Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-25
"a NOTICE on TIE DOOR. =

10 his friends in ST. Louis and the east. gu
closed last night. The funeral services Wer
held last evening at LaDges hotel, ana Wer
attended by the. entire theater company an
many citizens.
"a NOTICE On THE DOOR,
WRITTEN BY JOHN A. STEVENS AND DsDI
CATEo TO THE MEMORY OF r. s. NIL
DRUM.
The poor player who struts and fret
his hour upon the stage, and then is heard nj
-lShakespeare.
"The theater closed tonight," IL reads,
No mirth and laughter SOUND
An awful still. ness OF the dead
DWells where mirth did bound.
One less to Hsirutn the mimic stage.
One less to speak his part,
One less to feel the pangs OF rage
That rankle in the heart
One less TO plod a weary road
In lost ambitions chainsi
One less TO fight lonely lie
To death belong the gains.
"The theater closed tonight tits true
Why wonder at the liner
Ills only an actor dead ard gone.
One who in life did SHINE
With health, and strength, ana genius TOO
4 gift that God orlains TO lew.
No mothers face bends DER his bier
/ Tofake a last farewell;
Nor sister sheds a single tear
Where this poor actor iell.
Then who are those who crowd around
! And deck with flowers rare,
That lonely, isolated mound.
! And all with jealous care2
He died not alone, for God did send
| The actors who are the actors friends
Jeanne Patterson.
Ofthis young lady, who, 1t Will be remem-
bered, gave some readings in Memphis some
time ago, and who has since been indUstri-
ously studying under Murdoch, the ClaTks-
4 TIL .l,.r
| Miss Jeanne Patterson read here last week
| a number of selections, to a full house and a
/ thoroughly attentive audience. We have
watched for her coming with some anxiety,
/ 10 know whether she had pFOhted by The
/ teachings of the great master of elOcutiOn,
/ Murdoch, under whose training she has been
| for the past six months. She l. now most
accomplished and finished reader, with her
voice Under perfect control. To her natural
grace of manner art could add nothing. Her
charming simplicity OF style, and the perfect
| ly lady-like modesty of demeanor, and, at the
same time, lady-like seif-pOSsesslOn OF one
who is conscious of her own powers and OF
her own dignity, gave an irresistible charm
to her workings. She is equally at home in
pathOs anu humOr. Her HOHelrdrd BOunG
was indescribably touching, and her selection
from the Piektciek and the Cdudte H. ctWe-
The Missing Shirt BlftOn-Were read with nDe
effect. All her selections were good, and the
entertainment she furnished was OF that
character that those who hear her once Will
desire 10 hear her again. Miss Patterson Is
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. stanford. She
belongs 10 the first social circles IN MlsslS-
sippi, and with tue true heroism OF woman
laboring for those she loves, she Is working
for the education and maintenance ola young
brother and sister. she is not more elegant
in her readings than In the social circles,
where she is a modest, retiring woman, but as
charming in conversation as she Is in her en-
tertainments. She received marked attention
from the best ladies and gentlemen of Clarks-
vile, who will welcome her again whenever
she may come both in the social circle or In
the public hall, as one fitted TO adorn the one
by her genius, and to entertain IN the other.
Tardy HOnOFs 10 BaIfs.
Tardy honors, says the London cor
respondent of the Boston Post, have been paid
to the memory and works Of the only great
Notwithstanding composer, by the lnaugura-
ton of a statue 10 Michael William Balfe in
the large vestibule OF Drury Lane theater.
Balfe was allowed 10 live and die neglected, II
not wholly unrecognized by his own native
felloW-subiects. kven after his death had put
an end forever to the composition OF lyrical
producti0ns-thsn which there are none
sweeter, though some may be more profound,
extant-the English would, perhaps, have
speedily forgotten him had he not had pos
luminous triumph upon those boards Wnlch
ar0itrate operate fame for all EuTOpe-the
Paris opera. Fashionable tenors in West
End drawingroOms would have continued to
MARBLE, no doubt, Then You'll Remember
Me, and amateur sopraui to lisp " ] Dreamed
that / Dwelt in Marble Halls" but l sus-
pect that no opera Of Balfe's would have been
ventured upon for the stage by Mr.. MapIeton
or Mr.. eye. Yet there really seems 10 have
been 10 good reason why Bale should not
long ago have become recognized classic IN
lyrical imposition, why he should not have
been feted and Ii lnized by London society,
aud why the upper ten should not nave
locked to listen to the Bohemian or
Garden or Drury Lane. Bale, indeed, wrote
many operas, most Of which are now pro-
nounced TO have teen crowded with
melody and really sweet sentiment. He
com posed, within thirty years, LEt0iie de
iSeriLIe and lie Puts d amour, Les GBdtre Els
d Amyor, and The Siege u Rochelle, The 30.
