Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-02-09
DAVENPORT IOWA. TUESDAY EVENlrG. FEBRUARY O. 1864

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gsrd truth AZ entirely sstsssvient 10 th,
rounding oil period OF . ulsty aliusion TO I
my tboogis name. HI
When Fsirclough came uoheraided end un
pulfsd, althoush 80 Assof Of undoubted talent
greater thsn has yet appeared on D.ven-
port boaFas. the critic vss ct loss
hsvicg nothing 10 predicate p.1
upon. Therefore, Faiselosg .vas Disposed Of
With . few lines Of general comm endaiion.
Nsxs came Mssy Provoet. With innanerabls
wood cuts sad s.svs'iss 'soiiess OF the prsss'
(wristep by her seeps) The 0asssss man had
backing now, and went In on the quotations
by ths eS,sma. Mary wss 'sdi-tisgsissd
g,stssssx 3s. " and did the Dsvsoport public .
hvor.by her appsAsassei We eenld havs told
che iotsiiigsss ''cri.ie q, Nev York ssd other
eastern eities." that Mary played to empty
benches Ia New York. and that her admirers
we're ahsatrical Sarssnss-liks masJ ve vot
Of. The distine uishsd gontIe women Who
slopsd With Brown was the hsppy recipient
Of oil ths critical scamen Of the Gasssts man ;
the greet setrsssi
Bat Zoe hAs called cut = regular critiQus
from the iopss.ionsd aduirsr Of Mary. Un-
fcrtuna:s ZoeI De gsssi6ss non dispstandsm.
After iadulgina 10 those dslieats phrases
every motion perfection Of grace. abandon Of
pas ssXi.' 'bswiicbing coqnetry Of glance
'dsssling, theme for lyric. exquisite symme-
try etc.. stc,--used when Cbaucsr vas .
boy. and up to this time always 10 jnxtaposi-
ticn In the note books Of Sophemoree and crit-
iss Of spelling school aud corn-husking bear.
ties be goes of 10 the iollo wing style. intend
ed to promote the cireulalion Of the Gazette in
the spins.sr tribe and among the Qasksrs
"Her costume 10, to say the lesss, un b ssom-
ing Seantiuess Of wardrobe Is al very we'll
on classical etatuary, Int In real life Or on ths
stage It ie altogether too suggestive Of Sappho
ami Lord Byron to sssrt an iuaueocs at al de-
sirAbls."
Imprinvis. wo like tha. skip from the hstor-
ioslly known nag Sappho ~ ths modern By
rcn We never before knew that the great
poet dressed In J eliow skiu tights aud clou,l
But the Gazette displayed 90 much love on
Mary that We pardon its mistakes now.
Seriously, Zoe wss clothed just ~ che ought
to have sbeen-rsprsssntiog the character che
I'D Grace and freedom Of muscular move
mspt are not compatible With multiplied gar-
ments. The Gasstts mda would like to see
Driesbach and Biondiu 10 brseches. and aero
bats and atblsieis long..silsd coats and bal.
moral ekirtsl He IL 60 fearful Of III efccts from
the exposure Of "the human shape divine that
be would peshaps agree with the cockney who
srggested that POI ers' Greek Slave should %
shrouded trom the neck down tsAtA
The performances OF Zoe are Of high order
Of sthis,iam. ard to be drtslsd 10 any other
aannsr would reduce tbs performsncs 10 4
very low order of farciesl kicking and put a
skirt on the Crack Slave II our friend would
6x his mind upon .h. exquisite skili Of the
psntomime snd be less Q soas in imag ipa,ion,
he wonld derive as much uualloyed pieasure
from the delightful psrformsacss Of Zoe, a. do
the msiority Of those who witness her psrfee-
ton 10 her art. Do be weaned FROM Mary.