New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-11
THE DRAMA-MUSIC.
CLARIssA AT wALLACK,s.

The privilege of attending performance at
Waaek's Theatre is more placed within the public
teach This reOpeHed last night, for the reg
uar season. and Il Is pleasant 10 record thatthe boon
which was thus offered 10 the community was ac-
eeuted with all suitable gratitude and with
various denOtements OF felicity by very
noerous assemDlage Of cultivated persOns-ampy and
brilliantly representative Of the mind the wealth aud
the fashion OF the city This assemblage perceived
with enjoyment the cleanliness ana the bright
decorations OF this cheerful and comfortable
theatre It also looked once more with affection
ATE and dWestricken interest upon the stately and
refuIgeut MI walack who appeared and spoke az the
end Of the second act and stoted that Mr. BOuccault
Wa H. and had departed. Il welcomed, OF old, the
perennial Thomas Baker. and heard with satisfaction
the strains Of his cherubic band 1t saw with placid IN
erest the protective presence OF the sapent and Judi
eious Mr. Moss It greeted with decorous enthusiasm
such timehOnOred avOrites as Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Floyd,
Mr. Beckett Miss Germon. and Mrs. Ponisi. II was
quite ecstato in ITS welcome 10 Miss Rose Coghlah, and
fairly reOiced the cntrance-now first made upon
Wailack's stage-Of Mr.. Charles COghlan and Of
Mr. Charles Barron, who subsequently carried
on the honors Of the night 1t appreciated
with quiet relish the delicately painted, deity
devised. and pictorial scenery that was set
lOr Mr. Bouoeaults new play Of Carissa HarlOwe,
Or the History OF a Young Lady (which. upon this
DCeasion was acted for the first time And finally, It
received an edyng lesson from this dramatsps benev
oleht exposition Of the strenuous wickedness OF
LOvslaee and the lamentable woes Of Oi0rissa.
Il may be that toward the close, the tear
II seHsibity trtcked down the nose OF sympathetic
attention. but as a whole, this scene aud time
pi delight
Il win not be the fault OF the local stage H. after
while, the requenters OF the playhouse do not become
ieeliugiy persuaded that the seducer OF feminine
'irtue is nefarious individual, and that the ladies
Fbo are beguiled by him-pOOr, weak, mistaken, and
Niiable ereauresiare the proper subjects Of human
~mpssson This valuable and striking lesson indeed,
In full possession OF the theatre and It falls upon the
hentiYe public from many points OF the compass.
hh planiiyely whispered by Miss Davenports Oiira.
iOrebly formulated by Miss Wards Jane Shore. 1t
PassOnatey declared by Miss Cavendish as Mercy
herriek It Is Just puming itself TO take wing upon
ne pinions Of the reconstructed "StranRer" And now
s tenderly and tearfuly fllustratedMr. BOuoicault
naay stsndng forth the diaaetic fount pump or
lpoas-h the Carsfa Of Miss COghian. Our stage, in
taeb DOW sheds forth q humane and moral fragrance
sAeh seems 70 battle the entire metropolis and which
sAsetinS in the highest decree. t certainly IL great
sna moving thOught-gerTnane less 10 OIGrSssa
slA 70 other OF these pieces--tnat, " when
Iey woman stOops to folly, and finds late that
seHsy abe can, through repentance and reformation
seone the most Interesting OF dramatic heroines and
ssoeiety is then bound, by every consideration Of