New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-22

the representative Of the God of Love; chose him.
The little urchin was neither more or less than
Edmund Kcan" Kelly was in Paris in l792, wit
messed the beginning of the Revolution. and saw
Tom Paine in the Cafe de Folk, Dcchlng horrd
iuyectves against the KING. "hs Bartolph face
blazing with delight when told that his Majesty
had been arrested in his flight He saw the royal
fugtiycs enter the 1uiercs. and says that he saw
in the faces of the populace only disapprobatlon
depression and sorrow He immediately made IN
crest 10 obtain a passport and started for England
as rapidly rs possible tie audcs to the fact that
there was no PLAYING at his theatre the oath OF Jan
uary, 1888 Out OF respect TO the memory OF LonlS
| ANI.. who was executed on that daY kclnbie TOOK
this course on his responsibility without con
shifting Sheridan, who was ont Of town. W hen he
returned hc was highly inccnsed, and declared that
neither religion nor politics should ever be taken
! notice OF In his playhouse. Old Moody. the ACTOR
made n singular confession 10 Kelly. lie sad that
he felt the dctcsahlc vice of avarice growing upon
! bin, and that parting with single Ixpence was
like parting with a drop of his hearts blood, far
| which he admitted Il at he ought to hc a1ioncd
and letestcd OF all mankind.
All sorts of things happen 10 theatres, from fires to
iusolvCnclcs but rather remarkable casually oc-
CURED at the IlayuHrkct Theatre London on the
Sd of February 1874. The King and Queen were to
visit it on that night. The crowd was SO great on
the opening of the doors that. in going down the
stairs which led to the pit. three or four persons
slipped and fell and several others were hurried over
them sixteen persons were trampcd 10 death and
upward of twenty were taken up with broken
limbs Yet the play went on and the affair was
kept from their Ma.sics until the Performance was
over. One night there was accident which put
Kelly in some danger. The Duchess of Devoushre
who ha6 been at the theatre, asked Sheridan
whether Kelly much hurt. Not in the least
said Sheridan: " | have Just lett him in good health
aud spirits but he has been putting very pulling
question TO me which was: Suppose, Mr. Shcri-
dan. had been KILLED 10y the fail, who would have
maintained ne for The rest OF my tc''
Madame Mara The great vocalist. gave a concert
in London in her cuty second year. Kelly mar
rates that the exhibition was tIulv Gricvous. lie
used all his Influence with her, in vain, to dsNnadr
her from making such mistake An odd >ioiy ct
John kcmhc j, that when he wasa stIoidg player.
being without penny. he actually preached a ser
il. u field Methodist minister, ana relieved
himself by taking up collection. Fancy nIeu'hed
Black Jack engaged IN such gam" as that.
Plenty at instances have been givru Of .hc Ion
g"vIlv of actors, and of the remarkable way IN
which they preserve thcir capacities. Kelly mon
tiors Ni.> Pope She ioo1c her first cnrcr at Drnry
Lane Theatre M 400, and omitted that stage ~
l~US Iiri career, therefore, tended ov'ra period
@; u,olly half century. Ira fact she had been
pupil of kitty Give such oa.rs. Of which ;hrI" ar"
| q plenty. arc % conclusive answer TO tAo,r VIII"
.,Sc that actors take .Irc Of Themselves. The
! hes; cf th"u take extraordinary care. and ar" th'
bc, fol that reason Among Others, Kelly ifm>''i
sang ~ pury Lane for twenty y"ars and tl;on.wih
rare rpolr,tv did not think himself Of sufficient
| consequence to take formal leave Of thc ruhlic'
lie had his mistortuues; when prr; Lane Was
burned in 1900. al the sc,ic> of his operas were
burned with il.
Most of Che good stories in Kcliy's book have been
told and refold until they perfectly familiar
Perhaps this is n little les, than most Others
Among the owls Of the pukr Of NoIfok. AT Arundel
Castle. was one which WAS named lUrd 1lurlow
from imaginary likeness hci,yc.n the bard and
his L0Ulship. -Hncr. when the Dukc was closct"d
with hs solicitor the old owl keeper knocked at tho
library door and said: "Mv Lord | have great
roWs toy your Giucc" "Wcl' said tho Duke.
",vhat sitY" "Why, my l.ord." SAID the man.
e Lord Thurlow has Laid egg this morning The
Duke was a little as,oni,hcd. until lie rccoilcctcd
the name and. ~ for tina spIctnr. 10 fear
fully scaudailZed.
There seems to he no way of getting at the abso-
lutte truth. either in history or biography. Or In
deed in an ythIug else # thero be thing better
believed than another il is that Richard iIrinsoy
Sheridan after career of reckless pro;usion, ex-
pircd in want of he ncceSsIricS of life. Mr. Kelly
saws that he did not that the tale is foolish one
that ne can solrmuy aver from his own knowledge
that " the reports we're grounIlasS and tahri
Gated for the most attractions purposes OF sCandal'
am ncliucd in believe. for various reasons. that
there is truth in this statement.
sheridan threw theatrical ganar over
everything: aud the letters which he wrote
in these last days. if not exaggerated were the only
things which hc ever wrote which were not. JOHN,
his servant told Mr. Kelly, at the very time that
hi, master wa in want Of nothing, Sheridan took
great delight i'm manufacturing Irish bulls, which
he was in the habit of a,tributing to Kelly. "Ouc
] remember, saws the wrlter. Wa thai one El[hf,
when pmry Lane Theatre was crowded 70 excess ia
every part Na~ pee riHQ through hOc in The chr
tain. and John hcmGlc, who stanaiE0 lie
stage near M" asked me low the house looked. and
that replied, BY J-s yon CONT stick PIN,
bead in any par, of lit literally chuck full; but
The King comes
! have not been able TO find ont just when
Kelly died thai being dat" which naturally
re could NOT insert in his antob'o2rIpy. He give,
interpretations. which he contributed 10 the Theatre
-sINty-1vo IN number. Most Of these dramas are IS
dead rs hcis lie wrote the music Tor Plzaro which
+, still walled IN theatrcS a. long intervals. lie
Baltic, " NenJiord,' neither Of which plays are
now brought ont by theatrical pdrvcy'rs. Most Of
Kcliy's works have gone TO the dust and ashes OF
oh viOn. II his retirement he lived upon small
annuity from the theatre. and occasional bcuclac-
tons OF other peoples money which George the
IouTth sent HIM. His admiration of thIt dis
reputable monarch continues excessive throughout
the book which ends III a blaze of glory with God
save the King
4 GENTLE S1TAGE.