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      April 3, 1869.3 The Tomaha Wk. 153

      April 3 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 153

      The Amateurs F The Amateurs/7

      THE AMATEURS THE AMATEURS / 7

      B7 An Ex-Amateur Of Two Feet. Study Iii....

      B 7 an ex-Amateur of Two Feet . Study III . —Adolphus Noodle , the Amateur Actor . The Audience Described . you M may ost amiable possibly remember Readers , that when I had I laid described down my Lady pen . last Carboro week ' s , had theatricals introduced up to a at certain the rehears point— als at and that had point iven I stopped some . I sort of notion of you the caste of The Lady , of Lyons g and you I paused at for the the moment immediate that the ascension prompter of had the curtain rung his . bell With , as a signal kind permission Suppose that I will the dro resume p scene the has thread risen of unsteadily my story at and that slowl your moment y , and . introduce that we have you the to the audience goodly before company us . we It find is onl facing y respectful us . As I me always with am feelings delighted of great to be joy polite and , I grat take itude the . pleasant duty upon The Audience . of Front Ditch water Row , . with —Rather a very to yellow the rig skin ht , the and Dowager a very Marchioness magnificent to necklace death of of brilliants waiting for . Her the ladyshi grave p to has close eye them s which , and see m m tire outh d which Hep neck seems is sinking stringy under and shrivelled the weight . She of a is score far too of wrinkles bored to . asleep smile , , occasionall infinitel y y waking too well up bred with to a cry start ; so of she surprise quietly on drops her face , which suggests the thought to the Ex-Amateur that her ladyshi theatricals p seems and astonished not in her to coffin find ! hersel Not f at Lady far Carboro from the ' s false Dowager teeth is , , La Contesse shaking her de La palsied Tour head Calais , with , very grinning its burden with her of corpse-robbed hair . The old Frenchwoman is a mass of rouge , affectation A little to , and the sati right n . of She the shakes Contesse . is Lord Shillelagh , the with well-known the ladies Irish , and peer a . great A popular contrast man to Viscount is the lord Barebones , especiall , his y neighbour miserable . old The creature noble , ( co or mposed to be correct chiefly , ignoble of padding ) viscou , si n mpers t is a ,

      and asthma . In spite of . his infirmities , his lordship is " into wicked the , cheek " and knows of an many honest a , story pure- calculated minded Eng to lishman bring a . blush The rouged viscount , and is a very laug horrible h is champagne spectacle - . born His and aged hollow cheeks . How are t hushed He e rribl sits y lik bore b e y a d -bye very his by bo wicked nes the must undertaker and be very of their . aged Round old child -fashioned about , waiting him covering are to be a . ' the number little brothers pretty little of Lady childre Florence n , the " . infant The s group of the contains house "— a with strong its contrast vices — and second first childhood childhood , tired waiti of on its the sins threshold and bored of fashionable life ; , ready for dissipation , and ng thirsting for follythe Bacchanalian Alpha and . the Omega—the worn-out Satyr and the budding Office Second , hard Row at work . —Firs with _ his discove eye-glass r little . He is efo a u sparkling sis , of the young War gentle draws m an an nu , and y abo is ut wretchedl a hundred y paid and fifty y the pounds Government ( gold ) , . He en his course real he value is is seated at least near two the hundred Peacock pounds girls —of the potatoes flirts of . th Of e Season , and is trying to get out of the way of , his uncle , old Sir with Silas a Snu sermon ffbox , who and a grievance come to . The e play venerable armed to gentleman the teeth who scapagra seem ar s to e evidently ce be nephew in no p bored . leasant Near to death humour Sir Silas . They as are he chaperone one glances or two towards some dowagers pretty his , young " bodies ladies . " , A with few ve a miable long neck nobodies s and — shoulders pray don , ' t nd let very me be suspected Rows 3 of , 4 a , 5 pun , and —compose 6 . —Nothing the rest very of this particular row . . Plenty of a Dund nd there reary an insi . ancient pidity , buck with , a all little skin " and Girl padding of the . Period A good . " Here deal of Low whit necked e waistcoat dresses , a in lot abundance of stephano . , and a scarcity of brain . The Rows same 7 , kind 8 , 9 of , and psople 10 — . — inane Very young much like men rows and 3 foolish , 4 , 5 , young and 6 . women . A few dowagers playing propriety .

