The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-14

" sring them with bis song gof The Old Woman
Tuttd IN q Blanket" which he reserved for
specially Joyous occasions. His real feelings
he tlus dtsribcd n Mrs. Thrae In Dc. john
sons presence ;--" WIS suffering hOrrid y, TO,
q, verify hcHtvc that tf had put ht In my
mOub, Is would have sirangled me on the spot
! was so excessively W. But made mOrc mise
than usual 10 cover al thai, AMI 10 they never
l., roeived nv not eating; nor, believe, at all
imagined 10 themselves lhe anguish uf my he Tt
But whCn an crc gone, except Johnson here
bu,st uut ewing aud swtrv / would never write
apBir.' NCvtthcts., i've years atrr"aAH, ec
vtutuT,d 10 60 through tue ordeal gtu ~Iln
She StOOps % Conquer which was pr dn Ell
u, der n Ost depressing cir umsiRncts Colmani
forced into hiugng ont tie comedy reveng'd
lius'lt hy doing lis nest tn mLe u thc '"luie
he pruphtsi,d it would he, refusing 70 uiO-
vide one new scene or u s gle new Ore
for the oc,usiuu. The principal uctO- threw
np heir parts and matters lpuked SD spertte
That Culdsmi his friends cutr' ated him O. with.
diaw I Is play Il a more iayOra1 time" No
tE.d he: I'D tntI cr NY play were dumnel by
had las etS, thau merely saved 10y good hc tnI.'
Slutcr again stood his friend, and substitutes
were found for tic mn content a"urs. On
tie eveuttul cvCrirr, Burke. Johnson, Rev
uuldg and strong body Of the authors we'll
Risbcr,, diu,d vi h hm at tavern hetIre
proc, c,tng 10 he theatre, Goldsmith wa, to-
pgitAttd to touch a mOrscl; aud wh'u hts
~ tuus drpurtcd, bad not the courage % accom-
p-uy th,m. but fed % 81. James Pa X,
o.
late in n g evening. A fortune would have it,
lie AIlCartd btlind the scenes just in tine %
h,sr a soluary hl-s-the ony one heart th A.
night. "Wha''s tDutF exclaimed the frightened
diBu atist. "P,haw, DuCt ~" replied CJlmin,
"Guil't c aiIaiu Of a squih, " hen we've been
sung on larrel OF gunpowder these tSO
bOms"
Char cs Lcmb hooicd and hi, sed his own farce
NJ. H., ss h,artiy as any OF his uOi.y critic
r. md h'm, tint he fct himself an injured ma
fuI all ilinI. Wiling 10 friend on The SUBJECT
bC taNs s.-"The rose still rings IN my ears. Wory
yen ever 10 u piilOry Bong damued Is sUmc
thing IKE tia however, have been free oi tue
house Ever smCe, and the house was pretty free
with ne On that orcurOn." Ma IN more phi
losorhiCal WIS the bearing of Goodwin 10 a
similar lrial." During the pcr'Ormuncr of bis
dnfDri0, lie sat in tue front OF the pit in calm
expectation of triumph. When The first Rct
pass,d without sign Of approval, he praised
tie good sense uf the audience The pro-
season for appluuse had not arrived; all wa
exactly as il should be-" TIE second Ac
went Il in he same WY; che could afford L
wait" Al The "a d of the hrd, the patti nc mtu
admitted the people were spmcwhIt tardy IN
showing their appreciation. At last, When the
h, 70 OF the play was slain by KembIe The audi
! enre, 7, used tiOm apa by, hooed The aHt'r IRON
| the stRe; hut even this could not disturb tht
| tquanin ity OF Gocwin, who suBmittrd serenply
| 10 the yCiOict; and although he thought at frs
of altering he CR'ustT phe, lie quietly nc luiesced
| in The juuFm, NJ of his friends. ana made no at
| tempt - biingda tonic TO Il second tr.al.
| Sh, ,iican achieved The uncommon feat of pro
| cur ng The reversal OF an AdvrIse verdict. tn.
| HjrO IN nc, essiui on be first night. was with
drawn from the stage, and on it, rCprDduc ion ID
| aD amCnt cd form, aud Hn alteration In the cast
| not only prtyeU successful, but at'ained pOpu
| lmuy Which it eI joys 10 The pre- eut dy. 1t IS
| curious illustration Of The hck'euGss Of purli,
! iHste that when IL WIS first performed, " Lvdtl
! Lar guisb, "Srr ANTHONY Ab,ohte," aud "Mrs.
Ma'8piup" wer' barely tolerated for the sake of
JUlin" and " Falkland" wHOm mOdtTns vote a
couple of bOIcs.
Our li,t Of dramatic failures might, IL space
permitted, he largely augm,hted. The names Ul
Gurr, Buwer, Wikie C,liins, Browning, aud
oih,rs known TO fu.ne, are 10 he fuuud umOul
those who have teen itied in the the urict
balance and found wanting. Lrt the yuuns
a. aplTart TO dramatic honors console himself
IT e fails. by recalling how many OF the gre 4
sons Of literature have experienced the like
f,rtune, and rememt erirg Its not in mOrtal'
TO command success" however well they my
deserve it.