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Artie, by George Ade (H. S. Stone and Co., Chicago) should find a place in every library as the funniest book of the year. Like "Chimmie Fadden," it was originally published in newspaper form and its wonderful popularity induced the publishers to bring it out in book form. It is the story of a typical "mucker" office boy, Artie, whose slangy conversations are extremely funny. He styles all college men as "rah rah boys" and describes them from an office boy's point of view. Mr. McCutcheon's illlustrations, with the decorative buckram cover make it a handsome volume...
...usual the specialties are the funniest feature of the play. "The Prisoner of Sunday," an absurd burlesque on the Prisoner of Zenda, by Schurz and Knoblauch, is the cleverest. The X-ray specialty by M. E Stone, Jr., '97 and H. A. Curtis '96 is very funny, and the Tyrolean dance by F. S. Hoppin '96 and H. B. Fenno '97 is both graceful and picturesque...
...attraction at the Park Theatre for this week, is Hoyt's funniest play, "A Black Sheep," which last season ran three months at that house, and was taken off only because of engagements elsewhere that could not be cancelled. The company is still headed by that bright and clever comedian, Otis Harlan, whose impersonation of Goodrich Mudd, otherwise known as "Hot Stuff," the young man who prefers to remain in Tombstone rather than go to New York and enjoy the fortune bequeathed him, is remembered by play...
...attraction at the Park Theatre for this week, is Hoyt's funniest play, "A Black Sheep," which last season ran three months at that house, and was taken off only because of engagements elsewhere that could not be cancelled. The company is still headed by that bright and clever comedian, Otis Harlan, whose impersonation of Good-rich Mudd, otherwise known as "Hot Stuff," the young man who prefers to remain in Tombstone rather than go to New York and enjoy the fortune bequeathed him, is remembered by play-goers as one of the most delightful performances of the season...
...next attraction at the Park Theatre Monday, 18th inst., is Hoyt's funniest play, "A Black Sheep," which last season ran three months at that house, and was taken off only because of engagements elsewhere that could not be cancelled. The company is still headed by that bright and clever comedian, Otis Harlan, whose impersonation of Goodrich Mudd, otherwise known as "Hot Stuff," the young man who prefers to remain in Tombstone rather than go to New York and enjoy the fortune bequeathed him, is remembered by playgoers as one of the most delightful performances of the season...