New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-19
VALLACKS THEATER.

Miss Eliza L gan, an actress VINO mas achleVe1
notice able ceei rity the provincial boards as per
former of lead characters in what she is pleas F
term "pure AID classic drama above the c.
school, last night made her first appeal to the
ment Of New-York audience, in the part o. 'he
heroine in Shells play Of Evadne.' Miss L1gsu
lad previously made an sbject appeal TO the dieC;or
Of The Herald newspaper for pity and protection, de-
clarrg that her fate lay in the hands of thst prsou
and that without Jaw words of commendation from
him she had nothing to hope for. The voluntary hu
initiation was futile and the unavaiing snobbishneSsot
the letter was totally Inefficient to mollfy in the
slightest degree concste the individual to whose ten
der nsercies she had committed herself The letter
private ard confidential one, was Published to the
world, with accompanying remarks, calculated {
cite TO the highest degree against the lady the ory
harshless she had been so anxious 10 soften. Tha
readers may see for themselves - what an extent
inexperienced person may be frightened at shadow,
we eppend the curious document, which foolish fear
impeled Miss Logan to indite:
Mr. BrNNrrr Pardon the liberty take thus addressing
vcu tee, that my tate lies youI hands am about 90
make ny fr.t spp,srsnce before New York pablo next
Thursday evening feel that without AZ least lew worcs
couuendoton from have but little &c nope for You
will this bold request from stranger; but though DO
Dc, faer self remembered by you, yet have had As
honr personal Introduction TO yqa on the occasion 81
t party given az the house OF '" T. Burton AZ Gen Sove
Nou ere then enough entirely discourage hope
Of a success in NssYork Since that time have lost my
and hsve been obliged 20 hght own battle ~ ne or
the support NY mother and her large family ner these
apTt from any professional ambition may pos
usy not ask YOU in the uaue OF the ttheress and OF
who desires by the production Of pure aud classic dama
10 lend her humble efforts raise the stage above the Camille
school least not 10 deny me one kind word through me me-
that mighty engine which you have supreme con
troll Believe homes; and earnest in oil Jay to you wish
70 drama in its purest style and the language
shal tsl from lips At least IN good Enensh ana n2aH
ANA lone protected sirl trying to accomplish what
have in q Idle. strange city tyou could know my past
am
you would not in the goodness Of your heart turn
Deaf 70 me know how precious your tune IS and 'ns'
ash pardon for daEns to address srntleTan rs
'' S. Ncloias Hoiei Monday June IS 1851, ls m.
That Miss LogaHs truest friends and best admirers
would had it been submitted to them, have nsta tly
stopped communication likely to be fatal 10 ar
hopes of success we assured but it strikes us act
proper consideration for the propieties of profess
sional life should have prevented Miss Logan from
passing by implication any censures upon other dra
attic asprants who have had the fortune to achsve
UNQUALIFIED success. To assai without provOcation
style of plays which have met with the approval OF
fin, same audience to which she appealed for support,
was to say the least, an exceedingly juiicious stop
Mis- Logan seems, moreover, to have sadly dis
trusted her own atractyeness, or to have had icar
that the "pure and classic drama" in which she APP
reared would not crowd the house to her own salts
faction and therefore resort had TO miserable
trick which was sad sight to those who have been
accustomed 10 regard Wallacks with an affection
ste tenderness as a theater from which humbug aud
clap.trap was 10 be ever excluded. Ii was posted
throughout the city, in huge handbils that General
Walker. General Hennngsen and General Cazneau
would visit the house in the course of the evening
This piece Of Bowerysm successful. The nOtori'
Gus flibusters fulfilled their engagement, and the
| house was full but the upper gallery was crowded
| with set of rowdies whom describe in three
words 10 the perfect comprehension of our city read
ers, by stating that their loudly expressed slang
| cry was Bully for Walker"
| Whether this particular dodge" is to be charged
to the account OF the the manager we are
| unable to say; we prepared oassert IN which
| case it would be the more disreputabe.
| Miss Logan appeared as Eyadne in Shells play OF
| the same nLme As the plot Of the piece turns upon
the proposed deliy ering, by her own brother of a
woman to life OF harlory and shame, we are I'm 'be
to say in what exact particular the play is superior as
| "pure and classic drama to those of " the Camille
school" and cannot help thinking that Miss Logan
selection does not accord exactly with her own hne-
| drawn notions of dramatic purity.
BE this as il may the play, although full of incon-
sistencies and aburdties and bombast and ridiculous
ustian from one endto the other may nevertheless be
invested with certain degree of interest by On
actress of unusual ability and this ability we joyully
concede to Miss Logan. She did what we have never
seen done befoe-she redeemed the play from its Gus
tomary monotonous dulness and put earnest life into
the character which made it positively interesting
Miss Logan is unsurpassed as an elocutionist; her
voice is unusually sweet well as powerful naturally,
and has been cultivated to extraordinary degree
Of perfection. She is most graceful and pleasing il
| all her movements, and she seemed to thor
oughly appreciate the few good points there are
in the character of Eyadne. She called down enthu
siastic applause, was greeted with the sereotyped
floral honors and was called twice before the curtain
We welcome this lady heartily othe New-York stage
and hope soon see her in characters better eicu-
lated to display the fine and cultivated powers which