The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-10

NV uutt IN uun( WOlll'n HEt bCHTNPT tnWl
| funny plays. They are often wits. but. alas
how seldom they are ways. | can only recall
two funny girls out OF the season that Is past.
One In Cowc. the other ia Sylvester. and oven
| with them fun was an electric glcam not a
stcady radiance.
Idfc with n woman II n much moro serious
| thing than il ia with ia. and in this country cs-
| p,rally. where she natures ut ten and declines
| at twenty. there isn't mu IN time to be funny,
| that's f,pt | remember ono night admrin4
at cooperative shop girls ball II most cncr
! gctic belle who dan SI twenty sets and cx-
! haustd all her companions. just ns WIS be-
! ginning 10 appreciate tho superb spontanety Of
her animal spirits. found out that she had
! given hcrlifc Ia complaining through tho papers
about the hardshps OF tho shop girls who have
to stand all day. And she WIS admired 10y hcr
| companions not for her fun, but for her pluck
| and prowcss.
Their" IL this to be said about American humor
| III 1t have no reverence II also has no scnsu-
| atty. French humor has been admired mainly
! for It's superb impurty. and English burcsquc
for ia de 'oro,n transfer of the indclicn"y from
| the err to the eye. We never offend the pro-
! prlctice with our speech. said the NAKED blondes.
| And that was true, but they never used any
! that We thought worth listening TO. There was
n h,wdy bloom about the bouiIe women that re-
~
passive sensuousn"ss about the Englsh bur
! ,squ "a that WAS organic
On" had fastened art with coarse gives. Tho
| other drove Nature TO market unclothcd.
| In nrithrr cas-, would there have been any
fuh ia tn, proceeding il the agents had not
| bccn women.
The burkspl'" Tvlngclinc" may be taken IA
u fair sample " american stage humor. which
! always leans ~ the sidc Of negro minstra'sy.
AMI viii IA can always he coarS without b,tng
unecan. 1t il not 80 much Of am opera toufi
Ia .ia innHr : and cNN ..lo on a= was the play
of "ForA .ian Frnf.' Ia truth. il has no
moanint. anI'hat is us suI,+m mort. II is
the brightest phan,asra-or.a OF fun. IT, poo
pie in it appear TO aN from pure ,n~S 'an's4.
They have nothing during this mrsry hour 20
tarh but everything IT, tirklc. Nobody has YET
been aoi' o. tell what L = an about Those who
s'o It do not arr To- know. They mif,ht az well
t.y 90 'lnd the 80 ret Of laughing .;as with a
la tom'trr.
However vt ua thank heaven TIM, We can he
amused v.tAout as,iu- our Judgment about n.
II is nom" ntlriiy inter sting TO observe the
Wratn"rshy spriic in this delicious farraso.
She Is in some resp 'ts an exception To- her
trib". for although Mumor h0s compelled her to
$50 S.l tee garments that api-,rtain 10 her srN
she haa nevr,- '---s eQy.r.d hcs..if with m
airy moi rts that answers the pUrputsi. I, -.
,uriously fine art that. and css mt ally femi-
nine Witch can exhibit the form " thnut be-
traying the weakness Of the inl.yh.la
Weethersny has reduced exposure to- flicker
You shall see an OF nae that is round and curved
amt comcy n limb and tor- .. -uc seems To- SAY.
but shall not stand stan long enough for YOU
20 think about It. And she IS right Beauty
| that IS ia ia at adds .,rarc to form and wears
| over sfu-upu~u'ss the l.Irdle Of Venus. wh.oh
even Juno must lurru " IL sii' would ruQiur,
the SO.s. Su D. a mcr, ural body lifting throus ID
the scenes. like Will o. tho w'sp. leaves :.
rhythm behind her. 1t isn't phryno Chat We
| think of-but Ariel, MN ILlAKLr.
The Old aud the New Phiisnrm.nic Conduct or.
10 THE EDITOR OF THE suns In the
intor' SIS ot justice and Of truth b,ss. a LITTLE
space in your columns for tho purpose 81 cor
r,otlng the erroneous sa, Ninents which have
been circulated Through the medium Of various
journals concerning the election 81 Tn nodorc
Thomas rs conductor Of the Philharmonic
Society and Of st.liin g certain fncts relating e.
that matter naturally unknown TO the public at
large.
II has been widely and generally stated that
Mr.. Thomas was unanimously elected rondur-
tor, in place Of Dr. Damrosrh. This is not IT.,
fact. since. out ~ some lty Vots which wor,
Then also for the frs, time in the Annals OF tn,
society. the election took place before that NJ
the Pr,sid mt and Board Of Oficcrs. 1t haa
been previously announced that the lu,t
would BE- elected at the meeting held last Fri
day; consequently. those members who wor,
only interested IN the clc ton ~ conductor
were abr mt when tins cN mt took place.
| In IN" preceding year MIR, Thomas md rn9d'
strenuous Efforts to obtain the pos,tion o
lend, r, and. indeed. was ptopos 'd az rrlo ted
having only received siN vol =. InIuunt"d
however. hy this defeat. Mr.. Thomas. througi
| his ndnrrputs worked quietly and steadily inl
months to gam "a loothod in the society. man,
prlvlt, conferences were held with mcmh"rs 81
the lhllharInunic, ana WHEN the plan MAS iulli
maturs. Mr.. Alexander was authorized 4
max the loliowlng irpprs' ton; tial, IN cas-
Mr. Thomas should bc rl,.it'd conductor Of III,
Philharmonic. he would pledge himself Ia Ills
band his own or 'htAtra. and would rrnoun.
all his husn - AFFAIRS here, giving CONVERTS uu
OF the c,ty only with the usslStaic' OF tue Pau
harmonic ko,irlv. II -,cms that the tempt. 100
pecuniary advantages ~ 's"ntci 10y ihls ar
rnngrment made muny of the members regard
l'ss 81 every other con-.drrn ON md iorg"tiu
OF the brilliant services which Or. Damru~ y
had rem Tered Ia IN" sO'irfN, who. 10y taking III
l'ai"rship II % rrti'ni innnirnt, rescued the So
oiety II ln the ineNltabl death NA.ch t,rcat noe
H. and VINO. by has great ard.r. infused n"s
| vitality lutD the molirund 30 ~ This MAJ
. and art RI, witn nm .stdh shed European repti
I tiilnn. VINO can Vie VITA IN" ~ II al llN.i,
| art --i- musicians, and conductors. was simpi
thrust aside after years hhori"u- exert on
dur.nS winch he had done much 10 rc.rtah .f
, | the Philharmonic, to make why iOr anuthc
who promised more r"munerhtNe income
q Il If probably not known TO the ruhic gonrr
Ely tiht Or. lesnro>fh gaN" ny s.rNi' Hrn
dutng ths ,uitre season, and thai tirliI..h .l'
! nllurnceAnd efforts hp gained tho gratuItpu- .-
si.i3in -e oi tue gr'at.r part OF ih' splpsl~. D..
wei 40 that oil tho Oraiorin Sn-lcty at the con
. must be 'nn e'do,i 10y every unii,as 'd ol- rye
1 WAC Witnessed the nal.Hl decay at t',r on
u OF the first year of Dr. pluro- Ill., lead, r~h
t could not possibly N'"p Ia''" tn III ar. 4