New-York tribune., 1876-06-03

is sweet and commendable TO reflect that Mary Ssit
Anne B5Ieyn, Joan of Arc Lueret'a bor8ia'
Mrs BrownriSg, and Mother Eve were all right
but tho learning what to do with her feet and
hands when ON the stage might prove useful pre-
lin nary TO this beaefcent achievement "Wncn
get accustomed oter and to tho stage acee
sories cries this artless performer shal pe nucn
more free M action" And when she has learned no" o
aet she ever does learn that art she WIZ Know tha
her naive introduction Of the question OF " genius
s in her present case precipitatc The natter as IL
now stands, is entirely one OF mschanism' se'i'
esteem Is not genius and the genius OF Euclid or
Byron could enable any person. howsoeyer gftea' 10
make or rand watch. who had been trained for years
TO the making Of shoes.
The estimate originally formed OF her play seems
also, have glimmered on Miss Dickinsons apprehop-
sion as tooraby correct. "Wth my play. each nisht
she states az see where nprovein ,nt can BE- mido"
There were persons who saw the first nisnt-an saw
thom as il were in custer-those same eligible oppor
tunes betteiing OF "a Crown OF Thorns whlch
Miss Dickinson thus seen In the slow procession OF
her evenings in Boston. Persons who have suffered
prOtracted agones under Marie AntOinete,
." Pia dc Tolonei,' MARY Stuart" and Love
and Intrigue" know but too well the char
acter OF the dramatic composition that IL drawn Out
by the yard, rs women draw tape from a tin case OF
this orler-though not without signs OF dramatic
instinct and literary skiIl-.s "a Crown OF Thorns."
1t coheres by the kind permission Of tho Imaginative
spectator II he viii give hls whole mind TO the subject
he oan hitch its parts together and supply the gaps 1t
has about the same that the ta5leauA nave
which nice little children give in the back paror Nus
tratye OF Esther and Vaslit Judith and Hoofeues
BY and by Miss Dickinson may cut oIt It's illusions
TO tho Deity, curta It's political and ecce-
siasto inquiries. show instead OF describing
the means by which its heroine Is ineriminated.
let the wind OF that herones speeches. take
its King Henry Viii out Of the category of comic
Wois nd ypll a
like pum9s aud by taking a few hints from Shakes
pearc and Tom Taylor, crowd into it few more effective
suati0ns and then IL Will be play better htted 10 the
sage and the public comprehension than IL is now'
Considerations OF a phianthrOpc kind make H. In par
tcuar desirable that this lady may have large enight
eumcnt on the OF writing plays shall not abandon
play-wrtng" ia Of the rmcst Of her dcclarations
my first attempt has been much Of success" The
public be sure, may possibly, after Little, abandon
the practice going to these plays; yet there Is
ground for the belief that Miss Dickinson viii con'nne
for some time TO roam the hearic boards. Her dramatic
horoscope though not bright promises ut least that she
will continue to please in capacity OF actress most OF
the communities which she hs already pleased III the
capIoy Of lecturer because she either now acts or
is likely act anybody except horsef; but because
il Il her daco and vehement personality that cUnquers,
and this those who like IT, flashes quito as forciDy
through the one medium through the other FEEL
saws Miss Dickinson that have the root Of the matter
within mo- and am not going to rive up" IT'S valiant
resolvr ana, since 1t "a quite likely TO be kept play
0ers mast earnestly hope that the LADY viii learn not
ouly now TO act in plays but how 70 wlito them.
Moderation ia temper would be good poin, to start
with. 70 is right for a lady to accrso honest
critic, OF being "scapors" and of having d.terniEed
beforehand 70 make her seem TO fa. The charge of
nsloyolcnt motives. and OF having used hostile inhu-
cnce 20 infect the tone OF another journal, comes
with bad grace from a performer VINO has
been treated in TIL, paper with absolute ant un-
equyoca Justice. Nor can this particular aspirani
quite afford To take this tone. Unfortunately" ex-
claims Miss Dickinson " have habit OF being guided
by my own Judgment" The weakness is but
fccbly described rs unfortunate. 1t led Miss
Dickinson. in the Summer Of 1868, 20 print lo.ter III
TIE y Y TRIBUNE. over her own signature. In which
she denied tLt going upon the stage ana USED
with reference that profession, these expressive
words While there Is 20 much TO do and 50 many
burdens to tighten in the world, win not God willing.
leave my post, desert work. honestly il inefcicndy
duue, Tor usecss piry" And yet now tha; Miss D'cS-
ason has, seemingly. got through tightening The bur
dens OF the word, and now that all the useful
work is completed. 10 seems not only that the lady
t. by Divine wilInsne =. engaged Ia this same "use-
less play" but thab sho has always had strong In
cinatluu Tor it, anl. long ago when she wss II
years old was only deferred from cmbaring upon 10 BY
niI .ard Tor her mothers objection TO the stage
sounder iul mcnt than that 70 walch MIS- Dickinson is
So resoutsy habituaed m'g have adnOnished her, in
those remote ana inscn1"Ds DAYS u III - ma
policy TO Iook two ways for church seeple;
ruyt also IL might have aGmOncd her, in these recent
times, refrain from gins with ttlseh"od. Hacvo-
lcucc prejudice. aud Improper deviation alike from
integrity and professional proprcty journal that SIM
ply gave tho truth IN rcspcc her Boston appearance
Miss Dickinson has much say a. 10 the memory Of
Anne Boicyu N ,t unfortunate persons memory may
be IA bad way but 1t does not asate the pGblo mind
nearly much Miss Dickinson seems 20 imagine; and
certainly does call upon amateur actresses TO
it, The cotemponry persons who dsap?roye
of Mistress Doleyn are, very likely, unchart1o; but
they Will scarcely think the better OF her FOR seeing
her depicted the stage preacher in petucoats by
lady incompetent to tho ar. AMI Ou,ness OF acting
that she could not f 1pun her knees vhUuG narrowly
escupinga tumble upon her face
Miss Dickinson, in thinFiLS Of herseN champion
ot certain ideas as woman, seems to nave quite
omitted to view herself amateur actress. IL
her estimate OF woman, but her htucss for the
stage that came question she undertook to
act. NomluhOod strong upon the earth, in
brains not less than CHASTITY. long before this
alert and vigorous lady mounted the rostg1im
Shakespeare, Is still esteemed fair writer had
drawn some in fiction who are not bad because
intellectual and not silly because good The world had
exhibited no symptoms of being anxious for conhrna-
non OF the beief. very generally entertained,
that women though assailed by ten! m!tation may
yet remain innocent and puro. L. is pain
fu know that Miss Dickinson could 10. find,
IN shakespeare, chla'beI thit suteu her' yct soCe
would have managed TO subslst under that dis
tressiul restriction I not, In point OF fact expect
ing be Illuminated In tins way When Miss Dickinson
at the Globe TAeatcr, the Sih OF May. she
merely assumed on side Of Washngton-st, the
professional and Importance that the ether side
OF WG,hingtOnt heldin right of years OF labor.
supplcncnting and developing natural Iuaiica-
tion,--by Mrs. Bowers, who was acting at
the rival house. She failed TO maintain
~ and she showed sign that she could ever win
IT, Every critic OF the stage distinctly saw this to be