New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-16
THE JIBBENANOSAY.

Readers of history, who pause to ponder
upon tae rxtinglisAe ei OF great and gcOi men
naturally melted with piuiui regret tHlt
those lives we're not permitted To- end INTO our own
sterile AMI dolor0us period The past they observe. IT,
past; and. toucmngy remarked by King Macbeth. IN
Of rs retrospective moments, Tue VINE OF ire j.
drawn. and the ees is lott mas vault TO bras o.
-ocrites is dead. JuIus Cesar has departed 7'io-
mot-.1d hIs numerous widows mOge. Bay
ard was long ago inurned. Washington has, FOR many
years been nOrtuary candidate Tor monument M the
sweet By 4nd-B, Tnrre H. m act. escape from the
general conclusion that hka the EImemoral human
secbag genteel comedy, ths poor cd world mas seen
better days. CpUu the mimi Of tlc historic student
it USUALLY rises like lump ~ efee salt
which the summer flies lave frescOed which has lost It's
SAVIOR, and winch can never be sveete0td
any more. And yet there is a thought which
barren ana frgid Cn0ugn our age mas b'come-sIould
fceIdgy persuade rs tuat We are not All unOlcssed
Even in taat recent sad nouT wlel The p1nterols and
marble jaws Of The NOrh American Eerier were opened
to cast up the aicuug wall u tIe venerable Mr. Bouci
caut for those golden hcyon Of BurDage. Better
ton Mrs. Amnsion AID Madam Yesrls-wbch be 40
weI .emcmbcrs. Anu win wuch. 10 doubt, his aspiring
mind was coeral-it sull possible 10 hud.
in some part of soul. drop o. patience Ills Is. I'M
uolhtcdg r. bad world; and al tie men aud women WHO
happen to Do lett upon surface miserable sinners
Many OF suburban villages are oyerrun with -iEal
aogs. Most cities .HcIel vth critics
wbo wniie they waiiow M scl-euerlted Ignorance,
ga;Der their annual IONS ~ goI fr,m the aureious
though reluctant actor. U is difficult to seo how
the state OF mundane tnmss could be worse
than n is and we 30 nos marvel IN the least when
behold Mr. Bouccault (Jhat light OF other diysb ana
slnar dear friends a refined an exalted civilization,
wrn ing the sail tears from their gTie'strcken pocket
l.uokcrcuIefs. And yet Ue s'Y-tIurc Is thou Int
Though all else be gOuc-tnOugh hing Arthurs funeral,
together with the mysterious undertaken VINO
conducted il. have ezLaed-we still have LEFT
the Jibbenainusayl Inis j. no common rcnec-
lion. Those VINO deem 10 sucI. or VINO would
for moment contemplate this subject with levity, are
ignorant or is serious import. Tncy should spend their
evenings in EDlos Theatre, ami learn what Is that
could charm their ancestors and Survived q redeem
their own forlorn condition. IL was the learned Mr.
DAILY We believe, invented for Dr.. johnson the
remark tnat that when peases long and peases many,
must uossess some merit" II was The JibbenainOsay
IA whom tie Doctor referred he wrote
that sapent sentencc-the JibbenainOSay VINO. ac-
cor,Lugly, must have been renowned parsonage
IN tho reign or George the Third, and vino
surely the marvellous figure chat has come down
To ~ from the stored past He again iast night IN
the classic precincts Of Nhlos and IL is pride and
p;eare I'D state tnat ne fresh, original wonderful,
and fascinating as Enthusiasm could say no more
Truth can say less He never can nave ioomed more
prandly than he did upon this occasion and 70
see him shoot down the cataract, Deglrt Win
fire was to thrill with emotion it vain 10
endeayor 10 utter. In what manner he cnisched his
Woy 10 cOusuminaed vengeance; what riyuets ~ san
,ne,us fluid we're sweiled 10y his diligence IN carving
the red inau what cOrpses lay out upon NDlos stage
what lai1en;ings were heard IN the ar and what a
rnasty lurd image IL all Of frenzy bu1chey, ahd
death were better occurred than told TAs Work, We
.ay again. is something that student OF the drama
shouId miss Mr. Proctor TO have kept ardenty
sliys thr dres OF earlier days. His voice. always
sonorots and pathetic, Is stlil strong ana mellow" HIS
gestures are stu ngge, comprehensive aad mas
svev graceful HIS has never anated one
ioi and his action ever 10 Wa. remains Ytailzed
with the oxatltion Of truly IMAGINATIVE mind. II"
was col lousy applauaca by great crowd OF delighted
s.esators These are the ieatnes Ot the e@st u
| the classic melOdrAma: