Show THJi PEEP O' l)At-- A 7A his uncle Mr McKenzie sustained the part well though we think his feints to chastise his ungrateful servant too much like show before the deserved chastisement was administered lie 'could have manifested his inclination to beat him without doing it so much before he did doit In all such working up' to the sticking’ or striking points tbtfro should be becoming: dignity amlft&tural appearance Indeed it would have been much more effective though not so agreeable to Mr Dunbar had Sir Giles’ cane left wales on his back As much ns possible of reality should life always given and was it not too mortal to be pleasantly real one would like to aeo the sword pas? through the body instead of under the arm In relation to this desirable appedrance of reality in a performance wo shall speak hercaftef but it may be observed here that in this illusion of reality upon the stage and natural portraiture the public had had an exquisite model in Sir not acting — personaGeorge Pan ncefort and liis fteting-n- o tion is the be tier term t t f (j d a noble conception of' a generous woman and if Sir Giles is repugnant in his strength ghe is very loveable in her nobility But like Overreach Lady Allworthis also strongly marked in type and distinct in her In standing in the Stead of her dead husband individuality to her dead husband’s friend— in laying aside her discountenance of the profligate "Wellborh when he appealed to her in ’the name of" his dead friend and her frank acceptance of and assistance in a plot so audacious in him so delicate in her elb rates her above a woman of the Wdrld to a royal minded darne Theorfeof Massinger seems td have been eminently in creating marked characters and plot of the same strong texture though notagredt leading character such as iady Allworth and other ruling female parts yet may be made Lady Macbetli considerable of and is not unworthy of the power and dignity of a Mrs Charles Kean — Miss Ellen Tree Mrs Gibson could hot be expected to make so milch of the part as this eminent Lady All worth professional lady is would have made but she made it even more than worthy of an amateur actreSs On some occasions the faith of the public in Mrs Gibson’s capacity to become a leading' lady upon the stage is raised considerable and at other times certain mannerisms and lack of iiatural pathos lowers that faith Yet while we confess td be of those who have not ’hdmired some overdone expressions mid jc&turc we believe that mid study always neceswith good training and the sary to excellence Mrs Gibson could reach the eminence of a leading actress in a professional dorps Mr Margetts had a good part in Justice Greedy but we do ’not consider that his conception of the character was as correct as his conception of his Grand Juryman Justice Greedy is a justice in spite of his insatiable gut’ and while he he would 'Could have borne all this gentleman’s comicality have lost nothing had lie been given more dignity and ourselves to an English country town even in and mayor cur'day and witness a procession oftall led by a Sovereign beadle wilh his gilt head mace and we could find hints for a conception of what even a Justice Greedy Mr Hargetts Justice might Have had all the com- ought to be LITER ART MAGAZINE NOTES OF THE WEEK M BY'QUIZ V eIY ltEMARKAlILE — The following very' characteristic letter was lately received b the editors of this paper T “Your paper goes finely up here All those who read yrour paper like it those who don’t read it don't like it” j j After a great variety of nientUi efforts to comprehend why those who read the PEEP O’ DAY shoffld like it better than those “who ckmt” we have given it tip as one of the great unsolvable liiy'steries of the age Quiz only remembers another fact in his history" equally puzzling and that was that those two interesting young ladies ‘‘Sarah Jane” and “Betsy" Clara” often and often declared thev never would have believed what a delightful fellow lie was’ if they hadn’t got to know him After a deal of cogitation he has corn’d to the conclusion that the mystery concerning the PEEP O’ Day will be found to turn on the same principle ' ' ! Characteristic the Ladies— “You should of see liow politely that gentleman bowed to me when he threw the paper toward the house this morning7 “Pfdiaw! be didn’t bow to you? said No 2 “What 1 Do yrou mean to sayr he didn’t bow ?” said No 1 “Bow of course he didn’t bow at all it xbas only the force of the jerk ibith which he threw the paper V9 ' This pretty illustration of the charming willingness manifested byr young ladies generally' to admit tho influence of each others charms is simply recorded as a characteristic of ladies elsewhere ! We don’t allow any man to say in our presence that it is the' characteristic of ladies here We won’t hear of sutsh a thing ! It is true it occurred here but that’s nothing Nothing afcalL r j ! ' i ‘Great Fall in Meat!’7 — We saw the announcement in the papers with our own' eyes AVo seized our own— oiir very' own— basket We gave interesting family' a paternal nod intimativc of a least in store for them We rushed to the market and seizing a ten pound lump we eagerly said : “weigh that” and then rapidly we reckoned in our mind ten times twelve ift one hundred and twenty and ten times half is five and fit'e and one hundred and twenty is one linn “ Here take dred and twenty-fiv- e y'our dollar and a quarter” said we and grasped our lump with a rejoicing spirit and were turning to flee with it to interesting family' Judge of our horror when the butcher “ wc love so well ” exclaimed “ ten times iwenty-twisn’t a dollar and a quarter I think rather !” “What hasn’t it fallen to twelve and a half” saidwe “I guess meat ain't” said Tie “ but we have some bones that have’ sUidlie N e beard no more With blinded ey'es wo rushed “ a la Ljrne i away' We mounted d our domicile’ and tragically turned that that family' basket Upside down! We fiercely' put it on the ground and with tremendous energy we thumped oiir sacred person on the lop We grasped two bunches of our venerable locks planted our venerable elbows on our venerable knees and while our alarmed We sat gazed wc shed some venerable tears family v a picture of despair — despair that comes from trusting " ’Twas meat that did it ! in the papers ! ! In tact we would have diked rics were when Massinger wrote to have seen rridreof the comic dignity and pomposity of his inimitable Grand Juryman in his Justice Grbedy which though other About very good was hot so much a masterpiece as the the same may be said of Mr Dunbar’S Marall lie carried the house but had too much of the Irish comedian in his more 'back representation ‘of Sir Giles’ legal tool A little would have bone and a little more ohl English conception Yet so successful waS Mr Dunbar that per-liamade it bettor the majority will be severe upoii us for not giving his ' nditiooof Alarall unqualified praise 4 A New Wav to Pay Old Debts ’ was even better ti Lastweek onifs first performance and Mr Lyno played represented tban On the first night he was unwith increased potter and effect well and did not conquer the physical faintness which affected him-untithe last rids ‘ Richelieu ’ comes next and we may be assured the public will have a great opportunity for Mr Lyne’s casto is strong powerful and imposing and suits all Richelieu’ also characters w Here those qualities dominate Mill be a public favorite than 'Sir Giles Overreach’ greater Ainu o bench--enterc- s |