copyrighted, 18», by The Prank Quocn Publishing Company (Umlted).
 

NE^W   YORK,  SA.TXJRD-A.Y,  NOVEMBER  8,  1890.
 

[VOLUME XXXVlll.-No. 3J.
 

THE SEVEN STAGES.
 

AH the world's In love,
Xnd alt the men and women merely lovers.
They have their conqiieBla^nd defeats.
And one man In his life loves many Ui
BIB pamtOD bavltig sevea stages.  /

rani,
heamng with love close to Its mothei
And then the echoolboy, vtih roand,
Wblch be carries

flchool.
Attd then the yoathrni lover, sw^rlng^
To hlB first and only iovo—the widow, t
And then the soldier. lull of foreign flat
; partlcQlar as to cut ol beard, ]&

loves.
But sodden and qnlcft to battle for tb(^i
, wttb hie life.  Then the JosticCj

ronnd wite,
'ADA children ot raan; ages> wboci hi

scotda,
A« bU digestion dotb decree.  ADd %Sft

doth foretell his humor.
The sixth age l8 dear old grandpapa.
Who, with the sons of bla bocb iiviA%

kneefl,                                                  ,

And the daughters ot his daughKrs irafiijta
 

EvideoUy the lady bad not read TeoDysoa.  llie
manager returned:

"And do you not still hope, that someday, that im,
your long, lott/o lost hnsband, may return r**
Aod sao aaswered, oh, so qotcklyl
"Laud o* goodaesa,  do!   What for I'd like to
know?   AlQ*t' It enough to bring up these yotmg

itaupportlngtheold naan, toof**

^The Back Number ComblnatlOQ never played on

Such a thing waa net thought of*

r rather halls, that we played la were

s-ncomfortat)ie, aad bat uitle prorUloo
 

destlDed Id the near future to, appear In lateri edi¬
tions of tbe gazeteers.

We played la one on the border, at a burgb that
bad a criac that wai sharp as hla boslness
manager. Smith contd neither get credit for print-
IcgoracUng In that ofHce or atreeu Advertising
waa c&ah In advance, and Smith did not advertise.

I-think that the editor would have let
Smith In his rashness had not sees lit to go before
the carton and give the ^newspaper chap a setting
out.. The editor was csustlo. All be said the next
morning was;

named Smith made an apology beblud
last nlgbt at the theatre. Then be
0D( lAd made one to trout ot It.
 

ma&'s mlQd was filled wllb a procession of charac¬
ters of the play.

The physician gave little hope from the first

■^Physically and mentally worn out," be said.

The doctor's diagnosis was correct.

"Man in bla time plays many parts," murmured
tbe idck man, as be tossed on the plUow. Then,
«rter a while, be ^poko again: "Tfte but stand ftf

a dry eye tn the bed chamber, and
the poor wife clang la despair to ber bosbaod's

"It will soon be over now," said the doctor.
"Po»«treii/ (fwt appeoronoe Wte wo«on;" whlip-
pered tbe sick mao.
 

THE   AUTUMN   SHEAF.

BV UENRI 1

Still I remember early Autumn daya,

When golden leaves were floaUng Ie the air.
And reddening oaks sto.od sombre In the haze,

nil sonset struck them with the redder glare
And faded, leaving me by wood and DeJd,

In fragrant dew, and pliant velvet mold.
0 wait among the shades of eight concealed

Aod hear that story which bat once U told.
Through many seasons of tbe falling leaves

I watched my fadlnghopes, and watched their tallj
In memory they are gathered now like sheaves,

So withered that a touch would scatter al).
Dead leaves, and dost more dead, to tall apart,

Leaves bending once In arches over me
And dnst enclosing once a loving bean,

Aod I to happy with youth's mystery f
It cannot be unbonnd, my Autumn leaf-
Then let It stand, the ruin of the pant;
Betumlng Antuma brings tbe old belief;

