New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-29

Lecompte.
A Sunday morning paper publishes two letters
addressed through that convenient medium to the
public, the first of which is from an actor who il
unhappy in his domestic relations, his Jealousy
having led him into fracas in theater, and the
second reply from his wife, also an actress, who
asserts her own purity and treats us to recital oil
her sufferiDgs and misfortunes. The knights and
ladies of the sock and buskin are certainly priv
legged class. Common people, save in extreme and
exceptional cases, carry on their squabbles in gnO-
minioui privacy, unless they are announced under
the comprehensive head of "Pclce Intelligence ~
and if the disputants have an unappeasable appe.
te for the Injuries of contention they must adver.
tise their injuries, and pay round price as the
penalty of that prsEIity by which petty anger 10
usually attended. But the actor seems to consider
himself a. public character and cannot, whea he
has taken off his pasteboard crown, divest himself
of regal pretensOns. He will persist in believing
that his sOrrows and injuries of far more social
importance than those Of lawyers or BARRIERS or
green grocer; that in some way or other the con.
mon veal depends upon his veal and the common
wo upon bis wo; and that the world is Or ought to
be directly interested in bis prosperity and peace
Of mind. So to certain extent il is 1t does not
like to have him hOarse for that interfere. with its
evening pleasure; it regrets bis greenroom contrs
v.,s;cs with the manager although hardly to the
extent Of caring penny which 10 right and which
ia wrong: and when he falls into financial
embarassments, it ia sorry for him just az it 10
sorry for other folks in a like predicament. But
an equitable share Of the public sympathy does not
content the actor. OF all that iDcorrigibe class
who write to the newspapers be is the most incor-
rigibe When he has had tiff with his wife, or
been docked as to his salary or chOused out of it
altogether, forthwith comes letter A part be-
longing to Smith has been henously given to Jones,
and nccntipently ensues the great Smith and Jones
controversy, interminabe, unless strangled in it's
infancy by the hard.hearted editor Of late the
mania has reached the women-pardon us, we
mean the ladies-Of the theater. One actress
comes nearer to denudiDg the neishbOring green
houses than another and the neglected fair forth
with corhposes an appeal commencing, TO the
Editor Of The -" A second is never so mildly
criticized, and instead Of goOd-naturedy trying to
play better, she takes to pen and ink, and adds to
the sin of acting badly the quite supefluous sin Of
writing badly also. We knew very pretty and
popular actress in provincial town who not only
insisted upon being admired herself, a. she was
universally and heartily, but upon having her hus
band admired into the bargain. The public did not
agree with her in her perfectly natural over
estimate of the hstrionc abilities of her better half
and 60, with devotion worthy of better cause,
she tried to epistoize him into fame and credit, and
failed, of course, most esregiOusly.
Actors should understand, aud we suppose these
wbc are sen,ible do understand that, however i'm
portant their slightest deeds or words may appear
to the ephemeral insects who futter in the little
world of theater, the better class Of play soers,
whose appreciation il worth having and whose cen
sure it is worth while to avoid, are perfectly COM
petent to make up their judgment Of the merits or
dement's Of performer, and not Particular! ely
to accept with unquestoning confidence hi osti.
mate of himself His public exertions are all thai
concerns this class Of critics, who do not care to
have continually poured into their ears recital of
players private misfortunes aud domestic DIS
fractions. Undoubtedly he has his full share Of
them, and is sometimes happy and sometimes mis-
cradle just like the merest and DeaOest OF mortals
But nobody can say by what rule Of common sense
or sefrespect he SYSTEMATICALLY parades that which
other men task their ingenuity ~ conceal or why,
without the rcdeeming grace but with all the Ii
cense Of the poet, he should force upon the world
the story q his grievances. One would think he
was sufficiently by the memorable necessity of his
profession, beiore the public, and that he would
setk to diminish not merely the character but tho
amount If criticism to which his aycc,tion dooms
bim. AID that he would shrink IS much as possible
from tie general eye, which must al any rate scan
BIN So often and 40 severely. Such We think would
b- the feeling II an aciOr of proper person-i
pride. Professionally he would not avoid critisi'm,
but AS man he would caim that immunity from
pnirs cersrrc which i, the privilege Of all.
II Is srgu.sfly unfortunate. just at this time.
wien ih- friends of the heater arc making unusual
fyort. TO vind cate i. from uamerited reproach.