New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-01-06
UNI. NOVELTIES AND cuRIoslTlEs.
.soToMETYEs .a.ND .NoVELT1ES,


Notoricties and ncteltes are absolute neccs
stiles to the excitabe populations of cities.
Even the soberest citizens who toll all day, and
day after day, over ledger and Journal, in hand
ling trowel or plane, in arguing law or admin
istering physic, must occasionally have the sight
Of a notoriety or the enjoyment of a neeeity
Otherwise, they grow restless and impatient and
even the luckiest speculation fails to bring en-
tire happiness.
1t matters little what the novelty or notoriety
may be--a gifted opera singer or learned pig,
the chief character in Islander suit or an elo-
auent divine, trained dogs and monkies or I;
splendid Shakspearean actor, clown ready II.
grotesque act or speech or a danseuse graceful
or eccentric in evolutions. 1t il only necessary
that it should be novelty or notoriety
1t is, at present, amusing and interesting to
note the manifestation of this passion in this
city Groups in the streets discuss Julia Dean
and the trained monkies, and Borgas and Lola
MoGtez, in one and the same breath, and appar-
emily with the same impartiality of intense
interest We chronicle the fact, OF course, only
as fact, and without offence to those con
oerned. At present, the danseuse and the
trained monkies are the greatest novelties, and
receive the larger share of public interest ana
discussion,
There is point in this, Of the philosophy ct
suman nature, the curious desire for what IS
new, because it is new, developed by residence
amid the bustling and changing scenes of city
life. 1t is peculiarly so in this city Our resi-
dent population are eminently fond of the high
est art, and by culture prepared to appreciate
it. striking proof of this is to be found in the
fact, that NewOrleans is the only city in the
Union which has maintained for years a regular
Opera; and to no place more frequently and
pleasantly than to our well conducted Opera, 50
rich in the talent of the artists and so admirable
in all its accessories, docs our regular resident
population repair, But it is altogether different
with our large floating population, varying from
twenty-fv thousand to fifty thousand in the
winter season, Those who compose it, conc
hither for pleasure, recreation, health or ven
turesome speculation. They wish to see novel
sights, to crowd year into few months, in q
city which is, ITSELF either partially or entirely
novelty to them. Very naturally, they pre-
fer variety and quantity to quality in their
amusements, that life in NewOrlcans should be
as changing and many colored as Kaleidoscope
Had it not been for this kind of support. our
theatres would, long since, have known no longer
the echo of the actors voice, or the blaze of
lights, or the presence of an audience The |
opera would have alone kept possession Of the |
heid Of public patronage. The management Of |
our other theatres has not been what il should |
be. 1t has been too stinted in outlay, too lax in |
discipline, too deficient in good acting material /
and too regardless of what is due an audience /
TO succeed with the resident population Of our
city. Hundreds who love and seek pleasure
seldom or never enter the theatres up town.
This year, we believe, there is marked i'm. |
proyement upon the past, though there is still |
room Tor further improvement Actors nigh |
be somewhat better Cup" to their parts. and |
plays, without any extraordinary extravaganza, |
Reproduced in more appropriate style lrman-
ayers would make the proper effort, they would
not find their establishments filled only when
novelties and notorieties were brought forward |
The resident population of New Orleans would |
yield them an untaili1g audience, and filling
treasury give solid testimony of the apprecio
ton of art and tie drama