A DRAMA OF THE DAY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5255, 26 January 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

A DRAMA OF THE DAY.

' ‘'.'(From.the Manehesti?,. Time's.) . Scene 1 ; Anywhere. 1 Enter father and .son., ;.. . 11 " ,;i : Father ; I‘canuot think 1 Kow ’yoii can be so blinded by. your ’folly as hot 1 tb 1 see that the Russians arc inthe'right. : ' a 'Son’: I do’hot think you know what you are talking about,' or you’‘would see that the Tnvks haye been fonlly.yvronged. ..Father : The Turks arc beasts., u ... ; Sou : The. Russians are sneaking curs. . "Father,: Y-ovi are a young fool.'sir., ; ~ Son;; Don’t, call me names. You arc a pigheaded man. y ;; j , • ■ ; .. Father : You scoundrel ! [They fight. Scene 2 Somewhere; else., Futer..husband ... ; , and wife. Husband : WhaS an -idiot.yon are, my dear. Your view.of the case is,monstrously uuju.-t. Wife : Oh, you sympathise with vice. I am ashamed.of you.-,.,. ; HusbandwoukinVke .bloodthirsty like you. You are,an illogical woman, and your -moral indignation masters your common sense. You are a fool; in this, matter, ~ Wife l: I quito;understaud. You men sympathise' with guilt because you.are au.immoral lot.-, .... ", i- , - .V-". ; ■■ Husband;; Oh, don’t argue—-it makes mo Sick. .i ■ ■ 7 r ' ' Wife : Wretch:! .. Husband.;; Fiend !... , .. ,- . [ they fight. - Scone 3 : Furthersm. fEnter.two. brothers. . First Brother ; Gladstone boon making a fool (it himself again. i Second Brother :: Oh, you’re going, toimitate the music-hall lot, are you, .apd call .Cyladstune names. He is a scholar and a. statesman, not an impudent adventurer like Beaconsfield, First;Brother : i The people,believe in Beaconsfield, and they don’t, in Gladstone. He’s an ass. . ... v - ■ ■■ i,; r : . i Second Brother : Why you ought, to have your face smacked, you puppy, for speaking of such a man in, such terms. , First. Brothen; So he is,an ass. Second Brother : ; You aggravating, fhick,beaded donkey, take that. • [They fight.