New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-25

experienced that yor have not the great t&1frfes1
nnesge whleh some possess 20 give an In3l3eSt q
ycu kncwl you have 10 deciledly original sssdlsS
IAN worth noshins2 n interrupted he 81, -
, .ssa Whist dos ~ this lend to2 Msttts
mze tyiag 70 my lace Ten minutes agos2r
o Njpa. 10, e stammesed hsr tfotber int ~
Hnst sessd % small, 90 inslgndcaut, that Iscscs
s .oad e con- E Z FIsssss pouuds xsst &
bnt siddouses, o. Nells, and Nina Ho<tsms -, -
slastty os -; even upon . tSifer Ia ms
ne scsseq her read aud poused Iitts Il Nh n
studIss & ~ =. pssss9y ss Re roo@
ing at the door through 1heb sfe III dspssfS sss
loving bot melancholy esop ~ had SsfSsSss1 NJ
manager n the part = ~ r. ~ pish Mia is5
viii he Is ss sd !. Ss3 - r; sEsnssns
that which be hid representa- -. - ga - -
think was right, h un6sd N 60 Il -.
right TO have told her the ~ tfS6f-s,sf 4
Iegs Of her being permitted o ~ Ss9
well nigh TO kill her. Aflsy ue1t mr1fE SsS Uni
these things will be changed. Guch k11isSs sn,si
grace, such genius, cannot remain long uuaSs
by any who have eyes and eara.n 1s7,z, 'Ss.
At the little transpontine theater ths eftst y
pec1niary dramatic arrangement Was ~ =.
The FIRST tragic lady, who had 10 become ~ -
u&glc Lady a. once, enacted little exteunpot1f 49,
tefcA TIE second and third tragic Isdies vsf1 e
pIoposS!ohaly indignant at being uucesVHcI n;
thrust doxs peg apiece in tie dfamatIc ~ 4
seItments q ~ whole corps Of leMale a1tf
enly De paraleae4 b. those or the military, No -
highest step = Nd allowed Tor conc unex1jSfS57f
reason, to 60 ia the re1fnerf The male sefasss
tested u soothing tor at they would scosn u q
wi' ~ " H.. ,n.efloper er weys obliged y ~
Accordingly for this nniyeissF }.siousv 81 IL
ters position, poor Cecil alWHys StcIih9f tla eaf
trophe-when the rameles trssed y mads Ser -.
pearance at the transpontine - - Eijura FL
ever been 50 complete on either ~ & ~ Tban;S5,
There was pretty general appliances vfeS ~ 1SSiis
her hrst majestic appearance bat, hus A. iGaisnf
when she began 70 speak, until she elcst 3sF1yn 3
mimic death, the Noes had It. sSSs zs *
The second night was not % compIe4sSy
nate as at frat only because there Nere Vt q ~
people In the house to express disapprubakaG8 Z
the third night the deposed tragic lady Of ~ n
It would be painfrl to rarrate il detail -. &c
this and that inferior theater Nina Hotham attenpSa
again and again to assert her fancied pre- eminece
and always N vain; how hundreds Of pounds weso
brother never bad the heart to tel her The tFush
and how be himself never lost Bis loving faith II
her, but believed the world would Weic0ms ~ 60
day, yet. Peevsh and selfish ct the alightest cro
q she bad ever been, she now began 70 pins undsf
this great reverse. Her vanity, 50 Tar 1Eum beia2
crushed by these repeated disappointmeu6, new
ranker and wider than ever, stzefchtpe at ~ -
luxuriant tendrils On all side, md andipS .usan
the glare q the footIighta and the breath 81 a.
popular applause were as light q air 10 hef; II
that, both being denied her, she must perish,
in what Light estimation Der talents had been lid
was yet so blinded with admiration for her u 10 ~
termine to risk his all In more grand attempt ~
get her public hearing. One Of the two Gtsat In
don theaters being advertised to be Ut fof
time, this good young sensible enough Ii orii.
nary circumstances where hts sister vas fiof con
cerned but about fitted for the part Of anager &
such establishment the Vicar Of Wnkeasld
- nJ-aA
we're the more difficult and unsarorable fol him
much all things were made subSeTvient u he -
terests of Nina The Etars who CHANGED just then ~
be not fixed were excluded from his company, -
consultations exacted from him the pay Of their
rors. They were not going to do second btsfnea
Chow indignantly poor Nina echoed the W0sd1 to
person without established name, unless they we're
well compensated for that humiliation. IS
In spite Of the two theatriea! agents Ia bis employ
mentor perhaps because Of theu-t the young man
Ages paid double the usual headmouey for every II
crnt In his enormous corps dramatigue.
