New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-10

- be exercised ao0est ana Iust critlcsm, noSevef
seyers. daiy due 10 a., to the public, and
they would Only believe it-s bsseft {, the artist,
themseIyts OF WHIST says1iage or Of wat enoou'
sgemert It to the yodsg arts to tod sad labor at
bis sni 70 endsavo. to tsn HI excel ence
If tie same lavish sadsicn is to be lsded ou to su-
fciticism 10 to be merely SO msny "h hi s" set ir.s
ntnces ard every cosrss dramatic riossr VITO bsfsu
and ds6gurss LatcIe 10 to be told the next morning
tt St li Lord Peters brown loaf IN Tae Tale Of
Tob, he the oncatek .tloa OF az xesence Foro1r
selves, We may ssy when we entss thes,ef We leave
behind the very ihtls knowledge we have Of any
author or actor We know not or care aOt uhencs
they came or who they are. Art is univefssl not
national or provincial Cnder the plume Of .mlet,
or the tuibsD Of Otheo beneath the greedy robe of
LSdy Macbeth the lid lowered wreath of OpheliS,
we Bee rot Mr.. Forrest or NJ Davenport the man or
Mke Cusbmsa o. Mrs. Hsyre tie lady, but simply 80
many artists who receive public payment claim pub
lie favor, snd eksltpge public criticism. It is Gu
tres in this spirit we Judge taen xith NO ether object
IN TO elevsts art and cbtsn for i. higher and mere
refred appreciation Nor should authors and artists
themselves deem |. other taan q compliment to be
measured BY the highest standard Of art.
On looking on Mrs. Hsyne oos is At once strackwith
the beauty Of her face snd person. OF 8 light and
graceful movement, 81 intellectual csst OF cour'
tensnce. much sweet animation and kindness o. leok
and eyes capable Of geAt expression, her presencs at
cnce inspes interest ia her favor and IN attitudes
where dignity of Bearing rsther than power Of physqus
is to be displayed these smifsbie persona sdveat-
ages come mcst powerfully to her aid Sill her pres
etce that of lady, not OF geLias but of highly re-
spec,abe intellect. Ii ste scks thst bilisnt spell
which eIuberance OF ims9ina,ion and In ensty OF
passion th.ow around tire presence Of highly.
gifted woman. there is that about her which
prociams a moral beauty better felt than desc,i5ed.
In thoe passions whi,h emsnata frrn the purely
spiritual essence Of our pstare ~e sa9ud not be DIS
pcses to question her hisrioEic power. We could
fspcy her giving q geniIi picture OF the Maid OF
Orleans. or IL the Character hsd hem a'Tes5! drsms-
tized BY zie American poet shs nigh give US fair
, ,S nf Pccsbona, though in 'rch roes her power
of execution night be 10 some extent crippled By her
frsgile and sub1ued ply sique In the portrayal CT
tender emotions she msn. ners rank IN e1ce'ssOe IL
II we're DO. for the l.ehrymose whine into which her
voice falls In the soft or borrowing tones. Bat IN all
the Lose gentle and in al the ercer passions VI the
human heart whe,e che has to supply by art thoss
elements her own nature does not afford she wholly
fails snd her weakness is pslpsble. Her uttersucs
ceases to be natural-her voice grows tosrse Or
where not hoarse throws off it natural harmony; and
the effect of his die is made too appsreG, by
the contortiors produced BY the efforts to concoct
emo oHs, which If not emsp sting fon tho laboratory
of tbs soul. not even the most elaborate Efforts csa
ssve from iupctency. like a vessel without
compass al bodily movement without scul in it,
besvts and pets in senseeSs frenzy, sobbing, thrsb'
l,,. NJ.
There is 10 soul in it, and We not wonder at Ms.
Haynes constant anxiety to give soma wild shrek of
agony OF SILK down repeatedly in utter despair. Any
thing in the shape Of catastrophe or startling effect
10 terrible godsend Better to tal upon the stage an
alternative frequently adopted, than rsve abon: in
restless inslpioty.
Actresses the laws Of yallsntry yet exercise so
ltls influence upon the lava OF nature enjoy no mmu'
mites. Like other moss they reap they SOW. Nia-
stead their nature dconfuing theirac
ton within its sphere they reckless venture
into other spheres In which they must ever be Aliens,
they are only too ap. to confound tce with art and
motion with emotion and 10 fall into that most esral
of all hisricnic ably Nor should be
judged by different standards from actors TO do go
wo.d De to fall into the vulgar and wretcbed falscy of
allow ng futile considerations Of reverence for the
to interfere with he pure and unbiased consideration
of at. We do not BY any means thiuk there ID 3
predonns nce of rant in Mrs. Haynes acting. We
only point TO procliyty toward it, and the proclivy
think is produced the one hand certainly by the
foi ni6able attempt 10 render emotions TO which the
sentiment Of the lady does not naturally and elasce y
lend itself but rs certainly, on the other hand, bya
wait Of cultivation and refined instruction. But no
art can supply powers which nature has denied;
hence the necessity Of circDmspecton 10 the selection
Of roles and the danger Of lsuuehns INTO parts totsy
unspted to the personality Better to reign in one
part even than be mediocre Ia half dozen. Miss
Cushmsn play ed Romeo 10 Lone on with fece sttrac-
ton for forty nights and divided between it
and Meg Me1iIes. Mr.. Forrest sccup'ed with com
mendable percep tion nearly the whole Of bis last
engagement with Metsmora, par. for which hb
atheiic endowmens best Fl. him. Jenny Lind when
&ked in England to repeat her Norma, though
the pight Of is perform anoe it vas pro.
nOuced by Count DOrsay, ohe of the most
fastiaous of critics as her creates. part said, An
"uo, i. is Lot Jennys nature, and never played It bu.
on managerial necessity. We believe Mrs. HAyne
might with due culture excel in the high heroic para.
We also believe her power Of pOrIsyog gentle
emotions capable OF gres. development. But la the
expression Of strong, niIsd, conflicting passions OF
love ard esloIsy revepge che has to exercise great
caution le.t the many beautiful qualifications she
possesses be not nsred and duhgured by the logical
necessity inspired By her sa.ure, for at least g CO.
quey WITH If rot total subserviency to, rant Even
in the rolls of Mary Of Msntus, though the part Is
ssbdued and meek, detect the weakness. l. mani
tests xef by unnatural ntonations Of voice aid IN
csned.for gynnsstic lacubrations. The sppls1e
which continuomIy greets Mrs. Hsyne is evidence
u az she has built for herself temple Of fame in toe
appreciation of certain portion Of the pablo. BY
carefully combining her resources 20 those parts for