Miscellaneous.
Her* is a story of Lafontaine, who did not rate his powers is a librettist very highly :— " ' Detestable ! ' ho frequently exolaimed in the theatre daring the first act of ' Astre>.' • Monßieur,' said a lady by his side, not reoogniaing him, ' it is really not so bad as you say. It is written by a man of fine wit— M. de Lafontaine.' 'M. de Lafontaine,' was the reply, *is an ass ; and as lam that person himself, I onght to know.' Directly afterward he went to the Caf6 Prooope, jast opposite the theatre, and fell asleep. ' How is this,' asked a friend, ooming in and waking him np ; ' onght you not to see the first performance of yonr opera ? ' • I have been,' said the librettist, with a yawn ; ' but the first aot was so dnll that I oamo away when it closed. I admire the patience of those Parisians.' "
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2036, 25 July 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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149Miscellaneous. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2036, 25 July 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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