New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-16
HENRY IRVING HONORED.
RECEPTION GIVEN TO HIM BY TIE CoErHf
SOCIETY.
THE MADISON SQUARE THEATRE CROWDED WITH
PEOPLE WHO APPLAUD SPEECHES by Mr..

! PEOPLE WHO APPLAUD SPEECHES by Mr..
IRVING. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
AND PARKE GOODWIN
| Henry Irving will carry home to England with
him sunny memory OF New-York's blizzard week
in the reception given to him yesterday afternoon
at the Madison Square Theatre, by the Goethe
Society OF this city. The sentiments that inspired
the brilliant and intellectual audience that honorcd
him are well expressed in this verse OF the p'em
written for the occasion by Fanny Foster Clark:
Our Irving here-old Englands. yet own
In planting his bright banner far above
The furthest landmarks. fnds o double throne
| As king OF Art, as ruler Of our love.
ParlSc Goodwin the president OF the society,
presided. Ellen Terry sat in A. NJ. Falmcr's box,
where were also Mrs. A. NJ Palmer and Mrs.
ID. G. Croy {" Jennie Jane-). Box b was occupied
by Mrs. ParlSe Goodwin and family. and box by
Professor L. X Raymond and family. Among
Others present, beside Mr.. Irving, were Mayor
Hewitt George William Curtis. the Rev. DR.. Robert
ColIyer. General Daniel Il. Sickles, Mr. and Mrs.
John Bgelow, General and Mrs. Hamilton, A. NJ.
! Palmer, John Gilbert, Ludwig Barnay Bran
Stoker Kate Claxton President Barnard. OF Column
bia College; Colonel Robert G. lngersoll, Moncurs
ID. Conway, Postmaster ii. G. Pearson, Charles
Scribner Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Harper, Henry Mar
quand, Lyman Fiske, Henry Willard. General and
Mrs Butter6cld, General Winslow, Mrs. Martha j.
Lamb r. w. Glider, A. Il. Salvini DIR. o.
Doremus, T.. c. Stedman, DR.. Dunnt. Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Ilaviland Miss PEBBLES Genera; Barlow.
Sidney Woollett, General Horace Porter and Law
renee Hutton.
A. NJ. Palmer. who is the vice-president Of the
socieoy, WIS chairman Oh the oonimi,Ve oi At
rahgements, ana tnese were as perfect As could be
desired. The orchestra, under the direction OF
Frank A. Howson. interspersed the speeches with
musical selections drawn chiefly from compositions
illustrative of Goethe's works.
The president in his address. SPOKE OF Goethe
and his work and Of the funct ions OF the stage
and paid n tribute OF praise TO Dir. Irving and
Miss Terry.
MR. IRVING CORDIALLY RECEIVED
When MIR. Irving rose to speak he was greeted
with cordiaty which justified the earnest ex-
nrcsson of thanks for his reccption with which
bc HOGAN his thourhtful and scholarly address
IL oort;nunJ in tha.a ,,ords
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when was ihvted 10 meet lne meihpsrs OF tns 80
ciety, had some mseNhg Una, msn ot enpeSsa 20
"'i'er the kihu Oh ~hon 'oo' " s', wi, -,
one VINO hau oe.oDo nieii 70 .he su1' " 'hc s,eas
uermsh poeL ny ,hu mas On s'r
on that score ana L doh MINK Ine kh9 lhRgs "ni.h
have been SAID by MI Parke ooon"in heea carry me no
my e'soora.o uiScous' w VIC VI w is
there Is one phase OF his career "hch mas an mmeose
interest Tor an actor ana msnsger uoethe at one e
was director OF theatre ana MS experiences III tls ca
pacy at weimar furnish some very useful lessons even In
the present uAS' r"r r"e'ne 70 -'e pi"N
ucai nie 70 an iovai WHY" sun n'ui'o ",' -,
mlnos-the luta Wnch pd.so WV Nv, -, t " ' IT,
entirety heyohu anu "uo'e VA, a7.o VI thv p""u
is mpossIoie, in a., pop , i, oi . ~ .
