Logan Republican | 1903-04-21 | Page 7 | Douglas Jerroid's Caustic Wit

Douglas Jerrold's Caustic Wit. His quarrols with actors during tho years of his dramatic activity wero Incessant; he complained that they would glvo their Ideas of tho characters charac-ters rather than his, says tho Bookman. Book-man. Onco ho complained of tho in-forlor in-forlor company that was performing ono of his plays at tho Hnymarket theater. "Why, there's V ," said tho manager, protesting, "ho wns bred on theso boards." "He looks as if ho havo boon cut out of them," growlod tho playwright. Jerrold was always very nervous on a "Arst night." Another An-other dramatist popularly supposed to "lift" his plots and situations from tho French, assured him that' he did not know tho meaning of nervousness on such an occasion. "I can quite understand that," tho wit said pleasantly, pleas-antly, "your pieces havo always been tried beforo." "Call that a kind man," said an actor, speaking of an acquaintance acquain-tance who was abroad; "a man who is away from his family and never sendB thorn a farthing! Call that kindness!" kind-ness!" "Certainly," said Jerrold, "unremitting "un-remitting kindness."