However, the plan Of the campaign WAS Id ~ er1
arranged, and the object Of all bis At III
placed in position to wear the crown Of triumph sha
had so long desired.
Nina Hothams name in letters III oil tie colors nm
the rainbow, and bigger than the poor girl herself,
wearied the metropolitan eye wheyesueyef II fell Thu
newspapers proclaimed to the whole cuuntry iucluds
ing the little world round BrentFelI, how the anlbt
tious debutante had chosen one Of the Gnest cha
raeters in the range Of British drama IN which 81
make her appearance upon the first stage ID Europe,
on that day fortnight. Nina Hotham had select
ed no less part for herself than that Of Lady
Macbeth. sss1
The hour to which BROTHER and sister had looked
forward with a secret suspense that was alm0n
agony at length arrived The vast theater was densely
crowded from floor to ceiling. Putting had done il
work Vague rumors also of failure at other places
and under fegned name had got about, and excited
curiosity to the utmost. great number Of her pr.
yate friends. too, were there besides 4 least i've
hundred hands, which, if they did applaud ought
to be ashamed of themselves since they had been ID
mitted by orders, and upoL that very condition.
In the third tier. far back In the darkness Of pri
waite box, sat the Reverend Appleby Swete, NON fec
tor of Brentfel who, for all bis hasty words and
rigid resolves, had interest in the fate Of the
heroine Of the night only second to that felt for one
other. The ocean of mnrmurous talk in that vast
concourse ebhed and flowed about him, bringing her
behaved violently to her, be now thought. and too
rigidly. Perhaps her naughty spirit had been even
driven into its present BY bis harsh words he
it was, not she, who was TO blame. He had need to
offer her reparation as well as forgiveness. ~
All sounds suddenly died away as the curtain ross
upon the new heath scenery that had been painted
regardless of expense for the present occaai0n III
witches prophesied; the Thames did everything that
was expected of them hut Mr. Swete had neithar
eyes nor ears for them.
A roon1Swithin Macbethia castle. at Inverness
pause wherein you might have heard pin drop, and
then Of applause which shook the house. Nina
Hotham was in the center of the
majestic--the object upon which the eyes of thou-
sands we're concentrated. The letter from Macbeth
was in her hand, from which she ought to have 81.
ready spoken the first sentence. Another roar Of ap
pause. Still Nina spoke not one single syllabe nor
was she fated to speak her faculties we're numbed
her. tongue powerless her limbs immovable. She
was paralysed by stagefright.. Applause, mingled
with disapprobation, succeeded then disapproha-
tion only. Finally, the curtain descended upon the
less Lady Macbeth in storm of hisses. 81
Even Cecil Hotham knew that Ninas chance d
favorite of the public was now gone forever. The
final opportunity, thus lost had coat with the previ
Gus expenses upon her Ill their for
tune Nevertheless. not word OF sorrow, and FIR
less Of reproach, did he ever utter. After paying
every farthing that they owed, he left his expensive
residence, and removed with her to suburban lodg
ing, their Brentfel house having been sold. room
was appropriated in their humble home for the vast
Of theatrical properties which now seemed
to form her sole comfort. It was her melancholy de-
light to catalogue these relics Of what she Mas won't
to consider her palmy time to array herself in the
most gorgeous mimic yestments to represent to her
satisfaction still tie characters which she Was never
destined to perform before Others.
The Hothams courted obacurity; and, like I'll who
have got through their property, and lived only for
themselves for each other, they easily obtained it.
Only visitor was ever seen to enter their door.
The Reverend Applepy Swete came to place his heart
at the disposal Of Nina, in spite of all that had come
and gone. She received him very kindly, and, In
n off ftnne