New-York tribune., 1879-01-18

little time 10 read they have no time 10 travel Iney
come A. sit III front they witness not only the
story Of some man or woulan's life. but they have
charming natural scenery they nav rass' moIr
methods manners in the lie of every nation OF every
cuuntry upon which the shines and thcN learn uh
consciously without clear con"c pon OF what ry are
doing beyond having an EVENING" entertainment ihn
ser ,% %Sy0 WSy ts' of the sH' humanity % 81 witch y
part and parcel I9ey nave Tho srpat n'f
| actor reveals all the possibilities of human nature
love- hatred Joy frief jsss@n'y wonder rmiIion Ty
| mat eau touch the heart that the great actor
n"s met met IN s 81 % M n ls 10 %S M 10 look @ ard 10
| hear and the on-ooker III so looking ana near
ng lifted uueonsciousy little mrater to n, the
pie suppose. II happens luckily fortunately happily
| for them not TO have 20 through the tremendous
OF emotion. to camber up The hciEhi or sImG a,
own deph Of gt such i,GmE+ ling q, %t ,dm oSc rc, %
them them painted in some fashion on t tne can
va or G'ya ts Rs ro G mnd 'Tn tn b6ws 6ut for the
| man who fortunately has n"t ha1 10 80 10
had 10 climh over such mountains sunk INTO such scas
of feeling. Il ere H. cirr rH ga h ~ @
ton and broadening ont with the sight and the thought
Applause.
HUMAN NATURE on THR STAGE.
pccrle come in contact with few phases Of life,
and even those in which they do come in contact they
are TOO busy TO understand They come and sit in
'front.' Of the stage. ANA III that little mimic sc ne
trcrc is gathered almost every phase of human nature
As they sit looking there Is revealed to them hc
tremendous gamcSt or huinahit!i tHc 'h"i-
mons spread. the height, the depth, the variety
of human nature; and men and women grow IN
looking on. No one sit in front ana
;ook at this tremendous spread. s enormous variety
this human nature I'M, life, without doing exactly what
r1yc. lcnrr fhYrlau.e.l Not only that, tU.
nconic ',,,,o learn iorbear4nco by the sight. Oac
,y Az dislike oTt tha mE; nest that Thing Thc 20
ard it in 'front.' G%h at Iic thG play a"a "Ht 'hSy Ga%
II " T. / net I''' him in private shord like hm
Ycn never saw & lay, IN Tnfn n@ ,h,rc v s was crI m
power OF prcsenaliGn From birth to d'lih me htp,!
i told In You read the story of vice. foY, ti'
rrat business man Oyersirainet and snkig under tho
strain, the dcfaul'rng clerk The nlrat jude ne 'lt
band abandoning wife and children IL" wife fi"' NJ
fiom her home-oe reads tie story. one reads u nv
times wi al the gdirs and temporary tt'1mph'; N
Gcm.s are not connected, thoy not contact. T.
ven go and in front, tc whole Is told plainly ana at
tolls struggles q" the VOL kingnan could not tolch
closely The hone ahd htTt M as ,h' s'ory tr,a
tna could be gathered together with svnpaneS for t
unioruhte 'G,u nUt nay tbf ei"r tIat brings lean, i
every ones ryeS-as poor hunted i"o ErnTg |
Everything that could be said or sung, all -" |
line poens hat Mrs Browning coulf write al the gfoa
speeches and all the noble s'Inons about common |
ard women so coscly-bcca,se it touches their !!
smiles aud tears-as nat e1qm+ite @Iid ,it. nra'.
whcrc any word coud b" spoken thar could speak more
th,illncly and trlhngy to ne Ilo.nHrs ana lahriN
who bring up ther daughters a. things TO be Wcl
toycd with. Inng away IN an hour aE t1at |
IDS In1s 70 P 10; il DON'T B-Ions+ 10 Murray mi
belongs 10 every fashionable mother and fithcr who
to such future Applse IT e, h1 s1Ee1 Gr n%ny o%f m
one, and vi" ,aDe many oi', from De'hs "''"" OUT 10
And Where. Wonder, is the sermon "Lct lin who
f. without sin east the flrst stoe" taught ani SO
preached as in That one ragged and bcdracrlcd |
Yet awful story OF "Camiltl" The iniiIitc !
