New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-17
TIE ErErYDIY DOMESTIC DruIl.

running in old RI > Will early see.
THE EVERYDIY DOMESTIC DEIH4.
II is a well Known principle Of th,atrlca! manage
rent that the oucs IT, drama is the most proitaOie
Il appeals 70 al cases, but more csp"cA'iy 1"
women aHd children. who are most easily affected 10
tears and in tIc cold philosophy 81 the ooA-oJco
one woman or cil 81 IN Is good for two places
wei forward" since those ot thG gentle sex ana
tender age must have Ga!lants or guardians
10 attend them. 1t is THIS guiding pn"cipIe
which satisfactorily explains to t1e mana
cenal mind of Cunmles the exceot"1al suc-
ce~scs of sucn plays that ~ which SOFT hearted
wom.u weep and colder 1oodcd men langh over the
p.cpp.ttr,us adventures and rNIgg rated woes OF
.he mp .ss6ic 1.-TWO Orphans"
We go 10 the mimic Representations Of sorrows ann
mi~loitunes and pine O5er t1eir emu'ate4 sfels
Just a. though there wtro not enough domestic
trag,lic, in daily litc to groan ana moan over
with real tears and actual sobs. Oso cannot fake up
on's dgily paper 40 matter how brief a cHTon-
Ger Of the timc or how ouii N It's dishing
Of IT'S sensational diet, without finding the dark
traces or the fall record oi score ot tragedies
italoor and more hclr-rcndug ;han thOSr Of the
Gr3n1tist. Some have comic side 10 relieve thrT
bitterness; others are -r'tcsquc enough 10 he i'ls
able ihrou- lout If tue sequel were moi 80 heart
degree. When one has read the score or two Of
dally tales that find publication how painful - tho
reflection that these which We near OF are
merely fraction of TIE thousands daily
occurring in real lie, bat hidden from
puslic view Happily hall the world does moi know
how Inc other ha lives and little at its paln iuds
other than secret expression. Fortunately all the
r,pusiye skeletons of every household are 80, put
on exhibition. Then, too, how often II happ Us That
one aie told in the prints recalls TO rcader,' least
those of some experience and mature aSr-sc'r's OF
other dramas OF real lie known only 10 the sufferers
and Themselves bur here recorded with only dit
ference oi drcmatis pas0RG.
| Take Wednesdays paper. o. the same page, IN
! the Same column, read the Two tragedies which
reveal the mfatuatlon of young and
| beautiful wife Tor boy lover who repul'es
| her. yet for whom she braves disgrace
ard abaudons home and friends; all the dishon-
esty of a mere lad who had ab,conded with his
| masters money, sham;ug his family, dahonorlng
himself and abandoning = career OF such promise as
| comes to few youths. They sad enough when
VIC see only ths principals. the guilty ones, suffer-
! without drawing aside the curtains winch disclose
! a husbands grief. mother hum hatlOn, tathe. )
| broken heart! We urge in oXtcnu9tlon OF her OF
! fences that the girl gIddy AID hall demented,
! but excuses will not restore home or lost place
I sd
| that the boy Was too greatly trusted and
! tempted that his mind poisoned and weakened
,y.i tine noxous drnq OF sensational literature; aud
! Ne pity; but pity viii not restore good name or
re.,tabls charac. er The IFS: of lite is for t.!'m
lo,g tragedy of scclusioD If nOt OF shame and SIN
for the one; constant, bittar and UPHILL struggle
for She other against the s rust and antag01sm OF
the world IL j. hard struggle this race Of life OF
onr. atis best, but the worst hurdles to overcome
and the deepest di,ches To leap are those we build
and dig for our Own obstruction. Turn colunl
and read further; aud imagine If you cla the depths
! If physical suffering ended by the dclrOus
lean Of tle young PHI sIcau from hrs SICK room TO
;le street bcog; or the mental torture which must
have preceded the suicidal acts of the four uaf"r
tunatcs recorded the same day. mans iroz"u body
| Is found IN tine rear of his tenement home; wao
shall guess what grief what crime is concealed in
| the mystery OF his taking ohf In the brief tce
| Grams "A Announcing the sentence of the English de-
faulicr: the absconding of the guilty ChIcagD rev
culic officer; tine exposure of RochciOrVs duDcity
and cowar'iice, there are hints OF romances 1u Of
| sorrow and shame for more hearts than the ones
| that are guilty. There are the gmpses Of great
erlels and grave crimes TO be found III the al
! yertising columns of the daily papers. What a
tale Of humiliation, OF false pride Is nd Gated u tho
r.tit,on of the K fined Southern widow for pO-
!
fumes. Il displayed IN that OF the Educated widow
| of twenty-five a. housekeeper for wIdOwer."
| What infamy of the HAPPY only thlnly disguised
| i'm the infamous announcement, Lady House
| keeper Wanted.-Refined Young lady, about cigh-
teen. rather tall 10 family" How many inuOcents
| will apply for the refined home" promised, only TO
invite upon thersclye yes the Infamous insults of some
monstrous hagl Here Is manly vigorous a3pica-
| tou for work of which the advertiser is " NOT
Afraid coupled in the same column with piteous
| appeal for emplDymeat OF any kind by
lone who has been unfortunate The dlh rent
tones are utterances of hearts equally sore. What
hrazen eiroutcry, shameless artfuness are daily
displayed in the mock Applications Of he deni-moRde
| for Immediate assistance" and classified IN some
| journals under the head OF "Fmancial!'
These little dramas are not without their morals.
Ihe most pa,cut which will strike who
ever reads them. is that invariably the sorrOws
and slllcrngs and repentance indicated are brought
upon the victims by Their own Imprudences or
crimes # is in this that the real tragedy of life diff
fers from he ideal drama of the stage; and more's
| the pity dat Tia ~ true!