Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29

aveuue Of sympathy can benetit
and enrich the rsce. Life seems lengthy
piece OF business, whose tendency is TO
harden aud to blunt. Anything which in
clines to soften the heart or 70 exercise
the finer impulses, is so important that 1t
jusEfies the risk of softening the hesd
little, il necessary, in the process. That
danger is slight as the counteractipg in
fuence is so strong, and no one need an
ticipste mental resction developing in
humanity the Characteristic of pumps.
No star shines with so clear and in
posing Iustre as that OF accurate knoWI-
edge, but knowledge cannot be taken ali
at once ike pill, and its highest point
is an eminence beyond the reach Of many
struggling souls. To attempt TO contine
an ardent, but perhaps an undefended
nature, within the region Of demon
strated facts, IL 8 proceeding certainly
unnecessary, possibly cruel. II is always
agreeable
TO HEAR THE "GoDs"
enthuse when Claude Melnotte- Mourier
outolds "yon sordid huckster for that
priceless Jewel" The delight of seeing
the best man win, and the interest in the
reward of merit, is quite human, and
although little crude, altogether decid-
edly pleasant. The fact that the pocket
book so literally handled contains blank
paper, and that the "pricelegs jeweW is,
perhaps, the wife of the uninterested
notary, does not diminish the beneficial
effect Of the sentiment. They reVeI in
the Illusion Of TIE scene. They are not
CONCERNED with the actors except
"a the necessary instruments TO
the effect produced. TIE more
profou idly people believe in the pJssibil-
lily OF the exalted standard OF human viz
tue often wildly portrayed on the stoge,
the more likely are they to approximate
that perfection. The more the goblet Of
life is wreathed with the flowers OF fancy,
the more BOuris1ipg aud beneficial will
the contents ne. TbEt little
OLD FELLOW IN THE GALLERY,
In bis worn and shabby coat has never,
probably, passed beyond the line Of his
own narrow groove. Limited in re-
sources, bachelor, perhaps, sewing on
his own buttons by means CT 6
darnirg needle and piece Of linen thread,
he is fair illustration Of victim Of
the commonplace. But tonight ne
mas wandered through the streets Of
Verona, toasted with the Cspalets, and
j0ined in the 6iSsipstions Of romantic
nigh life without malice and without
remorse. His scope Of thought is
widened, and monotony is conquered for
while. The soft music, the changing
lights, the besuty Of the pageant, haunt
his memory for many days, and are
iood of delicate and satisfying nsture
to his poorly-fed mind. Certainly,
my luxurious friend OF the Union
! League, you could not appreciate
the enormous benefit OF 6 mild spree
| by proxy for s dollar, but amuse-
men 6 should be considered en- Benths-
mite principles, and you, with your Law
ish opportunities represent the minority
| 1.-The stage can, even for an hour, shed
variety snd innocent pleasure into dresry
lives, it's mission is most honestly full
tilled. II, in So doing, IL also adds prac-
tical instruction, then welcome Is the in
formation go conveyed, but such benefit:
are not objective, but are accessory
There is no urgent necessity to improve
humanity on Gadgrind principles, srd il
there is, the stage has not secured the
contract TO do it. Many would keep the
fgce OF Isis covered, il, when revealed
they gszed upon corpse.
1t is difficult IN so abrupt reference tx
such e subject TO escape Inisconstruct on
1t should not appear that this assumption
Of the purpose OF the drama is an efron
to the dignity of the art, CT 6 deteriora-
ton Of It's value. Victor Hugo did no
blunder when he said, "The beautiful i!
as useful as the useful, perhaps more so.'
"gor all that we witness of beauty,
All grandeur affecting Us III 81,
Passes into eternal possession,
AND can nevermore belost."
L5TJLN OLCOTT