The times., 1899-10-15

case in point He had been out some
what late and was walking down Broad
way to his home. In the park opposite
dead mans curve ne saw a loiterer VINO
was evidently suffering temporarily from
the disease. This fellow, who was eX-
ceedingly well dressed. had seated HIM
self on the edge of the fountain in the
square. The tails Of his coat and a por-
ton OF his trousers were in the water.
while the spray fell over him in clouds
The representative determined that there
would be 10 use of giving advice in such
a quarter and was about to pass on when
he noticed that the intoxicated one was
talking to himself and drew near for the
purpose Of hearing the monologue. He
Of the dampish seat was at it earnestly
and querulously. "Ish damn funny be
was remarking. "Ish damn funny! Dry
s'longs I'm pared for wet JUS shune
ferget m umbrella I rainsh like he'll,
The press agent says that he does not
approve of profanity but that this Incl
dent. TO his mind, lis too good to keep
It was one Saturday afternoon at the be-
ginning of the season and Francis Wilson
was giving the Manhattan Company the
honor of taking him home in one of its ele-
waited trains The matinees were just over
with gum-chewing, nonsense talking, cara
mel-munching girls. Nearly all of them
had attended various performances and
were talking about the plays Mr.. VIII
son declares that he retains a portion of
his faith in the intelligence of maiden
kind after hearing these snatches OF con-
versation:
Mrs. Leslie Carter-yes-yes-o course.
she's married-her husband is called Nick
Carter and he's a novelist"
This from a haired young lady with
short, fat fingers
why he should have dubbed her
Becky Sharp"
I'm sure 1 don't know. 1 suppose he's
initiating Charles Hoyt, who gives all his
characters funny names"
This from two playgoers who looked in
teliigent enough TO know better
a gadfly-why. gadfiy's IA gadfiy's-
that's what slangy Englishmen call dis
senter. But l shouldn't have thought ar
authoress would have wanted to use it
This from a be-spectacled student OF
feminine persuasion.
Nathan Hale has a new comedy"
I'm glad OF it. l didn't see him while
he was at the Kniekerboeker but I've heard
that he was just splendid
This from an oldish woman with copy
Of Airy Fairy Lillian" in one hand.
rehearsing over in Harlem
mo. It's at some hall or other
What halle"
Il can't remember the name just now,
! but il began with either ''T' or a "P''
Pm sure"
Was it Tarleton Hall? No? Trafalgar
I Peters-Tammany -Paulton-"
That's it, Pauline. They were rehears-
! ing in Pauline Hail.
This from three sixteen -year-old misses
and 1 do think Carolina Harmed is
/ just too lovely for anything in the world. -
Virginia. my dear"
Welt knew she was called afte, me
Southern State
This from couple that had been look
ing into each others eyes from the Forty
/ second Street station up to Eighth Ave-
nue..
They do say that Herbert Kelly Is aw-
fully funny in The Whirl-I-Gig. The
piece is a big success, but you wouldn t
have thought that Annie Russell would
ever have gone TO Weber & Field's-would
your"
This from be-painted damsel, with a
dog in her lap.
and there were dozens more. But the
+ sentence that made Mr.. Wilson turn scar
( let and leave the car three stops ahead of
/ his destination was this:
think he'll be a great deal better
than Richard Mansfield. You know, Rostand
wrote the play around him. Francis Will
son broke his nose when he was a boy,
and that gave the Frenchman the idea
Of"