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'49. This may have been the stylo ten years
ago, but not at present. The would-be play
wrights should consult the "As Seen by Him"
column of Vogue, and not Frank du Toll's
Rod Dude cigar sign. Another favorite is l n5ls been a much mooted question
the characterization of an actor, more com- whether there is such a thing as " love at first
mon, however, in comedy. Who ever saw an sight." Eminent authorities have disagreed
actor with long greasy ringlets, red nose, and on ll,is subject. Novels have been written in
dressed in an old velvet-trimmed coat, too support ol both sides of the question. It has
quick trowsers and an old pair of gaiters? always been my own opinion that such a
Then there is the English lord, with a cock- tn"g W5ls not only possible but quite natural,
ney accent, and the lawyer, who looks like a However, it has been nothing more than an
tramp, and the fanner's daughter who carries opinion, until a recent experience of my
a red parasol. own, which demonstrated beyond a doubt
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mossy chestnuts? A playwright could write
without them. At least Shakspearo did, and
they do say Willey knew how to write a
play.
The play-going people may be yearning
for melo dramas. The)' have certainly stop
ped yearning for the farce comedy. There
It was on the 13th da' of April, 1893. The
44 White Squadron " was showing that night
at the Lansing. Feeling the need ot some
amusement to relieve the strain on a system,
which had suflered greatly from over-study,
I attended the performance.
I little thought as I leaned back in the ele
gantly upholstered seats in the dress circle,-
are fewer farce comedy companies on the that j was soon t0 through one o( the
stage than ever before in the past ten years. cHses of my life No shadow of coming
It takes one with a Hoyt stamp to be at all evcnts marred my enjoyment of the play,
popular, or one with a Frank Daniels in the j (lidnt cnjoy the play muchj though for all
title role. Mr. Hoyt has the good sense to that because it was not as good as I expect-
see that we want no more Brass Monkey ed) and j did not feel as th0Ugh I was getting
plays and consequently his latter eflbrts have my money's worth. This feeling, and the
been somewhat subdued. stat0 0f mjnd it naturally put me, would not
Soon farce comedy will have gone the way make me very susceptible to the influences
of the roller rink. Let us have some trage- which were soon brought to bear upon me,
dies, operas and comedies and even melo so the argument is all the more convincing
dramas, but draw the line at the plotless, on that account. It was after the show was
silly driveliugs known as the farce comedy, over and I was going out that I met my fate.
It was at the outside door that I saw her.
She was standing under the electric light
No addition to the faculty since the chan with an elderly lady, apparently her mother,
cellor's advent has been hailed with as much who was middle-aged, seemed to be quite
joy on the part of the students as the return well to do, and had a look of refinement and
of Professor Edgren after a two years' ab- culture which showed that she belonged to
sence. He has, during this time, been rector the best class of society. There was nothing
of the University ol Gothenburg. As a lin- distinctive about her, although it was easy to
guist Professor Edren is unsurpassed and as see that she had been very handsome in her
a man he inspires one with new confidence younger days, and even now she was very
in human nature, pleasant to look nt, although completely
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