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Show j3l irainatist's Rejoinder. When Colman, the English dramatist, drama-tist, was examined before the committee of the house of commons which sat on the theatrical question, he was asked whether he expunged all oatha or pfo-. pfo-. fane swearing from the plays submitted to his revision. He answered: "Invariably." "Iid you ever count the number of oathj in your own comedies of the 'Heir at Law' and 'John Bull?' " "Never, but I dare say there are a great many." "Which you disapprove of?" "Undoubtedly." "Do you not think it would have oeen better to have omitted them?" "Much better. They disfigure the bvenes in which they are introduced and injure the humor. " "Then," concluded tho chairman, tninking to clinch the argument, "you are sorry now .that ynu wrote either of those comedies?'' "Quite the contrary," rejoined the licenser. "I rejoice exceedingly to have made a good pudding, although I regret that any bad plums should have crept into it." New York Advprfiaar. |