hcBiiGIi Girl and the BoHdsInd ., The Maid Of
Honor and SdtdneII, The PtHildRS Daughter
and The ATHiOrer Of NAMES, Rose Of CASTLE
and Blanche Dc NeueTs FtlIstdD and The TdLis-
YORKSHIRE in 1870. He began his musical Ca
reer as violinist and pianist, and early in
life went 10 Italy, where he studied music at
Milan and Rome. As student at Milan he
was contemporary with Verdi. His life, pro-
fessionally, was a long struggle TO reach the
operate rank TO which he knew that his ge-
MUS entitled him. Some recognition, indeed,
he did receive His operas were produced
with tolerable success st st. Petersburg and
in Paris, and even in Da Scala at Milan. |
But in London they fell deplorsbly fiat upon /
cold discouragement. Who has forgotten how
that splendid fellow, William Harrison, and |
his bright little vile, Louisa Pyne, strOve 20 |
make the native composer popular? Poor 1
Harrison, indeed, may be said 10 have sag |
rihced his life TO this effort; for 1t was the in
variable disappointment which greeted his |
every attempt that wore upon his sialwart /
frame and drove him inch by inch |
% an early grave. All attempts 70 in
reduce English opera into London have
allied, although here was a home genius
'eady TO furnish 1t with abundant wealth o
omentfc and tender memory. II remained
or Paris first to recognize an opera OF Bale
which should be worthy 10 rank with those of
Terdi and Bellini DOnizeiti and Auber; and
wen there the music OF The Ia fSBsGR had 20
,e set to Italian words, and the opera itself
talianized to II Tdlisndao, before IL could
vim the salvos OF the most critical of operate
audiences. Thus, three years after poor Balfe
nnNrn oh ire
p Iismdno was put on the boards of Covent
iarden, and he had pOsthumous triumph,
and ambitious heart TO enjoy. Balfe
ertainiy had many personal taults. He was
ensitive, and extravagant, and imprOVident;
Ike many famous men OF the Irish rsce-
1uch like Goldsmith aud Sheridan-he could
ot keep his money when he got It.. and he
referred short-lived joys to a lifelong COM
lvable in this whole-souled Irish master OF !
he musical art. His personal appearance
nd manner was most attractive. AZ sixty he
-as handsome, almost Imposing man, with
large clear blue eye, which sparkled often |
18th rOguiBh merriment, prominent nose,
III lips and well.harmonized features.
Y half. He was fond OF anecdots and |
easure, a wayward child OF genius, I'M ,
nisive, very warm frlen1, and
lost sympathetic companion. The story Of
Is daughters marriage with Sir John Cramp-
N, who was former minister at " aShington, :
nd who was politely bowed out OF that capt. Z
rward English envoy at st. Petersburg and
zen at Madrid, is not vet oTgOttou. Sir John I 7
scame enamored of Miss Bale al the Russian $
lpital and espOused her; but IL WIS a most S
lhappy union, and when Sir John was in
,ain has handsome vile got divorce. Baife,
1t finding much encouragement 20 stay AT :
)me in England, spent most OF she time du- :
nR his later years on the continent, where
: recognition was more fistteiing 10 his van
Y. II was happy thought 10 erect memo I
Al 10 Bale in DTury Lane, where Sheridan, /
srrick, Cooke, Kemble, aud Others, are al I
adv commemOrated; and 10 was a bright :
ca that this melnor al should be In the shape
sia tue, TO stand in the vestibuie OF the his
ric theateT. There is a certain prOpriety in 5
e MAJ BILE Balfe standing al the entrance OF a r
)use 80 often devoted 10 the lyric drama,RnG =
generation after generation OF '
itish audiences. He, indeed, is a wor-
y usher 20 the delights within. II
on Boucicalt took the leading part i
rrying the project through; and |,
there was no British master OF the sister =
{ OF sculpture who could be trusted 10 copy
e features and form OF the compensation
ice Foleys death there Is not single Brit S
fculpiOr Of conference.-the work WIS con- r
ed TO a talented young Belgian named Mall il
tue is 8 very nne one, seven feet high: and Il
e friends OF Bale are delighted 10 recognize "
iriking likeness in the beautifully chiseled a
q. The pose, too, is elegant and character d
&c OF the man IN his mole serious moments.
ough Il has more dignity and grace than
lie usually exhibited. he is standing with n
9 manuscript OF an opera in his hand, while
the other he holds pen; and from the p0- a
ION OF his head lie seems trying 10 catch n
q complete an air that is fi1atlng imperfect n
his brain. The cloak which half falls from b
shoulder is remarkable an admirable le
.ce OF Sculptured execution. The statue U
y inangnrated quietly the other day by Sir el
chael Costa, the leader Of the CoVent Gar
q orchestra, In presence OF n number Of
eminent professional musicians aud others,
lons whom We're santley, sala, Hollingshed,
liilday, Chatterton, Chappell, Lord Alfred
GET and Sir George Armitage. -
BIZ
A newspaper published in Vienna, u
irchr i766, contains al interesting reminis. Al
ace, nom which We make the foliowi ing cx- IA
CT: ION the seventeenth Of this month his III
oeliency Count O'Mahony, am bassador from m
am 10 the court OF Vienna, gave grand Il,