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This ends the story I relate
Of play that got encore
I tell the shade of Sheridan
"The Rivals" hold the floor.

And should the brilliant Western stars
Continue thus to shine
For Irving or Miss Ellen T.
[image of female singer on stage]
The people ne'er will pine.
[drawn line]

Mac Soliloquizes on the Play. [all underlined]
"Well ain't [underlined] she sweet and everybody's
happy but me. Here's my friend Henry so
happy he can do nothing but talk. I can
neither eat, sleep nor drink. I just think
I'll go to the telephone. Plays are all
right but I knew it would break up our
friendship. However I suppose it has to be an
annual affair."
[drawn line]