Show DEGRADING THE STAGE time was when rome eat on her seven hills and hatched in an empire that actors were selected be because flause of their physical strength 0 and power of endurance A good arni arm was considered a better recommendation than a rood good head a wicked disposition was superior to a good voice since that hat time the afta 13 e has been improved the play refined refine and ar id the actor evolved antoan into an intelligent being when four years ago 0 john b L Sul Su liyan Illyan became a star etar an all era of theatrical decline id in pugilists and safe gate breakers ire are now tile the drawing cards and when sullivan or spike hennesy cant draw a house booth or irving need not try tile the new champion Coi corbett bett is on oil the boards this season and expects to be the drawing 0 card at the columbian exposition jack mc ilc auliffe and billy woods it hae t e both consented to star next year the former in nielo dramn drama the latter in burnt cork what is the stal stage c camin coming boand where will it all end the c best announcement yet made however is that peter jackson will soon appear as aa uncle tom in harriet beecher tale talc of slavery days just imagine 0 ilie big australian in the role of a pious slave think of simon legree k knocking him down remember him as a bruiser that never was whipped ped and note how strang strangest eit will seem for every one in the play to kick and cull cuff him about with sullivan and spike henness nessa in tragedy jackson and mcauliffe in incao drama aul muldoon and woods as minstrel and the high kickers to do the rest no wonder that booth and patti and bernhardt are retired retiring M ry from the e m gd ived |