New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-25
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE THEATEBS.

places OF amusement, OF rela&ailont NH0I0 fF'~
diverse politics. creeds, and persuasons' couo meet
AS on common ground and agree 70 cease from sco"i
ing on. r,owering on and anathematizing one an
other nv virtue of the chain Of humanity when
bound aacb N each. Ii would be a curious specula'
80, g, to.e how far the theaier has been an agent
ike pbilofopby, which soitens manners and does
mot allow them TO be fierce" The Jews seem TO
have been the people who bad 10 theater, all their
dramatic warnings being solved into tbeocrdtic dis
lsrs: and they were eminent for their intense re-
iiOious feuds. As a rule the tbeater-loviug Atben
ians and the Romans under the empire, do not ap-
pear 10 have ndulged in the ecsacies Of persecution
their surplus animal spirits and psychological unrest
being worked of at the thester The destruction Of
The American DRAMA owing to the reign of common
sense, labor-saving machinery, Infant schools, lee
lures, books and attractive fresides, was dogmati-
cay pronounced some twenty years since. Charles
Lambs twaddle about the impossibiity Of represent
ing Shakespeare impressively on the stage was
quoted extensively; people forgetting that Charles
Lamb was like Others, writing nonsense when he
treated Of subjects which be did not understands and
that bic argument basel the netcencies OF an old
London stage with old greasy dsubed scenery and
four uuwashed boobies each side to Represent re-
speetiyely Richards aud RchmoBds armies, was
about as sensible as taking the lowest stun in Water
street as The perlectbility OF the home lovehness
which the model dwelling in Fifth avenue materially
affords.
The provincial iereniads Were uttered in advance
Of aud knowledge Of what our cities could become.
1t may be broadly asserted that every really elegant
or magnificent houte and store exterior architecture
considered along with interior economies and decors-
tons, has been built in this city within some fifteen
years. Coincdent with the same superb advances
have been the arrangement Of theatels the Opera
House included. The charm Of the decorations OF
the udiioium the spendor and fidelity TO fact and
nature of the stage arrangements are OF this recent
adoption. TIE public which leaves palace OF
home or fine modern mansion 10 90 70 the theater,
no longer encounters miserable benches, dim Lights,
squald stage effects, and illcostumed sctor. Hence
TIE theater is rot deserted and the dark prophecies
in regard to ii are disspated. Even in these Fad and
expensive times of war, when wealth equal 10 the
Old Venetian annual revenue, is spent in single
day on The Northern armies. and blood flows with
iuereasi z volume, the tbesters here so appointed
are fourishing.
AT Laura Keenes, "Tbe Seven Sons" with
certain textual and material alterations, has been
continued during tue week.
AT the Winter Garden there has been novelty in
the form of the unctous farces and comediettas Of
Mr.. aud Mrs. Barney Williams. They have enjoyed
extraordinary success Every nightexceR the stormy
Saturday-and the recurrence Of rain at the end OF
the week, 90 steadily lie noeworthy-has seen
crowds at the Winter GARDEN. Tonight they
change the programme, giving tie legendary drama
of Z" All Hallow Eve" in three acts, by Stirling
Coyne, with new scenery, and ta6ieau p'raia rep
ieseIting -" SnapApple Night" after Maclise's EEL
ebrated picture-sdding the burlesque Of I" The
Magic Joke" and a farce, Barney the Baron
Continued success may be expected for them.
At Walscks, the new three-act comedy, 1.-THE
Magic Marriage" Ellis the house. Ii is sPlendidly
mounted Wallack's beipg q model bouse in this IT.
gard. The costumes Of the period Of the comedy
down to the cut Of the hair, piquanty observed
Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon The co.,
scientous care which Mr.. Lester Walack shows al
stage-uansger la addition - the comedy. fsrces
played by Messrs Blake Seton, Holland, and others
are given.
MUSICAL.
The muse Of sound appears 10 be exhausted by her
efforts to supply Secretary Cameron with sufi-
cheney Of military bands. The Secretary was
reported to have said that the luxury was too ex-
peueive-stated yarousy to cost to four millions
a year for the Army, probably the latter cum. Capt
MeGcher thereupon comes 20 the defense, urging the
continuance of the outlay for music considered as
necessity for the troops, who are ilprovded wiiha
Let j, be forgotten that The French bands decaim
ing the Msrseilles Hymn, and sustaining the solders
and people voices, played an awful and triumphant
part the history Of histories the tragedy ofragedes
A regiment needs band-so does a ship-of-war
Those who think otherwise have read human annals
to little purpose, and know not what place tuJo
miyufq SDargens sonum holds when bells fures are
let loose and death bestrides the storm Of war.
Few persons are aware Of the immense amount
OF labor and capital involved in the production Of
American Pianos and the enormous amount, 10
many million dollars, annually sold. When we
reject that they are nearly az common curtains
and mirrors, we may arrive at the fact that the
value Of the numbers manufactured each year
would present noble figures compared with national
staples, even such as King Cotton.
Any invention, therefore, which aims to improve
the tone strengthen the works, diminish the neces-
ely for frequent tunngs and proong the vitality Of
The instrument matter Of importance both rs re-.
CARDS the taste and the pocket. There is on exhib-
ton in the basement Of the Chickering Buildings, in
Fourth street, next 10 Broadway, a piano, which
claims 10 po'sess such an improvement II by Mr..
briggs. IL has already been extensively praised by
the pres-the daily and the musical rs well-hss
safely undergone the investigation Of many leading
manufacturers, and received The approval of some of
our highest professors Of music. The innovation
consists in the mode Of fastening Che strings The