New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-19
THE DRAMA-MUSlC.
Holm i DIRE ANS.

,rso.o = venerable aneclotc abou; the hos'oh
.t.,,,o hoforo the time when Boston inehria'e'
,an N absorb Mr. Ibsens plays win '"ei' s'i'
who I'm the classic theatre OF thar sup'''' ~! "
turbcd one of N. performances oi nv ~,
Macrcady. The offender was hoisS' ~ IN W 49,
boxes AMI he was presently o'.i-a,, ...,s,, ns
.ustero tragedian as prominent citIAe" .s"' q"
81 10 MT know who Mr. Tl'us A. feep
49, - - o,d the disguised actor put ne IS an
,f,nns,v, narson and h" ought 10 u" put ou''
Tina. caustic observation, surviving i'i''i! N'o'''.
-, ~,as once more appropriate. because y
covers not alone the case OF MI Illus a. leeP'
-, ,ho CASE Of Mr.. John y. Dreams
A. Droa,,s made his appearance last night IN
&c Theatre. where large assemblage
- 80, him with attentive eye and with a
,-ne sensation Of incipent nausea Mr.. Dreams
,vo. q midde-aged youth addicted to the use OF
onl,,,, and he fell in love with vicious woman
.h, caused him to size. He thus the victim
q, two diseases-for his stomach disordered
nv the opium. and his brain by the female In such
a case az that a liberal use OF colocynth and of the
cooling refreshment known in hydropathic retreats
ms the sitz-bath might be expected 10 prove Dene
fetal. These simple exped!ents. and 1t seems
strange that Mr.. Haddon Chambers should not have
thought u them as cure, or NJ least palliative
for Mr. Dreams rather than the public exposure Of
that afflicted persons infrmtics, through The me
dunn Of a play. AS a patient. Mr.. Dreams might
have aroused medical interest. AS a lover he is
inadmissible. 20 say obnoxious. The smell or
opium has never been regarded as nice and not even
the most vicious of handsome women coud ne
banned for lnclemency toward Romeo win Il
torpid liver ana bad breath. Mr.. Chambers chose
otherwi>e however. thinking that the hard case
OF Mr. Dreams ought TO be exhibited. anu aceoiu-
:ng!y that congested swain Is cavortnS on ''le
public stage in manner-as old Bottom remarks
Ito make all spit"
People who care for a diagnosis OF aina'o'! 'N
element as +, appears when complicated with me
sovereign anodyne may crafty their peculiar TASTE
=, a yisi. TO the Empire Theatre. That - me ohiy
essential point 70 be noted al present, Win iti-
erence 20 this offerlng--the work OF Ny ChdHrtIS
being allied with neither drama nor L'eratulV' %.
exclusively viii. Medication NOT poppy, no
mandragora: nor all the drOwsy syrups OF the
world can ever make Nr John \. Dreams pre-
sentabe or acceptable as a characteristic person
der combined with morbid sentimentality and
sophistoal sensuaism, which some recent i1ngIlsh
dramatists. following in the wake o. MI Dumas
and MIR Sardou. seem determined To eNploit,-with
obligation OF intellectual recutude or any prncl-
pie OF decent art. Ever since me second Mrs.
'ranaueray" oO7ed ont OF Mr.. Pn"lo : dralnpipc
Their. has beer a steady fuX OF theatrical Dige-
water-kindly provided with benevolent view TO
the addition Of sinners Mr. Plnero sun nous the
butt anl,--shouid Tine Notorious Mrs. EDosmith
painted her.-he holds 1t with firm grasp The
hucoc Mr. Jones however. is on mana Win
squirt of very formidable dimensions, and the SEN
timental Mr.. Chambers. while performing with a
svrnge Of lighter calibr and shorter reach. throws
a fairly od0riferOus stream. with such proWesS
and expedition in the dramatic Laundry. the mora!
washing ought soon 10 De completed ana hung oHt
TO dry More OF this matter need nOt now De
related Life ! short iu several metres, and no
heart however brave. can rejoice in opium eaters,
TO hear an IDIOT rave.