Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Theater.
The Iiingard combination closed a
week full OF Interest 10 plsy-soers last night.
the bill being the Nct0 lEagdaleIi. The cast
was quite up to the Strength OF the company,
Mrs Lingard playing Mercy Merrick." The
same care was observed in the dressing and
scenic effects and Apo ntments, and the audi
ence left delighted with the performance.
During the week this COMPANY appeared in
Led Estroy, The SPHINX, Mons. AiphOnSe, and
as above, the NeV MdgddIen- They will he
succeeded by Mr.. e. L. Davenport, who is
billed as the scholarly and refined TRACE
dian, supported by the entire company en-
gagged by John E. Owens for the Varieties
thea,er, New Orleans, embracing the follow
ing named ladies and gentlemen:
Theo. Hamilton, Charles J; Fyffe,
Z. r. 1horne, W. A. Hail.
r. Chippendale, J. h. Smith,
r. +. Knowles, Miss Laura Don,
f. b. Holmes, Miss A. LanguOn,
:. L. Howard, Miss A. Gilman,
Colin Stuart, Mrs. ]. l.. CarhaIt,
Walter Benu, Mis-. L. f. Seymour,
Miss Hattie Soldene.
The programme for the week by this very
strong and talented company embraces the
following: Monday, Nelg Way 70 Pay d
Debts; Tuesday, Hs0,let; Wednesday, Richard
] M AAul'Adgu AAltfttttteg I AAhogR C@e-ttgs
Saturday matinee, Don Cesar dc Basan; Sat
urday evening, Damon aud PytliiGs. Mr..
Davenport, in selecting 'Slr Giles Overreacn"
as the character in which to make his bow to
Memphis audience, has done well. 1t is the
one character upon the performance of which,
more than any other, he has reason 20 be
proud. since Kean, Booth and Gustavus
Brooke have passed away, Mr.. Davenport has
made this great character bis own. He has
made it, as they did, a study. and presents il
with confidence as one OF the rare speci-
mems Of theatrical art, gem like Jeffersons
Rip Van HlHkIe Sothcrn's "Dundreary," Bar
rett's fJsmie Harebell' and Owens Toy Maker.
Studlous and ambitious, an enthusiastic lover
OF The art which combines all arts, and is
greatest Of all, Mr.. Davenport has by slow but
steady steps moved 10 the highest place
on the stage, and by none more
cordially than by the members OF his probes
sion, IS acknowledged master. His master
piece Will be the key to a full knowledge OF
his standing and his powers, and will prepare
as for his scholarly performance Of Hamlet"
on Tuesday night We look for full hodse,
and hope Mr. Davenport and his very talented
company will be able 10 take with them from
Memphis impressions Of the devotion OF our
people 20 art quite as deep and as lasting as
those he predict he and they Will leave be-
bind Of the worth and value OF that art. Our
cultured and thoughtful people should turn
out in force and give this artist a warm greet
ing on Monday night
The MendtIssOhn Concert.
The Memberships will, tomorrow
night, at the Grsenlaw OperahOuse, make
their first appearance this season, when they
will present programme that for variety, as
well as beauty Of selections, will challenge
critical attention. Prof. Perring will conduct,
and will sing during the evening the Meeting
Of he Voters, and his beautiful song, Waiting
FOR Angels 10 COzae. He viii also play with
the talented young pianist, Levy, grand
duo, embracing Mariana, by Wallace, and
his own JGsciHdti0H GduOp, the latter a very
brilliant and spirited composition. Mr.. Peter |
sen and Mr.. Francis will give the duet from !
Puy5tdri, sound Now the Trumpet Fearless |
ly," and Mr.. Petersen viii sing the song 1
now associated with his name, Rocked IN 4
CradIc Of he De p. Springs Greeting, a cho- /
rus for ladies, is another Of the promised good |
things; bat what the club itself lays most en-
1h8sis upon is the debut Of a young lady-Miss
Lulu Hughes-whO will sing two Of Perring's |
most admired songs-Belodre and Marguerite.
The club Will give several chOruses, and hav-
ing been in rehearsal for some months, will
DO doubt acquit Itself better than ever Taken
altogether, then, this first concert affords
al the promise Of musical success, and IL
iuly needs that the house be filled 10 make IL
quite 50. We have time and again urged upon
ne people Of Memphis the necessity for sup
,Ortiug musical organization like this,
. the maintenance OF which ladies and gem
lemen give their time and talents freely, and
!
.5nunue TO manifest a becoming interest in
{, and tonight give encouraging earnest
II their future intention by occupying every
eat. The programme invites, the cause Of
music urges, and the general interest of our
lily prompts a full attendance Of the people
II Memphis at the concert Of the Mendels-
ohns tomorrow night.
Professor Mueller.
Professor Mueller, Of Louisville, the
celebrated artist OF dancing, who created such
profound furore here during last spring,
viii, by many invitations, reopen his PaIisian
lancing academy at Memphis Club hall, on
hFee O'Clock, with a grand matinee ddasdRte,
o which all his former pupils, patrons,
riends and admirers of this beautiful ana |
rGceful art are most respectfully invited, !
rec u charge. A grand lecture on physical ,
duca'ion Will be delivered by Mons. Mueller
turing the afternoon. All the latest dances of 1
EUROPE and America will be introduced I
urng the session.
