New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-18

az atao SOONER OF our OaiV',
90 onr hearts an exemplar for our i've, -"e Iiu'r.
ws,sS Of his ago and OF our srecuons'
Far down the Alpine slope pss,ms
Tho snowy fower'of hope:
UndImmed by cloud, urdrehcheu p' ""''
30 may his laurel last
sWhile shines DER all his future yeaN
The rainbow OF the Past.
"a, far from him the 81 mournful hour
And Ger his scenes OF grace and power
ns a g. G %st the Sounds SuTlp dal kno of worth
TO his pure soul be given
A PAINLESS Exit from the earth,
And Entrance into Heaven!
MR. GILBERTs "REMINISCENCES.
The following account OF Mr.. Gilberts lie, gwen
by himself, appeared in The NeW-NorA h"f~N A|''
cember s. 1873: ,r, =.
In this diary of my work Is recota on havs "
elcyen hundred and fifty characters that ! nav ~
sonaod flrst appearances now anu uo or, vi mr les
years ago materially differ Now u ~ noA0 Thcn n
was matter Of merit For instance SesM Ss aoy
go upon the stage and wa ~ for me 10 rehearSe
betore committee OF judges These oGs,sto1 sS .,
three or four chosen friends OF the dcsnV
~sre srnposed 70 possess more or loss VI yuuioIi
ors snS 70 exercise the same in considering He
spnIcatons OF all debutantes. IL was cr,a' M
cwertSeless passed the Rubicon, cssfny Ia
hesring Jarler In Venice Preserved SIR n1aS
MSrImsr ! anu uamed IL was perfrmed the fremont
TheStre on Friday evening. November %, II :r1ru
was was su ~ the famOu, Mrs Duff Of the most
beautiful aud accomplished women thc o ~
Aierwar became regular y aS OF parts. re.
member that Edwin Forest pis!rn ,n Uua tyaIppdy
s6aa. h,; time My ' fs into a%a error ana
Mas Ike myself only cured OF bis deluSion by th
gent o,,,g Co. freauenty make mistake In depend
Ing on their unaided instincts ard IL Is ohiy unonsn
~, Unnn The real field in life for which they arc
intendei / think discovered my vocation a,.,lns
tour through tho south and West which AZ that NM
80 s"ggcstiye of anything but comfort. travelling
san,,cs werr scsnt and the American drama was IN
e germ Pi1 S1% on ohs 9' snR SF S in his
vein with such success as T., detr' noa ~" F.hTtrv
clam So't year - II nionSie clean, wcllcIt
Englsh IL Is the result Of study and habit Shhiooe
cashmsG T Is.r born %ad T To w S SnG
lew Ss ssars and sSor1 olohS wer toowet "
school days mt in The PImnhg c rh s"hSo Here
they used To lu my clocutoa on defamation M c
I'm not surc tina, Il didn't have a =" hon with my
MI. hui becoming weary o: tho business started,
As / told you just now learned some par" A"N N'"'
In lsS! piayei pornton in the Road to Ruin,
at the fremont; In EySdn", the c,,s, number Of
,by pS aSns rom Harry Wv was the manar think
the last actor who SPOKE apoI r.buIlt Il was
opened with hymn beginning SsSch b IYd 20 , prrac8 mach
there subsequently acted for pefiod al INC
SOMMT'a rs. marriage was to Mis-; Campbell IN l72S
and w'i now hG and eomS sravey unfamiliar phase Of
life: but l warmly received oy .ne hns" In
,.conle every whore. played an engagement - INC
R Si%ess.. Tbcar, opening sir Robert nranole IN
The roor Gentleman II had chosen 70 r1 hnIh
s nos have d sSsas 70 ,san n %aer and prr
The faces Of my peop" ~ thai n'nr . SShE'
" ,hsp n, tho T~rk and IN september, le'H,
jonod his company In December por rs1 IScn
Cs %rr 70 boston and play o graf number OF
I'D msn's part Al The Toward A,hcnacum. Afcr
that moved to rhadrphia nab, ana o TPaae IN ISL
remained thoro four yoArs, playing such r iii
King sHhn , Aar'~ HSsd 1s% sra Robert nras
md Others In 1884 returned 10 Bos'"n; w.
