The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-30

eAOuSA AS WCIC GAc STdIlu CeuLcI
arohnd which the rest of mankind
revolved. Without occupation other
than that Of providing himself with
cigars and fashionable drinks. And
no thought or concern for the hap
piness or comfort or welfare of any
with whom he comes in contact
Could he with propriety be retain
ed as an actor on this stage?
Or that lady, who lives to be seen
and admired, and who brushes by
you on the street on her way to put
all the dry goods clerks in town in
search Of an article she pretends to
want but really knows is not to be
found. Her real object being to
display new bonnet or dress just
finished according to the latest
Paris style. And yet she would doubt
less insist upon being retained
among the players And if you
were to demonstrate with her upon
the subject, she would probably
have the ''last word" ="
l have thus far mentioned only
some of the more glaring and out
rageous violations Of this rule,
There ale many minor departures
from it, which if they would not alb
solutely exclude the performers from
the stage, at least have tendency
to very materially mar the pleasure
of the entertainment.
In land Of christian civilization
there are certain proprieties and
amenities of life which to avoid
causing pain or giving effense to
others, must be observed.
Order is the first law of nature,
and there is implanted in the human
heart relish for the beautiful or
what is orderly, or proportioned,
or grand, or harmonious, or new,
or splightly, nor does there exist
less disreiish of whatever is gross,
disproportioned, disorderly and dis
cordant.
And this applies as well to the
conduct of men as to the produc-
tions of their hands. So that the man
who is uncouth and rough and boor-
ish and rude ia his manners and be-
havior, falls just as far short of
filling the full stature of manhood,
as a picture in a comic almanac
would of filing place among the
productions OF the great artists of
the world.
l might instance under .inis head
the man who takes a seat with YOU
at table, and at once opens commu-
nlcatlon with the principal dishes,
Ignoring his own plate, and estab-
fishing rontes "acrnss lots" as it
were, from said dishes, to the seat
of his appetite. Or that other man
who sits opposite you, who seems
to have taken a contract to clean
off smack and smooth, as a land
clearer would expires it, just as
much of the table as comes within
the range of his arms, and satisfies
you by his movements in @ very
short time that he is not going to
render himself liable to an action
for a failure to perform his con.
! tract.
Or the man who always when he
speaks of them, says my wife, my
farm, my house and my everything
Emphasizing the my in such man
ner as to make you feel as if he
were serving notice on you, that h
is the owner Of them, and that il
that fact, in his estimation, consists
their chief excellence.
Or the man whose common sense
If he ever had any, seems to have
been elected by some hobby OF
| other And whenever he can succeed
in getting you cornered, commences
to pour into your ears for the hun
dredth time perhaps, some politica
or philosophical or historical or re
ligious theory, that he has conneo
over until he has it so well set tc
words that he only has to open the
gates and let on the power, and his
propositions and theories are ground
out, with such rspidity and volubil
ity that you are completely over
whelmed and driven from the field
in disorder.
Or that lady, who makes it rule
to entertain whatever company she
may chance to be in, by publishing
and promulgating her mode of man
aging home affairs. Feeling doubt
less that a lighted candle ought not
to be under a bushel. Informing
them what she would allow hel
husband to do, and what she would
not under any circumstances toler-
ate.
Or that other, doubtless, well
meaning female, who is always pos
sessed of the gift of prophesy. That
is after the thing has transpired. And
in the same way that the ancien
dame knew the cow would eat the
grindstone, ''knew it would come
out just so, and if her husband had
only listened to her, he would no
have gotten into this trouble.
knew it, I told him so,'' she reiter
ates with a sigh.
And SO these. various people play
their various parts, without evel
seeming to discover that they ac
complish no good, and impart nc
! pleasure to any, nor, perhaps, that
til ey really do much harm, and cause
pain to MANY.
The second general requisite OF
good acting named-the complete
illumination of self, is perhaps more
difficult and less frequently attained
than the other, yet it is quite as i'm
portant, for unless the actor can foI
the time being utterly forget self
and fully represent another, he must
fail as an actor So it is to some
extent in this play Of human life.
The man who plays his part well