The New York herald., 1869-01-31
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES.

faded OF hair found In the private drawer
OF the savage old cynic after his DEATH The sentence
proves concusively that the Dean OF st. Patrick,
although a great churchman, was no prophet; else
had he looked forward to this smiling. balmy $50 fa
year OF our Lord 1869 he would have that "only
woman's hair" would pull the divine Shakespeare
from his lofty pedestal upset the sentimental DRAMA
and act generally In the most iconoclastic manner
The examination to be undergone in these refined
days by fair asplrants for hstrionic fame consists
first
Show are your legs"
SIS your hair goldenW
"IIave you got any brainss
The limbs, II not satisfactory. can be padded; the
light hair Is indispensable. and the brains are,
as Mr.. Dickens most popular and brainess
OF creations observed, s'not OF the slight
est consequence The strength OF the existing
drama, like that OF Sampson, lies in
its hair Let us devoutly pray for Delilah, in whose
seductive lap this blonde giant or burlesque may rest
his frivolous naxen head to awake shorn Of his
strength To such an extent this passion for yell
low tresses carried that even the nymphs or the bal
let, and Amazons, and fairies, and transformation
angels are adorned with crowns of radiant golden
tresses at thirty fve dollars an ounce.
1t is perhaps an undeniable truth that Miss Lydia
Thompson, whose fame has spread over the land
with the blazing rush Of prairie fire. owes her urid
pre-eminence to the tawny splendor OF her yellow
locks. Tradition has preserved sweet remem-
brances OF Miss Thompson when she ioated over the
London stage as ssLitte Bopeep" in the infancy OF
buretta and Miss Thompson records that her hair
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the lovely LYDIA who ke resoveS all bright things nns
The golden glories Of Miss Markhain's siken
tresses, which shed their sunniest radiance
their beams. are confessedy artificial yet radiantly
beautiful. MISS webers golden strands glcam and
on fr Bingen, and it shakes our faith in the beauti
ful and the true to learn that the tangled loneliness
OF her silken tresses IN sweet disorder flowing y
the result Of q wig which Is daily set upon block
and washed, scraped c0mbed and cleaned into the
charming counterfeit which for five merry months
has nearly dazed the overtaxed intellect OF young
The gentle and sympathetic Miss Moore. who de-
plc.ed until recently e sorrows os Exa a, ~ ~. Sar
OF her hearers rose to their eyes and dissolved In
tears was natural blonde of fairest hue divine.
The statuesque Miss Firnin OF BrOugham's theatre,
has hair Of tawny red the color OF bold Macgregors
beard. Miss Rose Massey, the new chateiaf'e OF
blonde but the laws OF wholesome Journalism forbid
more than mere mention until the lady has graced
w e es o Tns
as a class they have grown TO Shakespeare, Gjld-
smith, Racine and DAILY. all by virtue Of ''only
Broupham set the silken sails and spread the Sill
yer oars OF his gided galley on Monday night amid
Egyptians. II has I0ated thus far down the theatr
cal Nile with uninterrupted tranquility aud success
les favorable progress % que more so 70 me
BroughAm's siken sails than to the vtgor and skill
Of the men and maidens with whom he has manned
his silver oars. TO drop the Nilotic metaphor which
threatens to lead course sinuous as the twist
ing OF that white and shining river, Mr.. Brougham
has developed into form aud life agrand and glorious
conception Growth and perfection will follow In
due time. His idea was theatre unsurpassable In
beauty ana s as'enu sS 40 - ,na
and adorn the art which Brougham rs truly rever-
ences as any man living and which should never do
CLEANS and glitters like solitaire diamond. Thalia
herself might rest forever within its enchanted walls
fully as though on her native meads. But the com
pany are not solitaire damonds--that IT, not all
OF them. Miss Eiie Germon IL gem In her way; OF
how many carats VIC dare not say. Her Captain
pquant and not too pert. We would ike to say inc
Taas part Of u Mansnasta ans T IN @ the dramatic REVIEW.
She is Titlanesque young lady, with as
SsS Of n sns has eOUa Ee sS Sa
1t pity she doesn't cut 1t the stage. II Is said
that convict who has once worn the bali and chain
never RECEIVERS from the shunling gait that 0rna-
mental appendage gives him. SO u is with the
concert hail or walk around" step. There is pc
which seems 10 say, Ladies' ana gentlemen, try to
endure the ridiculous exhibition OF these guys until
DO m ow eSw s pT sn0ps %a
ever In q concert hall, but the airs and graces OF
those refined retreats hang as thick upon her as do
blue beads on the bare bosom OF an Indian belle.
Mr. Brougham's new pieces are csthetica and
excellent; hut we doubt II their Gsthetcal quality
ana Th ssSe eS Sray
numerous enough TO fiil Mr.. Broughain5 little the
atre-will appreciate all OF the authors ine dashes
OF humor aud keen strokes OF wit; but the "many-
headed monster" does not care to bother it's royal
brains with occult illusions to classics or subtle
saa's saey 0' aSasc the " mauy mai headed chastiss
q donkey and he calmly continues to chew
sasacous horse who knows what you're up TO and
he win iney;abiy KICK you, Dr. Holmes , rs IN MS
Young lecturers to- strike the average OF their
audiences. Don't pitch the keynote OF lecture to
self absorbed transcendentaliss, but play for tho
gallery We trust Mr.. Brougham VIII take our
~ sa % hs erspS IL Let him h
self inseparabiy to the Emerald Ring IN the great
Lottery OF Lie," and he will find that Mediocrity
and Money Bags-those bosom friends--are friends
In need, although sometimes dull companions.
Il IA now ten years or more since Mckean Bu-
canan new from the cities TO the caves Of the forest
in restless search OF the phantom Fame. Whether
Mr.. Buchanan has vet clutched the delusive shadow
grand despair OF brave man In hurting the gaunt
Iet OF defiance In the innexble face OF Fate. "rhe
Pass OF Ronccsvalles'' Is not more thrilling story
n me oSc"pa,ion Of the New York theatre. Tia
gloomy donion, which frowns like bastilc on the
southern guests O tue NeW lOrk uOte just OpPOsite
has brought disaster dire, Outlines ruin. 10 all who
have venturcd within Its destroying influence. Like
the Valley Of Death into the deadly confines OF which
no living thing pass and live, the New York theatre
destroys It's victims with unerring certainty and IN
quick succession Twere vain to tell os ts fell career
since th6 time OF the gushing Rushton down to the
sorrowful sisters who are now gone from our gaze.
Nothing daunfed, though, by danger, the bold Bu.
chanan plants himself on the embaLtled ned. and Ia
the defiant words Of James Fitz James exclalnls:--
Come one, come all this rock shall ny
From is ftrm base ~ ~
Mr.. Buchanan will produce the "Plebeian Daugh.
ter; or, Fathers Vengeance" Ave act drama by
Henry Morford. Mr. Buchanan evidently dcspises tue
aid Of the fair there IL but one female charac-
ter Ia the piece and that Is played by Miss vIrgnia
Why Mr.. Buchanan, who Is really very good actor,
should pursue US with the ponderous drama we can
not Imagine. He even seems TO have sworn MISS vr-
ninia, a. Amlcar sw0ro his son Hannibal TO iastn9
enmity against the Romans. TO continue MS dark
purpose. .nv.vsa