Iegai1 n as u1sf'us ~, it renS rgon 81
tufe no sought 10 eIe'a'o into I''en'r 's- ',,'
,fahscehuentai ehiV,lon' dni ele 'ns W." ~
IouDu some ulnuH ~ S ~ M 9 h rect,e urb
u,,pu " ',o e,lpe ,p ,,,a 80. -, a,,ero,, -,
, .le'I i".'s Wv h,"r liz ,hao'v in n Word was
any eharacter s 'aeS no mo sos
that ihe ssa5o shoua pe n,o"iS "a ~" h, =, an
that IL shoull hola INC hlrioi NOT up " ''"i'' ' " '
asss,vldEe an ", 81 IL ~ ,aat ,,s n,.soooaa "a
,,, S - oSiac nov q, mo-, ,o ais'u.s IL in any de-.
,a tu, 81, as,aDce ~ A. sefuI warning 10 those who's,
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NJ oi"N UP hri i'oo'r"''i"N
III Is no sigh ol e'roSre'>io" '"t ''io - -''"' P'p
Mar demand for kind of entertainment which would have
exctea Goohe, DISGUST and which doe, not appeal very
-, -. - s,,ui,,os nm NINA ,:oe,be ,bre,v mn
49,, ~, ,...,. ,,.o ,,o r,,s,
the management OF the "eh'f ihed'ie "e'"'' o "'"'
was curious TO see succeSsiul meodama III WHICH mo
Chief incident was created poodle. lIaughter The
the dogs and that il was high for him wash his
hands Of all responsibility for such degndatlon
aughter) Whether this convinced Goethe thai his in
prophetic when he introduced MephistoDheles to
Faust In the form a dog-sane a pooilo-I cannot
but his hasty conclusion that the drama had sae "
the level Of The Dog Of Montargis" was no better
founded than the assumption sometimes hear to-day
that popularity entertainments which not OF tho
highest Class is evidence OF the meuiaoie itsoS. VI
eoarenss or ignorance o. sne tS'' hs an
n ,r "a tho .,age you meyer hear ,uy pu,pt orator
denounce the enormous fiction which appeals to
the iEeradicabie taste Tor eAci'lh2 haf''Ne' SUN nag
%, Snora ,hs nrcononer,hle toIv or deur,yty which
buys sensational by Of thousands. while the
works Of writer's. VINO auaiuss ', snsi.er p -
sNahpco vi . w., n, 80 ,n, sne ~ sunnosed 70 bay,
NO husiness in thc spbere Of the footights Yet
r,on far copdemnng the stage functions do
not conform universally to the highest standard. No
rational being believes that imaginative lterature is
hIa, dogcno,ate because The best novels are not
,soir "a = ,hcir ipferiors fAnnlausel
WIZ FL % .na,bnr federation which Is too often over
ih1lo - ''io' , ,maa,od ,.,onle the standard of
looAea Even ani"hE's o'u ~, 49, ,aSI,LIa en-,
@ ; -, in shsSe,peare but only in his comedy
N,s,aa" o,hers caro- Ittle for what is
<' 80 i,tIrac diam, but nrcfr Ilnhter forms Of
0'i''. , ~ - g., 1a, ,oors Of . s,rious cas-: ars
m oI,o, oo,n have a strong n,rtlaiiry
pueN "a ., ,,od,ama. ,hev iits N he narrowed
ior cer'a'l hi"u VI "o'o" nv - y, a~..,..
by tremendous sltu'tohs anu d"iu''u ~ So -,
effects. Indeed you may take man VI Nu's'' s' ''
and discover that ms taste LOT INC 'nos..e y
primitive. Even genius Is sometimes eif'tc III IL "pp
caton OF the stage Goethe hInsei haa asto"snns