, 1879-06-08
uHoad HeAyensl" easped tho asto1ished Pro
fcssor, ''do Jou expect can Grade artists ~ Lucy
do wheatY"
Curtain.
NEW. YORK.
1vsrrR w411ACK AND BouCIc4uL1'

1varrp rvAr1lrK AND BouCICAULT.
sn,cta, Correspondence Of The Tribune.
Npw YoRr. June 5.-Lester Wallack and DION
nonc,cau1t arc being talked about to cons'oeIa-
he extent in this part OF the country the one os
,cason Of his interview In Chicago, ana Tue osnes
hecanso NJ he latest whack at the eritics through
80 columns of 1ytlxs' Spirit. And must aomn
~ ~ ortset TINT the sort of an echo which mas
been aot In motion BY the ntest freaks OF tnese l"o
cent}emen doesn't indicate the existence among
neoDle at large OF ali uncomfortable aumlfat'on1or
their modesty.
Mr.. Wallack seeks to convey the impression thaE
what Salyini ia to Rome IN Inc way o1 Pop"1a'11y'
be IL to New York; that the people OF Gotham re,
gard tho John Lester Wallack OF To-Day eooo
deal in the same light "a the ct.zens OF houoon
gard Henry Irving. That IL utter nonsense -n-
Decd it gets pretty well down to the 1eSes OF nap
doodle. There was time when Aestes was III
mensely popular among the people OF tnls clty'
They looked upon him as Inc greatest uenneasot
of modern comedy, and they fell INTO tne nao1'
OF patfonlztng his theatre Us mater o1 ou'f.
Until Montague, and coghlan' ana Inorne' nnu
Jimmy ONsiA emetaco 1fom tne'f ooaeat4s,'
New York stuck to "allack, ha1r"ose anu 81,
right honestly That was how ne came TO eet 'ha1
lordly sort OF an opinion OF hintseH' Ano' as n's
antiquity has Increased since theh, mis- oehe' III
the magnetism and omn'potenee OF h'mseE mas h'so
grown relatively larger. II mas at last oeeonlo
nuisance, and the occasions are now lar apat1
New York people viii 60 70 see MN a. ~, esenW
case their eonsc1ences. 'ours anu Inc ssnap9 Inl,
OF Paper " were tne Only pieces ploauseo ..
lacks 1nls year "a1cn o4o "ns 'A"s t"e ~ 49,
buetness. And even these were not nusn 'nose
than half 50 snecess1u! ~ was gwen out.
It Is well enough 1of Ar "ai4ach " ~ away
from Gotham and tell about n's popu!arlty hese,-
1t he can get anyooay 10 nslcn ano pe"e'o' ous
the facts don't pear ouI Ills seoty' 1,' u'ne'' -
cherished fondly BY the generation "n4en 10 w"
past maturity; but the Lester "a.lacs " to'o -
viewed only as awell-presefVeo reAe OF ols'an' oo
cades.
NR. BoUC1oAuLT's CHIEF fAsf1AE
nowadays seems to be the dissection and analyza-
49,. - h;s o,,r, n1oya what he wrote about
uon OF ms own p'n5s' -, mAas ~ ss.s ".e as ~
harrage "hee, H. na ps nt nraatic 1srs
tnre. y must have inspired him with the idsn Of
.twr,t,nz nnn al, his former works. And, when
the great playwright gets ao"n " ousI-
ness on the topic nearest his heart.
he ia apparently in VERY good
humor with himself, and correspondinglY bad
with sss .,s THE Ss Gesss was
~ s...s -ho,~ aco1,s IL c,,ta hean,iru, to ol
ne goes a11ef lne1. seh4ps 20 uu4.e p.a
serve-from distance. When Dion booc'eauss
clutches his pen jabs it into the ink, and proceeds
to ''baste y Journalism generally, it is time to
stand back IN tae saaae Ano lss ~ iooe uneoaeeAA
ed. And while you are watchfng tor the torn and
bleeding fragments OF Dion's victims as he tosses
tbem maalv into the alt, you may as we'll keep
ene"4 A'"ut1 .n'0 49,, ~ ,s., 80 - 80. ro,r
yous eye VI .ne "A4'es s''S7-"A ~ "~' N"
mental-modesty.
