, 1877-08-19

Think you that eau look on that sweet lace
Or clasp III hopeless Eras1s that gentle hand+
And not tue rather feel deeper love
Euthralliu. me beyond tue willis command:
Love is not ua,ter Of the willis control,
Nor would |, if coull. ccaec loving ron:
Nj life is swcctcr for this hopeless quest
To il shall be ever lcal and true.
ArG. u. D. y. HALL
SOME OLD PLAY-H1LLS.
Appt<:ons' journal FIR !s.,aemd<r-
Ne found q lona-lost kew the other day, which
opcucii the archives Of q buried cxper1cncc.-a
kew whi-I unlocked trcasurc-house al recol-
lcction., an '.open sesame F" Of the rast-
For C1rysostosn, rs we called him, or the
H(fo!derfMorthct. )" 50 fascinating are his Old
stories, had often referred to lost collection OF
old play-pils In what - trunk, box, banubo1'
bundlc,' were they straudeat The accumula-
1ion Of house is fearful thing. In every we'll
ordered family there should be Hercules. who
should, once il ten years, dig out the gasret, the
cellar, the old bookcases, brinsln. 1resh en-
thusiasm, an unttirued belief, in that "burfed
will'' which ought to turn mp behind SCOTS
Commentaries.'' One snch young Hercules
in our family found The old play-bills. yellow as
gold and almost as priceless, and laid them at
our feet.
Chry.ostom began, when he saw them, with
his own first tragcdyin which be was star,
actor. He and his brother and cousin started
of with their Christmas money to see - Finn =
ut the old Rchmonu-l1ill Theatre, in Charlton
strcet,-a great evening aholiday performance
They had Is cents each when they arrived at the
- nit suli OF heartlcss creatures, one OF whom
sat down on the youthful head OF Chrysostou
as 4 convenient res.ing-place: Of course, TINS
MAS not to be endured. The unhappy boys
struggled out catching 's,oe paps
at the gate, and no admiltanec! A council OF
war was held on the sidewalk, aua as they had
observed that there were plenty Q: good seats
in the crserr:ce Is oc ce1ts m 6f eafm~at tn"aa oo 10
club their money together aud send in the eld-
csf brother, delightful boy, their own great
hero, a male Scbehcrczadc Tor telling stor1cs'
while they walked home With lump II each
| throat and the tears coursirg down casa inno-
cent nose!
This ca1ly act OF sclf-sacriflce on the prt OF
| Chrrsostola vas 10 be rewarded by lon. and
| excellent ani complete theatrical c1pericare.
| Hc was destined to see the best acting ard IT, t.
hcar the best singing in all Europe and in his
| own country. He collected play-hl]s III ~
] cities, and recoi!ertions which arc perpetual
| feast. The Oldest OF these yellow treasures Is
| dated SATURDAY. cvcning. Jan. :, 1ssa' and l. OF
the the American Theatre, Bowery, Mr.. HambIin's ,Ii
| hencit, ana the last night of the scasou Ihcr
nlayed ::Vcnicc Preserved, - with Miss Clifton
rs Bciridera; the comedy Of "Eyerybods's 5
Husband with Mrs =, AlaaSean t r! as au@co, '" a
Tucu. in w1ctl she will sing l,y particular re-
nncst The Dashinr White Sergeant 'lve
heen roaming and As he marched through
the town." "Thc entertainment 10, 70 co"s'uuG u;
with nart of thc third. fourth, aud fifth acts ot
s|ircini,1s,' AMI first timc) Virginia ny MISS
Clifton z.u,, o,. If ,,,cs,. ,,ioc,s
What monstrois versatility: what immense !'',
dustry If that isnt ,, E""a o,n,,xfna @ ~aa i ii
u Sr na1t1cnlar request, 1.-THE Dashins Whitr
Sererant,' s.I'vc been roaming" and :" As nc nc
narrhca through the town." no We set M ~
m,,rh in our play~bil1s nowa IL seems to ne
.herc then were more cakcs and ale There was
x"ar;cty- there was lively change from grave u
nav Il must have taken all Saturday n1ght'
and. one sears, part al the next day.
Thc,, we find, on Monday t.scn1ns, june y
1s35 tIc bcautiful Clifton IA fine, great creature
.s;th Hack ewes, regular features, and touch
ino vuicc. SO Chrysostom says sln@'n:; IN ths
..onrra Of The Devils BRIDGE !" wn'cn snt !
Eiyes ,rc US, ngno .hcast! uhouel Love is warm
awhtic.H y and 's'Tis but Fnncy's sketch ,,u1,;.t
wssh Dickens had not ruined thc Enssls'
oi,"asmonia rs lie did ly making It 50 iiii!1o1
taIly ridiculous through the lips ~ '3.s lk ivy "
s1lcr They were so pretty, those nh!'aus, ~
ecntimcntaI 80 suggestive Of long c,lrls, Wl,'f'
| T~nni.s md s;,scs general Innocence anu loi'
rrrv tnl-lol! full, however, OF atrndcrncss ulu
don ,nder the Anglo-Saxon stcrnt'css' anu c'tGt
ing out rather ahsurdly, 10 ~ rni'h ren,in.
w. ~ m,ncys,cnlc and cfover-tic!a bette
H Kiss Clifton If, "Thc DEVILS Bridge" " ana nc
fourteen songs sentimental than AIMEE ~ - -
Jolie parf1tncuse" p'e'e' '"e
| tile cIovcr-Eelds! =; ,,.b;ch chrvsos
4,,n n;oys the clorics Of the old iarS hcatss
aud secs prorcssions ot kcans, Itces, y, Cns .i:r
mans, Watlacks, and other names WI wn:n ,n;I T1 a.
,,ot hn1n II, die, h. sails Off for Europe, anu
t;ot o, 91' ,c Havmarket H. thu Italian House
49, urr Nnicsty's Theatre. and other 11''1.." y.
hi,.h renown on the yellow papers. - lt..n ,.n, i
| harc a ulay-bill which many 4 col'ec'ot "o"'
steal from us, If he could:
Th,. evening. Saturday. July r. l64' VIII oc pe'
LIE formed ponixctti's opera
ANNA nOLESA.
,<nrv VIII, Hing o( England. slsnor ten,as ns;,1
I'<rcv..... '''''' .Ma atla nc Gri
Anna Mo,,1G ,ac acis new Pas dc Quatrc b Me,
dcmoselIes Taslioni, Cet'to. efa'"' ~1t''''
~ yrs. cbrysostom saw al that,7ti'c samon !, q,
:. ~ cs' d. d. %}arisr' Of "Jcamcs' DiaTy,.-tl
mas, extraordinary afcumunlion :uu oan eole' :
tration ever seen on any Stage, t!le 'esi ~ ri,
HAT evening whcn TalH1a playcn "a "a ~ f,.u
| Kings, for The audience "atcnco 7''t'~
Thcn, after that unrvaled emulation o. ,T, gIac'
f.sriotta Grist did La Esncra!da !" iof tnGah.
When recognize all this goo 1a 1aef ho,rd Q, d Ic'
sostome, and remember r intt q I,ea.n see til:
rrtnc 3 is rewarded in this world; and am am e; ei
nact cd when remember the scene at tnc "
R;chmo2d Hill Theatre, whence nc nal nnsns'
NOR, disappointed child, SO many ySase w. G2oin
own m' mighty bounds, thirty years to oerf, tcM
borr sn,eutlid she was. A tal1' po"eI,,' !,
= woman, clearing the stage, WIN ,,,n: ~
great, grand, heroic mosemsn,s @ ,.s The The grace