. The Argonaut . Address C. L. MEES. President. Office Specialty Mfg Co. 29 New Montgomery Street, SAN FRANCISCO. Makers of Metallic Vault and Office Fur-niture, Shannon Files and Cabinets, CardIndex Cabinets. Document Filing Cabinets,Rapid Roller Copiers, Scblichts StandardIndexes. BLASIUSPIANOS New Styles Just Received CALL AND SEE THEM. KOHLER 2 CHASE, 26,Is^oo AGENTS,~ Farrell St. CONNECTICUT FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HAKTFOKD. Capital Paid Up, 81,000,000 ; Assets, 81,192,; Surplus to , 81,506, Robert Dicksok, £ DICKSON, San Francisco Agents,N. W. cor.
. The Argonaut . Address C. L. MEES. President. Office Specialty Mfg Co. 29 New Montgomery Street, SAN FRANCISCO. Makers of Metallic Vault and Office Fur-niture, Shannon Files and Cabinets, CardIndex Cabinets. Document Filing Cabinets,Rapid Roller Copiers, Scblichts StandardIndexes. BLASIUSPIANOS New Styles Just Received CALL AND SEE THEM. KOHLER 2 CHASE, 26,Is^oo AGENTS,~ Farrell St. CONNECTICUT FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HAKTFOKD. Capital Paid Up, 81,000,000 ; Assets, 81,192,; Surplus to , 81,506, Robert Dicksok, £ DICKSON, San Francisco Agents,N. W. cor. Montgomery and Sacramento Streets. TO ARGONAUT READERS. Those among our readerswho would like to bring- this .journal to the attention oftheir friends may do so bysending a postal card to thisoffice, with the address ofthe person or persons towhom they desire it particularly request thisfavor during the receipt of the posample copy will bediately forwarded. 10 THE ARGONAUT. August 24, If the worfc of a dramatic critic were merely theexpression of personal opinion, how delightfullysimplified things would be 1 Then all you wouldhave to say was, * I think this play an abomina-tion, or, I think that play perfectly could assume a fine disregard of the opinionsof the rest of the world in the orchestra chairs, andthe balcony, and the family circle, and fill your twocolumns with a confidential expression of individualtaste, sprinkled thick with capital fs. Then you could reveal all your theatrical prefer-ences. You could say, boldly, I detest comicopera unless its Offenbach or Sullivan. Withevery one around you stamping and clapping theirapproval of Robin Hood, you could sit boredand unmoved, and when you went home, wouldwrite, with serene complacence, I think RobinHood is the greatest bore in the world, and if no-body agrees with me, I dont care. When atragedian came to town, you would go and sit inthe front row, with a sporadic individual or t
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