, 1874-05-10

Tribune says:
The crowd that saw him tbrongod al parts Of tho
with eager interest that deepeped Into ferTert
sympathy yielded, httle By little, 10 the spell o.
oas .na pauds as a1e a ed him
five times before the curtain, and crowned
him with Ill the honors Ct popular admiration.
tous applause. There WIS no Horticultural dennonst1a-
uon. There was no trickery Of management to mar
the painness Of simple intellectual appeal to knowl
edge, taste, and emotion That tho actor had til
umph with tho people viii therefore bo and
must in justice b. accorded. That he dsserved this
II is long einco what may be called ancw actor hs.
impressed rs vs. profoundly ~ No were la.t
night by Mr. Mcculloneh, aike IN thought snd smo
fully the height Of ths Brutu. Of SHAKESPEARE. Tbs
test that an Intellectual man meets and bears wso 20
such "reminiscences Of past renoVn-ts immeasurz-
blJ There must be great art powers and great
Integrity Of n and heart In ths Parsonage who can
accomplish brilliant success under such IN ordeal.
Tho Herald SAYS:
Mz. Mccullough, like Forrest, has the coraely grace
Of perfect manhood-of athletic stature aud mold,
than this, he has aneness OF touch, glad express
svenras OF featurc, bright, genuine, winning 4uali-
ty which Forrest never succeeded in expressing In
the recognition OF his wife and child In the s.1oca,
the discovery Of his brother jua they were about
to s=7ple in tho death eneonnier there w. rsehos
ty Of feeling which Forrest never SURPASSED.
THE World is equally enthusiastic. Tho care
full critic OF the Times saJs:
Having plsced on record thcse facts 1t IL necessary
to sad that. wnile Mr. A!cculoughs personstion Of
SpaFfdc,s il full Of vitality and marked and then
By uncommon fcrce, 1t Is not ons upon which We
should be content to rest our judgment ~ to the per-
formers merita-
Mr. Mcculoush's tour, therefore, has been
geries OF successes. Only one paper sneered at
him Tint paper was the Chicago Times. The
mnlico OF recent editorial in that paper be-
comes more manifest with every favorable criti-
cism Of the actor.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
It is said that Toole will make his debut In
this country IS Paul Pry.'
Salyini was presented With crown Of gold
and laurel leaves at the close Of bis recent en-
gagenent in Havana.
Nine. Ristori has taken the Teatro Principal,
in Mexico, fur next September, and expects to
act in Hayana noxt February.
Our countrymau, Mr. ]. s. Clarke. tho coma.
dim, is now very successful iu London in tho
character Of Phineas PeHiphogge, 3 poverty
stricken lawyer.
William Warren appears ut tho Boston Museum
this week ~ Captain. Cuttle in Mr. Halliday j
play Of !" Hearts Delight based OIL " Dombey
| and Son.
The Grand opera-H House, New York, is closed.
Oliver Doud byron played Donald Mckay in
it. which the management thought the proper
limit 70 its decline.
Jananschek and AIies Nelson both participated
! in . performance at the Lyceum Theatre. New
York, last Wednesday, for the benefit Of Mr. ].
3. Polk, OF Wallack's-
Appteton's Journal says "Never before In
tue history Of our country has the theatro-going
class included so large portion Of the people,
| or have theatres multiplied so repldly."
Messrs Jarrett and Palmer took formal pos
II F1rt fuu
| Wednesday, but 1lr. J. B, Booth has secured
| from them sub lease, to exist during the en-
gagement Of Mr.. Mccullough.
Miss Adelaide Nelson made pleasant little
speech at tile close of her engagement at Booth
t Theatre On Saturday night, aud announced her
intention to return to this country IN the 1a1 to
| pIay III = now Shakspearean pnrt
"La Lettre Rouge" Of NM. Marc Fournier
| and Lernaina, given at the AmblGu Comique, Is =
| version OF Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" +"
| Many alterations have been made IN the PLOT
Hester, the heroine, Is played with much passion
| BY Mile. Periga.
The principal topic in Paris dramatic circles
! continues to be Mile Croizette's extraordinary
| death coutor:ions in the "Sphin1." It il scid
she bad rabbit poisoned to watcb its expiring
| agonies- Hard on the raobit. Crolzette Ia the
| talk Of the town.
| A Detroit paper gravely comments upon Led
| As,rnv." as EeiEg Bouccault's adaptation Of
| Leco9's.' ~ La Tentati. !, having got the COM
| poser Of ''La File de Madame Angot quite out
Of his meter. OF the acting 1t says: "lt re-
| dectod the vers ideal thought Of Leooq."
Olirs Logan intends to return to tho stage.
| She has been studying anew in Paris, aud has
| been offered m opportunity to appear on the
| French stage in French plays. She will, how
ever, return to America to effect her reappear-
ance.
The precise amount realized by the Police De-
al 1rI,i hv a ea1A nf tckhtH
to the performances at the Arch Street Theatre
for the benefit Of tho Centennial Fund, ia not yet
definitely known. Over 100000, however. hare
been received.
Miss Braddon's new drama OF Genevieve; or
the Missing Witness," which has been produced
at the Alexandra Theatre. Liverpool contains an
attempted murder, dreadful aralanche, and
suicide aud is eaid to owe its effect mostly to
the machinist Of the theatre
The late Aimee Desclee is now said to have
owed her illness to the disastrous effects OF the
discovery that young woman who LIVED with
her a companion had been systematlcaiiy rop-
bng her. She Was strongly attached to this per-
son, and the revelation of her pertidy and ln-
gratitude was moie than she could bear.
Cnaricari aptly illustrates the consequences
OF tue success OF 'sSpninx" in Paris by design,
representing the drawicg-room Of an acsrass.
The ardent artistic was inst about to hang herself,
when her maid comes IN and cries with aatonlsn,
LOT me alone, I am studying new part!'
Donald Mckay aud a number Of his scalp-tak-
ing braves nro giving theatrical entertainments
in Washington rerr1Iory. War-dhuces and scalp
dances by leal live Indians are the great attt &c
tion. They also give dramatic effect to their
performance by representing the tragedy OF Dr
1hitman's murder, aud finish it off with dance
around his supposed scalp.
Clara Morris is engaged to be mar1ied. but will
not leave the stage In consequence. The other
| day she said to lady correspondent: II shall
never leave the stage as long as have the power
to absorb and rivet ths attention OF my audi
ence, nnd carry it with me Is ono person. do
net think God gives talents in one special dsec-
tion unless be intends them to be used; and
mean to use mine as long as possess theln.'
The New York Euenfng Mait suggests, in view
OF Mile. Croizette's dying asonles in Octave
Fouillct's The Sphinx that the representation
Of fatal d!seases be added to the present stock
Of disgusting exhibitions: ''Why not add to
the consumptiye Camille, the victims OF dropsy.
OF plcurisy, OF OF the smallpox The last
named would be particularly picturesque and re-
voltiug."
Darnum is back from Europe, and the report
ers are after him regarding his balloon project.