New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-09
ABROAD AND AT HOME.

womans rights as well as talking them. Things nave
not gone quite tremendously in Congress, during my
absence they say Even in 1.-THE senate there has been
some pickering and dspuung, and am greyed to hear
that the twins. Reuben and Roscoe have had falling
out and called each other names and forgot Their Dr
Watts never can go away hut these boys are at It,
have found out that night during my absence they
gave party i'm the Rotunda for pretty, "darkeyed
little girl from Wisconsin and had the big boys over
from the other end Of the town. and turned on all the
gus and wore their best clothes, and spoke
riescs, and told funny stories, and had "a
high old time generally. But they are
sorry for il now-for all this quarrelng and galivantng
and though have only had time to attend TO them
during one morning, they seem to have sobered down
10 have become moro orderly, dull and deeorous
enough as though content TO dwell in decencies for
ever" In the old House Of Representatives found a
crowd Of people perpetualy eddyng around the pew
statue Of Lincoln from whose Outstretched hand the
Proclamation scroll had just been broken by the clumsy
capitol wOrkmen. These Mlesian iconoclasts break
statues AS naturally and cOolly though they were
statutes agaius, whisky drinking repeating" They
have smashed the fingers of Washington broken the
lapel of the coat Of Crawford bust ana split the head
and chawcd" the ear Of Mrs. Ames's Lincoln.
am getting on in years, ruefuly confess IT, am
called venerable" by rival lady correspondents VINO
are "no chickens" themselves sand must know am
accused Of "sprnkling Of silver in my hair-wmch II
isn't so have had a touch Of the rheumatism. find
the type of TIE TRIBUNE uncomfortably 1ne-for one
who writes by the columns have not however SO lar
oulyed the adventurous oles and mad freaks OF youth
but that | was easily persuaded TO attempt once more
the storuing Of the Whe-House, with several hundred
or thousand feow-Iioters, Friday night After the
longand troubous passage Of the anerooms and halls
was discharged into that august presence with snch
force and velocity and in such damaged CONDITION,
was so rapidly hurled by and swept out OF the blue
ROOM that for my life could not my return home tell
what Mrs Grant had on, repeat any Of the gallant
Iafrr- f1oo a1frf wifi VIII
President honOred The old town has been TO
pcrilous degree excited 10y Won ans Rights, and the
Eeavisites, and the Ream-tes, and now comes TO
Us the man who when in Boston!ast month, was
shaking the Globe 10 its Center-Charles Fechter
saw the fiery and freaky Frenchman in " Black and
White and in Don Caesar de Bazan," the first plays ID
which was able!to makeEaI.comparisOn between his
present acting and that Of nearly 20 years ago. when
him in Paris, in the Dame AuT CdmettdS. playing
Armand TO the Marguerite Of Madame Doche. i had
him since that time in Hamlet but could not recog-
nizc him a. the imprisoned melodramac actor of the
Varieties" now saw in his acting the peculiar,
magnetic electrical quality Of fused passion and tender
ness the same marvellous mingng Of fire and tears; hut
he does not OOk the lover he did then He lacks aft
all the charm Of absolute freshness and impulse, the in
cae grace Of youth His fnestcects, grand and start
ling thoughmauy Of them are to me worked up. as
compared with the abandon and an Of that time Ihen
it must no confessed that he is, as Yankee would say
"a little "hcfty" for the ideal lover. As / remember
him i'm his youth he slender light and nervous IN
his movements; with pale intense face; not hand
some, elegant, graceful person. except IN mo-
cnts Of grand passion, hut wonderfully natural and
apparently unconscious. have never seen him equal
that first personaton. have never seen him so well
supported as ne was by Madame DOche. ] have never
seen any acting that moved, that overwhelmed me a.
theirs did The play had already run about as long as
the Arabian Nights Entertainment, and still Paris
crowded the theater indulge in the luxury Of grief in
Of
SYMPTOMS carly betrayed themselves all about and
We 10 whom the pathetic story of Marguerite Gauier
was unknown. were for a time highly amused by the
scene party, occupying box, consisted OF Miss
Charlotte Cushman, Miss Harriet HOsmer, with her
brilliant career all before her; her father Dr. Hosmer
OF Watcrtown: MI Bayne English actor, well known
IN Boston, Miss Matilda Hays, the brilliant English lady
70 whom Adelaide Proctor dedicated her volume of
poems; Miss Emily smith, daughter Of DR.. SouthwOod
Smith Of LOndOn Miss Virginia Vaughn the author ana
translator and anOtherAmerican BOhemienne, who has
p',o come gt honor, being thought worthy 10
sneak from THE TRIBUNE itself As l said, we
were an inclined laugh at first at the excessive
sympathy and sentiment OF the audiences at
The choking aud sObbinH at seeing heavyhearded arti
sans and gay isettes i'll the gallery, and dainty ladies
and blast young noblemcn in the boxes weeping with
common sorrOw at the display Of handkerchies every
where some Of costly lace, Of highlycoOred silk.
marty of soldiers in the pit looked like army with
Daudaunas. Waves of hysterical emotion seemed to
sweep over the house. and pteous signs and little sym
pathetic means tie air But at last we all he
rame strangely quiet in box, having matters of our
own to attend to- Conscious OF unworthy weakness,
stole look al Hattie Hosmer the spunest and spciest
of little women. Her lips set in resOlute, tight
way peculiar her, but there suspicious giSen
Ing in her keen gray eyes. looked around at Dr. Hos
mer. who knew no French, and who heartily de-
spsed French customs, French morals and French
sentiment The tears rolling down his venerable
Thp har old agtO at lis Sid
choking yisibly / looked at Miss Cushman and, bless
her great wOmanly heart she actually sobbng Then
knew might let 90; cry, and take the comfort Of IT,
and did. That great acting, and that was Won
derful play brilliant and sad pathetic and terrible
Partisan life itself ApropOS Of Miss Cushman: While in
Boston piece Of acting as melancholy A. II was
nudacOus-an attempt nj Of the greatest roles OF
that great actress reproduce her strange, powerful
weird creation Meg Nerries. did not 20 to witness
that attempt which could be only saddening TO me- but
81 see the delicious Dominic Sampson Of Mr. Warren
which altogether delight and made thal tles0ne
melo-drama cndurabe.
There was a good deal OF variety in my little tour
One night / read a lecture on Yankee Character and
Hnmor before large school Of Young girls, Their bright
innocent faces glowing with interest and ripping with
laughter Another night read the same lecture before
the cOuvict in the Massachusetts, State Penitentary
what contrast could be wider, sadderi What great
euf of sin and sorrow Of the darkest profoundes
ferries of life and destiny lay between my two audiences
rested for a few delightful days at that paradise Of
labor and aboIers South Manchester, Conn.,, and again
at Rutland VT At the latter place the mercury dropped
down TO p degrees below yet all about me was
warmth and kindness and pleasantness The quarries
are the great source OF revenue TO Rutland. Inc
solid men" OF the place are all marble men,
The most notable thing saw at Albany was hand
some parrot belonging to the friends with whom
stopped His name is Tommy Tucker and he Is the most
yopdrously human eathered creature in his voice ana
He /. an
publican a vociferous politician. Whenever he called
out a. he was wont 10 do Little Tommy Tucker sings