The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-30

TO THE EDITOR QE THE

Knowing that your journal had from the period ot her
dat in this city at the Bowery Theatre In May lsA6
uniformly favored the professional aspirations of my
daughter. Julia Dean, surprised, and somewhas
hurt in feeling, that you should at this late day ~
article which appeared in the Herald the 22d ustb
to eeny her al claim addressed you q nste intended
merely to recall to your notice the of uniform
kindness you had formerly observed towards Miss Dsan
Looking back to the record Of her FIRST appearance,
found That the HERALD had been 10 this city Of tbs
first and remost 70 welcome daughter TO the career
she had chosen The notices upon your file to speak
for thenn elvesthey full emphatic, and kindly
couragpg was grateful for that early and timely
Vice OF yours could not underyalus ITS importance Il
1876 yours WAS. believe, the only daily paper In New
York which habituay noticed theatrical performances
1t had and has always wide circulation in professional
public entertainments, it was looked to for A
account Of the reception of aspant to the honom
acknowledged, recorded and widely published favor
able opinion Of the merits OF Miss DeAn through chan
mel which none will deny was important and extended In
that note of mine of the 23d did not hesitate to
Is it TO be supposed that intended to set aside and
diegard the kindness of other presse2 If the occasoa
lad seemed to have required it. should have grAts-
fully aRd cheeIfuy acknowledged their services wen
If had meant to write general letter, there would
have been no occasion on the part Of any gentleman q
ent that could be blind indifferent to their good
viii and friendly influence.
not Only hero New York, but throughout the Union
warm constan generous friends. And since the oppor.
tunity has arrived to say beg leave, for myself
and in her BEHALF make acknowledgement of srats-
fui ieelng-which excludes none-whch has been ever
present to her as motive of new exerton and which
she asks the dearest favor they can grant to her. that
they will hereafter, under any misconceptisn,
EDWIN DEAN.
No. 46 East Twenty moth st., New York. Nov 2s 1853
MISS LAURA KEENE.
NEw YoRK, No. l6l Crosby st., Nov. 20, 1885,
To JAMES GoRDoS BENNETT, Esq -
Ny DEAR sIR-For the first time in my life am com.
PEELED enter into controversy through the medium o
the public papers, at any te an unpleasant position,
but douby SO when lady is in the case.
uef hnu1i aveoIa l1antPv And II
justice TO myself must A. reply to Miss Keenes state
ent, published in this mornings HEaALp request you
will do ms the courtesy to give the following lines place
In your journal.
Some three eeks ago Miss Keene asked Mr.. waack's
day then next to come Mr. W. represented to her that
would be at great Inconvenience to him self but A
she assured him 1t important to her. he granted the
request.
This request made several days before the proposed
Saturday, however, the intervening time enabling Mr..
Wsllack to make what arrangements he thought ut in
Before the day arrived Mrs Keene changed her mind
and informed the lesee that for the present. she would
defer her departure, he promising that should she
que it, he would arrange to leave her out Of the plsy
bills on some future Saturday.
But Mr. wallack did not promise Miss Keene that whom
the performances fcr Saturday, the 10th OF Novembsy
bad been settled for week past when both herself and
the manager ware pledged FOE her appearance in two
pieces that evening" (a OF which had been duly A.
nounced to the public and the performers In the under
lining of Thursdays and fridays blls) she should bs
authorized to inform the stage manager At eleven O'Clock
the 26th she going ont Of New York businsss.
This, however Miss Keepe did and when represented
TO her that such proceeding against all rule and
without president hs merely reeraed Der dstsrminA-
tion to She did not ask my permission but on
my declining to sanction the procssding only repeated
she would CO.
ItslepAphed Mr. wallaek, (who Was then in Boston
ard he answered. directing to publish bills ANA tsis
ths TRUTH Which did.
Exception seems to be taken the latter to some
OF the ternas used the bill published Those terms
perfectly iustiaabe Miss keene had not the per-
mission of the s 20 be the evening in quss-
tonshe did no. give notice of her Intentions and
her absence was unaccounahle because she neti In
| formed n why che went or where she was going
Every enc conaectod with the theatrical professIon
krows that when leave OF absence Ia granted TO per-
ferner by The manager Ia indispensable that the day
or srsquired should be stated and understood and
s,scnt notice given, in order thst the Lessee may bo
\ prepared and the public not disappointed.
leave 1t to the public ard TO tho profession to dec Do
whether this rule observed In the of Miss Ksens
In conclusion, beg to say that II Miss Keenss va
| business of "family Importance" 10 was mne-f nsa
Resne acting for her brother so was for my father
with this addition, that WAS doing my duty to the
public and to my employer. am, my dear sir. var
! obedienty yours, J, WAll,ACk LEsIkSSA