THE TWO GRACES.
["There was something pathetic in seeing old W. G. and young W. G. at the wicket together. It is not often we see father and son together at the wicket in first-class cricket."—The Star on the M. C. C. v. Kent match at Lords.]
Air—"The Two Obadiahs."
Tom Bowling.
Says the old W. G. to the young W. G.,
"Pat your wicket, dear son William, pat your wicket!
In the pitch there are bad patches, that may lead to bowls or catches;
And you're now in first-class cricket, first-class cricket.
I've already topped my fame; you have got to make your name.
I should like to see us both make a 'century' this time!"
Says the young W. G. to the old W. G.,
"'Twould be prime, Father William, 'twould be prime!"
Says the young W. G. to the old W. G.,
"How I wish that I could time and place like you!
I should like to hear them clap me, but my gig-lamps handicap me;
Still I'll do my little best to pile a few."
Says the old W. G., "Run for all you're worth, like me!
You must always 'play the game.' You must ever 'look alive.'"
Groans the young W. G. to the old W. G.,
"Caught—for Five! Father William, only Five!"
Says the old W. G. to the young W. G.,
"Bother Hearne, dear son William, Jones and Hearne!
But don't you get in a pucker! Caught and bowled for Fives's a mucker,
But be patient, and you're sure to get your turn.
I am going to have a shy for another Cen-tu-ry.
You must help me by-and-by to keep up the family name!"
Says the young W. G. to the old W. G.,
"Right you are, dad! Wish you luck, and a good game!"
"Three Which's?"—Will Sara B., Eleanora Duse, and Miss Ada Rehan be playing individually and separately at different theatres all at the same time? Were this concatenation to occur, the playgoer, at the height of the season, would be as puzzled as was the "anxious cit," who "each invitation views, And ponders which to take and which refuse." The "stayer" will win. Fly away, Sara, fly away, Nora—and so from three take two, and only Ada Rehan remains, which is a simple sum in subtraction, though Miss Rehan herself is always a most welcome Ada-ition to the English-as-she-is-spoken Drama in London. The Augustinians of Trafalgar Square return to their Daly avocations on the 25th.
