, 1876-01-30
The 8uperSensitiyeness of the Breth-
rem 0f.the Stage.
The Minstrels and the Museum
Frederic Lemaitre--Green-
Room Gossip.
Programme Of the Ton Du}sw Concerts
The Beethoven Society.
S, G, Pratt--.Local Kotes-..fteW Music
---The 0peratic World.
THE DRAMA. . ~s-
IN CHICAGO.

The DRAMA. .-~~ -,
IN CHICAGO.
t4BE TO HER VIRTUES VERY E1SD-
Miss Minnie Palmer, the brave little woman
who played II Mcvicze1's Theatre last week.
thinks she has not been we'll treated in Chicago
US infer this from tie pathos With which a1set
tho frat night, she spoke tho line in her plsv OF
"Lau9hing Eyes,: ''Alas! hAvnt received
much kirdaeae in this great CITY," Ales Palmer
il mis.aken. She has beon senderly treated on
al sides. He hare said, and others have SAID,
:hat she is promising young sctEess; thas' with
perseverance, and industry. sne may some Gay
becous I good soubrette; and that her chief
error has been in beginning her profession At
the wrong end,-not ia beginning 1t 1T ai. Ii
this Judgment is cor7ect.-and there has been
no dissent from it that is entitled to any respect
mn greater kindness could be done Miss Palmer
than by delivering it TO her. Her fame cannot
b. made or unnade BY adverse criticism II the
pressz Tho merits she has which rest On
sold basis will endure, though d thousand news-
papers denied them
kindly cr,ticam il not false criticism It is
not tho slurEing over OF palpable deficiencies or
the e1aegeration ct good qualities. 1t IL the
truth 1ende1ly told. 1t may sometimes be the
truth hinted 1t rather than the truth boldly
stated; but 1t can never be falsehood, in any
shxpe or form. The duties OF criticism, more
over, are two-fold. first to the public, and sec
ondy to the artist. The spurious criticism,
falsely called Kind, can fulfill but one Of these
obgations. I. betrays its highest ain when 1t
lies to please the artist. Lying, IN the long
,un, does not pay. Lying criticism. once e1-
posed, is forever after"4rda byWofa ana =
hissing In the mouths OF honest mrn Then
II 0n1r md Ho~f nrhn
10 lie for ber2 For no reason. They have not
done 80. But II We have told the truth why
ahould tney complain? For no reason, either.
The sEss1TvESEss OF s7AoE-PEoP1K-
Haxitt says IN one Of his charming essays
that he CAD imagine no clsss Of people better
fitted to endure poverty than actors. We Ind
much ruth in this statement Actors have cor
tinual,v shout them = world Of mock splendor
in which they may revel, however etraltened
their OVID circumstances. The sense OF unreal
ity which their vocation imparts to life enhbles
khe1n to sustain easily Ill bit the most pressing
hardehps. Their motto il: '*Let Us eat and
drink, for tomorrow We do :" and when they
die OF how they die they eeem not to care. 1he
women are not thoroughly hsppy IT they can
not dress, but the men are indifferent even to
this quality Of greatness. The pr1socy OF the
orainsrY actor il IN the street. There he feels
80 msy wear his shabby clothes, exhibit his
:oM se mannere, or crack his confidential jokes.
But .he general indifference OF the profession
10 money is oomt teusated by dread
full sepsitiveneee 10 another direction. They
capoot Dear to be criticised. They are not pecul-
;xr IN this, it is true; but like our amiatle nc
ouaiutance who had moro flesh than anothar
man, aud therefore more frailry, they are more
criticised than most people. and, therefore.
illogical as it mav seem. more sensitive to cE1tl-
cis1u Not that they are self-satistied; far from
it. They are conscious Of manv imperfections.
Il ie their intense eselfcouecousneas, rather than
eelf-conceit, which overcomea them. There 1s
m remedy for this etate Of things. The piincl-
p.a of human nstu1e upon which it rests is we'll
grounded aud canoot be etAdicated BY mo1allz-
ing, Balm 70. wounded spirits may, however,
occasionally Be found in tue reflection, tnat the
wo1et sectors are never criticised at all. Nobody
thiuks IT worth tee while. Whom the people
love tho press chasteneth.
"LAuoH1Sa EYES"
Is undoubtedly ono OF tbs worst plays ever put
On the stage IN Chicago It waA written BY 3
young man OF Rochester. N. Y-,-a Journalist,
Ee oelieve. He evidently has small experience
of The stage. and tho trick OF composition IL not
3ne OF his requirements. He has laid the scene
II his plsy in Paris, probably without ever hay
ing been IN France. He confuses the o,der Of
the French nobility in such way as to make tho
servant IN tbs play be success1VelT dubbed
Count. Marquis, Duke, and Baron. The servant
il msch xratlfed with his promorlon from Duke
~ - Tns r1.v draga Most ri the
TO boass o.. ioe p.ss utak' noo, ,,na- y. 1ao ~.
tx!klnE ID oone " t"o ~ttotn. "uo apPcal "
the etaKe rs chorus, labor1ou6ly SEEKING 70
save the audeucs from complete beWuderment
and tho tcrrorx of intellectual night. There is
~ ,cfior uottb nentinniup after the first act
~ ~ ~. 5;.1aene ~ nv t,ms There ie nos =
auo w u.A'oeuo - !,ej .o,or .,,,,a rnola
paft ~ Inc ploee 'uaka Boou ee'ot eouu a4Aae A
1nvLhinS Of 1t must De salo. Al tne same 11ne'
That no unjust discrimination has been shown IN
favor nf the star Every person in the cast is
n;rer . ch.nce. and nll the chances are equally
kto ~ ;ss, :. xr-a<5aamshir I'D aran for
pau. 4ue r4ueo ~ 5s.. s-.,
specimen Vi LIE eone 'a"A1e7 "a A@"1'
CHICAGO THEATRES AND TIE sADBATH-DAY.
x.,,a.,., a-axa..,o, ~ on;,,on ia xra1
come TO the columns OF LIE TRIBUNE; and SIM
ia, communications. which show thouehtfuln
An. -,;...- -,
hoa Rood-1eeHn8 Oh t1e pA11 u VIC "At1etns "1u
from timo to time be inserted. TEE TRIBUNE, it
...,s ~ .,a.u,...a dn,. ~o+ ,,ho.r;hs n Ill
snouao oe ooocineooo' oooo H"s 'uoo~oo ~ MA
that lts correspondents may choose to say:
70 tAs Editor Of 12e Czfeaoo Tribune.
CHICAGO Jan. 19.-1u your BuxpAY TRIBUNE no
ced ths remarks On the p1ay Of "Ienry the Fifth
sad th= ide4s advanced by Olivia Logan regarding the
theatres Of this city. This subject which ought to
interest every person who s,tcnds theatres; aud those
who arc wholly opposed to theatrical performances
should fen that they too have mighty power WELD
vast population Ike OUTS. and large and fa8t-
growing dty Ike Chicago. Is you well Suow every
person e1erts inuouce n the community 50 every