The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-07
LOVES SACRIFICE.
elm poets as true genius is but rare,
True taste as seldom is the critics share

elm poets as true genius is but rare,
True taste as seldom is the critics share"
| There appeared in Sunday weeks issue O
the BULLETIN, from the pen of "Stager,
what purported to be criticism (?) of the pei
Torrance of cloves Sacrifice" by tn Q anna
| teur dramatic club kno wn as the New Histri
onics.
would not have deigned to notice tina
article, had not the BULLETIN a reputation
for honest dealing; and 1 feared on that &C
count that some might consider the expires
sions in the said criticism (?) as emanatins
from that journal, and not as they did, from
one of those, with whom CRITICISM is synon
ymous with censure."
1t should be borne in mind that the anna
teur dramatic performances given during the
summer months are for the mutual enjo men
and advancement of guests and hosts, anc
not that individuals, who accept the courtesy
of an invitation may ridicule the clubs anG
members in the public press.
Animadversions, such as Stager's," have
tendency to discourage young gentlemen
from further participating in these innocent
and most commendable summer recreations
for genius, when first budding forth, is always
accompanied by sensibility, and it often sup
presses its exertions through fear of mockery
from the prejudiced and the thoughtless. The
judgment OF "Stager" has evidently been
warped by many prejudices He may be
classed among those who
" In search of wit, have lost their common sense,
And then turned critics in their own Defense"
Few criticise except to display their dex-
terity in lacera.ion, and their excellence in
satirical asperity, thereby subverting the
legitimate ends of criticism by gratifying a
personal pique and venting an ill-conceived
spleen over nom de plume; and, especially
does this apply to the effusion that originated
in the pet liant disposition of the critic (?)
"Stage1."
Were to entirely disregard the evidently
malicious spirit in which the article was writ
ten, would still consider it bad taste for one
who has received an invitation with the priv
ilege of attending or remaining away, to bias
the minds Of Those who are absent, through
the medium of criticism so unnecessarily
severe as "Stagers."
Very probably it will be urged by "Stager 4"
that have falsely accused him, but no such
attempt to exculpate himself can disabuse the
mind of the public of the palpable fact that he
Was prompted by unkind motives. "Deeds
speak louder than words.
He may also contend that I am writing
under the lash of his criticism, and that this
reply has sprung from a spirit of revenge
rather than from a cool aud deliberate iudg-
ment. If he expects to exonerate himself by
any such imputation he will fail, for can as
ure him that such is not the case.
In conclusion 1 would say that the clubs
should be encouraged, not ridiculed, for their
actions in selecting plays for representation
above mediocrity in plot and composition.
OF the performance of 'Love's Sacrifice, 1
have nothing to say, except that it stands for
fSaIf and has for itS 1r1ro fba oy1Ii
whole. That the play was faultless, no one
for
Whoever thinks faultless play to see,
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor eer can be-"
XEArER,