THE NEW CABINET MINISTER.
LITTLE BOY MACKENZIE PICKS UP MORE “FAST” COMPANY.
THE POLITICAL COLONEL SELLERS
The character of Colonel Sellers as presented by Mr. John T. Raymond, in the comedy of “The Gilded Age,” was at this time the rage in dramatic circles. The Colonel was an amusingly imaginative speculator, who, though enduring abject penury, was “in his mind” revelling in luxury. Being obliged by cruel fortune to restrict his diet to cold water and raw turnips, he rose equal to the occasion and gave it out that these staples were his special choice as table delicacies. Being unable to afford fuel for his stove, he used a lighted candle therein, on the philosophical ground that it was not heat but merely the appearance of heat that was required. This eccentric genius found a political anti-type in Sir John, who was now bravely making the best of his reversed circumstances.
Grip, November 11th, 1876.
