New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-17
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cid every ting aDd tie architect nO,tirs While .te
Est, tie produce. GO. nothcg srd the ls:t, The
pied5cer got s.-and ns'ctpg tie putty Of hs at
strac! doctrine by the b..rsrcy OF lis practical sue
ces.icr recommended the distribution of three psrts
bid and ere IN cash 70 every gentleman 1 reduced
oredt-Cty paJbbe 10 tie yssl Of gr,ce 1907 foe.
irg the bin (Shev His Hcror but carried OF. the
CLASSIC heroic, Rouen rnsyoraty maxim a. Bread
ard Gsmes-Psnem ct e;Isnse-n. When Rome had
600 600 ssnscotte, gentlemen living according to the
holy carons OF the Pewter Mug-adul. Trs.svs-inss
sucking the sbewof Of tie Cspitoi-and Egypt aud
civ as well al the isets Of the Archipelago thst
mig /. axe the very heavens drunk with Joy ing
On TIER besuty contributed corn on. of the tears snd
bleed Of many IN bonds to feed the 200 GOO, then old
Rome was tie home Of the Circus and-desdneais.
For the gres. man was he that fed the most,
and cave the most free tickets 20 the 800 0C0 to
see the fierce circulari.ies Of the horse and his
rider, and bis charot,-the butchershop bliz ,nry
of the gcd-deserted gadiaors egged to death aud
he'll By red no, iron bars impsl ng them alive when
they showed the white fea!her,-the mighty ron OF
mary Iiors pitted against m,ny tigers, sud the
nieh,ier tread Of many elephants paropied 10 the
gorgeous vrsth Of the torTid w1's that would doom
mercy 10 resurreciiopless tomb. His Ilcnors rec
omnendation was-'j certs 10 Irish potatoes Indian
Corn and Geresee -four ard - cents in slver--the
latter lust enough TO buy uppercrce ticket for the
oircup 1t is most true that the games have declined
N grandeur or pbilosoptic meaning, since the heroic
times. The historians mention several clrcuses at
Rome capable Of entertaining $1,000 or ~ 600 speca
tors. ard the Coliseum could hold some 2Oo,OOo-in
fact all the gentlemen OF leisure aforesaid. Bu here
TIE moet ambitious attempt a. the cassics-the HIP
podIome-ent opposite tie cite of the monument to
~Hg SPECIAL or GrszRAL yAS OF Hs IIonor-hss
failed and all the wooden walls Of that Coliseum
have been triurs.ed into the eternities, befne the
yrst hsd the opportunity to hymn lays Of honor to
those Brooklyn gal" who extemponzed their
dazzling horsewomarship and broke ttet-bones
under Partisan names of Ma6emoiselIes nile,
Cleopatra, Apgelque, Seraphne, and so forh--show-
ii the immense piabi'y aud pluck of the American
female eagle noble bird, by the way, never men
tior ed in nunsmatics or transparencies. (Why
hasn't that feathery old moniter mae while SAILING
through the skies ana laying the eggs of democracy
ard Matching them coming down? We pause tor
reply. The pause beng over aud no
reply coming, We proceed. But notwithstanding this
oeteror alton grand Of the circus from classic times
yet ve make bold to say thai i! has gained in con-
oei,raton by being PETIT or in other words, by hav'
ing miniature circle of & feet less, so that con-
denaed rotary motions by The hcrso over such small
space have a somewha. similar effect on the rider
without saddle or Bride that swinging buckle rapidly
round by the hand has on water in it-preVents each
from falling. Then, by means OF microscopic oo'
servaton enforced by the small modern CIRCUS, the
actors do better thiDSs-implyrg more hnesse
and elegance, as they are close under the
general gaze--in the same way tina. the smaller
tteaters are best for securing the more delicate
delinea,ion., the face play, and quiet intonations
of the performer. Doubtless HIS Honor considered
tlese peeuliartes Of the modern crou. snd their at
t.ac,cns for our 900 900 Qess cyphcr gentlemen Of
leisure, whom he recommended ehosd 10 the recip-
ents Of bread ard cents apiece for games 1. lie
with grief therefore, that record that the 1907
oity Gs didn't come into play, aod Wo1d blaze on the
Learths Of the people for the next fifty yoars. But
"the disarpoinfmcnts of life are many while its sac-
"crsscs are few" and thine is cspcious and often
"deceitful;" ard His Honor who gays go, ough' TO
know
The American C;rcns is an institution which mat
treh notwithstanding the wholesale free list lie separ-
aod from politics. Ii merits broader and larger treat
mem thsI il gets, II is considered so much vagaboud
AGE in dyspec.ic moral kethsndkerchief lerau 81
But il IL more ard better II is the Olympic Games Of
Modem Times-tte successor OF those games which,
for / 900 years, drew the beet blood, beauty aud
valor together from those ancestors Of The
sou, tie Greeks-when the physical man had
10 be educated aud the gentleran had to do great
deeds of daring or be obscure and lose caste, had
TO lie cexterous, agile, strong, courageous; aud
he that was chief in ell these at the National
Circus was escorted in tum ph to bis i've town, and
the very walls Frustrated sufficiently for an entrance
for hm-the truth of such symbolism being tha' ma
ton reeds 70 walls for its defAnse when the heart s
supreney stou. ard the hand supremacy strong. Aud
tie cid Greek father died of joy seeing bis three
sons take the highest prizes at these games Bu' with
The emolency OF nober Faith aad the Titanic throe,
Of labor-saving machinery we have altered all this.
TIE prefernen to good society is longer pluck aud
1nuscle mixed with AT and philosophy. We leave to
them that toll in the fields or the seas, whO
in the huge timber stone or ron.wo'k, sweet, even in
tie cold clasp Winter the glorious privilege of being
the sror geet certainly. We depute 10 siI shooters
the defense only due orce 10 The warriors might. We
hire our Olympic heroes and "patfenizs" the grace
which fred the artist who burned over with the Apollo
Belvidere. Ii 10 cheering fact however amid the
too general reg'ect Of physical culture among Amer-
csns-especially American women-of that clals who
are above the necessity Of the coarsest toll to ind no
dnrution Of ultra daring among the SUCCESSORS OF the
sst;1ue heroes Of the Games-de'poed utterly as they
row are Of al social or political considerable, so tar as
their special efforts go. ludeed ID my safely be
a.,erted that no instances Of the curious ds1ng or
marvellous dexterity Of the ancients equaued ths pal
p:tatir actually az Familiarity and commonly displayed
at ar American circus by American riders. We say
American, because We have seen them ranged against
lie best Olympic gsmesters or circus riders OF lfope
snd they excel. The reason is obvious. The circss
as il was introduced from France into this country