The times., 1899-10-01

o. Samuel came down for Wolfe at the Grand,
And nothing he knew OF the managers stand;
Twelve columns he wrote-this is only A guess
And just thirty-iive lines appeared in the press
Some months ago at the height Of 1.-The
Musketeer' craze, The Times received
from the press agent of one of the road
companies an excellent, though rather long,
story of the play written in the newest
slang. Despite the fact that Washington
ians could have had very little interest in
the matter then, the article was printed in
part and credit given to its supposed au-
thor. Last week ]. Toxin Worm, who is
ahead of James 0'Neill, handed in the
Identical screed as advertising for his star.
Mr.. Worm quoted the work as being that
OF Chicago newspaper man who has re-
Gently achieved considerable fame with
his effusions. The bit is sufficiently clever
10 be given sgain-this time wholly. 1t is
supposed TO be small boys description OF
the Dumas piece, and rsns as follows:
We'll dey got guy here now dat l see
de oder day uptown, an he's a corler. l
coughed up quarter ter get mex ter him
an ] amt got no kick comm on de extry
ten cents-nixey. Talk o. n. S. Woods,
wy, dis geezer truns it inter him in great
shape; makes a reg'lar doose o him. His
name is Jimmy o'NeiIl, an de ole loafer
W at sat mex ter me was a-tellin his dame
dat Jimmy was one o de best acters in de
worit, an thinks / ter myself, dere couldn' t
be none a-beatin' his record Wen he RELY
tried settin' a pace fer de rest ov de push.
/ Wy. honest, he lays all over dat bloke
! wat was in de burg last week an made
folks knock out Two plunks ter see his
beall.
DE play is a daisy-full o. fightin !,
aldough dey might trun in a bowieknife
scrap widout hurtin' de show any. Jimmy
has de part ov a young jay from de coun-
try wat comes ter Payris lookin' fer a
job in de army. Ia de first act he's a
reg'lar farmer-a cinch fer de green goods
raen-but he's dead game sport jus de
same, an wen de gang gives him kid
about de skate he's straddlin' he pulls
his sword an sails inter 'em like Fitz-
simmons would do ter lot o dead uns.
He's allus scrappn' an he don't care
who he goes up against, neidor. Dere's
tree big guys-dey belong ter de Mos
/ quito Guards-and I'm damned If mis- jay
( lets don't buck de huh tree an wants ter
/ lick 'em wun after de odder. Wun ov ems
/ a big yap wild phoney belt. It's all gold
/ ia front but he didn't have enough ter
make a decent bluff wild, so he went an
cut de trimmin' of de back SOS ter put it
/ all Were de danes could get a peek at it.
! Jimmy gifts mex an de big stiff plays sore.
] DCft WAS dLuuOtf ScAb " te1-
killer. his name was-lemme see, ! got [
on de programme here-A-ran- n-us; dat's
I de guy.
Well. Jimmy makes break about some
: girls wipe wat de dizzy geezer drops on
ia floor an dat makes annuder row-Jim-
my bein right in it all de time an lookin'
fer more De odder soldier-he's built on
de expanshun plan; one Nv dem proud
guys lots oy dig, yer know. He's been a
I scrappin', too. an some ones upper-cut
! him in De shoulder: SO at does Jimmy do
/ but run ap agin him an soak him on his
sore spot. De sick guy-his name is
A-thos an dat's Dago fer somethin', cause
I il amt his real handle-he starts in ter
t'row a bluff at Jimmy. but it don't go an
i Jimmy makes date wild him. Den de hull
push met ter fight it out-naw, not wild de
:! gloves. but wild swords. Den Richieloo' 5
4 blokes come in like gang ov coppers ter
spoil de mill an before yer know it JIM
my says ter de tree guys he was goin' ter
scrap, Come ahead, fellers, an well lick
I de stufin outer dis pushp Well, mebbe
/ dey don't. Wy dey clean out de peelers
/ in great shape an Wen de tree guys see
wat a scrapper dere up against dey say:
! Leave us be friends an Jimmy havin'
taken a libin' ter dem hisself, says: I'm
wild yer ter de finish Den dey grab lunch
hooks an from dere on dey works de same
side or de street togedder
z We'll, de game gifts putty fast. Jimmy
goes an gifts stuck on dame wat works
fer de queen-an' mebbe she amt a queen.
neidori Den he goes an gifts mixed up wild
a diamond deal an t'rows down de eardi-
male, an ole guy in red skirt, de worlt
like de apple woman in Alone in Noe
York Well, it's hot stuff all troo; yer
don't git no time ter rink afore Jimmy
outer one scrap inter annuder. Jimmy
an actor. He beats y. s. Woods, Ward an
volles. Ralph Cummin's. and de hull mob
/ Jimmy's wonder. He can have my dough
every time, an dsts no lie"