, 1875-11-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Location Of the Retreat for
Dizzy Actors.
Characters Who Find Shelter Within
It's Hospitable Walls.
Whv Miss Jane Coombs Did Not
Draw Last Week.
Around the World in Eighty Days-hotes
and Announcements.
The New Soprano---The Apol-
10 Club--Camille Urso.
Tomlins and the Tonic Sol-Fa---The
May Louisville Festival.
Operas and Qpera-Singers:
Around the World in Eighty Days-Aotes
and Announcements.
The New Soprano---The Apol-
10 Club-Camiue Urso.
Tomlins and the Tonic Sol-Fa---Tht
May Louisville Festival.
THE DRAMA.


4 dizxv actor ia one who has lost hls er1p aoo
fallen. or wto has had his head turned without
even going aloft. Dizziness Of this description
is seldom temporary. It afaicts the patient 10
tina bitter end, The victims OF It, however, hnd
some compensation for their suffering by asso-
c;.tinr with each other. The common dizziness
hecomes bond Of sympathy between them.
Tins do number Of Weaknesses joined togash-
nr make one strength, like the bundle OF sticks
in the fable. There il nothing sad in Retrens
Fl, dizzy sectors, since it is the means Of trans
forming frailtv into power. Such = Retreat 1s
there within stones throw Of three theatres IN
Chicago. It is snloon, where 1ager-beer and
Rh;ne-wine are irnocent1y dispensed to any
chance passes-br. but which earns its distinctive
character by being resort for supernumeraries,
balIet-girls, acd troken-down stock Pesp in at
.nv time during the day and you may see some
OF the residuary legatees of the establishment
crcnny1ne the best tables aud chairs Between
II and IL o'clock at night the place swarms
With buzzing-bees, just removed from benlno
The footlebts to this more congenia! atmosphere
The room is not large. Down one SIDE runs
hong bar, and on the other il 70" q tables
store, va1iegated with kalaidoscoplc e1pectofa-
lions, occupies the centre. The free-lunch "a
bic, it is almost unnecessary to ssy, 1s p1oma-
uent feature. Decorating the wall oehino Inc
bar are two portraits Of JOAN Mccullough. one
rcpresenting him IN the Gladiator and the other
10 kiche!,et. The Clipper unfalling fountain ot 81
thirsty professionals. hangs Gn conEenaems
hook. The frequenters OF the resort are we'll
matched to the surroundings. Patched ana
erotted clothes are not uncommon, nor are oia-
mouds and broadcloth unCsual: Tor the spirit OF
the community is purely democratic; money
~Yjf5
does not rIace one out of the pale. Bat DIZZY
actors are not generally in easy circumstances.
Strong drink is often the cause OF their mls1of-
tunes There may be eeen IN the retreat men
VINO began life with high promise, sud whose
disappointment of thelr greatest expectations
rroye them to rum ana ruin. Now each one
gsGnda about
A thirsty actor waiting for drink;
No drink from day to day.
Others, still, Of the patrons Of the Resort are
pnly stupid, or only bad; for them We need not
nanse to drop q tear. Then there are the women
nf the ballet, who drop in after the perfo1 nance
for mug Of beer, and chaH, not too deicatelE,
their male companions. These women are for
the most part foreigners who have always been
accustomed in their own country TO conslnef
themselves welcome wherever beer no"s, apo
who do not propose now to depart from the
principles OF their childhood. Some OF them
have wan faces speaking OF hard work and poor
nav, rather than Of dissipation; and, indeed,
this is the general lot Of ail women upon the
Btage. An e1Ilng sister ename VII uo1, u
course, under any circumstances, Dc a1to"ec
tear by fashionable women OF The upper claes
who never knew What It Waa 70 De te1npteo oy
want !; but even they might judge less harahly
pt those who ind pitfalls on tne staeo IL tney
could understand low ofead1ul to1ne II - "
dance and die by inches, to sing and starEe and
bo yirtuous. The wonder is. not that te" go
RetrAy, but that 30 many are saved. Inc con-
versatlou in the Retreat would make a rare vol.
ume, il the best part OF it could be gathered
and expurgated by competent editor what
symposinms have there been In .nas oingg ta;g
Ioom What Munchausepes4ne s.oIies. 1o4o
and received With profound GRAVITY! What up
toarious laughter has punctuated . bad Wlttlcszn,
OF clipped the wings Of feeble ntEnt OF fancy
1t would be worth while. II one could SIT ps VIII
out exciting suspicion. to bear some superhaous 70
1etran still lagg1ng on the stase oo!e out n'e
1eminlscences. His triumphs rs seen oy MS Own
eyes, his failures II be Will confess 10 any. n1s
conferences with the great actote OF mooe1n
times, the uotownrd incidents ne mas Witnessed
on the stage, tho queer audiences ne mas playeo
to, and the CURIOUS green-fooms ne naS seeur-
would not Ill these topics, II truthfully treated,
furnish forth an evenings entertainment Ihe
funniest talk ever heard ~ tne hesroak comes
from the green supess,-the Boo acres and the
Capt Bobdd1ts OF the noment- IL 1s Hotsn
long walk ann toe cnau1ang o1 eo"e uis-
aGfeeaoio ooo1o W sa oo9 Uo ~ 49,
30 4a'e oftan .mazinr bragearts and. mounfu
to relate. still more amazing liars Their ti,
umphs would fill tho world with the,r fame, II
tholr stories coula pe acceptea as tIue; ana .ne
tumpns tes ~ 20 s4,r nr+Sa
eeendnct ~ snme brother actor. are numberless'
Thcre never was IN actor yet who could not e1.
plzin the exact moment and the exact manner of
his failing to Do great. Inc heuens nolas man5
s1srn csc ana tn sog qona Mpo - e;sa ~ nd Su2u