, 1875-12-12
d;iss Howard's Style Of Acting---Mc-
haanus' Benefit" FerFeol."
Musical Events Of the Week-~-N1r.
Eddy's Concert.
Why Mdlle. Tit;ens Had to Give Vi
Her Western Trips.
Domestic and Forcing Notes.
THE DRAMA.


would lose 1ts cna1Ae1e' as so'e@au Aao uso
fed abstraction. 1t has to be content with
,neaere renxesentatjou of itself in every place Of
--,,,;. ,aao,+ contsct vitb the vulgar would
Poue cs.:..- ,1rrt, r.,;ranent and
soil society 80 ooc'e'1 c'u's 'oN4e
like the Roman laVgaVe1, hoios e"eet aao paoA.-
able conversation With the Supernatural IN
,..-ad ororaa The Supetnatpfal and the
~-s s.n;st vhs, they are approached too
tto'e" 0N ,;.a - THAR ev;at-
enoe By = tram OF subtle reasoning "nen aas
be summed up thus: II Society has no esotef1c
v,,,;,o.onbv Soojetv does not deserve to be wor-
.:x pu.. ~ - ;s soc;etv IA the natural OBJ
oo1p0" xoo;.,~ nns+
5ect OF Adofauon; toeteiolo' ooee,
have eomo principles OF philosophy which afe
hidden from common observation. The profess
ao-s -, 1oc;c NAV admit the argument or not, as
U5k;ah.;-.- x,7 thav may aatt]e it.
eee5 p''~oe .o,,.o-,.l a.
1ne aaesaou "'@a "neu y" ~ =, 49,
present wall be undisturbed. Who are the rep
rcsentatiyes Of Society at the Tlay? It would 10
nro6tab,e to regard them from the positioo of
a~-...-a oc.,ood bv t,,a ,ctor. Amooe them
Ao'An'Ase ooeaPt04 - 80. .,,a
*onlo Do 1oanu nucn e'afsu.a:, 10 ~ ,ntar-
dsoaln' ano on e1tfa ocs'ons caa;..~ - ..'e -
mixture OF MODEST lutenIse9ce. oo'ess 20
not antrequent's 1op:eaensea oy 5uuas
man IN 1aaitless o1ess ano . yooof ""'haa k
with nu"p ~ net Meao. 10. hns ,.a1
Qrsouateo u q oususso son.he e1o r;.o
- finished her eoucAtlon "stnout eeeI uas!ns
begun It, They are petty autoS1aes I u sn1't Wy Wy
-Ticesefeote 70 1ne Iosal 1ns OK. K .;..s
fnonses WHICH oAse oII4sctoo .acAu ~ 'Ho 0o 0s
are vary VIII INC occ~e1ou. eu1!v4ss 20 80
sray the preoohlnanL one- 1a,euos1 otsea
brings hen' NV Eose ~ y. a.s s.an ~ +ha ana;s
other times NOW, tuo cnstaesel u tue suui ~
ence ia sat1oaS naIte1 70 tno maoaeel' ~ auu .as
question: hat paecos VII etl1Ae LUG 4ssiaso
level requires tne uoss au1ious couSusl as.od nd
1ne n.as -. s1'o ~ 90, ~ ni,rs M
m staga. or compel offending actors
to beg pardon on their knees, as used to be the
common practice. The great art OF zoe man-
asef no" nee i" Ees1s Ea, popsoa " ~ n;s .,i1.,,
~ na 10 1es, ~ 1,ss thc;, doara safalv
in his cash-boy. 1t il not difficult to 500 why
theatro-goers Of the present day. especially iu
the United States, are much less intelligent anu
1lsc1Hou1a'lu6 tnau suoae y. pSet -.
an+ sas1a-s u ts W trne !. M noro cnrFcsaed. His fau
iar1ty with tie details Of tha etage
is more abridged the theatre has
been separated from Inc people, m
cct13ln eense' ano alaoe ~ a 49,, se1.1a
ia,a1. ;+,,a ahor1 IN 1s-. wh,c aTe nrasentcd
Ia them. Sner,uau. ColIey Cipber, Sardou,
O1enfora Rnlver. Ben Jonson Dr.. johnson,
Robertson, sre but confused jumbo If names
in m.py minds, The plutocracv which the late
~ In
hmer1ca Is vulgar ana ignorant; and this class
ennraces the most l1beraI pa:rous Of the theatre
NJ tha Dreret,t 1lmo. Ignorant people Of Tortuue
hayo lime and money to spare, even in seasons
of bur1ness depressioa. The managers appeal
In them with c1nii!ence. Exreriepce las shown
that the so-cal,sd soc;ety-oIays afford them the
n,o.t pra ,i:ca1i,,n- 7uua it ha,neus that nc
h,,e the amusing. alert ,c1a Of 4 ,,,c:tv created
for itself and which tiuds it's chef pleasure il
1oot;uo ~, ,-1nt il onf,, es to "a ia own imara.
n ~"
Which vas piAgea az Ac'icAet1 Aosaas ias'
week, and is t. be repr csented again the latter
uArt of this, gave the representatives OF society
,o,,ath;,,. ~ ,.,inl .to,,+ I,nao;na the iurv of
~. 49,; ss 49, ,a,a .la,,ha5 anora t;n',,ns
verdict On the l'lay. Ine hTst question "hfcn
would b. apt to przz1s them would bo the exaci
dertee of the New Mazda!eu's suil. The young
-o1,,, v;o,1o sc.,ca,x dare IN aah ..Do Won
.,;.;. sha ~ wss on;,.r ~ srch a onest;on xonld
tn1nA sne "@s eonss ooen a"0es'o" "ou.a
too likely provoke Inc haenofaole fesols !:
*Guilty Of Nhat:" But by innuendo On the
mart of thu Young man and insiaueticu On the
.,-+ ~ .ha ,,,,a .,o,nuo thar might arrixa At
p'-' u "A7 'oAu6 04.'%A ., 1o ~,
some agreement On 'ne SUBJECT iho' "tsns
explain the surprising lneongrulty IL the play,
Which makes misfortune the cause OF the he"
Masdalen's ruin, yet places conspicuous emPha,
6ls on her repentance "a leason Why sne should
be restored to good society. They might acqult
the author ct Intentionally drawing Vt11ue
in dieagreeable hght wh4le he gives
VICE the aspect OF An angel. They
might also agree that it is the duty Of Society 10
search out and embrace the New MasdalenH.
We cannot accept these conclusions. The
New MaGdaien Is essentially no1pla cg9cep-
ton. It Goes NOT holo an eten oa,nnee pss"een
aIe-r.s ,he dnIv of tina art il to pron,ote
rirtne and d1scoursQe vice Let the point be dis
Ttk. 1a1a tGN Ni>1a fin