New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-08
The DRAMA.
WOODS MUSEUM.

WOODS MUSEUM
1t is no exaggeration to say that the attrac-
ton just offered at Woods Museum Is exceedingly
trong-for the French WresteTs performing there
and the Meuagerie is on exhibition usual. The
Wrestlers were captured abroad by Mr. Samuel Covie
They are OF prOdOus power, and that power they
so exert as 10 awaken the most ardent admiration OF all
connOisseurs Of athletic sports Those who would say,
with Rosalind Ten us the manner Of the wrestling
should copy ROsands example, and and see it, They
will find it a stormy of pleasure, but genuine sort
The men are experts and of great strength and there
nothing painful in the spectacle OF their exploits Health
and virtue indeed stimulated by contact with rude
physical exercise and these two the benetcent pa
rents Of checruness We therefore wish success to TINS
novel show With the French Wresters comes the Man
with the Iron Jaw" This ferruginous gentleman is
supple why athlete, who lift great weights by his
teeth and keep them long suSpended and this he does
in circumstances Of deadly per-an element in the ex-
hibition which cannot commend The wise poet en-
Joins suffer and be strong, but we are nowhere
directed 10 be strong and make other people suffer.
Associated with the ironjawed Gaul is ponderous
woman Of fully equal strength, who likewise carries
great weights and who stands pillars Of Hercules.
beautiful" "gifted," and "Herculean," the play
hill calls this lady and her is not overstated Toover
state it, indeed, would be very difficult matter-for
AmazOns would be dOll-babies to Mile Angela. IT'S
spiritual name for such physical creature, but
these athletes often gentle as Bottoms
Hypothetical lion, and there is that in the smile
of Mile Angela which seems to mean the most do
Gle gentleness Interesting the female Samson is,
at any rate, and true curiosity. WOODS
Museum has been quite well attended since these potent
persons came, and much enjoyment has been derived
from their exploits Nor have the spectators OF 'The
Green failed to find pleasure in that free and
easy conglomeratiOn of mirth and mischef-uminated
as it is by tho animal spirits and drolery of Mr. Paul
Martnettl's Clopn. OF the strength Of the Menagere
at the Museum the visitor judge by his nose not less
than his eyes The wild beast aroma however, is re-
ercted 10 the wild beast apartment and is no sense an
Intrusive offensiveness large number OF very fine
animals may be here, and being seen, OF course
they have be smet Guarded with the perfume OF the
tearose hOwbeit-the most exquisite perfume Of the
logelest Of owers-the stroller may here behold, with
much delight, some Of the most beautiful eopards,
tigers wild cats and lions that eye could wish to see.
little zebra has lately come likewise, to whom We give
cordial welcome, being the most unique Of beasts.
From the sxegged calf though good word shall be
withheld. He is an unsighty monster. Nature is
never good in its blunders. What be
more offensive for instance, than beast with legs in
his neck There is yet another abOmination in the
Museum the shape of barnyard cock, who has been
1atened out that he cannot walk without falling
baekwards-which he does with most ridiculous cluck
of abortve authority But there good beasts and
birds to be in the Museum, and one can turn the
back of disapprobation these monstrOsities. The
Happy Family" OF course, remans-pathetic relic OF
Che humane 1t is called The Cage Of the Mil
lennium" now, and the pdybn describes ii in words
that leave nothing to be said "A large association Of
birds animals and reptiles, living in the most luxurious
harmony. Although all Of opposite natures and habits
vet no sound Of dscord dstubs this apparently happy
family Here we realize the scrptural passage, 'The
lion and lamb shall lie down together" There is no
lion in this domestic circle, and lamb but there is
abundance of monkeys. Another gem from the play-b
directs attention TO hole fun of horrors in and is
altogether good to be lost: The internal regions"
says this entcng paragraph, is open for the in
epecton Of the public 1t is remarkable exhibition Of
Imaginative ability and mechanical ingenuity, and is an
entertaining object Of curiosity and prolific subject for
moral reflection" 1t is also let us add loathsome
spectaoleone OF the many bad things the existence OF
which is sustained on the venerable plea that the
public likes it," and they who live to please must
please 10 live"