New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-12
4 BOSTON IBSENITE.

journal that the fine talents OF the accomplished
actress Mrs. Ewing Winslow Miss Kate ReiS'
nodsl might be- better employed than In re-
cit,lS Of the works Of Mr. Ibscn. That is an
opinion proper 10 be expressed, AMI thcr"
* no di>couricsy in II. Mr.. Winslow. however,
the ladys husband. who had asked repre-
sentative Of this paper for a reference to III"
subirct-has written 10 declare that II passed
thc bounds ~ professional courtesy That Is
an error on the part Of Mr.. Winsow, an1 il le-
ouire; no consideration The discourc>y would
IN, i'm suppo>ing an actress and reader Of Mrs.
Wlnslow's ripe experience and trained ability
:, H.. UNEQUAL to much better things than the
writings # Mr. fhScn.
En, Mr.. Wjuslow proceeds further, and adj
dresses himself To a rcctiiicltiOn Of the views
II this Journal upon The general lb'rn qucS-
lion presenting two or three pieces OF nfcrna-
ton which are to, novel 10 be overlooked Mr..
Ih.cu. % appears. j. such pure ana sW'''
writer thar. In making a rcpcr,ory for The read
ncdo>h MIR Wiu~oW has found 1t necessary
+, reject some Of his works and to excise th'
r,,,. f. appears furthermore. that thr only dis
lr., 81 Mr. Ih~,u'S productions that MI. WINS
Iuw has observed is that of the miser the
d-,iukarI. and the dcbaurhrr.' NJ competition
3, Intended with MIR Winslow In knowledge
p Inc emotions of "thc mScr. the drunkari,
and ih. dcbauchcr" when those persons READ
VI h.,u', writings. or when they listen to
,l. recital Il them. II" appears To know al
about IT, aul doubtless his testimony j. de-
,f..ve Up Boston. lu the absenrc II Iu'hcnuc
Information ou that point. however il would
hardly have been supposed that The mls'r, the
d.1,uL4rI aul the dehauchcr, even In thA'
advanced city were ~ all acquainted win the
work. II Mr. Ibson. or were In the habit 81
.,l,i.rfiu, themselves 10 his Influence. But Mr..
Wfu.I,v seems so know that they are. ana that
,i.ir ,..rsouu,ui >ufferugS are intense. Those
,,r.,..l... ara. not Indeed Sentimental admirers
- Mr. Ibs.n: that would be Impossible" hut
tb..v recognize his tremendous power. and they
,,,,.tr,,. Themselves before H. The effect Of
nj, works upon them Is not simply catharuc, II
Is drastic piercing between the joints anu
mummy and Dlaving havoc with the whole
suction, That is a very Important fact. II fact
+, N, an f, suggests the expcliency ~ an i'm
mediate Introduction II tho works OF Mr.. lDsch
into MI the Incbralc AsylumS In the land. By
all means let them be- put where they Will do
the most good
There Is Just possibility. though. that Mr..
Win,low may be- mistaken. II is tine, he lives
in Boston. AMI the suggestion Of a mistake In
that quarter is Iudacious But here, In New
York. il has been noticed that the criminal
classes. for whom these lessons" ''precep's
"nrnhlcms." "frishtful examples dissccting-
/ table. dramas AMI dispositions on hcrcdity are
seemingly designed, do not attend the theatres
wherein those moral blessings are dispensed.
with regard u "thc miScr" IT is not easy TO
sneak with precision: the probability would
seem 10 b. that he does not attend anything
Hu. A. To- the drunklrd" aud the dcbauchce."
II may pretty conf lcntly be assumed that. rs
between Mr. IbScn and THE Black Crook" the
latter would have the preference. II certainly
would unless the mistaken notion should get
abroad that there is something in Mr. Ibscn in the
nature of - peach the fact being that while
/ often unclean in topic he Is the ducSt writer
that ever was pulled into momcntary notoricty.
/ In this region al all events. the people 10 whom
those doses Of theatrical colocynth and moral
/ calomc are habiiually administered the people
who are compelled TO endure the vrtuous clllu-
vim and paronlzinG impcrtincncc Of Mr.. Pinero
| aud Mr.. Jones. and the prctcntious fippancy Of
/ Mr. Oscar Wilde. to say nothing OF the whole
vile torrent Of vicious French dramas each tum-
/ bling over the other in its anxiety To excel in
who frequent the theatre under the singular
dcusion that ii Is place OF entertainment. de
voted to art and beauty. That is the state Of
things in Ncw-York whatever 1t may he in
Boston. The persons to whom such plays as
those Of Mr.. Ibscn are addressed take precious
good care. here. 10 keep away from the post
office. In the mean time, although Mr.. Winsow
may not he aware Of the fact. there Is in this
capital large population who like good plays
and good actors who believe that dccency is
one " the elements Of art and Of good man
ncrs, and who prefer. when they go to the the
airc. not TO be RECALLED with either moral plati-
tudes or offensive disqusitions upon vice. and
10 be- chcered and refreshed instead OF being
made sick M the stomach.
Police Commissioner Welles, OF Brooklyn, has