The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-19

Dis" I says, when we fetches Toity- fort street, lis de Drury Lane, climb ing up into de sky; dis on Forty-foist is to be de new Amsterdam; and right dere," l says. pointing little way off, on Forty second, 'is where de same parties is to build de Liberty; and here on Forty-toid, is RReggie DeKoven.s-L Lyric: and here on Forty-fort is de Hudson; and on korty- lift is to be de Royal; and on Forty-sixt Dan Froman's new Lyceum; and over her on Forty-nint de new Comedy; and
 Hold on!' says MT. Paul. you skipped Forty-sevent and Forty-eight streets"
 Give em time," I says. Kirk LaShell and Billy Brady comes in dere Let us take de L. and go out to Harlem, and see de two new teeatres me friends Tim Sullivan, and Harry Minors kid, is run ming up dere," says.
 ''No," says MT. Paul, tautful like 'Iet us go and look down in de subway awhile, to get de twist out of me neck I got from looking up at de tall build ings.'
 we hasn't struck de tall buildings yet" l says. "Dere's two sky-scrapers of ho- tels going up on Long Acre Square; and you never seen de Ansonia, furder out de Lane, wit twict as many rooms as de Waldorf; and de
 No more! No more today" says Mir Paul. Let us philosphise. What is we coming to?"
 De subway" says. Look out for de blast!"
 q mean what Is society coming to-" he says.
 Search me-" says. Its struck Lent already" I says. 'and bridge whist ta- bles Is woiking overtime"
 Bridge whist won't last" says he. Its female -" no. dat wasn't de void he used. Whats dat? Oats it. n G-H what we imported from Lunnon, and it will stray to de woods as soon as deres enough teeatres in town for everybody to get seat dats got de price. Oats de point: we is all coming to de teeatre; which is to say, We Is all going to de teeatres. cider as actors or as audience" l 'I'd radder deal de game" says, dan | buy chips"
 Well" says Mir. Paul, i've must all do one or de odder. Dere will soon be so many teeatres dat we all must be in de game, until MT. Edison perfects his auto | actor"
 Oats a ringer on me-" says, dat auto-actor."
 Its near ready to be put on de mar ket," says MT. Paul Its to be run by machinery. and warranted to make no holler, even if de ghost don't walk, and all de press notices is roasts. Den will come a happy time. De critics will all be graduates of schools of engineering De part of Hamlet, de press notice will say. was excellently rendered by one of de | new pattern, two and a half horse power, drop forged. leading man. constructed on lines invented by Mir. Mansfield. By novel contrivance (for which de inventor has patents) it's exhaust is made to re- semble de sound of enthusiastic applause De power is directly geared to it's legs and, when a friction lutch is trun on, dis character can be used for buck. and fancy-step dances. between de acts. De Ghost was played by a high-powered, al cohol-heated, copper-tubed utility man. which slipped its eccentric pin in de bat | clement scene. and. being hastily repaired, de wrong stop was pulled out. and 1t fin ished de scene wit de lines of Rip Van Wrinkle. De Foist Grave Digger was geared a little too high for de require ments of de part, and trun Yorricks skull into de gallery, causing a rough house intermezzo, Furder rehearsals will no Coubt smood de action in dis respect.