New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-16
Theaters and The Tribune.

From Ne Sunday M,re,oy.
There something remarkably inconsistent In the con-
auct OF The Tribune In connection with the theaers IL
takes their and the money for them and yet
il never degps notice them Mr. John sene
81 was literally advertised s columns and yet II did not
give one sngle line tending draw Its readers attention
70 the fact But geres the Italian opera hugeypuns
Verdi and saws not ons against the filth Of the story
Of LucIezia BorGa Now the heeter seems 70 as 70 oe
more beneficial Institution Than that OF the opera Inc OPP
era especially when II aided by its usual adjunct the
ballet eminenty sensual In its character niscL seen
high moral or Intellectual characterl 10 suggestive OF
any ding bot sensusityl And yet The Tribune, wnien
seeks 10 Be regarded The intellectual paper par eIesnce
and which intellectual papereay gives nouces OF
the opera and goes far the fuhest In overardng Us
Invariably lavished upon Italian singers Every new com;
pany letter than any company that preceded ~ sou ~
upon those that before taken from them and are
piled upon the latest This goes TO prove st we
ho Of hat what can we do but puapua
Duff We praise without reason, and when we cohoeinn
ignorant Now The Tribune might do much good, II 1t
would devote Its attention TO the thesters has
voice potential and II 1t would as II can use IL The COM
muny and would isen to with interest and pro-
Maugrs all The Tdbunes queernesses has one queer
pectedhe queerness ofhonesiy TDen
il should extend this the hests and
the advertising and the money OF The he
Ter by drawing their attention 10 should
meni upon It's sayings and doings we need moi
or for evil then is it not It's duty 10 point good for
imitation example and the evil that may be summed as
psity through the columns OF The Tribune, which, " ex
tended TO the thesie could not eut be OF sres, %
with Is for the most part trash mere uasa-
nothing bu, trash II evinces no power no very
hule intellectually, and no suggestiveness
Remarks
We are rather obliged to The Mercury for
calling attention to the subject discussed
above, and afording us an opportunity for
explanation.
The Editor of this paper is perfectly well
known to be hostile to the Theater. Be-
lieying that he could do no good and might
do harm by inserting editorial notices OF
dramatic performances, past or future, he
designs rigidly to exclude them. Ii, then,
any manager chooses to advertise with us,
he understands perfectly our side of the
bargain. If he DON consider it favorable
one for him, he is at perfect liberty to step
out We do not solicit his patronage, and
the writer hereof would rather not have it
on any terms. Whoever puts theatrical
advertisement in The Tribune does so with
a clear knowledge that the Editor regards
the acted Drama as productive Of more evil
than good, and so refuses to commend it to
public favor. He buys of us opportunity to
let our readers know that such plays are to
be enacted-not any Indictment on our part
to 90 and see them.
Whether we ought or ought not, because
we distrust the moral influences of the
Theater, to exclude its announcements from
our Advertising columns, has been subject
Of earnest consideration. We certainly can
not undertake to guaranty that nothing
shall ever appear in those columns of which
the issues may not be evil. 1t would be a
startling assumption for an Editor to say,
You, Mr.. Pill-box cannot advertise in my
paper, because think your medicine hurt
full or your system mistaken you, Mr..
Rbbon-roll. must take back your adyer-
tisement, for l think the sale Of foreign
fabrics in our country injurious so on.
Ii has been virtually decided, in full council
ofthe proprietors Of The Tribune, that no
aQN crISelnentS out suCn " we're IOfDluucn
by the letter or spirit of some law, or such
as appeared to offend against public decency,
should be excluded. Perhaps this rule
might be amended-we are willing to hear
argument upon the question. But, after the
best general rule shall have been adopted,
there will still be instances of its violation:
for no Editor of Daily does or can read all
the advertisements in his columns before
publication, and no clerk or proofreader
can see with exactly his eyes. We DO as
well as We can until We learn how to do
better.
As to the comparative merits Of the Thea
ter and the Opera, we are very Unqualified
to Judge We think, however, that the
natural tendency Of good Music is to refine,
to harmonic, to elevate, while we think the
acted Drama land perhaps the Ballet also
tends to premature, precoeious develop
ment Of the passions, whereof the conse-
quenees can hardly fail to be evil. We
would net and do not insist tia. this pre-