Among the latter are Mr.
WALLACK, and MAX STRAKOSCH. Consequently, the _Season_ abuses WALLACK'S
Theatre and NILSSON'S concerts--asserting that Mr. WALLACK has a
wretched company, and that Miss NILSSON has no voice. The _Season_ is
also a comic paper, and its best joke is its assertion that it is an
'independent critical journal.'"
YOUNG LADY IN COLORS.--"This opera is dreadfully stupid."
LIGHT-HAIRED YOUNG MAN.--"But, MARY ANNE, it is one of Mozart's--the
_Marriage of Figaro_. It is one of his most famous works."
SHE.--"Then I don't like Mozart. There was an Italian who wrote an opera
that was all about Figaro,--the _Nossy di Figaro_ was the name of it.
Oh, it is perfectly splendid; ever so much prettier than this."
HE.--"Why, my dear girl, the _Nozze di Figaro_ is the identical opera
you are now hearing."
SHE.--"There is young Mr. NATHAN ISAACS. Isn't he perfectly splendid?"
HE (sighing sadly).--"Whenever you wish to go home, I am ready."
SHE.--"You are real disagreeable to-night, and I'm sorry I came with
you."
RURAL PERSON.--"Well, if this is the opery, I don't mind sayin' I like
it. Susan said I couldn't understand a word of the gibberish these opery
folks squawked, but it's just as plain as psalm-singing. Miss RICHIN and
that HERSY gal are just the tallest kind of singers.
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