Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-07
CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.

The cultured and intelligent people OF
New York city will tonight do honor
IN one Of the first drtiStes of her time; q
lady who. in a long life upon the stage,
extending back to 1885, when she first
appeared upon the stage Of the fremont
theater, Boston, has always dignified it
by q fidelity to her art, and con-
scientious devotion to its highest
purpose. that has won for her
not only the plaudits Of the public
and the esteem Of the more observing OF
that public, but what is of more value to
her, as it must he to all in any walk Of
life, the generous recognition of those
who have with her " fretted and strut.
ted their brief hour" in the mimicry OF
life. A great artistic, endowed with q
soul that lifts her far above not merely
her sex, but the herd Of mankind, and
enables her to reign queen DER her
self" and all else besides; a wo-
man who by study, by a single-hesrted
devotion to her profession, by earnest
ness Of purpose and a determination to
win q great name and q high place by
deserving them, and has done SO By
nearly forty years OF persistent effort,
surely ought to be the recipient Of the
honors that tonight will be showered
and pressed upon her. Statesmen have
their day, politicians and plaee-hunters
their brief hour Of victory and joy, but
Tor the true artist there awaits
an enduring fame to lisp the
name 50 linked to greatness long
after its wesrer has mingled
with the dust. Charlotte Cushmau
more honored, Is TO enjoy fore.
taste of the Immortality that awaits
her. She will tonight be addressed by
one of the greatest Of living poets-ar
honor in itself that is full to overfowinG
and surrounded by the journalists, the
Herateurs, the painters, sculptors, con
gloissetrs, and the elite Of New York, she
will be the subject Of an ovation nevel
qUaled on this continent; an ovation
s.ct IRE which all previous pageant mus
f,do into nothingness. And mo-
s.tissao with that, after the curtain hai
,,IIop 70 h, de forever the Meg Mer
riIiesu and !" Lady Macbeth" Of on
b,vhood. to shut out from the public
gazs the great actress who gave to Eu
rope the promise of all that we haV'
reached in art, then will come the popu
lar demonstration attendant UPON III
escort OF Miss Cushman to her hotei ..
che people. This is to be especially inn
poslng-to be equal to the honors Of al
euthrOned queen. DowniDg's enur'
ninth regiment bsnd will heat
the escort in full uniform, anC
numbering sixty-five men. The Area
dian cub and German singing societ!
will parade, bearing fiambeaux, an'
there viii be display of fireworks aloal
the whole route of the grand procession
An the neighborhood Of Booths the pr
vate residences will display the nationa
standard, and the theater itself will b
decorated with cOlors of all nations II
an artistic manner, and the Twenty
third-street entrance transformed into
bower Of eyergreens. The serensd
viii be by the full ninth regimen
band, string and brass, and will b
supplemented by all the abandon s
characteristic Of the generous people Q
tie great commercial and art center @
che continent. 1t will be demonstrs
ton Of afeetionate regard and high ap
probation Of aYt suoh IS will be creditsbl
10 New York, snd VIII fittingiy crow