Its mystery aU lU own, and It wm''lasL
 

EDWiN ST£VENS,

A llteoess of this comedian, who bae captured
the critics by his clever work, appears on this page.
Edwin Stevens waa born at San Francisco, and re-
Uberal educaUon, more especially intended
to prepare him for ihe profegalon of mining en¬
gineer. After leaving college he filled posltloas as
superintendent of piloes in Idaho, Arizona and Kew
Uexico. Ills connection wlia this hUBlnees brougbr
the young engineer to the noUce of prominent stock
of Sau Francisco, and among them Co). C
Welter, a well known mining man, and brother
Weller, Dnlted States Senator from Ohio,
and Governor of California. Col. Weller took Mr.
Stevens Into partnership, under the firm name of
Weller k Sievena, and for a time the new firm proe
pered, bat finally went down in the Sierra Nevadi.
collapse, which wrecked so many fortonea on the
coast. Young Sievena then went Into jouTDatlsuik
for a wblle, but soon returned to mining operations
again, and once more Dame Fortune turned her back
on him. He was burnt out ty the Apaches la Art>
it everything bo had In the world, btrt
considered himself lucky to save hie scalp. Be re*
turned to'Frlaco, and, looking around for a voca- I
Uon, Incidentally beard that Alice Gates, wbo waa
then playing an engagement there, wanted a bart- j
tone.   Mr. Sleveuahad gained quit« a repntatldn    {
 

It there
would add
bort

a manufactur.
paid In scrip, (
be route.
-old man" was t
f ulture waa. glvi
," "jMlc Shi
miners got tbe old

Manager
invited to drink.   Bi
business, and profess
Mrs. Smith was the let
account ot age should ,
Acted the vinegary old
lady was billed as Miss S.   ^^\
worth much more than    ^T^
manager and bis wife a         '

Ob, dcarl I Bhall t
thought of It even at this
pain.

But, 10 give them credit, w
they were!   The remlnlsence t
lues almost makes me forgive tl
and J allet, and that made me sic

The, critic who sighs for the

ber Combination, and been one <
not all sad/iess and gloom.   Ou
diculoosly humorous.   Like the
iibells as a currency,
of coin as a? equivalent for services,
occasion required, miss a meal, If
Iscd a certainty of our reaching th
We bad a large company; that
IL   Smith was a map of large Ideas,
nmall resources, and, as we moved
poet, all the Thespians In bad luck o
bed, fell In and trouped with the trodpera,

Stanley acquired fame in exploring a Dar.
tfoent, but It is fortunate tor hla laurels V
n contact with EdwiiV Forrest
kS ao explorer of undiscovered places.
Kalamazoo, Penn Yan and Painted Post bare li
e standing Jokes of paragraphlstsaud-wrltA
r>r ihealrlcal humor'," bUl Smith never went
M3 the map.
Tbe actor-manager was a companionable mao,
Q Well filled with beer after theperforra-
d reel OCT anecdotes and funnlmenteby
the yard atd the yard.   All the relaUons
Bonal, but he never seemed to realize that the ex-
perlcnoea were a reflection upon his qnallflcallons
AS a manager.   He told the stories with the
n when the Joke waa upon himself.
e showed for a week In a Massachoaetts flahlng
nheapof sand,'way downon the Cape.
) opened bad.   The mannger said that It

•n." It was certainly     .....

Smith dismayed T   Not he: the
made thai Qsh would be taken, and the nab market
a tt\e theatre—did a rushing trade.
We U*«rded with a woman with a romance in ber
life, as SmRb learned through bla wife.   Poor soul.
Iter husband had gone to sea years and years ago,
returned.   *'AhP' exclaimed the sympa¬
thetic manager, "a new Enoch AirdenP and then be
a In a mclodmmailc way;
**My good womau, haveyoQ not long looked fof—
 

and BO he .made application for tbe poel-
Uon and secured It.   Tbe first part he played was
Mourzouk In "Olrofle-OIrofia."   Be came East with
Co., aod played with socceits In ber en¬
tire   repertory,   developing   taiei
as well as singer.   The following
ed   the   Jennie   Winston   Open
Frisco   to   accept    i
position ot   paying teller in s
stage,   bowevi
 

tailed fast, and
.ted In the Unes ot Uie
.,u many times;
.. la hlmseu agsInP*  Bat Richard vas
V would ClOSil               "^                          '          . --^ ^'V^                                 .  .  . .^

ceajtof rmt, t^e .^                                                  )    •SJome on Macdam'» be cried, but there i

