Cynical.—Take careof the pennies, and the.poiinda will be taken care of by some other person. . . , . Boucicault .writes-from twelve to sixteen hours a day, despite the fact tbat for his two Irish plays, " The Shauuhraun " and 4I The Colleen Bawn," he has received upward of £30,000. For his .three act vaudeville; ,",Our Boys," Henry J. Byron is reported to have received more than Shakespeare, Sheridan Knowles and Bulwer Lytton for their combined dramatic' productions. Singular FOKOBTFUIKEBB.-—The latest defence set up by. a person who, in tossing for money, was detected in reversing the face of the coin used to suit his own ends was that it was an act of unconscious celebration. He added that when he found himself doing this he always thought it was time to leave off. la this the bystanders agreed with him.
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3004, 1 October 1878, Page 1
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136Untitled Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3004, 1 October 1878, Page 1
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