The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-30
a Plea for Actresses.

If the dramatic profession is one which
it is disgraceful for any lady to adopt,
reason compels us to say that no lady
ought to enter theatre at all. And So
cial inconsistency is still more strongly
brought out when we reflect that how
excessively popular are amateur theatre
Gala, and to what a professional extent
they are carried. There are several pri-
vate houses in England which possess
regular theatre, where every theatrical
continuance and stage appurtenances are
to be found, and where performances are
repeated night after night, to which
friends, tenants, and tradespeople are in
turn invited rs spectators. Nobody
thinks there is any harm in this, and as
simple matter of fact there is no harm
Ladies, in the highest sense of the term,
eagerly and brilliantly assist in these per-
formances, which are rapidly becoming
public in every way; for we know that
ladies often act in private theatres to pro-
miscuous audience, who pay their money
for admission. Why, then, should edu-
Gated ladies who are born with the dra-
matte instinct strong in them, but have
no other future to look forward to, except,
perhaps, a prize in the matrimonial mar
ket, be debarred from adopting the stage
as profession? Surely it is as honor
able to work for a livelihood with God
given talents az to sell 4 handsome face
to wealthy sutton. Surely it is not less
worthy of 4 clever womanto teach adults,
from the stage, what they are, and what
they ought to be, than to inculcate the
rudiments of the education in the. school
room. Surely if the theatre is place to
which we may take our wives and daugh-
tiers with impunity, we should desire that
the actress whose art they are to witness
should be in their turn women in con-
tact with whom they should have no
cause to shrink from. Is it not a crying
shame, and Il disgrace to the liberal and
enlightened age in which it is our boast
to live, that, when gentlemen of birth
and education find it necessary to adopt
the stage rs their profession, they should
also find it necessary to change their
names, as if they were doing something
of which society thinks they ought to be
ashamed Those who are practically ac-
quainted with the profession know by
bitter experience the toll, the hardsIips,
the drudgery, the disappointments that
have to be gone through in years of hard
est work, before a substantial position can
be gained; and society, for whose intel
lectual amusement and intelligent recre-
alton the theatre exists should warmly
and heartily recognize the labors and eff
forts of those upon whom it depends so
much, and do all in its power-and it can
do II great deal--to elevate and encour-
age all who possess true dramatic genius.
-Lonlon Society.
LINE WATER FOR BURNs.-A CORE
spondent writes that the readie-t and
most useful remedy for scalds and burns
is an cmbrocation of lime water and
linseed oil. These simple agents COM
bined form Il thick, crcam-likc substance
which effectually excludes the air from
the injured parts and allays the infam-
matio almost instantly. lie mentions
a case where child fell backward into Il
bath-tub of boiling water, and was nearly
havcd from her neck to below her hips
Her agonics were Undesirable; but her
clothing being gently removed, and the
lime and oil preparation thickly spread
over the injured surface, she was sound
asleep in five minutes. Subsequently,
the parts were carefully washed with
warm milk and water three times a day
the oil dressing renewed, and the little
patient rapidly recovered. Though all
the scalded skin came off, she did not
nave a scar. This remedy leaves nc hard
coat to dry on the sores, but softens the
parts, and aids nature to repair the in
jury in the readicst and most expeditions
manner. This mixture may be pro-
cured in the drug stores; but if not
thus accessible, slack lump of quick
lime in water, and As soon as the water
is clear, mix it with the oil and shake it
we'll. If the case is urgent, us. boiling
water over the lime, and it will become
clear in five minutes. The preparation
may be kept ready bottled in the house,
and it will be as good six months, old rs
when first made.-dmericon Farm .Kou,.-