New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-19
CURRENT TOPICS IN LONDON.
PROFESSOR Hr-yLEY-THE DRAMA.

-SFLFCTONs FROM Mr.. srEDMAN's POEMS 10
BIZ PUBLISHED II ENGLAND.
IFHoN TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rErBUSE.
LONDON, Aue G.-There Is newspaper in London
which have referred to from time to time as the
leading Liberal journal Of England. II deserves
the title. rule. 1t is liberal enough IN politics,
certainly; as liberal as a great daily paper with
powerful constituency can hope to be- When reli-
gious or secaran matters come in. it is sometimes
less liberal. It's opponents sometimes say, too
broadly that il is a NOnconformist organ. don't
think 1t is the organ Of anything, but IL Is capable
| Of taking It times what may be called Noncon-
formst view Of secular subjects. Last Saturday 1t
saw mt to publish a NOnconfomist attack on Pro-
lessor Huxley, apropOs OF brief speech delivered
by him to the boys Of University College School.
In Its Nonconformst mood The Daily NeUs exhlbItsa
certain antagonsm to modern science and 10 men
OF science. Professor Huxley it tells US, occasion
ally falls into the falsehood Of extremes. He is one
of those modern physicists who manifest tine desire
70 shock and startle by extreme and unqualified
statements. The extreme and unqualified state
ment which, in this case, has startled our Noncom-
| formist friend, is this;
There nothing more 20 be valued than physical
enduranee for that implied that man had good deep
chest and sound digestive organs. Given good deep
ence ana boy must succeed IN practical career
In itself, that NAV may not be startling state
ment. 1t so happens, however, that whether start
ling or not, it is not Professor Huxleys statement
and not being his, the Nonconformist energy
pended upon it is perhaps little INSTRUCTED. The
organ might proftably have expended its energy in
getting correct report Of what Professor Huxley
did say, instead of laundering against what he did
not say. Professor Huxley to-day supplies his
critic with the correct report, gin ORDER as be
TRANQUILITY remarks, that such of your readers as
/ ]. H.
may compare it with the editorial comments which
! appeared on Saturday I cannot quote the half
column now printed, but it is sufficient 20 explain
that Professor Huxley was urging on his boy-audi-
ence the essential necessity of endurance and in
dustry az distinguished from mere clevernessj and
TO give this one passage from his excellent speech
somewhat varied experience OF men led me. the
longer i've 70 set the less value upon mere coyerness,
10 attach more and more Importance TO industry and to
physical endurance. Indeed, / am much disposed 70
think that endurance is the most valuable quality OF ALI
for Industry az the desire 70 work hard does not come
10 much II feeble frame unable 10 respond 20 the de-
sire. Everybody who has had 10 make his way IN the
world must know that while the occasion for intel
rctual effort OF high order rare, Il constantly hap
pens that mans future turns upon bis being able
70 stand sudden ana heavy strain upon his powers
OF endurance. TO iawyer physician or a mer-
hours Gay TOT a. lOhZ as IS neeuu WITHOUT kugchluE
up. Moreover, the patience tenaclty and good hum0r
which are among the most important quancatons i3r
dealing with men are Incompatible with irritable
| brain, weak stomach or defective circulation. II
/ OF prlZ8 winners were son OF mine las
might nave been the case, am Had 20 thlnE on loI-
occasiOns) and good fairy were 60 ofer TO equip
him according my wishes for the battle OF practical
life, should say 90 not care 20 LOuDle you or any
more cieyerness put in as much Industry rs you can
instead and OH II You please, broad deep chest AMI
d stomach OF whose existence be shall never know any
thing" should be wen content VIII the prospects OF
| a fellow so endowed.
At the risk of Nonconformst or any other sec
tartan criticism, 1 shall venture to say that this
seems to me good sense, aud thoroughly good adj
vice for boys, or even for men.
Nile. Sarah Bernhardt has made up her quarrel
with the COm6die FRANCHISE, In way another,
and To some extent or other and appeared last Sat
urday at the Theatre Francgis on Its reopening.
Many and various accounts of the terms agreed on
between the actress and her associates In crcu-
latiou / cannot say which is the true account, nor
| whether any one Of them IS true She was 10 have
| acted and / presume did act Monday of this
! week. I'm Hermann" This does not imply that she
has renowned her starring tour5j her Ameri-
| can tour among them. L take it to i'm
| ply simply that Nile Sarah Bernhardt and
| her associates have discovered that they can
DO something better than quarre-that 1t Is for the
| interest Of neither Of them TO part company and
THAI some compromise is possible where their inter-
ests are conflicting. The current version is that
she. on her part, renews her connection with the
! Com6ie-which indeed she had not the power to
/
who rules over it, assents to her taking such leave
of absence as will enable her to fulfil her foreign
engagements, or some of them. This is the solution
which from the beginning Of the dispute, | indi-
| Gated As probable. 1t may involve modification
of her American plansj may reduce them
m one year instead of twOj may hasten
or DELAY her voyage, and so on. But
7 have as yet heard nothing which goes TO show
that she has abandoned her intention 10 visit the
limited States II is for eyerybOdys advantage that
abe should maintain her connection with the COM
many of which she Is the most brilliant ornament.
! II is as NJ Sarcey remarked. for her own adyan-
tage above all. No actress. however great she NAV
| be will walk away with the Maison de Molere. NJ.
Sarcev. nevertheless, was so angry, 80 fearful of
what might come from Mile. Sarah BernhardTs
Journey that he quite forgets his good manners and
permits himself to say
We shall see what will become OF mat talent, made up
NJ Distinction OF purity, Of grace ana OF poetry wneh
MS possossor snail depart m the SUITE OF some baIhu,
10 perform before crowds OF VulEr lEnyrauI
OF language and utter strangers u INC s'yle VI Id
NJ sarcev would have said the same thing Of the
v,l,sb two months ago. We will return him good
Cor OWL and hope that when Mile Sarah Bernhardt
g,e, 20 the States" he will go along with her; aud
learn as much of America as he has learned OF Eng
land and confess himself with as much good-na-
tured frankness.
Mile. sarah BernhardIs fears about her receptlonin
Paris proved groundIess. II there ever were cabal
against her, as she believed, 1t dissolved when she
was seem She was one OF the procession OF artists
mich marches along the stage In that grotesque
promenade that, on certain occasions OF cereuon''
Concludes the performance of lie Malade Imagin-
,irep She was not Kissed she was not received in
sil.uee she was applauded cordially by a crowded
bo,se And hear that since her return 70 Paris
sbe has been surrounded By crowd Of admirers and
friends, just as Of old. Her return 10 tae theatre
where she belongs whether it be temporary or per-
.nnnnt IL dnnhtless the result Of their influence,