1 hate Bald IbAt Smitb mo —. ^y tt laaceB on   one there to meet blm in mimic ^-^^f-
^1 WM oerer acqnalnted wltti Enoch AnJen or hto   tbe map.  I wpe*. ■ t a«serttoii with increased em-      Poor crazed playerl  I* ^ » ^.7. ?vr!^5n!
vth^tai 1 ejpefled. ttuty » tUM, tberehHw*   pta»l$.(»«UdW •ppe... . t wiw pUoes tU» were I watch by hie pUlow wid>e»liae,th*t the djUij
 

,.^d:ard make. Finally, getting
^o teamster Ineerted tbe steel
^^dard'a trousers. The coming cavalry colonel
got up in a hurry, and the Yankee hired at bis own
price, proving the best teamster In the gang. When
the cavalry regiment waa organized the bomorous
teamster went to the front as a private, and when
) fell flghttng under Grant he had a set of ilenten*
ant's epaoletteo on his shoulders.

TDK Intense liorror ot "vice which Is shown In

quajtera reminds one of the cleaullneas that

dltpiays^ta wet) filled aeb barrels hard by the irom
 

season he "Join-   '
Co.,   but   ra-   I
the Oder   of  » j
bank.   Tbe fas-
proved   toe   :
urongfor him, and once more be became a trooper,
'lis time In the legitimate, la sapport of Uie I&U)
*lllam E. Sheridan, playing a full rouud of Shake-
Afterwards he was leading man of
land Opera^onse stock, at San Francisco, for
~            returned to opera, and took a

loyof hla own en the road, experlenctng the
'IDS and downs of a managerial career.   Be
In Oregon,   be returned to Sen
oand played a stock engagement of three
ipeartng In a new opera every two weeks
William Telt'» to "Pinafore."   About
Al Haymau and Lewif Morrison attempt-
ttabli^ a stock company at the old CaU>
\tre, and lir. Stevens waa engaged as
.   Kate Forsyth was leading lady,
"larlyle and Lewis MorrUon were lead-
1 the ■ Eastern sncceasea were pro-
\ of Luck," "A Dark Secret," "An-
n this company Mr.  Stevens was
ijay everything from low comedy to
returned to opera, and
'.Frisco for two years
^rt ot hla stay he created tbe role
arst produced at 'Frisco, and
EAst and first presented for a
Tbe work was traiifeired to tbe
hearing, and, while the opera
cess, Mr. Stevens was kindly
He attracted the attention of
1 waa engaged for tbe Caalno
in Kew York a week.  Be ap-
nds," rThe Drum Major" and
'he Casino and on the road,
■esented his new opera, "The
Ma, under the managemeni
^us waa engaged to create
Id made one ot tbe most
rs.  Be next played the
« burleeque "Bendrlk
vletoo retaroed to the
v> tbe Casino as the
there in "Poor Jona;
g bis professional
ed diacrent parts,
Be has played iQ
',«« cociedles and farces
favorite and moat saccessfoJ
"^ fhe opera of "Rip Van Winkle," and
saccessful Sbakesperlan assumptlori was
Touchstone, In "As You Uke It" Be Is a dose stnd-
thoroagh literary tastes,'and has written
several pinys, which have been produced by conK
panles on the Pacific coasL

B«tEN (to connlry cousin at a faahlonablo wed¬
ding)—Now, Kate, you must watch everything; tbl ♦
Is a very grand atralr. See those bridesmaids tn
their directoire gowns, and those chiidiea dressed
as pages; and, listen, tbe choir bojs are staging
the "Wedding Chorus." It's all awfolly eflfectfte
KaU <very much interested)—Yes; and wbere^ the
bride and bridegrooml Helen—O they're In th*
crowd somewhere.

A CHiKAMAN In New York wants to tnnslate fosb
Billings* works Utto hla laogoage, He *s;b lft> JoA
voTshlpe Joeh.