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a distant part, descended from your own, returning to 

 mingle among those whose sympathies and affections 

 and pride are as of his own, and may, upon an occasion 

 similar to this, be given the honor of being called as the 

 representative of a foreign element, may you not say, 

 "Not so; he is our kinsman?" 



GEORGE GROSSMITH, an actor of considerable 

 celebrity in England and of some in this country, 

 ■was at one time playing an engagement at the Savoy 

 Theatre in Gilbert & Sullivan's play The Yeomen of 

 the Guard, and had appeared in the first plays, and on 

 in succession in important parts of the plaj^s of the 

 mentioned composers, and with remarkable success, 

 and from which the authors had gained much advan- 

 tage. He was of slight form, and, although not par- 

 ticularly gifted in voice, was very correct and clever 

 in acting, and withal of modest demeanor and sterling 

 qualities. He was also an author, and in extemporane- 

 ous musical composition and song, a great favorite. 

 With my wife I attended the play of the Yeomen of the 

 Guard, in which Grossmith appeared as Jack, a half- 

 brained wandering street minstrel, accompanied by 

 Geraldine Ulmer, a Charlestown (Mass.) girl of the 

 same class. Their wandering about with songs and 

 dances added much to the entertainment, and I fol- 

 lowed them with more interest than given to any other 

 party. Jack, in love with his companion, is finally 

 thrown over by her for one more to her liking, and 

 falls over in the end, dispirited and crushed. 



Some days after, my wife and I were invited to dine 

 with some friends who had tickets for the theatre, and 



