The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-25


IL otherwise with actresses when the hle CAUGHT
from the oramatsts genius is extlngusshed for the
night and then the cold, stupid pupil and pUppet
Rut the poor a1apter, the poor man of genius
must suffer, as wti as poverty the eOntumey OF the
mOuopolist managers who iced On his efforts. AS
gene al rule writers poorly paid here; che mo-
nopolsts love % Keep them down. 1 speak of tins
because know 1t; for j. when boy, earned scant
moneys wr1nng cri icsms and plays have sym
pathN for every Juggling youth that wealth seeks
is shy ock" Baieman! why, hi counsel saws
that he ! az lare diamond in his daughter,
which he found by accident, and loves. If
an of nobie instincts were to find so rare
gem he would delighted to show 1t to
his friends but would guard It Lovingly for him.
self Not so with this "shylock" He brings his
gem to The market he trains her, moulds, educates
her 10 get him riches. Why every accident or incl
wealth. If the little window that looks into the
thing ne calls his heart could be opened what would
he seeng Why that he is inwardly calculating how
much he can earn by the notorlety whioh this SUIT
will give him. tbs smt will Drng him and his
daughter very interestingly before the public, he
thinks; the public Will rush to gaze; tn" house VIII
be feo; 80, what 10 care whether The jury Oiyes
q verdict AGAINST IN favor OF this poor author or
not' viii make it up tully IN single nights per-
But this SnyIock Bateman takes very high ground
here. The author was not to be paid in money, but
in fame! OF course we know that one OF the vanitles
OF human nature Is TO find itself publicly dstin-
guisheU No DOUBT Mr.. Day would have been happy
as he ked he Streets TO see o. every wal the an
nouncement of Lean, coupled with his own name as
author The celebrated composer, William Vincent
Wallace who IS now eteInaly at rest begged the
rich monopost who had bought out his works in
this city, 10 per init him 20 direct rehearsal OF them
WITHOUT paw, simply for the pleasure OF seeing
bis name assGclateG on the placards with the darl-
ing cr aIOns of the BRAIN. So the immortal
Meyerbeer, rendered famous by Les Hugue.
ROtS, and eXcIted TO grander eforCs by the know
ledge that fame awaited his efforts, wrote his greater
opera the sublime HAfricdine. Fame, the food OF
genius! would take an nfdel even to hear that
soft opening prayer and those other melodies the
and ask him If he doubted that the soul which
iTan n IN m al-
ty beyond the grave. do believe that the ambition
of genius is not money but fame-a beat fic 1uture,
and not sordld Iccompense here; but genus dies
with out money ana without food.
But tins "ShYlock" has no idea of the treatment
due to genius. So long as he amasses wealth the
Greater of thai fortune may statve. Let hm die"
he say s, like the pauper that a genius shou be!
lover the stones
Whom nobody owns"
But what fame even does Shy lock Bateman insure
to the author who ls to be paid in that coin only?
He put his name on the bills for two nights and then
took it of forever; his name never mentioned in
this memoir as the author of the play or the author
Of the book itself; when the plav of Leah is men,
toned this avarcious Southern Yankee couples with
only the name OF ms daughter; and his last pay
meLt to DAILY on account of his Fame he into
| Court here and swears that without Miss Bateman
II objected" says this "Shylock" go the tone of
the Biography MIR DAILY wrote; il was too tlippantH'
hhppant! " hat was the tone of tins Bateman him.
self on the stand when he waves his supercillous
hand and says, WI, ~ took @ 4 kindly interest in the
yII h Lob W ~ 10 80, ue vo nJa S miCu @
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ta " VIZ @ 81 ~ a 40 anu .haI 10
that only one hne OF ~ Is devoted 10 Shylock him
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10 tb ta e OtneI @ i nnH tnen hl you ,5 may
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; d e % Uaeiud 10 pIuise raneI @ n plehIliuly
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onn @ 80 stm .o M WnV tt 'eIS YOU EooIy ne uouh d d
Souly S & Sti ugSnS au.hVI aG eMay rom nis MoIk .l
turtbar re San6trI % n,coass ~ Ioi IT. Gu @ LIN @ W
t I % t tE % @ 90 mIiAeu IN & nm IoI ileaLi
tos on no % oonntod @ tto "i ; o es M ot 1Oorit a i
tGe S So" FS aGcePtto % b tnee services as
ka,So Ia - - ~ - 80 VI " "a . Iiil ~ nm ~ he
not bI,Sh os ,vo aII cosiS so O'ro h. ,Oo S nc. nc u i
low hImseT The Inynrv M yv;stnrs nd coDos ho ra
| faced into Court " ~ '0"'' ""-'
| TIo,' 10 49, rot,,ro i; .bo too. .ho, h. o NJ.
DaW bene nnited m bm sSS5 %e snve r,ed M ~
sm s6Gw now @ muc1 ne bn MADE TGm & single m
fused to answer ard begged bis counsel to sh cid
| him from the necessity of making q statement, for
the Shy well Knew that would appear from his
answer that all the money he paid the poor author
would not equal a single nights receipts OF Lean
W ansmeT noM low inuc % ne ne anu % h,s uaugnter
SonsanSs Of GoiIars thev nave nettnS 40 n, tbo mo
cent outlay of $3.50 and benefit of S22S 1''S --n
Now gentlemen, as to the proof OF the yarue OF
these services what witnesses does the plaintiff pro-
ducey Mr.. 6ayler, who is one OF the worthiest and
most celebrated OF living dIamatists tells you that
IN ,bs rugI ae mas Iegn or twenty years en-
such a9or than the plaintiff has charged So does
A. NNI e.aNs