Writing to Mr. Editor, Figaro discusses the difficulties of reviewing plays and actors without offending anyone or arousing jealousy. To avoid this, he simply lists what plays have been performed in this past week. He also discusses his current saloon Kruyt's and makes mention of Pfaff's and its proprietor.
Figaro mentions that Pfaff is still alive and running his saloon. Figaro also mentions that Pfaff waits to welcome his old "habitues" and is sad to be separated from the old crowd (5).
Figaro writes that "Dear old Ned Wilkins used to say that the only kind of entertainment he liked to write about was the Menagerie, because the animals were not jealous of each other" (4).
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Charles Pfaff's obituary in the New York Times characterizes him as the proprietor of the famous Bohemian "chop house" at 647 Broadway that flourished between 1860 and 1875 ("In and Ab
