, 1879-06-27
ADVANCE AGENTS.


OF course, our professional readers will not
be Informed Of anything particularly nav to
them When VIC asscrt that In these dnrs Of tray
cling combinations, the nilranco agent Ia one Of
the nlpst important members, or rather Access
sorics, thereof. But from numerous fudica-
tiu1s no draw the inference TINT @ good many
of our renders arc not. aware how frequently
h1s functions aro i,npcrfect1y discharged md
l,nw often what ought to 10 the most valuable
atlI,llcta Of theatrical enterprise becomes tho
most iujurIous Influence tl.ut can bc brought to
bear upon 1t.
rhr advance ngcnt, above nlt things ouxht to
be sober, honest Industrious, md tactfu1. lie
IN not merely. tho nyant courier Of Ills 'alIo*,"
hut ought to be, in sense, Its reelection, or, to
employ what is ncrhaps n hcttor figure, lie
ought to bc tlH perfect shadow Of the substance
TINT follows him. liz should bc eobcr and tern.
pcrate, bccause, though the temptations 10 be
ttle reverse arc lnnunicrablc, he cannot Weld to
,tavM wi!tsoNt in'!lct!ns extreme d!scrsdit "n,
too often, downright Injury up0n the pc0pte
whose interests arc committed to his roprcsen-
taiion. tiu ought 10 bO taettu! and discreet,
because the profession OH which Ao o;,eratra-
to wit. the 1ourlallsttr-ts made up Of strong
auA individual characters, no two at whum
| Or by any uniform influence. lle should TIC tn-
tlustrlols, for there In MT calling 10 tlm world In
which success dcpcMds 80 much unun hard. co'l-
tinunu@, and ur,flagri'lt. work. lln saionld also
ut At5QDTlN1E ~ llic htl]Cu lie
liz should be fair cpto,l.c, SO to speak. Of ita
qualities md cIlaracter!sttcs. So much tor the
| ftlral advance aecnt. Tic real article, We arc
snrrv to obserre, too frequently docs violence
to st1ch theory. 1le Is upt to he nntay, bnt-
nut, vulgar fe!low, who looks upon himself as a
| low sort Of H commercial drummer, and who
l,ases atl tiA calculations On the nvnr!ee or the
I appttttea OF t!>e newspaper men Will whom tic
deals. Casll down or unlimited l!luor are too
frequently tho only Influences uuou wh'cl, 10
relies, anI iMn.udcgatc eIaggeratton. frequently
| rcarhng tho Dimensions Ut fulsChNnl, Ii the
promise tint he Invariably leAyes unrcdteMcu.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Tom Dayey Is sahl to hare Miss Fanny
| naycbpor. for next fcason.
It Ia runorcl tl.at tho Boston Church Choir
"I'inafoto !" will 10 here shortly.
Charles A. Chizzo!a, 1t one time co-manarer
| af tho New York Lyccum Theatre, has returned
| to this country.
| Hurry Iryng has been elected permanent
| Governor of tho Shakespeare Memorial Council
| uf thu Stratforti-on.A YOU AssuetatiDn.
| At thu Olympic Theatre. London. last ealur
day, Mrs. Seott-SIdtlons Was t0 make her ilrst
nilpparuneG OH tllo EuEs!kl 6taga 9tlIce her re.
| turn from AMcriea.
At Boston on thu 10Th RollIn Howard died,
/! Itu was woll lsNown III the minstrel profession
ua a female tnncrsonltnr. In ll!e same city on
III. l:,tn 1ere bailey, late Of MctAlllsscr's sin-
| strcls, died nt consumption.
Alex. Calhoun. Of Hartford, Conn, sues
Maggie Mitchell for ahout =, 100. OF 20 per ce,,t
| ut the gross receipts un Nov England tunr In
I la7J, W!lep he claims To have been her manager.
Tho cnAa rGnt to trial III ti,Ht city On ths 2lst
lust. alNl u.s dofcHsa promases to make u inter
/ cstls,g for the platntilf.
j. Il. Howard, 4 comedian favorably knowu
I throughout thu Southerl btateA, aud lately
travelling with d compauy called Cfsmsr's Mef.
| ryMakess, Was drowned In IT. tuhn'z ntyGr, Fla,
Iunu u. In compauy with sou,n frIenda he lctt
| Iucksonvllle that day IN a small YACHT aud
while At saYport shu was drtyen BY head winds
unl the tide upon st. JOINTS lar, where she
! waa swanlpe,l aud ali on buani perishcd. Mz.
| Howard VIA about IS years ct nQe, and our In
torn,unt saya "ho lefs widow and ftlcpsll
susnewllvru In tho North."-EHtpper,
Anew tdere was about to ho brought out at a
Paris tl.entre. lt ccrtain scohu nlIe OF tho
| Ae&ns4 Wig ta sea1 out tie name ct 4 scstai.
halter from the bottotu Of q hat. Tho author
wh0 wrote tlmt part Ut tlle piece put In the
s.a,ne Vi ~ hatter. Thu eo~auttiur, |" Ery!sIux
the manuscript, substituted tslt naH'H VI hfa
tlntter, Al.ti said nos,snE uIout Il. On thu cVch
ts vi the llrst pGrfurtluNro 1utA' hattcrs, wha
had been seyeralIy inturtned by thu two authots,
were at thH the1tre, awaiting with lsnpattcncG
| ,le IADtnent which wat to tnuEt lErm tamDnH,
l3u. it was Il thrl na1ne that was rad out from
tn. lat. Illu actur t,al Right illat was to 0t
respected. and ho puifed Ills own hatteE.