New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-25

1910 certain circumstances and as 10 certain
,as.ss Of persons many OF them might be per-
,c;ous in that way but that effect is not nevita-
a. The thing that they do vitiate. directly
- N yitiate. is rehnement.-and that mischief
- accomplish by the obtrusion OF foul topics
10 daily Observance and conversation. Grace
- sentences Of mind, sweetness Of thought.
.,,,ocv Of feeling the beauty OF refinement which
- ,ha soul OF perfect manncrs.-those are the
e,.,,cs which lie at the basis OF civilization. and
hose accordingly. are INC virtues "HiVn every
I'm NJ art should foster
The notion that society can be morally injured
-, he rresentmont Of .Noxious subjects the
co rests upon the assumption that society is
trocert unsoDhistcatcd. and susceptible OF radi
=, moral harm from what IL sees and hears; but,
fortunately that assumption is. to a consider
= exten; sroundlcss. At present the thing 10
- 6readed bv friends of the drama is not the in
,,enc. OF the stage upon public morals but the
s,a,ce Of public morals upon the stage. Actors.
class are supplemented persons. not strongly
- distinciivCly Intellectual. (such actor as
rIe,rv irving being quite the exception in this re-
,scn By no means prone 10 evil but fond OF
a,,ality and romance. and. in so far as they have
has O; any sort. inclined to things that are
.,ehe and beautiful They seldom qualified
g. leadership in any direction and they seldom
to N Il but they are exceedingly apt TO follow;
- whenever they oecome persuaded that the
- Is ~ want OF any special commodity. even
.o,sh Il be tainted trash they are likely TO re-
I'D 20 that want The responsibility rests on
80 o,hlic and therefore II is time that scolding
80 ,sckl'ng whether in the pulpit or elsewhere.
-. ne immoral influence OF the drama, should
80 II there be Illness in the contemporary
.to..-e the cure OF 4 l. within easy reach of the
o,,-pnity The people have only to stay at home.
~ woman who respects herself should go to
on niavs as The Tree Of knowledge" and
r,ar who respects woman should invite her TO be
a. such A exhibition. That IS the
ois truth about the matter. The play. despite its
..hoissor1. lesson l. tainted. feeble and dun,
$50, for the very reason that IL relates TO an in
s.r,,a.a thc,ne % proba bly, will have prosperous
.s-ser Il was mounted with sumptuous scenery
80 ,,s CHIEF paris were acted in an earnest spirit
.u.f. with yal,ing degrees ~ ability by Miss OPP
viss Narrerug Mr. Morgan. Nj Mills and Mr.
t.oirte.sh The Anonyma female WAS attempted
ny Miss OPP. who knows nothing whatever about
.,.p u.rsors whose crude cynicism Of the
t,-d that would no; harm fly. and whose OBJ
s.-s,arotls ,orali~m. unsainly demeanor. and com
,ie,e incornpetence N acting would have killed the
mar, had = not been dead already. Mr.. Morgan.
VINO has lately adopted The sour. caustic. semi
ssreonic vein presented the dyspeptic image Of
esrrulous and querulous exhOrter al camp meet
Ing The fair Mss Mannering playing honest
and frank volng woman for which she found but
slight wa-ran, ~ the text Of Monica, was the
only ray of sunshine that illumined these dismal
proceedings Specific analysis Of acting Is some
times beneficial but II scarcely be deemed es-
sentia when acting is devoted TO the portrayal Of
distortion The utterance of platitude and the en-
fo-cemen; OF mischievous folly. W W.
LAST or THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE"
ST. M,s,yn Houinsworth Charles "alcot
I-ar hol.nRw 'rth I"nx nil's
sN1s 80 John Frndlay