The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-12

IL patience extended over q few years II would
find that the desire for dancing goes as natur-
ally as 1t comes. It lis only when one fingers
one may indeed pity the Lady Kews who. '1iv-
bg eaed az last from
the sound Of a May-fai fiddle;" but when
youth, strength and romance are ours we may
p praise e for Sr' The op pa;
I beg leave also to make a plea for the theatre.
A short time ago the Young .I Mems Christian stan
to read for their benefit and ne declined, saying
that they must receive him In his war paint and
in his feathers or not at all mat IL IL were right
for him to take a dozen parts it was right Tor
him to take one. The religious world makes
very curious distinctions, and do not believe
the condemnation extends to private thear
calls. People will go to amusements in a public
hall who will not enter theatre, It Is not
wrong to go to a concert, and with 9 little strain
the theatre it is difficult to say where the i'm
morality of the theatre lies.
Tertuilian said the actor could not expect to
be forgiven, because he strove to add q cubit to
his height and habitually falsifed his face, and
now that the bnskin is abolished from the
ass as the aSa s go sasb Re
cies on the English and American stage as on
the French in later days. and the p2pulac;e
always duly rewarded In our lays, and yic g,
punished. Cassius, presented with all the skill
of Booth or Barrett, receives not one-half the
applause which antony gets,
It is charged that expressions 80 broad are in
troduced in the modern drama that modest
ears cannot hear them without shock. But
in destruction? The modern editions have cor
rected in the main the magnificent productions
OF the English classic drama when our fore
fathers we're In the habit of calling spades by
their names. and PEG ole who have only ex-
amined Shakespeare in the closet need not ex-
pect to be shocked by the holiness Oh the ex-
pressions he used.
1t Is charged, too. that the morals of the actors
Il, l,,boo # n nna
so difficult to get standard OF comparison for
Shall we take an equal number of Stockholders.
PLAYING day a2on Of
milliners and mantua makers. there would be
an opening for REFORM; shall we take the bar
the professions. So far as / have been able to
Judge, actors are q good sort OF people. Their
life gives them kindly hearts Haw tea adst
bed of one of their leaders | do not believe
they are ambitious to be classed among the pre-
p9ns be out SSg a9 n9
drunk and cards played and an occasional scan
dial set aioat in which they have no part.
DRAMA and that it is fiction, in fact; This eau,
not stand, unless we condemn other fields OF
literature and art There is no audience SO
rude which the impression the drama conveys
will not fascinate. and the religious world
misses grand opportunity when it does not
use It for Its @ Ine people seng
pard" and Dick Turpin'' may be bad but, at
any rate, they are better than bear batting and
cock fighting. Abroad the State grants sub
sides to the STAGE and in times past the Church
did employ it.
Dion Boucicault gives as chief reason for the
This Individual is no philanthropist; but |
know of one, who, to elevate the taste OF the
community suffered pecgnary :, io S u. He els L
people stay away from the theatre it is not UNI
likely that immoraliies will creep in.
will pass by the frequency with which the
1arxc xuhi forbid amuSamentS broken. The
sin of theatre-going seems to be chiefly when it
is done at home. Abroad it seems to be right
rem. In regard to dancing, how many evan
gelical girls are there who stay away from par
ties on this account? And how many mammas
of a serious turn of mind who are not DESTROYS
Of giving their daughters the best opportunity
their condition could afford?
am aware of the fallacy OF the argument. be-
cause the church rules are broken they are nee
essariy wrong; but when there Is such wide
discrepancy between theory and practice as ex-
lists, in the matter under discussion, we may
we'll inquire whether in one or the other there
"Tempta ion" might frame enough sSgl + to cp put
neeea N to me how had
died of drink. He commenced with fondness
for, soda water. she said, then to ginger pop
World has to be faced: if the terribly good peo-
pie mixed more with the crowds which form it,
and Of their d DID gev the other
likes the footlights and the oh indelier no bet
ter than he does the broad glare of day. and
dies of life; and firmly believe that though one
may smile he may be saved. only amusing"
said Robby Dunglison. the physiologist. Only
of the chief ends of life: am never better
physically. mentally and morally than when
not on only Studied the laws Of this life, but we
thought was trying his best to be ready for the
one to come.