, 1875-01-10
4 Pan fer tic Utilization Of Drop.
Scenes.
Pen De Bar as Fa1staf--His
Past Career.
1;s Cara. Morris at the Academy Of
Music.

WORKING UP r STAR.

H1s COURSE ACROSS THE CONTINENT
The happiest critic is the recipient from day TO
a.- OF newspapers and letters from persons ne
b.a perer met, and probably never will rs
doas not mind them. They are not sent in guile
ry,.y do not contain bill from tailor, and uBu-
.1lv have no personal malice lurking in tier
folds. They are therefore innocent, and thoren
sometimes they find their way into the wasse
b.sket without murmur. ut others they are laAo
aida fer future reference. They come froh1 act
M or actora' agents. The newspaper posHess-
a. no especial interest for the recipient. He
1ooka .t its date and finds it-say Halifax and ten
d.1s old. He kuoHs nobody ut Halifax. but on
rlsncing over the paper, zs he unrally does
,fter while, his eye, falls upon
marked article, Just rs he anticipated: 1t is
,su,ls laudatory. It describes scroggins as the
fnsst comedian ever permitted by \ kind proSl-
lence 10 exhibit his ilimitable powers before an-
licences Ut Halifax, and that highly talented IN
aiyitus1 is aa1ious that the great West should
ne introduced to him through the medium OF
TEE TRIBUNE and expects that this notice
vii be cut out and kept: at least that it will
hsye IN influence upon the recipients opinion
xhsn Scroggins arrives
Meanwhile S:1oggins reaches Boston, and Bos-
ton papers are duly sent West The notices
from smaller towns como IN also, and
ths world becomes kean1y conscious
that this great nan is coming. by
the time be is within arms fe1gth, say
It pi.:sburg, small photograph Of the gentle
1uan, taken in his most e1cruciahng part, with
his esr curling with 2bsolute lumcr. and one
eys rido open, and the other tightly closed
eomes to sustain the proper amount OF interest
IN the coming comedian.
Like comet, the nearer he comes the bigger
his following, and by the time he has reached
Cincinnati cabinet photograph is the very
least. Before one has fully recovered from this
shock, either Ec1osgns or his agent hss arrived
md ca1ls- As usual thing tho agent is very
agreeable person, careful not to intrude, but
anxioss, nevertheless, to secure what amount
pf preliminary notice he can He makes him.
aelf ut home, familiar but by no msans
sclear," and assures the journalist that
his Principal Ri1 be found not . rarely-gifted
artist Only, uut gentleman Of 30 many personal
good qualities as to be Jointly irresistible, hay
ing said which he Twill not tIeepass upon t1nae
10 valuable. but hops to havethe pioasuro OF see-
ing 8 mere line Ct announcement, II nothing
more"
Sometimes one OF these notices contains
damning criticism Of an actor, and then 1t 10 as
sumed that it comes fom solne particular friend
OF tho actor named, one OF thos'e W1se people
xho always como and tell you anything unpleas-
mt Smith or Jones may have said about you
kometimcs, but not often, the marked paragraph
Hll contain u laudatoy nodee OF some
Artist vino has been to this city,
I'D received very unfaEorable notices. l: L
nd usual that large cties tolerate what Chicago
tsse rejects; but st. LOUIS does sometimes and
beauty can face the world It is usually the
country paper. however, with limited exchange
list which stands between the star and utter re-
lection, and as the country critic is even more
fnsnt in the uso of adjecti,es than bis city
brother, and feehs it his duty 70 praise Whatever
comes, the effect upon the recipient is crushing.
Nany OF the papers are from managers whose
headquarters arc made in Chicago, and who send
= line home in ttis way to keep their friends
posted "a to whore they are tnd what they
Ire doing. Such little fayoEs arc always
appreciated. and, when practicable, are acknow1-
edged- It is not often that the strr, attic pass
ing through tho city, feels it Incumbent on him
10 send line or paper to let the world know
how he mas doing. Bat re are aa human and
bnsJ nowadays.