, 1879-08-24

Is buffoonepY Mr.. Dillon, clever actor as pc IS,
unable to lift 1t beyond TINT quantV OF luu
Thicn We RECOGNIZE and admire In grotesQuo
a7ce OF . travelling circus
uch productions and such performances uncen-
ured would have been to do an injustice
,ot only to the papers for which the crltlcs
grite but would have been an insult to the IN
7ho hare the right to expect that the press
hey support will not misrepresent either tnen
intelligence or their taste.
Since these necessary structures appeared
several writers for the papers have oeen noIs544
in print, and in some cases personally waS!a.99
by the authors Of the woIk presented; auu
ln others bY the friends or agents OF
he several combinations. These persons
seem to think that it is the Office Of tne ne"s.
paper to help them to make mon.y leg1t'nateLJ
or illegitimately; that it Is the Office OF ue
nevspaper to send the public to see their ehoNs
whether those shows be worth seeing OF noi
We wish to tell these gentlemen, once lot III ~,
that it is the Office Ct tue he nos
to strepuouslY defend the public from the ms,
renresentations of their th1ce-sncct postets alu
descriptive bills. They have no c9atui a "n1ls..4
upon the press or upon any OF lts a,, ~
When thew buy an advertisement, as sccn, ueJ
1rt il and beIond giving them the ause1eiss
meut they par for, the press owes tnesn o9sn
mo IN the other hand, it owes to Its renders
truthful report Of the value OF every heeueeo
entefta1't1.nt ne shove observation ve do not
mean to single out the management OF Tue Dn.on
Compapy: but wo ailude 70 the tmo toanss ss
combinations mentioned above, anu sc9res 4'ss
Of wandering so-called dramatlc tlonpes; +, tie
miscouccption Of the remnrks maoe IN 1 lue
naners generally arises from the 1act 1nat ,ne
nanag-ra and agents OF these contemptib'e
shows are men who havo no education nor ca
pacity that would fit them properly, ,e 10 Har;n9
ssaIu 1nom1edcs ot or feeling for art themselves,
~ aud Hot| :, cnrsT;ne in the business slm?ly
a. a." business By which to make
money, they cannot comprehend Why they shonla tao
vends e third. class wares at frst-class prices
Thev viii accost critic or an editor with 40 air
- ~ man Who has been injured; they will tell
him that his criticism Or notice has Sept money
out Of their house. and that they tnlnk ~ - ses
nnnq m hseI; M n md Ii, m paper in the eyes Of The
n,;c loo, y. hn ly;n1 about the merits Of perform
ance pus the1 otter. We advise such agents
managers to cailnf On eof5oTa t10nr 70
ce.Ia ,te 10 nress write itself down fool butt in
mahe @ US ps,ine ,heir energies ia this direction,
tS anpy nj thrm to the organization OF such talent
The Of S1fe pays compeled
anu 1 ule ~ puusI nraise and to SUPPORT.
acceps' ~ p'a'''
"NoTHfR AND sun
Our local dramatic stage has peen au[tn ~ nav n
eitr. The Union Square Company last mig q,
finished the fourth week OF the 1--WE Thcn WI "i1'
trrminnte the engagement with Havcrly. Duf-
inr those four weeks Bronson HoWaTa ahu a. ;
h.s hern given' and given proftably to all con on
cerped. It's a work in which no great orlglnsllt!
in character drawing Is visible, and IN "n1cn -
re- rems1Kable mark Invention OF plot can be claimed ID
but its characters nrs ata-r e. eleaFIy har
s.an;a,ixiv nn,l dramatically told the puo