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Show IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Sound Advice Given by a Father to His Son. Tho ndvlce given by tho parent to his Ron ot Oxford In tho ear 1808 against catching cold when .attending tho theater will not he without Interest Inter-est In tho pantomime season. "Child I heard that tho players nre gon down to Oxford, hill I am unwilling that jou should go to bou them net, for fear on our coming out of tho hot piny houso Into tho cold ayer, you should entch hnrm, for as 1 did onco coming out of tho theater at a publick Act whon It was very full and steaming steam-ing hot, and wnlkln n Ilroail in tho cold, and gavo mo stitch a cold that It had I,lkt to a cost mo my Llfo. Your best way In sutch a cold Is to go horn to your one chamber directly from tho play house, and drink a glass of Sack, thcrefur Ho suro you send your servant At your hand for a hottlo of tho Best Canary and keep It In jour chamber for that purpose. . . . Harkon thou unto tho voyco and Advise Ad-vise of moo Thy (lather, Loving Tlifco Hotter then hlmsclfo. Londou Dally Chronicle. |