The times., 1898-07-03
stage-struck people in my life" And he
is about right.

According to~ the announcements a.
ready made for New York openings the
country a large will have many oe-
lightful attractions next season. Nai-
lack : will begin its year late in August
with Stuart Robson in new play ny
Augustus Thomas; a French comedy,
.''le Turtle will be seen at the Manhat-
tan on September g.; Virginia Harmed and
"rhe Adventure of Lady Ursula go TO
the Garrick about the same time, and
two days later De Wolf Hopper will pro-
duee Sousa,s "Charlatan" at the hn-cH-
erbocker The Lyeeum has II. ii, So5h-
ern for it's initial card. the Empire an
nounces William Gillette in TOO Mueh
Johnson" Days opens with The t'feeH
Slave" and the Herald Square repeats
1.-THE French Maid" OH August 20 sam
barnard and "9Fhe Marquis of Michigan
are to have the first of the sea-
son at the Bijou, and new comedy,
"A Brace of Partridges," will be seen on
September at the Madison Square Theit-
ter. Harry Smith and Ludwig Ems,
lander's new opera 1.-The Little Corpor-
all is to sbeaprodaeed by Francis VIII
son week later at the Broadway III
Atlantic Efty's-wifl' hold the boards IT
the Fourteenth Street Tcoa;er All OF
these should be seen in Washington be-
fore the year is aouL
There is ~ great deaf Of tru.a in the fol-
lowing lines by Rpbert T.. Go.ccn. taI-en
from the Drsmatie Mirror:
Ii was7 To the Sunday l,edtor
OF TIE daily paper great
That the braiHy editcr-in-chief
Did thus communicate:
ooh give 'em glimpse OF Dewey's aunt
Ard Show EN- his mothers tomb,
Where the lcllipops grow and the dafodilS blow,
In d sfX-cohifufi sseHt Siu! OF gloom.
And show tera the heels Of Hobson's boots,
And the legs of his Sunday pants,
And the actual size of shipb0ard pies,
For that's what the public wants.
Find out what the officers pay for drinks.
And how they get-on with the cook,
And make the whole life of each admirals wife
ForYour readers an open book.
tTnearth, if you eaa worthless brothers-in-law;
Keep detectives out hot ON their trail;
And spare no expense ii for any onense
foreiather once went to jail.
| ''show each Sampson and sigsbee, attending at
church;
| How they look fore and after the sermon.
Make each say Just wherein he finds dancing sin,
| or picture him leading the german
! ''Get up a good story Dewey's pet corn;
Ascertain. too, if Sampson likes buns!
! Have their cooks interviewed, when in talkativc
| mood,
! IHelE SCdCHfhei, tItlF pa4DeiSi thril S'IAS-
/ 1t was to the Sunday editor
! OF the daily paper great
That the hraiuy edftor-in-chief
Did thus communicate
And a modest local critic contributes a
dainty verse, entitled The Roses"
Twas night shen She gave ulc the roses
! She had taken from her breast
| And IN the sky f'
The moon was high;
E'cn the BIRDS had gone to rest
And she sighed when she gave the rcses;
+ OF ali flowers she loved them the best.
i BIT t61aye those saIhe roses are DYING
| In the witheriHg heat Of The sun;
And tho petals all
Have begun 70 fau
. And sar'r slpiFeiiHg en- by one
] wCn ndef II her love stands the SUNLIGHT
I Any than her flowers have done.
This WEEKS Mirror contains two of tn
most IaughabIe advertisements the yea
has brought forth. One of them detal
the fact that a manager wants two in
genues not over feet inches and larg
character actor and actress not less tnal
) feet s. 1t is 10 be wondered whethe
this gentleman intends TO purchase tn
! applicants by the yard or by the pound
The second bit of humOr is directly be
low the first. and reads: Splendid oppor
tunity for lady of means wishing TO pla
Ophelia." Well, it generally takes a
the means and a few more. But both no
tices sound very odd, just the same.