New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-08


"tbe Butaiiar" essc.od BY .iny child Of en years
old, ,syirr, in a squeskiDg voice, "WA-n IngOmlr
All iAH, uIcon1aertd will be mount am,sg tn.
GODS and wool !" Psrthsui4" Of six Summers or
thtrtsborts who uuhsppy iafsut msds hari siift to
declsm the togbs-t. sentences OF tie transls;or
without the slsltes, compFeheR.on Of thcr meaning.
There are nov IN the ooltuy some dozen or more
companies Of juvsnie ;r6geGi8,r come1isns, opera
srecIs, &c. H. scue Instances Ee hsye persousuy
encountered these p-rfgmsDcss ia other csses we
I ave been ersoiously spared tBa. trial. II people
chocss to go aud psy their UoIey to the lazy speed
lacrs who are sccunu ulatirs westh by compelling un-
fortunate Children 10 exhibit thsmelyes in this N an
ror ttty esn DO 90 bet ben suy of c6id sacr-
fec unn,ual arociy or the carpet, the pubic
must expect the Press TO tel them the psin truth IN
/ tie II stter
II the eerli,st Jsys Of the infant phenomenon tut
ssnce, exhibitors 10 most cases stopped short of posi-
tive cruelty but ofse yesrs there hAs arisen so much
competition 70 the bu.iress that the su,rgs Of the
chi only considered when they immediately in-
terfere with trs profits of the Snowman The youth
iuness Of tie Unhappy itfant is chief element
Of attraction END the CREST stfe acens 20 b. who shall
produce tie yoancest baby TO strut aud fct is hour
upon the stage.
Tire cuuinston ot this irhumau competition has
been recently attsine bJ interruptions persons,
who ere gsg in exhibiting hspless little Gul as
Drsmstc Reader" and who, they triumphsntly
announce in prominent l.tters, ia LEss rHAs FOUR
9 WARS DID,"
"Lttle Ella" Viryiris Barns, ia an unfortunate
Irish child whose father died some little tms since;
who,e mctber however, was not moulded in that Dis
persston bnt spared to speculate in the brains
and life o. her chilli We believe there are also cert au
other persons associated with fer in the laudabe
scbeme of mAkiog this pretty infant support not only
bersefbut others. IL Old notion that the psreut
should sustain tie child, but modern progress seems
to baye Effected comps,e revelation 10 ths as IN
some other departments of the social economy.
Little Ella" s q chiF of average iutellice nee, apt
ard quick TO learn, and with re'e alive me nory-
nOtbre more. She has been, At rer tender years,
placed utder the tu;elage of Professor Of Elocu'
tor" who has taught her a number CT pieces OF
poetry and bits of or,mas, which Sue repests by roe
Sue bss been well taught, snd makes her reci'atlons IN
graceful ana agreeable manner, and thst D al. We
uetd not proceed 70 denonstrats the fact that sic
csunot mIrehcId wLs, she resds, further than TO
s,se that IN the programme fiod sceres from hng
John" from " Romeo and juliet, and from other
Shakespesrisn tragccies. But with this we have no
qusrIe; if seI selcss repetittn of mere words will
q
But we prote seairst the nhumsbity of compelling
e child lie this 10 undertake such lGbora Saying
nothing Of her severe trsnns Grd of her re,tmeat
at home, the late bouIs, the excitemen', and
/, tie whole ccuise Of Gviog utterly at variance
with tbs chilohood piosci 10y raure, are certsin
10 shorten this bsbys Efe Aod the CRIME Of killing
lor any tie lees iasrt de because i is 3cOmplishsd
by degrees irstead Of beog prperstsl IL Instant
dat f1y,z hy r-9l-
ing an announcement. Of benefit for Little
"Ells to como Of st tie Academy Of Music Thurs
doy eytrin9. IL ia announced as "being under the
auspices Of committee of ls'ies and geutlemen;"
and tho rsufs Of number OF geLt!emen are published
esdea by bis Holor the Mayor and having the name
Of noted ply soian the erd Of the list OF course
7 o one who knogs how this sort Of thing is done viii
imagine that these rames are used by authority, any
ore than he will thuk that the Academy IS been
eencrously placed the disposal of,he Co uittee by
/ M, Umqn without . consideration" ia good cur
rent moneys Of the land duly pat into the pockets of
UI'lneu aforesaid
All sensible people who will reflect amomept will see
that 4 is physiological impossible for this Little child
to be ebu ed in this manner, without irretoyabe in
Jury eultDs TO her health. Ard it il for the public
10 decide whether or rot Little Eta shall be sacr
feed to put money ir tho pockets of one or two mer
cersry peTsors, who choose TO live in lszneas upon
tte exhibition Of precious aflrt, not yet four years
Old It will be the trde.t kicd"css 70 Little Ella
to stay awsy from her beref;, which vii only put
none mt the pocket, of tbcse who 10 ro.hirg to
earn IT, and then when that psteulsr speculation has
failed to stay away from ali future exhibitions Of her
S, as people to 90 aud see her and she DO
orger makes morey for those who have her in hand,
she viii be retired from public life and oace more bs
treated Ike tie child l.; thGn instead Of berg SET
up table in claTirg ga lighted room 10 weaty
SPOUT Shakespeare Ill ui1ls sht, she viii be sent back
10 the EhOlt some lfs Of an Ohio farm.
To pareIts especially this appesl must come homei
let them al think, before they 90 to tie "bsleft" at
the Acateny, ths. by doing they each one all aud
atet IN shameless peIverson Of the childhood Of ao
JnoceIt eId unfortunate little ceEture; then think Of
heiro~n little onss trd heu-stay a. home. II Of 10
to sppea to the better feelings ofthe greedy specu
lators who have Little Ella charge, or they nave
Lone. Tnere is, as set no remedy in Law tn. only
way is to touch their pockets. Let the projected
reGt be disastrous failure, and tteu, perhaps,
they viii 50 to work ard honest living.
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