      of Rows Paterfa 11 milias , 12 , 13 in , 14 corners , 15 , and . O 16 ver . — there Very naturall instance y a soupgon see an iron old -grey gentleman hair . His with coat a very , his bald expansive head , , fringed white waistcoat with , you a little , his very gloves one and all proclaim him to be a man of substance , a proud patriot distrust with a stake you discover in the in country a moment .- As he that looks he is round a Member with of Parliament . It would not in the least surprise you to see him noble suddenl hostess y jump . ud If " he in asked his plac her e" to lady put ship a for few a question return s of to the his to price say per whether yard of a dual the drawing government -room existed carpet , in the called servants upon ' hall her , you would not be at all astonished—it is the kind of thing he is Ministers constantly of doing Her Gracious the " House Majesty " to , and the to immense the great deli furtherance ght of the trust of the until public he business catches the . Our friend of his looks wife round and then with but proud not dis till - then , he quickly subsides . eye ; , very Row flower 17 and of Last Bayswater . —The . very Here cream we find of Brompton people that and Lad the y theatricals Carboro is , " but taking are up kept . " They well in are the allowed background to be present . But at what the matter ' s that ? Have they not their cards of invitation at home , top and cannot the heap they make the baske a fair t kept show for by preserving placing them the pasteboards on the very happy of visitors in sp 1 ite To of their be sure bad they position pan . ; so It they is quite may true rest that and they be you can and see the little m distance e , I of think the , leaning theatricals they are with to , and be their congratulated can b hear acks less to . the ; but wall , between , are a attempt number is of not inane very young successful men , . trying And now not that to look I have bored introduced . This the with noble my story reader . to the distinguished audience , I beg to proceed The first piece that was performed on this eventful evening was say one one that known requires technicall the dresses as a " of a aracter past age play . " I «— h that ave quite is to forgotten was included the p in lot the , but cast I remember . It may dis be tinctl as y well that perhaps Charley Rosel give y some of the performance in a dramatic form : — Scene . —The stage of the Theatre Royal , Lady Cat-boro n s .

      Interior of a small out magnificent palace , intended to represent hu some rriedl bachelo y and r ' s nervousl lodgings y . in Well the last -bred century applause . . Enter Rosely Rosely { getting off well , having read his book " hard" to the bour very l of ast refuge momen . t ) It . — was This a will lucky do thoug . It seems ht to run indeed in here a safe . har { He - stops short and becomes painfully conscious of the presence oj the Peacock { Becomes g painfully irls . ') Ya ' as consc I ious It was of a the lucky p-resefice thought of to his run white in . here silk . s { tockings Sees the Peacock and blue gi breeches rls looking . } Ya at ' Jus as ! sword It ivas throug a luck h their y thoug opera ht ! g lasses ' . He Very p full rays stop thai . it Well may -bred not have applause got . ) between his legs . ) Prompte e the Governor r { from . the wing ) . —The question is how am I to escap Rosely { grinning sweetly on the Prompter . )—Eh ! am Prompter I to { repeating the Governor in a 1 loud voice ?)—The question is how escape ter ?) Ros Ah ely ! . — The To be question sure ! is { He how smiles am I his to escape thanks the to the Governor Promp- ? He Prom is , I pter know , on test good ily ) .- ter "A ms privy with councillor the Queen to . the King . know Ro , sely a privy . —To cou be ncillor sure ! of { He the smiles King , and his — thanks and— ) . and He — ' ( sud is , I - den denl ce y ) . skipping I should six not pages be surprised of the book if I saw by mis her take again —with at Green confi - - wich . { Enter suddenly A Gentleman who has been standing at the wich wing . ) waiting for his cue , 'which happens to be Greenwife Gentleman ! Why , sir , { savagel I will y thrash ) . —So yo it u was into you atoms who , and escorted crush you my into mincemeat I thing Rosely wrong { smiling ( Well with -bred sweet applause surprise . ) ) . —Eh ! Surely somefinding Gentleman only Rosely { gla ) . — nc Eh ing ? round Beg pardon the stage , m , ' m and , surprised at

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 3, 1869, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_03041869/page/9/