Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-15

Jacques, who tells us his melancholy
was quite his own, compounded Of many
simples, extracted from many objects
and "neither the scholars melancholy,
which Is emulation nor the musicians,
which 10 faniastical; nor the courtier's,
which is proud; nor the soldiers, which
Is ambitious; nor the lawyers, which is
polite; nor the lady's, which is nice
nor the lovers, which is all these" but a
most humorous sadness, never, we think,
in his sundry travels met such school
boys, such lovers, such soldiers, such
Justices, such pantaloons or such child
ishness as are found on the Bluff. II be
had, be certainly would have listened to
the philosophy Of Touchstone with
keener wit, and understood that
"From hour TO hour we ripe and ripe.
FROM hour 70 hour we rot and rot
And thereby hangs tale;'
or perhaps, in less melancholy mood,
be would have exclaimed with the Duke:
Sweet are tho uses Of adversely.
| Which, like the toad. ugly and venomous,
wss,, yet a pIT,seiOu: jewel in his head
Finds tongues in trees. books in the running
brooks.
And there Is good in everything, il
people would learn how to extract it, use
It, and enjoy 1t. What better authority
than Solomon need be quoted to show
| that every one should be cheerful and
prolong life by enjoyment ITO every
thing" he says, there is season, and
time to every purpose under heaven"
Surely the Werters Of intelligence
who buzz about the Bluff like mosquitoes
won't object to the season Of the drama.
Well, even If they do, who cares2 No
body. Grasshoppers will have their day
as we'll as buzzards; and the beautiful
butterflies who skim about us so grace
fully and practice the Grecian bend with
out nsaupdise homie will hail the opening
of the New Memphis con ansore. Old
Paterfamilias will dive his wrinkled hand
into his vest pockets and draw out a
bagatelle bearing Spinner's signature for
his Duck of Diamonds-his little belle
| a glow of tenderness and love spreading
| over and illumining his face; while she,
the little witch, instead of kissing him,
will ran through the hall giggling to hold
a tete-a-tete with bon Uivant, who laughs
heartily, aud shows his bon govt
with an appropriate and customary
bon mot. The petit maitre-always
sans purse, sans greenbacks-will be on
the qui oire for Mother Goose with a
comedy daughter, that he may play ruse
de guerre on the old danes feelings with
the utmost sang .troid, and win mite
from her wherewith to cut q dash among
the gems de condition in the dress circle.
Of course all classes will have sort of
feu de .joie over the season dramatic,
and everybody will make coup d essai
to be in at the opening night-next Mon
day--to see the entree of the first star
Miss Charlotte Thompson. In the Ian
guage of Terry O'Toole, "the whole
world, Carrot Riley and the rest of man
kind" will be there to see, to hear, to
laugh, and ogle the haut ton.
Thanks to the brush of Gulick and the
skill of Weaver, the Temple of Thalia,
Euterpe, Menus, Apollo and Terpsichore
has been renovated from pit to dome,
from entrance to orchestra, from foet
lights to the rear Of the stage, from
prompter's box to carpenters gallery.
Around the white upright columns ex-
tending from the dress-circle to the fam
ily-tier, and from the famly-tier to the
gallery of the gods" are wreaths of
flowers in natural colors-green leaves
entwining roses of various hueg-all very
pretty, rich and ornamental. The inches
on either side of the stage, in which are
set the silver-white statues of Cornueopia,
are of celestial-blue tint; the inches in
the dress-circle, wherein are placed the
busts of Burns and Goethe, are also tinted
celestialblue; and the panels are touched
in such manner as to cause the whole to
have sprightly, harmonious and bril-
liant effect The seats are newly cush-
toned and the dress-circle and parquette
upholstered in such way as to make
them not only comfortable, but hand
some and cozy. Everything is tastefully
arranged, and almost ready for the
Youthful, the Beautiful, the Jocund and
the Gay of the Bluff to step in, take their
seats, and witness the actor
Hold, as it were,
The mirror up TO nature"
The dramatic corps is composed of
Mrs. NJ flanagan, leading lady; Mrs
7. s. Cline, singing soubrette; Miss Mel
lie Taylor, first old woman; Miss Louisa
Carmane, juvenile lady; Mrs. Theodore
Hamilton, Mrs. ]. L. Barrett, Miss Lau-
retta Vultee, Miss Viola Plunkett, Miss
Blanche, Miss Louisa Hall, Miss
Jennie Moore, Miss G.. B. Henri,
Miss Williams, Miss Briefly, utility |
Theodore Hamilton, leading man
M. flanagan, old man; W. s. Higgins,
heavy man; G. W. Molenburg, Juvenile |
man; F. G. Dewey, 7. s. Cline, and |
others, utility; s W. Gulick, scenic |
artist; George Handwerker, musical
director /. N. Weaver, carpenter; Geo. |
Cooke, property man, and M. Johns,
costumer. This company will be con-
trolled for Mrs. Thompson. the lessee, by |
Mr. G. D. Steinkuhl, acting manager and
treasurer, and Mr.. Robert McWade,
stage manager. Two more accomplished,
agreeable or noble-hearted men could
scarcely have been selected to conduct
the New Memphis. May the season,
under their guidance, be both profitable
and pleasant
Now, city without theater would be
no place to live in; it would in sooth
be worse than the seventh circle of the
kingdom of Pluto. Therefore it devolves
upon every one, for the sake Of good
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