ge took place at Wallack's in New York.
Lennox Pawle, Mr. Parker's son-in-law, realized a long-cherished
ambition to step forth as _Micawber_. Fresh from his
multimillionaire of _The Money Makers_, came Emmet Corrigan for
_Dan'l Peggotty_. _Betsey Trotwood_ fell to Eva Vincent. The
Lieblers were especially happy in their selection of a _Mrs.
Micawber_ in the person of Maggie Holloway Fisher. She spent
days digging out and fashioning the costume she wears, and no
one ever murdered a song more successfully than she at David's
dinner-party. An astonishingly faithful imitation of her
languishing airs is given by Philip Tonge, when, as _Traddles_,
he reads _Micawber's_ letter. J. V. Bryant, the _Copperfield_,
and Vernon Steele, the _Steerforth_, are both English. O. P.
Heggie deserves more than a passing word of commendation for the
things he refrains from doing as _Uriah Heep_. He is not forever
going through that waterless washing of the hands.

There are ten different sets of scenery in _The Highway of
Life_, all charming or effective as the case may be. For the
background of Mr. Wickfield's garden at Canterbury we have a
glimpse of the famous cathedral, and from _Betsey Trotwood's_
domain we get a view of the chalk cliffs and downs at Dover. A
happy conceit throws shadow pictures of the principal characters
upon a sheet as they cross the stage just before the first
curtain rises.--MATTHEW WHITE, JR., in _Munsey's_
(abbreviated).[8]

[8] Reprinted by permission of _Munsey's_.

IV. Notes and Queries

1. What is the subject of each paragraph in Model I?

2. Explain the function of each sentence in Model I.

3. Discuss the meaning and etymology of the following terms:
Chicago indorsement; theme; crucible; fuse; contemporary.

4. Who is Israel Zangwill?

5. Tell the story of David Copperfield.

6. Why does Matthew White not tell it?

7. Discuss the uses of the apostrophe.

8. Discuss the meaning and etymology of: dramatization; extreme;
elaborate; investiture; novelist; enamored; theater; doubling;
ambition; sets.

9. What is the subject of each paragraph in Model II?

10. Find at least two metaphors in the models.

V. Gathering Material

Material for this exercise may be secured in three places:

1. At the theater.

2. At a school play.

3. By reading, in case there is no chance