New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13
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cuss satiefedthe turbulent Romans. and
tho amusements Of the people divert ther
minds fSom commercial misfortune OF even
political misgovernmento In this sense che
proprietor and manager Of the Academy of
Music has been . valuable public servant,
having FOR moro than twenty years past
provided an entertainment which promoted
mirth without reso.ting 70 the nischeivous
stimulus of immortality.
This management has Aufvieed nlahy
others, and is now the oldest in the city, a
result which can be only due to the singular
sagacity which has looked to the amuse'
ment Of the people as . matter Of business
asthetics. Sometimes OF late be has been
disposed to regard with despondency the
influence Of commercial depression or po-
liticai disturbance upon the drama. but has
nationally concluded that from this results
the highef duty Of providing additional
means Of merriment in both philosophical
and patriotic point OF view.
} To keep step with the peculiar tastes OF
the people and Of the period requires a
profound observation Of popular nature
and of the dramatic market. No merchant
ON Canal street can better note the needs Of
his customers. or select a line Of supplies
better adapted to the season. The manage.
ment does not force the legitimate drama,
for he observed that few things legitimate
are really attractive He does not titillste
the popular fancy with the artistic refine.
ments Of the great masters, for he has OBJ.
served and possibly experienced the horrible
hypocrisy Of drawing on tight kids and hir.
ing an opera glass, 20 yawn over "Rigoletto,"
81 'Atricaine" or ''Reine de Cypress" So he
studies tho average American Of tho South
and prepares that melange Of sense and
sympathy, of the romantic and the ridicu.
lous which interests and amuses all, and
incurs the censuge of none. 1t 10 this judi
cious alienation and interchange which
fills the Academy all the season. The pub
lie 10 greeted with something of song or
pantomime, handsome forms please the eye,
absurd travesties provoke laughter. and the
season of fun eliminates in the stunning bills
of the holidays. Then succeeds to exhausted
diversions and the business organizations
of the New Year the heavier department OF
the drama. One may see 'Mary At Loch'
leven," or 'Lsdy Macbeth or the ''Drury
Lane Dane Slain, 'or "Frou Frou." or East
Lynne" Then the periodical burlesque
comes. with Thompson or Oates, 20 sustain
the public until tho roses bloom again at
the North. This management is, with the
commercial interests Of New Orleans. coun.
teracting all tendencies TO depression. by
administering constant tonic. and keeping
up the popular cheerfulnesa better than
whole cargoes of whisky. Besides. the
Academy has rendered substantial and gen.
uinc aid to the public on numerous memor'
able occasions. especially in the timely and
liberal donation Of $1,000 to the oyeraawed
sufferers.
And yet to sec the manager absorbed in
bills and programmes. giving audience to
actors and authors. grumbling at suits.
taxes, and official extortions with which all
public benefactors are so apt to be compli'
mented, one would not suppose that he
beheld the prime minister of mirth, and the
prime mover of amusements in our city.