Do you propose returning to your lodging to-night?
That is a matter that will be decided by the Commander of the nearest
practising gun-boat.
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[Illustration: THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH GREEK.
_First Classic_. "BY THE WAY, HADN'T DANTE GOT ANOTHER NAME?"
_Second Classic_. "YES; ALFIERI, I THINK--OR ELSE ALIGHIERI."
_First Classic_. "AH, PERHAPS YOU'RE RIGHT. I HAD A NOTION IT WAS GABRIEL
ROSSETTI, OR SOMETHING!"]
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CUTTING REMARKS.
[Illustration: Tied to Time.]
Mr. HENRY AUTHOR JONES has taken a theatre wherein to play his own plays to
his own taste. On the first night of _The Crusaders_ this taste was not
exactly the taste of the audience. Mr. HENRY AUTHOR JONES seemed to object
to be tied to time, and the result was the prompt appearance of that
terrible conqueror of things terrestrial, General Boredom. Since the
initial performance, it is reported that matters have gone on more
smoothly. According to the "usual sources of information" the dramatist has
been cheered on leaving his theatre, and heartily congratulated. On one
occasion he actually supplemented his piece with a speech! Apparently he
was under the impression that there could not be too much of a good
thing--JONES for choice! It may be that since the first performance, there
has been some curtailment made in the play.
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