the tremendous and awful warning the oter. An
says there yOu str Ike the abyss OF cVl t"t me
stage has to show. the depths mat are opentd oui
NDu
and reward OF virtue is preached alters fashion without
PnrithnIca rreachng under Che heavens that cool and
not evil holds The prepondefanre IN human h hstnfc'
Just as eyerythn: else Is In in an oVcrn"Wn
way way SUg No as ,cmprd GDSr to yrany ceby when 6n
COMES TO BH sizes aud Iio7o Michel nCb body wants
People talk about the play OF the day-the abyss and
degradation into which the stage has sinkcr Now,
awning askew IN The shangnraun.o nor Caste"
nor The Bankers Daughter" nor The Long Strike"
ean }af pnX nS $ Gi 'h9 @ojoy Of ays Of the the
4y there Is S SS is m b am
women in the civilized world. The pulpit, the
sPeschcs SPec 'nf the nyp&u Try Expression Of cy%d @
in this day-that Is to say OF to,dy-that
Ss en nhS vcmen otnS more nor c and
every and woman knows 1t TO be nothing more
people don't dare to iace the truth Of the relations
of men and Women: Ihey don't dare 10 come lace r TO
lace with the tides that are deeper and stronger an
all the They try 20 shut 1t np and lock 1t away
and put mask on IT, dh%y say So ,ng' nIya, snGG ne
steps over the hooT crater OF The vol.
know II. The one place the world tnat gathers up
these things and cries toward the universe You Ignore
cry II and immortality hope The stage will stick
to It's point aud show the lives OF men aun women roi
ihodgh and gathered together TO try TO
denies that the stage has tremendous power.
In di.ion;cd fashion. have t1cd to show in this talk
some the good that lies IN this power. and want 10
a III |
mass of the opposition is os olind az II is
Sp''di'" 9aG an cd " clerical friend to Tdvin For'S
once on mr' am going 70 see you o-nght, bn,
seen" NO." said Forrest. you cannot have the seat
l. IN looking OUT on my audience would he ashamed TO
see one who ashamed OF being scent" And what
true in that case is true IN plenty OF Other cases
away from home would 10 the theatre; If AN IN
some town wh,Ie people 90 not Know me- would 20 TO
then It ia not bad for me- hui il l. for other people
and dislike setting tht eEampe' Ihe truth truth ct t.s
closely and well, that II is not wrong or harmful
He lacks the courage in majority OF caSes TO stand
up and say that the faults 10 lie srch
at bat ne real virtue TO he sustained and applaued
TneIe is grow ny courage there is growing cou-
aye IN every other direction in this daJ and PcncraOn
Ir,laemler once on time, when wasin Pnisburs-
since IT iz asserted that II was an actress at all
vas as p Int .r na wa H,IeG Gut hv UT r SSI
there were seven cicrNmcn III front II YOU pleasc.
strike at what is wrong about the theale but conser
whether the theatre ItSylf Is wrOug People say, 70
niauy people drink VINO 10 TO the theatre. | shr.wd!y
SuScct lhd tltt Is no more gong "a tHc ih are TO
get drinks than there is going ont OF business places
To get drink | shnusi SAY, the thing not !
10 strike the pleasing and delightful entertainment
the bat at the ruinhOpS outside the door a.,
p.au-,l The f1vOes OF the stage, the improper dicss
Ing the sort Of things winch you see ANA whca the
young glrl or the young boy tc! Hut iIruGs there
"a y woman who steps on the stage
lrudc could point her iIger al unless tnat dir Is IN
exact transcript Of one Ot two ChaTdccIh-tEe elegant
woman q sCci.ty the woman OF the pavement. |
have good deal more imnoucst dressing In the
hoX,S Of tEc Academy Of Music than ever the
,tacc Of the Ac:ienv of Music. AID II there Luytlug
10 be struck at do not strike AT the stage that
! l. "A Transcript but sti'kc at the Original. !
The stage SIMPLY hO0s mp the mirror to tie |
eve But you say "tncrc also plenty OF had acting