New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24
Nv. The Iab.trt. are I'll returning from ss water.

he any csy, with ssliOx Issco.s fscss fasrcGog
Up end 90 in black evening costs. Why is i, th.t
SonnerneTs will srsys cess Goats il tbs Streets
Il life at the South continual soir6e? Way don t
they dance toe pok,, sad set ices 10 the t,ssts
woIder? They are il sppropis'e costume for sa,a
exercises. IL s punishment enough fo- MAJ to be
obliged 10 endow himsef with that hideous garment
in the evening; but can scarcely credit no race
Of people can be go lost 10 al of beauty as to
endure it al day long. Tne sotors are also
r..urJn from their Summer cruises ani appear upon
the pave duirg the brief sesson Of the theaers Tae
cbeeis pa,ed with the nightly paint are once more
ruddy With the lingering hight Of the country There
ia no race Of people who erjoy an Idle moment more
thoroughly thsn those sctors. How lufuriously
they loaf round the doors Of the theae Of favor
ite barIoous, smoking and csnvsssipg amorg them
selves the complicated network Of intrgues that is
always being woven behind the aoerss, How Lsporis
details TO Bowie the heavy trsgedisn who scowls even
in bis sleep, the abominsble manner in which Bshe-
moth, the Manager las treated him; and when Bshe
moth shor ly afte,wad comes By, how immensely evil
is Leporis end how glad be is to sup with hin next
Sunday. You msy observe that all actors unles. they
play old lien or comic servants, have peculiar mode
Of oitposiDg Of then bsir. II comes down in long
sweeping curls tbsir foretesdsi they seem as
they wanted to be ready al moments notice 70 play
any amount Of fiery relentless brigand, or suicidal
lovers.
Actors generally may be divided-in the streets
into two classes: the who dresses aud the man
who doesn't. Here comes q man who dresses. He is
really very bsndsome. pale ans.ocrstic coune-
nance-black cu,ipg hair a little too thsstncally
disposed, and slender, elegant figure. His dress is
easy ard generally eIquisitey simple His face Just
now has lost, during tuIes months rustcshon, that
rather ustc and dssPsted look which it wears in the
hight oftbe season. He walks lapguidly along, snd
handsome O. heie to do bin justice, does not appear
TO notice the fusllado Of snais glances which riddle
him as be passes. He is something more thsn good
actor he is an accomplished man OF the world. He
sings delightfully."-, of the stage wntss we'll plsys on
several Instruments draws dances, talks with esprit.
He is Dot very popular with his craft They ssy be
gives himself sirs He corquests are said to nr umer
abls aud tradition relates hstbe leasss whseloarow
by the year to carry home the b2letS dOar, whch
await him every night at the box-offics.
lie is walking With another man who dresses, but
who though equally agreeable in his own way, is his
a1tipods in everything. The one is all repose, the
other all action. The one lounges through life; the
other makes steepls chase Of existence, clearing his
difficulties with whip in su ard Jolly "hursn! Tns
latter is alto handsome, but Of pronoae6 style
Of beauty His movements quick, and his gestures
always have dssh Ct comedy about them. He is sin
gulsry witty but his beet things have the air Of beng
bundered out by accident. He is essentially ths slap
dash, genlemsny, goodhesrted, accomplished, bril-
liant fellow who lie populsry represented as having
lost of fnends-And one enemy.
But please to observe the man who does MT dress.
There he IT, holding Behemoth by the button'hole-
Behemoth who would rather be collared By Bsslze-
bub-tryiDg to convince that mighty manager that he
and his wife, "the crathur, worth so aweek. The
mon who doesn't dress is great shouldered tel-
low with an impershsbls brogus, in which hs himself
entirely dirbeeves. He is sn exceedingly ilused
man. the man who doesn't dress. He is under the in-
prt sson that he is great actor, whereas bloated
villains like Behemotn" inss. upon his payitg fourth
bfigands tip staffs and such Ike. When he does get
q chance at "a big part at complimentary benefit
during the recess similar OCCASIONS it is great to
witness him. How he luxuIstet IN the long speeches!
Uow he fills this hons. rcntorian lungs in the i'm
pass;cned "bts ss # he was letting C the botled-up
acting of yesrs Of obecurity On such night as this
the man who doesn't dress is happier than if ne enjoyed
the prircipsty of the tinseed aristocrat he mmlcs
odd We obsafve No. sur in the death-scsDel' T. he re
marks to Dcdger the Sunday newspaper critic; Faith,
"sur I'd like TO set the man tnst cut bate it, And
truly his deaths are something tremendous. lie be-
grs to expire usually nesr the fsrof corner CT the
back fiat, ard Terminates his existence near the
footlights as il is safe to venture.
CHARACTER.
Who is this paaf & slowly down by the Bunkun
House swinging his cane, and a.red IN the combined
costumes of several ceLturiesl That, my FREUD is ths
w.lknown Doctor Baron Sparsdrap. You will OBJ
aerve that he is got up to attract attention. That hat
with its curled.up rim is made on special block for
himself. That wig and mustaohe and thOse eyebrows
sre of preternaturai b ack which, contrasting with
the face painted with Otards best red make him look
somewhat like these feIocious Individuals that pop out
Of little boxes, impeIious with carmne and horseha
Even his spectaces worn for effect. They are re-
tained-by some adhesive compound, imasine-on
the very tip of his nose, and his keen watchfa eyes
ore always locking them.
Doctor Baron SpsradTsp is a remnant Of that cee-
brated race Of men Of whom the Ducsnsra Of Doni-
zettis opera type. He should have lived in Italy,
aid gone about with cooked nat, stage and buff
toop lie entirely ost among prceaic Anglo-Saxons.
lie s, as you imsgine, simply qusck doctor but
rather a rem aiksbe one, as you will see.
The first time that bshed the Doctor Baron Spsra
d.ap was in a celebrated metropolis Of the Emerald
lsnd krow Cok city celebrated for its vicoity
to BarDey, also for having produced Dr. Mssinn,
Father Prout, Doctor Stelton Mskerzie, and other
celebrated men. Baion SpsradIap then suddenly made
his sppesia,ce among the sstonished Ccrkonans n a
phae,on drawn b, four black horees, with coronettsd
portion of which LIE still reainssnd black
musician playing Kate kearney on key-buge in the
back seat. He aIpourceo that from purely philan-
th,oI c motives he had visited that benghted region
for the purpose of cuiig all the diseases which the
l.. of L