Morris tribune., 1882-11-09

Extraordinarily E4gLsSh Hats-
Leather Lace.
New York, Nov. 5, 1882.
This cvcnins nIIs. L..Igtry gives her in
Itial performance of an 'Unequal Match,
at the Park Theatre, and the feeling of eN-
pectatiun us 10 how she will turn out on
the boards is at its height. Abbey in the
management of the woman has shown
skill and an Insight into tue weakness OF
human nature which is almost wonderful.
The newspapers record her movements as
it she was some foreign princess. The
Herald has II reporter following her con-
stantly and her movements occupies from
one to two columns each day. Sensible
people can hardly fail to feel ashamed or
the depth of Stiffness TO which We as II man
90" descend, but Abbey is delighted. BY
ine-Way, VIC "rSi~ dan er of Whcle crop
of LanguyS. Somehow or urt,er both in
art and in fashion we manage ut times TO
siavishly initiate foreign models, by turn
ing out cheap reproductions. l met the
chief partner of well known theatrical
agency who told me that American Lang
try's would grow as common un the stages
as daisies in summer. There is one young
woman who belongs to the combination
L
here with tremendous flourish of trump
cts, but who soon had to quit the city for
the provinces. Now this young woman
has something of n talish figure, blond
hair, which looks like Mrs. Laugtry's with
the color washed out and u cast of face
which resembles the original as much us
cheap chrome resembles great painting.
With this stock in trade, and with the
kindly help of paste and paint, she is hav-
ing herself photographed extensively as
the American Mrs. Langtry. Her man
ager has booked her far ahead, and in
several places she will play during the
same week that the original Mrs. Langtry
will appear. Besides she will personate
the same characters that compose Mrs.
Langtry's repertoire. Now these people
expect to make Il good deal of money out
of this fad" hardly think, however,
that the American public can be played
for such gulls as mushroom theatrical
manager and alleged actresses believe.
Should this venture be successful, how
ever. American Mrs. Langtry's will rise
bubbles in II pool, and even no Bowery
stage will be complete without one doing
comic song aud dance.
Clubmen and gossip mongers have been
anxiously awaiting the trial of Nj. Louhat's
which Was to have come up last week.
Mr. Loubat, it was to be remem bered, be
came the hero of duel that Was to, but
did not take place, with Il Mr.. Trumbull.
Mr.. Loubat, us the story goes, made some
disparaging remarks about Il lady which
Mr. Tr mUull resented. A challenge to Il
duel followed, the matter got into the ra-
pers, the club became laughing stock for
the public, and in pure self defence, and
because IL victim In appeaSe the wrath CT
the gods was needed, elected MIR. Loubat.
He brought suit some Tune ago. The an
swer of the club Was TO have been pre-
scented last Thursday. 1t was actually filed
but thus far the newspapers have been un-
able to get hold of it. Both parties are
anxious to keep its contents private, all
the more so, us the document conatius the
name of the lady about whom MIR. Loubat
remarked" and which has thus far not
got out. ! am assured, however, that it is
Mrs Paran Stevens, the well known and
very popular society lady. 1t is very likely
from those who know MIR. Loubat and the
officers OF the club, say that the suit will be
compromised.
= Journalism, ever since its inception has
had but few friends, and the power
and influence which it now possesses
us public tribunal, or 10 go even farther,
as a public censor, Was gained only
after continuous struggles against the
hatred of those offenders whom it dashed,
and the jealousy of the persons from
whose weak hands it wrested Il power
which they were too indolent to use for
the best. But of all the silly TRADES that
have ever been launched against this
power of the Nineteenth Century the
ebullition of one ReY. George L. Rider, in
the current number of the North Ameri-
can Review, seems to be the most remark.
able. The reason why it has attained to
the dignity of print in this review, which
professesalo be one of the foremost critical
periodicals in the country, is inscrutable,
unless the editor INDUCED in u malicious
desire to give lis reverend contributor
"plenty of rope to hang himself" The
announcement of the publishers that MIR.
Rider had the privilege of pre6Xing' Rev.
to his name was hardly necessary, for the
bitterness of his inVective against "a pro-
fession which probably did him no harm
save that it Was not painstaking enough to
discover the blushiIg of the flower of his
genius, fully indicates that, Strange as il
may seem, no set OF men can indulge in
harsher thought, feeling and language,
than those whuse profession ii is to incui-
cate the sublime teachings of the gentle
Saviour. Mr.. Rider i'll his article OH THE
Pretensjons of Journalism" shows an ig-
norance of the workings aad the methods
of modern practical Journalism, which
almost deserve to be put on a level with a
French novelists lack of knowledge of
English social customs, or Americ III
geography. In his hours of rancor against
an unklnd fate which has prevented him
IRON eclipsing the Beechers and Talmages
of the day, he seems to have evolved some
grim monster which he has dubbed jour
nalism and which liz attacks with all the
energy which that distinguished historical
parsonage, Don Quixo e, wasted on he
equally historic windmill. But as Seneca
once said, there is no literary work SO
utterly bad that there is not at least some
good in it," Thus, the Rev. Mr.. Rider in
his indiscriminate assault, somehow
stumbles against an abuse in magazine
literature, which is deserving of severe
language. But, lis this does not come
until the end of the article, the severity of
the piece has told on the author and the
language is quite mild The abuse ie-
ferred TO is the mania of publishers to
sacrifice the literary value of an article to
its adapiability fol illustration. Within
the past two or three years mercticious-
ness has manifested itself in all domains
of art, which cannot fail to- recoil in the
end on the authors. In music it has given
rise to Magnetism, in painting to Makart-
ism, on the stage to spectacular drama,
with its lack of plot, literary construction
and finish, and total disregard for the frs!
dramatic principles; in architecture to
bizarre combinations of all sorts of styles
and in light literature to an insane desire