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COMEDY.
corner he appropriates a large round loaf of bread for his amusement— likewise the muff of a lady witnessing' the former procedure, and receives a good trouncing in return. A can of paint is treated likewise, and he gets a paint bath out of it. Later he gets a milk bath for upsetting a can in his insane manoeuvres. The next scene is the comfortable home of the man, with the wife all anxiety lest something has happened to detain her husband. When he finally turns up he is a pitiful sight, and is upbraided when he begins to demonstrate to her the game of cup and ball. He breaks several glasses, a decanter of wine, lamp shade, and numerous other articles.
The next scene shows the subject all bandaged up in bed when the doctor calls, and he demonstrates with every available article in the chamber the game that has robbed him of his reason. Later we see him in his drawing room all bandaged, when the doctor again calls and brings with him the lamentable cup and ball, much to the delight of the patient. Supplied with this, he no longer wrecks the furnishings of his home. The final scene shows the portrait of the man using the appliance, and concludes with a view of himself and his faithful wife caressing and humoring him in his sad plight.
G. D. 1657.
THE LOST BASS DRUM, OB, WHERE IS THAT LOOIE? Approximate Length, 534 feet.
Price, §64.08.
The regimental band is ready for an engagement, but when roll is called the Bass Drum is missing. Dispatching a messenger, Looie is requested to report at once. Looie is found to be enjoying a breakfast, but is soon donning his coat and helmet. His wife assists him to the drum and he is under way to the appointed station.
The band, unable to wait, proceeds on its way, and as it "is a warm day they stop at a beer garden, where one is stationed as a guard to watch for Looie. This individual, arriving at the appointed place too late, endeavors to catch up, but as his drum is quite heavy, he is soon exhausted and he stops at a drug store to get a refreshing drink. Not being waited upon at once, he impatiently beats his drum, and for the noise is reprimanded, whereupon an altercation ensues, and first throwing his drum on the sidewalk, where it rolls down an incline, Looie is ordered away from the place. Boiling over with indignation at the treatment received, he hastens to regain his drum, which is rolling down hill at a great speed and causing much havoc by knocking people over on the way.
The band, in the meantime, had indulged in too much liquor, and, growing hilarious, all are thrown out of the garden and now wander down the street in a pitiful plight. Our friend Looie has a number of altercations in his pursuit of his drum, but finally