New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-20

that blessed thing, "Playng in the Hay are 9nc
"dreadfuy unadyke ana calculated ioi wy, wy The
most higbrcd Of women have been me lnost H. az
Joyous OF children. Then come niue l'er, VI more
soon the two great exercises OF ladies', WheiepS nsT
health and vIgOr can be gained by ladies' t ~ rs ~
way namely gardening ana riang ~ O" spend thous
apds i'm paving their mners' bills tahlhg c nil,
ionabe resorts and giving them ISH 5S Sc iye them the
SCRAP Of garden. the rough pony when wiz od lfa
them health and bloom aud years oil s,rhsi "a haine
which a yOur thousands cannot buy few years helGo
OF an the pennYwise pOundfOollsh lOucics LIZ Wv hr
10 that which grudges the girl fourteen her pony or her
h rood Of gTound and avsbes on her. four years AFTER
ward silks and jewels, aud all the cosby aP hes
become the woman OF whom America Is so proud, IN
gland fond Because her 1aiher laukh ~ w
Fns because Size possesses physical strength energy
and Joyous animal spirits, such as win every piLe anu
charm every heart.
In The GALAXY Mr.. Richard Grant White writes
Of 1.-THE Age of Burlesque like young blood for Whoh
the female form is fun of fascination and the glory Oh
legs and spanges not vision Of schoolboy days
We have calm confidence that his defense Of the Dohue
comes too late TO be Of service to their falling fortunes
Much better than his strange appreciation OF certain o
Miss Lydia ThOmpson's jokes, are these recoecuohS Vi
two actresses of very different rank:
Among the halfdozen actresses whom nave KnoHp w,
two WHO are no longer lving-SOnag ana KaenelIyii
impressions upon me- as women, that 1 ,re,o ~
bUmblo birth and both were remarkable for the dis
tingmshed elegance OF their manheIs IeC an tie
stae was more charming and more elegant in private
while Rachel, who behind the f0otgats MaS 'e TT "
although courteous and well mahhereu' snoTeu tne
stamp Of her origin and her sGe had
been born Countess de ROssl Or lor thGt halIeI u9
Montmorenci could not have shown in her personal
bearing nobility OF q higher, simpler type but on the
SHE was surpassed in this respect by the JeWess
who as unable in private conceal her breeding as her
race Showed vet upon stage the command and tho
gracousness those who are born in the purple oayE
this ono day, to the late eccentric Count GnIoWsk
was pleased and surprised TO have the curt reply
"Ouf Rachel is the oneIy g'dnde dame on utne taS
attire" SOntag when knew her, was mature woman
and my senior by many years and yet Observation-Disclosures
this and knowledge OF the world beside, that shOWeI
itself in al she did and said ana wcn rivaeu t Ss
her gambling husband, she seemed to me TO Glhuse
around her all the influences of YOUTH freshness as
delicate as the FIRST perfumes OF early spring
was hers, an unaffected softness OF manner,
that had the t teSderes, and cspness
OF youth, without its greenneSs have rarely met
grl Of seventeen young as Sontag was az fortyve
have said nothing OF her beauty ior tnat wac %c
known to all men, And when saw II sun preserved
then first IecOected that had heard OF 1t before was
old enough to know what womsns beauty vas DuI ho
not heard Of her hand, which was beautiful enough 10
woman so beautiful so winning IN neT Ways SO Catiu
ing singer and an actress, was also clever III the
we'll without senteutousness and without learning; and
she had humor as much rs becomes q truly feminine
pompOus dizziness the dinners and the evenings at the
country OF English noblemen and gentlemen 70
which she was invited after her marriage with Count
and her retirement from the stage The essays IN
gaantry OF men who had been foxhunting or shootng
an day, and who home tired and hungry to get
themselves UP in festive apparel and 10 eat heaVy Gh
uer and drink heavy wine were not much 10 her taSe
although II she half lively under their inicuOu
as she was IN describing it, she must have been price
less creature amid oil that duness Only one indication
Of her humble origin and OF seconsconsncss escaped
her. happened to mention that had Followed a pro
cessOn in largo city, for the pIpoSe OF observing inc
people called out by its passage and that had found
the pTetes women among those IN the lower cOhutohs
of Life: "Ah I" she said, slightly dropping her eyelds,
cit is always So" Her sudden death in Mexico was gen
orally attributed to poison, her husband IL is said haV
ing thus avenged himself OF her love for tenor singer
in L
story. Count Ross may Let have been too good man
thus relieve himself Of woman whO by her own cAer
tons, had restored him. In great measure al least te
fortune he had wasted; but she loved the unworthy
husband for whom she labored. 800
Rachel talked more Of tho stage and OF literature than
cortoc "A made an nd 70 me evening,
that was surprising She had been playing Ph8dre with
grandeur and great power over the emotions OF heT
Sine never surpassed the stage Of her WEAKNESS OF
French tragedy, ofts sentnentaty It's proslness ana
its stted "Oh. that had learned Elgish that
might play shakespeaTel but il is too late" what,
are you not satisfied with Racine or even with CorneleT
mo; Corucile has moments, and one can
@ 0f the SO best Sart 9 domPmeSted her upon
Ph@dre, which, although an unpleasant character
seemed to me one that gave scope . Ior i lhe
but that boy" waving her hand, as II Hippolyus were
present what does no do but spout nOnsense And that
description OF the death Of Hppoyte and all the rest
how stupid (ttt9 Ris! Give mo shakespeare."
Richard j. Hinton discsurses Of English American, and
Russian interests the East, statistical paper enti
tied "The Race for Commercial Supremacy in Asia"
Justin Mccarthy furnishes an interesting sketch Of
"Prince Napoleon" Professor Raymond writes about
"MattheW Yassar and Mr. John Burroughs talks pleaS
ant1r as he always does about "Feahered Life" j. r.
Mckay has painful story Of railway accident The
poetry Of this humble is by H. T. Tuckerman and W.
Parsons.