, 1879-04-25


upon anything an actor docs, or anything dono
10 m actor capable Of being trans-
forrcd to the ncwapapcr columns, ns
nothing more nor less Than A. advertising
schcmc. Nearly every plan for notoricty has
hccn adopted by actors, actrcstcs, and tho
dramatic nRcnts of to-day, until tIlc thing has
become simply nauscating. Wardrosea hayo
1ccn ttolcn nnl horses have run awuy with tho |
stars; thcy have been bfttcn by dogs, and they
have lost their '1ia'nonda. It Il generally be.
lievcd Tint moro diamonds have been lust by
tho United States. Every tsck has been |
eournge to @nko themselves T. living
TARGET for The bullets Of rome idiot. When lien
shot lnrge section of tn. public believed The
thing to bc nothing but nu advertising sehcnta |
IN new plan, nntl had the at!sny not provol |
fatal tt I. certain thut tiIat impression would |
to bs found sorne who actually believed TINT |
Edwin Booth had stopped to the miserable but
popular expcd[cnt OF creating n scnsauon to
lloodwlnk tilc public and I'LL t'ts f.osacs:
Such an fdca ia absolutely nEs'lrl, oven to |
those wlio do not know Mr.. BIo;lt, II they re- |
fleet for u moment, because such ah attetnpt, |
concoctel BY tho inust slltc'sd theatrical haycr-
ttsor, would bo sure Of Detection. Tiioto WHO
nothing 30 foreign to Ids natnro IA notorIclY Ia
any shhpo whatever. lie Is probably tho most
reserved untl retiring tnan In the profession,
Htl, entirely aovotedsto hts art, he ssrnks from
lnve bounded him, but hoe oesa'les them: naEa-
zinr publishers anl newspaper owners nave be.
sought him to follow tile examplc Df others MID
nut pen to paper. hut ilc deelnes, because flu is
flo could be the best advertised nun prob
ably on tic American stave. Owing 10 Ills
standing in the profession, Whatever he wrote
would be eaes,ly e, '. neeepted and read By the
1Ie has nlways ayoidrd IT. aud !lkely awaYa will,
believing, MS tile Frencl, CRITICS TO, who hayo
lately beou pitching Into Sara Bcrnfnstlt for tic
enEcrncss With which shc hveks every way to
thts sort OF thing is beneath tho liEnlty OF m
agtist who aspres to the highest position on tho
stage.
All this can be abundantly proved by bis
hstoFy n1a T. m Say m haa to s11ss ~
tho affection Of the nation Which rarely falls 10
the lot OF man or wou,an.--it ia absurd to say
TINT he, sufc in thia exalted position, would
stoop TO TIC level o. psnny sno%nan. ,h a',a
Tie , I saying r. tlist tsEtlwnn Bootl, has not IN
cuomy in the profession" has bccomc popular
1wdn to s tS OF Ss as
he. lie Is courteous, arnfablc, md everything
he does il characterized by. NIL innate
Ecnslcness. He never qIarrels over tho
Character Or IL tio 5ressl', Of one; in faet, his
ensy.uotng, mInea.not-to-quarrel nature
shown In these onattcrs nus cnuscd some OF hts
theatrical friends who know hin impcrfcctly to
mistake bis denec for naa'eht;ine;f. VI coufae
staple conversation amoug the actors yesterday:
1t need not bo said that there WIS universal
! Indignation expressed. They wcTc at n
to .cssPa assGn o toF xoudss Ga,7" a.sss. ws
| Mann had ever beard a threat lnade
3. against tho lifo OF Edwin Booth: all who knew
| hIm loved the mn1, aud those who did not know
him intimately respected ms hame. " course
tic curerr Of Booth was revycd,-aa 1t will he
revived all over tic country,-at'.l some sald
! that tic misfortune OF ISIS which teil upon
| litn Ind left wound from which hc would
man. man Previous to TINT time he was, to ccrtaln
extent, hall fellow we'll tncti hut ha Is Of d
sensitive, highstrung nature, and the caIanity
fell upon him With more acutcness thnn the pub
| haa muintaincd reserve which frw can prnc'
tratc. Every ono expressed the deepest hy'1':
pathy for him, and trusted tllat Ills friends would
inducc him to prosecute the man who Ind tried
do i icft entirely to himself, permit tic fellow
During Tic day tho reporter learned that Mr:
Booth would ah!do by tho advice Of counsel, md
he stated on Wednesday night, 60 he sutd again
TINT he had never seen the mau beiore to tllt
| n..A hta Jtno.v1n.3+n In fRcofht mis- prf1 n
eest .. ae ~ Ec,,.. ~ Su SIo, XIV rn enn y
| ~ LYME n''" ,,',s,1t oe",rrad dur5nr
Ills enlargement except that he los
portion OF his wardrobe. Tie robbery wnl
| placed In tho hands u detectives. nhd LII
thieves were discovered, but he d!dn't rcmain tt
prosecute them, md he docs not know whetlc
fbcy wcrc ever tunishcd. As to the motive o
tic man, hi. Booth knows nothing, but hi
.heofy hyyon1t mug tmc @ rn,sntTy had 1mne,1 iii
l'c tn.ousoaI - ~ h,."if sororo tt,p n,,t,i,e ~ !,
mat d1ay " aen l'.isc tio ar.P ~ Puus ras
similar iasnloFs II AHle lhtthttoA WIS
lIe had just come from tho cxatnina
ton OF Geay when tic writer saw him
lte felt kccnfY tho uetcacv OF nl8 position. aflt
~, ~ IIv ~ s,,w,oa,nent hcrs wnmhi nInily Inv
~ ti. I'm ~ nret troin irnm fin .';tv md iaf
@ taau M w ill., sr nxsc@s tn hit t1,a mottsr o.,t
evening, md Mrs. AicHtckor Lad SO tGr got orc
llor scare Aa to appear In tho box " tue tAeAtr
during thu night. ....-......
conntry came to Elm lurI,,t. the taY cougratu]a,
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