. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . Joke believed it was TheWhite Cat. We inquired if it wasnot dangerous to bring suchwell-known jokes upon thestage. The Joke said it was—.==*--—~ quite the contrary — thatoldest witticisms always told the best upon theaudience, as any member of the Dramatic AuthorsSociety could bear witness; and especially writersof burlesques. After The White Cat, it was outof place for some time, un
. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . Joke believed it was TheWhite Cat. We inquired if it wasnot dangerous to bring suchwell-known jokes upon thestage. The Joke said it was—.==*--—~ quite the contrary — thatoldest witticisms always told the best upon theaudience, as any member of the Dramatic AuthorsSociety could bear witness; and especially writersof burlesques. After The White Cat, it was outof place for some time, until it got a very humbleMtiimilli—- engagement for three daysforGreen-~~ wich Fair, but it met with such ill- treatment from the hands of , to whom it was confided,that it was laid up as incapable forsome time afterwards. We inquired if this finished itsengagement. The Joke answered in the ne-It next became a woodcut for a pennyweekly paper, and was for a short time withMr. Clarkson at the Old Bailey, and Colonel Sib-
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