.aWrence Barrett in the nan O. I
hfrIie." 7
From the Chicago Manual we copy !
be following very beautiful critiQue upon a '
e. formance that we know our people have E
efore them, for Mr.. Barrett will be here in
ecember next, and viii play in the Ma o. v
yIic. The writer, il win be seen, has a per-
ct conception Of art in It's highest, truest, i
nd best sense, and clothes his thoughts in {
ntences so graceful as TO challenge our 4
imirat.on as much, almost, as Mr. Barrett c
,uld himself in any Of has great impersona- 8
Ons. He says: y
There are certain characteristics which be- n
ng TO ali great art, certain elements which o
tier into the product OF the best intellects, .
pBrating aud distinguishing 10 from ali L
orE OF an inferior decree one OF the omni- Il
esent characteristics is the element OF re- a
,se. Ihis Is the sOrroWful, and sacred, and "
ighty element in nature. We ind IL in a
oIaer, and Dante, and Shakespeare. We see IL yg
seplng like moonlight on The temples and "a
atues OF Greece. We feel Il IN the music Of II
e deaf Beethoven, after his hesrtstrings b.
ere his only ute, and paradoxieal even as IL pl
pears, il lies over the delineation OF muscu- hi
action in the paintings Of Angelo and Da m
nci. II is present, too, with It's silent mys- | hl
~ all over the face Of nature. II floats upon "a
c ocean and rests upon the hills. It dreams al
the treelesS plaiDs and in the leafieSs IA
,ods. Il comes alike TO life and death, % te
Jdern dramatic literature we ind this re- be
Sc in tile works OF Robertson. but especially | fa
his play OF Home. We md II in DR.. Birds M
0diGfOr, in Madame DePrOebinis AhLe, and 81
the last two acts OF Led Astrog. IL appears M
iy ia the productions OF those dramatists hr
10 have a strong intellectual grasp on the nj
ings OF lie. IL does not result from the Pc hi
liar Incidents that are used but from the In
aster hand which blends them. RepOse ri;
.tii the elements have been fused i1 he es
lcibie OF the brain. When one comes TO the | IA
strlonlc art repOse means perception, appre- IN
alton, balance. IL means reserved force and ! 10
ppressed power. II means that the actor Ia | -,
skter OF his subject. II is the mystery n,
lieh the artist has pursued from his ",
nth. Among our comedians we md this a.
ustraied In Jefferson and SOthern; ~
long our trRgedians In Murdoch and Bar- | n
q. Attendants AZ our theatess ten years in
D saw one OF the IitaEs OF repose in the "a
rEon Of Couldock, who came upon the stage | 81
advance OF has lime. Recall his Luke | ~
Gliding IN the HtiiOD C0psc That WIS n / ~
ked blade IN repose Mr. Rarreff Is an ~ -
itratiOn OF pure intellect working in the ~
I'd OF art. He is en- acute observer OF human IA
)dels, one who has worked his way up | eyr
rough all the grsdations Of acting until he sis
md at last his wand Of peace. His asCassius'' IN
iull OF the suppressed power, and his tab I
LuN IN the play OF R0sef0is are, all II them | ~
ignincent specimens OF frozen action; hui A.,
did not strike his play nor show his ~,
ength In is widest score until ne fonnd " "
9 part Of "BaTebeil" in The Nun o. AtTiie | -,
idyl Of the Heather BflLs. Jamie HarebeII5 ~
$ poets soul. he lives with wife aud ~
oitish hills. lie drinks In eagerly evtry ~
ing that is beautiful or sublime in nature, ~,
m the gorgeous flame OF the setting sun 10 -,
g daisies and king-cups thai In the month -
May bloom al about his home, And this n
art which gathers 70 itself the RentlenesS OF A.
MINER nights. the peace of grass green -.
les, the music OF sweet wild birds, goes r.,
{ in unmeasured love and kindness 10 the u.
1oring poor. He writes the song % the work Pa
classes In his native land. Then when -
ere j. no care, no shadow upon the COTTAGE
len the frail young wife has rallied from
cough that had given him asmanv a
CHIT" false friend comes viii a story ~ Ms
1efing, and "HaTebell" lends him All ne cel
ms. This debt is not paid. and the poef ira
es his home among the hills, but refuses to ex,
ieye in the perndy OF his friend. shut sp
Thin the damp aud murky city, where no eni
aft o. the green fields" can reach, again the VIII
adful cough tones back. IL is too late thi
w-"the cage was open and the bird Is del
BAT" From that night, when "the wind An
W cold and the rain siashed against the prt
ne" he becomes broken by the troubles Do
4 have fallen on him thick and fasi--br0- ! &c
D 10y the death Of his wife. Still, with uu- era
trust, be cliugs to his faith ia hu- Crt
nifty. Even after his friend has been tar
pped OF the last disguise OF honesty, and ! OF
nds IN naked crime ne forgives him. But ~
stroke has been too heavy. He forgfyes mai
D, but loses his reason and wsnders Tor did
mtg years, feeble aud old, and ret upon bV
>, Ouicast and unknown, talking 10 his
els ghost In the wood. such IL the hrlefest
ntlon OF "A play when Is solid full OF The eff
q things OF Literature. and life and reli- T'hs
n. To use one OF JOuberts expression hin
play c0ndenses y book into a chapter, a rev