he Boston Theatre with an ~idrss sur 1r, lei
IN Phllaaclpha IN loj1, where piaycd III 'Oo H''"
street TheAi"c-
BIsC AREER At wALLACK'S.
io,ned tho company NJ walAcHs Theatre In ls"s'
when Mr. waIlsck nauEuIa,ed his second season Inv
occ.sEn was made memorable by tho production OF
tn. school for scandal with an unusually h'rons
Tesre ! played Sir Peter Mr. "sLlNk 'nA''c,
s,rfac. and Mr. Charles Fisher Joseph surface. ]
b.ys remained with the company since that unc'
and OF couSr have bcca morc or ics' d"h'ihrA WI
many Of tho plays put upon is stage "N " -
appoArance a. s'r Peter WN In Nncsrh' MISS VIZ"
Miss clara Fisher, no" M"' "s''''' y ~" '
TeAHe. ,-
IN ~. thur. naae in carly llfo mund little
,e,.nt arcrupr from constant change. Fortune bi
hot and cold aud an actors life Is both NhiAh" a'i
elrCumsisutlA. Always prcierrnS Tho Guc' o'
home | determined, nearly generation 40 " n'A"o
and hold one Ny associations conhrctr1 win VA
l,ck,s Theatre have been among ur happIcst In my
rNIstenco ! have eAperI need nothing bu' A.h""'''
and found only friendly hands 10 grasp
have In many y" - p''N'
uopderfI especially In the matter Of ma h!h"ry ann
tase proportr, In old tImcs there up'd to u" many
lnconuurlcs for Instance, EohAn scrIo On one 90,
Of the sragr and 'ish OF L"ih Az, 49,, ,,o Lnov,
al I VA. once A.tUnlsb,d to Arc ihat oven P',,
of green bals had been sItsld GA ,so ,atr
NOR, for tho strength and Int est oil tho pal nan VOC
did for surroundings ana rl'h nov" a., nny
secondary consideration. and docs moi OF HhH saN
A bal plre frum coEdcn nation Hi course: Fub''
uLc a ir-tty picture, but II sdtI-fc5 uhIS tho S''
nnt inc 'T'I hayc new character II gives me- world
~, ,rn,L until I have thoroughly conquered 'h' W.
You have no conception uf my fecllhfs UcHh'ons !,
when, being assigned 10 All old part, 'nTh nLrh "a
S,%urr casi, ana fuh that ! am the only SUI, VIZ
member of the company. 1t sometimes """'S NV
feel ,"noN' good play - we'll mounted In Ncwrori
:, 49," ma sr,nrror anywhere. Belonging 4" thr Oh
.cb""l houryrr a. / confess that do, my pri"rIm,'
Nevertheless DOM believe IN cLnN'inS ti "t Iini
down the public throat all tho time 'haAR" Is 'o'"
NJ have upon tho stage at the present time "Acrt
lent representative; Of tho Hrss..m' W wa W mai,
ever tie English language Is spoHem, Nun ,,a"'
Mr. james Lewis, Mr. Harry Ecck"it MT. , ASmr'
Lou, nno,h' . was simply marvcl-eNquisite. IL
ISs wsY' did you ever notice that there Is iarr
dis,r hutton nf individuality among TIE laalor 81 M
lr.,iv thew always seem STRIKE light Their star
and II aiding people outnumber those OF our own SEX
u uho society plays once In while, athOnHh YOU
600 rnIy a rcpetiOn 81 tho e that Is an ah"u you
whereas in an old play you hnd something tn hnit'
,nme and manners. Only lille while aE% saw
,ins gentlemen on the stage all dressed anne, irpi
~ who delivered tho messages up 10 the h"r'
What Illusion wac thcr~ IN ths2 II We are guh'
n MAY The School for scandal we must pay y AZ
.orSing 10 tradition for there can hc no such chhr
c,cr as a modern SIR Peter Tcazlr or o.ve' SNriirr
heIIeve in adhcrug 10 tradition ana 10 thr cOi.ruE
Of nature that attaches TO given dra"hAuo pe'o''