OCTOBER 19, 1861.] FUN T. _FLOWERC GARDEN.-Root up chrysanthemums and everything tllat I I' ,, I'' i'' you've planted in the previous month. Paint your geraniums witl your _i__ '', '- favourite colour in oils. Uncover all your choicest plants. There wiln __--_ .z probably be a frost at night, this will save you a great deal of trouble. ____-_1-- KITCiHEN GARDE.-Dig a trench near your lettuces, and lie in wvit for -.-"1'I' .. I caterpillars. You should be dressed in black, and cover your thee and - r_- "-_-j = hands with soot or blacking, so you will more easily escape detection. -- (N.B. Take care to wash before going out for a walk with your betrotlled.) I,'l l l I '--- If you have nothing better to do, get over the wall and hoe somebody else's S cucumber frames until they are broken: take advantage of the opening to 5i'I I'rll ii I' : extract whatever may be inside. Eat your neighbours' apples, but don't I'11 ili complain to him if they are not ripe. Sow mustard and cress with a view li r' _- to a shady retreat next summer. ,. : Il. l, PAN AT THE PLAY. BEHIND THE SCENES. ALMANACK AND DIARY FOR OCTOBER. ASTRONOMICAL NOTICES. The MooN-the man in it having failed to pay his Last Quarter, there will be an entirely New Moon. On view by season tickets for the month, to be obtained at FuN Office. SuN rises-we are not at liberty to say at what hour, as he does not like being seen when getting up and a-dawning himself. 13th of the Month. Shooting stars take out their licences. 15th ,, Fight for the Championship of Ireland. O'Rion's belt will be given to the victor. ASTROLOGICAL NOTICES. No change in the aspect of heavenly bodies since LORD JOHN entered the Upper House. OCTOBER. 1 Tir Day after To-morrow. Old Style. 2 W FuN comes out. General Holiday. 3 Til Read your number with great attention, and write a note of thanks (prepaid) to the Editor. 4 F Otter hunting commences in Leicester-square. o S Charge of the Shoe-black Brigade-one penny. 6 Z No bands allowed inthe parks-but banns a loud in church. 7 M Day after Sunday. 8 Tu Somebody's birthday. 9 WV FUN comes out. The canons of St. Paul's will be fired at intervals d... 1.. I1. .1, 10 Tir Fight for the I: ',.... ... I,, of the World-open to everybody. 11 F Total eclipse of the Sun, visible only at the FuN Office. 12 S Excitement in literary and dramatic circles and dress circles; HesR VON JOEL first time as Hamlet. lago, M3R. GREEN, at EVANs's. 13 5 Meditate on the fact that life is short, but in three days' time there will he a new number of FUN : supported by this great thought, get somebody to ask you to dinner, and be happy. 14 M3 National Gallery open for rifle practice. 15 TI William the Conqueror landed "in the Strand." Blue fire. 16 VV FUN comes out stronger than ever. N. N no occasion do I remember a character -'I 'identified with one particular book or play being continued in another form in another book or play with real success. rl I Sam Weller and Mr. Pickwick, so charmi- ing in their original quarters, when removed to Taster lHumiplircey's Clock, become a couple of uninteresting nonen S titles; so it is with Paul Pry ll~arric, aun Settled. It is a mistake, i3r. T rMATTIEWS. PPaut was never meant icr //matrimony ; nd the sooner, being mar- ried, lie is settled-on the shelf-the better for all parties. As I lavo not, -been able to seo MR. EnDwN BOOTH, I can. say nothing as to my own opinion, but I met a brother tragedian who saw S him on the first night, arid he said ho was not good at all. As, however, actors' opinions regarding other actors are not to be always, relied on, I shall take an early opportunity and an orchestra stall, and judge for myself. When The Colleen Bacovn does die, it will be, T should say, from that somewhat general complaint of want of breath, for such an in- paralleled "run" would knock up a DEERFOOT. Talking of IEEt- FooT, one naturally thinks of the Octoroon, a version of which I sliall attempt to give, after my own fashion, as soon as IThe Colle',n :(,i'n is Colleen dead. I am no prophet, but shall be much mistaken if it prove not a "sensation" success. The doors of the St. James's are again in full swing, and M i. and Mus. ALFRED WIGAN, that incomparablo pair, are to the fore. MR. PALGRAVE SIMPSON'S charming comedy of IThe Srrap of Paper affords a real treat to those who care for something bettor than puns or parodies, though puns and parodies are very good things in their way, and when they are not in the way of better things. MR. Win.N has greatly strengthened his company by engaging MR. and Mits. FRANK MATTHEWS and TMR. GEO;RGE VINING. MR. WrIAN, nlst season, feeling that he had a good entertainment, gallantly stuck to it, and did not fall into that frequent managerial error of chopping and changing his bill weekly. The result was, I believe, satisfactory, ind under his management I feel convinced that supposedly luckless property, the St. James's Theatre, must establish itself firmly as one of the most genial and elegant of west-end attractions. The Sih,, *under another name, cleaned up and decorated in such a manner that it surely cannot know itself, is to open on Mornday. This is sad news for the amateur Othellos and Macbeths who have been -I, ,II;,. alnd fretting-not only their hours upon the stage, but their friends in front-for so many years. Where will they go? What will they do with themselves? Will they not congregate nightly in the scene of their former triumphs, and drop tears of :,...1 and regret over MDLLE. DI RiONA'S silk velvet cushions Ichy have now dis- covered how true it is that life is but a "walking gentleman,"-I mean "shadow," "a poor player,"-in most of their cases, a very poor player, indeed. Their brief candle (short sixes-one, two, three, over; one, two, three, under) is out for over; there will be no wmoro tales told by the idiots, they will be full of "sound and fury," but they will, alas! "signify nothing." Short anl Soeet, at the Strand, is Howi do yov, Mcaigo ? rewritimi. It is a capital farce, and is well acted by 3MESDAi.MES (MRSON anil BUiFTON (who in their riding hats and habits look a charming pair of pretty heartbreakers) and MEssRs. CLAMRKe and HRoi(.s. Esmerald", greatly improved by repetition, is a regular Strand success, which means a piece that crowds the theatre with hilarious audiences for a hundred nights.