New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-18

.,,s For while, accordingly, the feelings OF The
.,Server are deeply moved. Yet this does not make
an. cbaraeter of Stepkdhie any the less detesabe.
Tha hight remains upon it-and always must
,smain-that it repels the Int rest OF th'
h.srt The added blight lkc"ise rests upon
q Though this is of far less consequence
N the spectator that 1t is buIde Ell with
moral sophistry. Vicious conduct in woman. ac-
oroiu 20 StelhdnGS logic. is 10 WAY more cuipaoe
q, disastrous than Vicious conduct III man; t"'
rouan. equally with the the man, Shoald nave
.ociI License to the Juvenile wild oats ana
,f.t the middle-aged reformation; and it ~ only
b.cause there gay young men WHO ndulge III
r,oAigacy that women sometimes become adven-
,nrers aud moral monsters All this is hunchcl
sar,t in speeches of singular teTscness eloQucucc'
I'D VI ,r. but it is hardly necessary to point ont
- oil this il speclous and mischevOus peryersion
:, +no +r,tb-hoyeyer admirably in character from
C,bo,ics Inns Every observer who las looked
rfrllv npon the world is aware that the
.opseouences of wrOngdoing 10y a woman
arc vastly more pernicious than those OF WronI'o-
On, nv n man; that so:iety could not exist III dc-
800 If 70 its already mconvenlent colerIe oil re-
sor,,.d rakes it were to add legion OF reformed
-ontons. and that il is innate wickedness ana oVII
,ors,tv that make such women as St'phahH' ar"
not the mere existence of the Wild young men VIZ"
willing TO become Iuelr anu SO''N'''
- hy beinp their dupcs and victims. tits natural,
howeyer that this adventurer-who has kept a
gamblng-hell, aud ruined many man, soul and
80 and now wishes to reinsate herself
&. virtuous social pUsitiOn-shOud TINS strive to
..,iate her past proceedings Self-jus ifcatlon IS
20 of the first laws of life Even IdGO, who
.sver deceives himself, yet announces one adequate
root;ve for his fearful crimes Even Bulwers Mar
c,sre-that prodigy of evil and great type o. luIer-
nal JOYOUS animal depTavity--can yet paint himself
a. the light of harmless loneliness and innocent
gayety. M
7. is Int a little while since Forget Me No"
,ros seen in New-Yoik, and readers and piaygo"rs
ave familiar with its story 1t is thin story, but
IN the handling it has been made to Yl"ld some eN-
ooIept dramatic pictures, some splendid hohehLS o.
intellectual combat, and some affecting contrasts o
.ha,,o.or The dialogue particularly in the second
net IS as strong and rs brilliant ~ pohaneo S''''
n in tbis combat of words, Mss Wards acting
ia marvellous for tlonchant skill and Ia'cIna.W&
vor;.tr The easy gGol-latuTed haHtcl1ng air WIN
wn;cb the strife begins the liquid purity Of
the tones. the delicate glow "f the arch
sat,e the lev glitter of the thoucht
end purpose beneath the words, the transition ~
pa nos and back again INTO gay ma ii"icAr' 4'P
deadly hostility, the sudden aud tciUh!c III o'
mcrace " hen at LEI gh the crisis has passed ana Tie
evil genius has It's temporary N'c'"H al '"tNt
were in y, RECT taste ana conNurihdIt afIi''iN.
Seeing tins brilliant. supple relentless folHIutbt
figure and hearing this ncl>iVe, bel -ilNe voice. t'r
specatO! is repel rd and attiaCitu al IN" e3lnr N
slant and thoroughly hewid"rrd W! the Sri~r Il q
mower and beauty rs hateful rs ley are Gi"Iol~ !
Not since RlsO1 acted LHcrcttG B0lUr IN III. |
country uas our stage rXIinIed such a. mae oil
Imperial will, made radiant with beauty ana eIIc-
tric with fl IsheS OF passion. he pHd anu .h' |
serpent are fatal terrible ald loa b. III yet toy
scarcely have peei among Na'uIcS Sui'e""
symbol, of power AMI # grace.
I,,tA gaf
-wl,rr, at length, Etsphd'de J., crushed ~
physca. fear. through heh"ldni@' ~ So III
by hIm, the man who would XII ner
as one Kills mauanant and dauperHn, reptile,
Miss Ward ba> introduced certain illustrative |
CUISINES no. provided bV tn piece tut >u'A a-
greatly enhances lis final effect Inc Backward
rush from the door, seeing the Coisrali av"Ag"r
OIL the staircase. with the incident ven oil tctrO l.
the Invention of the actress ana from TINS inoH"
90 she nua exit she is the vcrv MISUNDERSTANDING
and even agonlzng-Of allnct fear. lie = iuai ON
~ ole of The strongest THAI dramatic lngcnnIIE ha>
inverted and Miss Ward ilVest> 1t W1th coiJu"g
OF truth THAT is pathe ic and awfn. wherever tH,
piece of acting Is seen, accordingly, the lovers "l
true art will have an enjoyment >uCh .. 10 Srr'oh
voucfSa upon tie stage. since leaving H3s.VL
Miss " ard has acted in few OF the interior Ne"-
England towns. On the 21st INST she appears III
Philadelphia. On March II she will present
"Foreet Me Not" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre ID |
New-fork.
Miss Ward is very fortunate in her selection of he
who acts this part, has come with her rom Eng
land. He acted in this country, some tine
tie finest intelligence and shows deep, feel
ing ana a slno.e, straightforward, hoacst
style of expression. He has just the air iOr
Sir Horace Ut{bg-tne AR Of lie s,li-gOhta!LCd
Eug siuan. the natural ar~tecrat, he trayeHet"
man. the gentleman by mature. lie conservative 10y
education. He has the kindly aia&hV hce"iul 10
the character he is piOncient II haHt - hts 'eir
of hurnor is keen he Is repoSe.ul ami agreeable;
and wlen the stu ttiOn demands pas-lon he l.
equally sincere in tceiing il and IrcitouS III gv-
Ing II due veheine.ce Of cxpression. lie a'i'd
evenly, vigorously, AID with iautless TASTE, ana al
moments with "a very Touching tenderness. Mss
Ward travels with her own COMPANY. ahd 1t has
been chosen with saga Gus Skill Oy Col. M L. ; an
OF the BROOKLYN PLIh Theatre, WHO i ~ man GER
Miss " rIdS altOgethrr exceptional Sucr'"S J. IL
get Sic Not Is one OF the mos important ih'C'i.tN
Of this busy dramat season, and as such GeaTINh3
OF SPECIAL record. W. -.