Most interesting, I can assure you. Which will you have?
_Small Boy_. Oh, please, I don't care for astronomy, and am too young
to understand finance.
_Lect._ Now, here's a Bull Fight--you can distinctly hear the
shouts--and here's a Chinese execution.
_Small Boy_. Oh, _that_ will be nice. Which shall I have?
_Lect._ Can't say--you pay your money, and you take your choice! And
now, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am ready for your commands.
[_Attends to other Customers as the Scene closes in. Curtain._
* * * * *
THE VERY WILDEST WEST.
["The idea of transporting the Coliseum at Rome to the shores
of Lake Michigan has been broached in all seriousness.
The American Syndicate who desire to make the Coliseum an
attractive feature of the Chicago Exhibition, rely for
success on the financial necessities of the Italian
Government."--_Daily Paper_.]
(BY ATLANTIC CABLE.)
[Illustration]
_PRESIDENT H-RR-S-N TO KING H-MB-RT._
A Chicago Syndicate has asked me to mention that they want your
Coliseum. What price do you ask? They would be glad of it for the
World-Fair, which will be about the biggest thing ever seen on this
planet. No trouble to you. _We_ take all risks!
_KING H-MB-RT TO PRESIDENT H-RR-S-N.
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