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...Bob and I saw this notice in the Sunday Shouter, and decided to take it in. Accordingly, at the appointed time we presented ourselves at No. 476, and were promptly admitted. We were asked to leave our coats and hats in the hall, and to "step this way, please." We omitted to heed the first part of this request, for as we did not know the character of the spirits who might be present during the evening, we thought it safer to take our property with us. We afterwards found it an entirely needless precaution, however, for the spirits...
...took seats in the circle, and after a few minutes the ancient female who was to conduct the entertainment entered. She smiled sweetly on Bob, and asked him for the loan of his hat for a few minutes. Bob remembered seeing a professor of mystery, mirth, and magic a short time before produce silver dollars from the lining of a gentleman's hat, and hastened to comply with her request. But to his disgust he found that in this instance it was the circle which was expected to produce the silver...
After a few convulsions our medium suddenly jumped from her chair, and, clutching Bob by the throat, shrieked, "My own, my own! I have you once more...
PARK THEATRE. - 7.45 P. M.; Matinee, Saturday, at 2. Mr. Jefferson will appear as Bob Acres, in Sheridan's delightful comedy "The Rivals," for the last times to-night and to-morrow. Mr. Jefferson acts the part very well, of course, and it is especially pleasant to see him again in some character besides the familiar Rip Van Winkle. On Monday, Ada Cavendish will appear in a new play, "The Soul of an Actress." Theatre-goers will remember her engagement at the Globe this spring...
...Smith Russell's "Edgewood Folks," in which he has made a great hit as Tom Dilloway. The piece is full of good situations, and is amusing throughout. Monday, 18th, Mr. Joseph Jefferson opens with a strong company in "The Rivals." There can be no doubt that his Bob Acres will be very good...