In bis 1atest letter, Mr. Boucicault writes good
*s;x~. +hot 80 t+r. ard n oood many that
tna"3 .uu ' ~. 49, ,a..,.as =, n;o~ ;, % ri
are mtstahes 1ue 44'e.AAsa - osa; - 49,
the theatrical profession is going the dogs, that
rnost ~ thu managers nowadays are mere specnla-
tors who hny nisva and actors BY the brand"
so1s, WIG oa3 pta5s Aau aeto.o -,
Is they purchase liquor; 1hat Wai!acK8l Is tne o"sy
theatrical company in America land even that is In
comnlete,; that the ucombinarion II. system is
,,,,s - ~. nrnere,+v of the nrofessfon at large:
anu tnas eaI ptsa" nhs arnma y ha asys ..is
now 9nt sssno TEE ons nOan e;thcr to
possio!s, 80 uSea1e Aoet~ ~t~ '@~"~ F'
View NeTspapets; m @ hold, do not ezert bad fnaaenee
npon paa1 VI p:gssiss ~ vatns mt onlr In
, haS ntegsnes st = =, narIs n5 nrmer;ts drama
teing people Mhas meins VI nt to he n1aTers
MaJ po3saeas wv - - t.,.!,o.so,t ri erccsaa
JOHN a'cuLLouaH ONCE SAID.
tn ma IN Boston when speaking of Clapp, the
crtic nj The Idreri;ser II always 60 for his pa
@ her he DIST m thins in The morning after playing
n m Sos9o has It'd me
mnre yTeaknesles. pointed out to me more faulty
reodings and sngprated 10 me more opnortnpitics
t.as ~ tAf thon ant III MN in An,efica.'
a.. Tam a. man. Of intarritY. OF dfscernment.
~ Idasa iii nf:strenvth Does Mr. Boucicault
;s 20 "a ha1,o.a thar snrh critic !. Of fnurv tn
noraae;nn In estaenns and tries to elevate; TINE
Aro ~ sre gnnd mary 1nrom nefpnr nnscrunnlnns
i 9onoranx Y r;tara il fhr country WIN cali them.
sIras cr;t;ee Thrr nfobapiy nurf the theatre cou-
sdernh!v hnt thay haven't one-ouarter the iut1u-
ence against It which III welded hI the brainless,
immoral, th1evng, eeahclne nlacRsoafos WHO ilFe
within the profession ttsea'. mere aee mosG pau
players thau eaa ctieeF' nn4 tnItc ale sAve iAvE
cle psayWi1gh,s than tMoecie 1GI1haists' 1.u ~
honest anu lnteaecLua! pfo!ess4ou WI u e1ess
an unlaVo3Ape lnauee @ gr agarIss ,taae ia
SION equaiI! nunest ann e4ua..! 4n.eieeeu"i anu
Journalism Iogus4 ~ 10 in.esi1 sii gu aes M
cant exert auS anaoease Al a41 'apoa any '4'1As
tning. n,..,.,. 1.,,..,.. ..x..~,a
As!oS llon oast ,s a la ~ .tt ~ ~;
aoonL tae p.sss' re e assa u.. " % 81 stans
Analysis VI tae u.anas ~ :s - =. uH
6nl ne must nmu tne u res enst a,anv
wnin sse, ann q no. nossss ~
latton appeais 10 suar1y, Anu a
among some oI tne peope manafetlaly connecIea
VIII tne sIse' t W t aoJ1s @ tae
The mission Of the DRESS is to purity the drama oJ
the e1posuse o. ~ @ .nus ,t pt .ne
1nstatunon oe1o9a tue peop4e opoa llS aetoa1 1nes
lS; ,,4. ...... .u..,. - II. .,. .,,~
Mr. booctca9lt luIsnsr speaK1 oI nls o"n W9rS
n lat9eF seI rsaisneu MY: Ie sunne tnG ~! ~!
!osae u Luz pts 51, namu ~; .s.h 'an'
OF numofous; tt ins ~ T., ~ ID. asoi.no 10 , y,
ollan1 aa 1l +haon. ~ ~ th a+q ~
wna. " ta,e ~ " ~ ;nGn,"-i,, n-I mo;1 " "
ms vasaoua r. ah M cioriv .hnt II, taii
plan az I 9;t1 nnat ~, th 81 hii
gent peopie 4oAS ECU @uuL1stsos uA1 - hne ou.tunk