marriage between the Comte and the Comtesse.
 Jasmin says: Nothing could be more suspicious than the beginning Every thing well onsidered-nothing want ing"
 Except love-" suggests Martin.
 'Love?" asks Jas.rln T was talking about marriage"
 The count talking to the valet of his goodbye to the marquse says: "It was an awkward moment. It is never very easy 10 explain to one lady why one is marrying another.'
 In conversation between the comte and comtesse, he says: "In sc.ne outl3nd- ish places people marry for what they call love and break their hearts over inc constancy. They follow their incl. ma tions and marry. In Paris we marry and follow our inclinaiions'
 The comtesse suggests that the comte tell her of her faEits. Suppose we begin with the greatest faults" she says. 'I am inqu.sitive to a degree," she con fesses..
 'Tn oaher words.'' replies the comte you are a won1an."
 'HAssk Marton," she says
 'If I were so ill-bred," he answers "as to cross s-examine your ladyship's ser wants, I trust they are sufficiently we'll bred to deceive me-"
 At the close she asks: Can you ever forgive me?"
 ''Comtesse," he says. q am the proud est husband in the world. I have mar ried woman who has broken her word only once."
 ANNIE KENDRICK WAYKER.
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