Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-09-17

that there were sad hearts in the auti.
,nce. and minds turned upon the sobeIest
realities of life But the managers had
provided that there should not be too
mach sorrow. The drop was scarcely
down when the sometime Duke Of Venice
bounded out in a song-and- dance cos
tune and beloved out aNeapoition ditty.
Then to restore the balance again Cassie
came out in black street clothes, some
what threadbare and shiny, ii the truth
be told. and sang us a sentimental song
while We We're putting on our coats.
Alas, for our uptown manners! The sim
Pile and kindly Italians did not turn from
the del. sht of the stage until the last
mournful cadence was ended.
There Is no name better known ION the
road and in the United States than
that of Tony Pastor. Recently he ceie-
brated u birthday annive rsay and
to inquiries unburdened himself Il little
as follows: His father VAS a musi-
elan, and the lad therefore fourd the
road to the stage natural ard easy. At
the age of six he sang at ii temperance
iIttllIlS, anu dlitl tNp SStiiS va
work Joined minstrel troupe at Bar
NUNS museum. There he sang and
played the tambouiine, being billed rs
the boy Prodigy" After his engage.
ment at Bainum's he followed tw" of
his brothers into the circus business,
doing all kinds Of work, from apprentice
to ring master, until the outbreak Of
the civil war; In 1857 he was with Ma
bie's menagerie and circus as Il clown,
and was subsequently at the Broa dway
theatre and Dixon theatre on Fourteenth
street in New York. with Nathan's. $. cir
Gus, with Aymar g. NiXons $ circus. at the
Aeodeon in Philadelphia. and al the
american theatre, Al Bowery, New
York. where he remained four years.
In an interview published in the Dra-
matte Mirror three years ago. MIR. Pas
tor related his first experiences as
variety manager: 1T came about IN
this way. month before the close of
the war, on March 2l, 1863, Sam sharp
iey and | made road venture in va
riety with a company of our own. soon
ufterward we assumed the management
of No POI Bowery, where the Peoples
theatre now stands, and embarked On the
venture of supplying refined vaudeville
to the public. Mr.. Sharpley remained
my partner for one season and retire d,
leaving me with the battle scarcely
half won, and leaving me the sole pro-
prietor of an idea, which was that the
spe cialty stage, is a valuable school to
the actor, and that its possibilities were
greaer than its strongest votaries be-
lieved. Well, had not much more than
the idea left. but in some cases an idea
is negotiable property. and this was tne
of them. That idea has been demon
strated into fact, and today the vare-
ty of the first class not only enjoys pub
l.c favor, but public distinction. while
it's first-born farce comedy, became
popular craze. The rest Of the history
of my theatrical ventures in New York
is briefly told. l remained 10 years In
the Bowery, and then removed to 5S5
and 5S7 Broadway, where the theatre
lived and thrived for six years. and then
l removed to the present position in
Fourteenth street. During the
thirty years of my management of va
riety theatre / nave met with success
dashed now and then with bit of re-
verse, Dul TAKEN I'LL III ali, e VNNAy
reason to feel happy and content. No
man can say of me that part, at least
of my aim In life has rot been attained
L have labored industriously to make
the variety show business successful
one by disassociatirg it from the cigar.
smoking and beer-lrinking accompani-
ment, and the mere statement of the
fact that my theatre tlourishes is enough
to show whether or not have cause to
be satisfied.
The action Of Magistrate Crane in
discharging two saloonkeepers who
were brought before him on charges
of having violated the excise law is both
amazing and discOuraging. His sole
ground for releasing the defendants was
that they were rot the only offenders
and that within mile of his court 1Oe
others equally guilty could have been
found If the police had looked for them
In other words, the magistrate releases
two alleged lawbreakers solely because
of belief on his part that other men
are engaged in the same lawless busl.
ness. Could there be any judicial pro.
cadure more absurd or unjustifiable! :!
1t Is amazing that man charged with
the administration of law and justice
Should assume an attitude so arbitrary
and indefensibe. If two men charged
with incendiarism or murder were be.
fore Magistrate Crane would he dis.
charge them on the ground that there
were other felons at large?
A curious lawsuit was decided the other
day here, the origin of the case being a
copy of a Meissonier, which Samuel Col
lns, an art dealer, had sold to Charles
Clark of SIT. Louis for $500, represent
ing it to be an original painting. Mr..
Clark has been granted redress by the
courts, but in the particular technical
point decided in New York he was beat
en-. so that apparently he will not receive
the full $4,000 that had been awarded
him. Collins readily admitted the fraud,
but proved slippery when an attempt was
lnade to recover
Rev. DR.. Edward Judson OF the Jud-
son memorial church IN This city Ia n
leading candidate for the presidency OF
Brown university. Professor Benjamin
I. Wheeler of Cornell Is declared to be
out of the race. DR.. Judson Is Of the
well-known missionary family, was
graduated at Brown in 1865, taught In
Townsen VT, and then was a pro-
fessor in the university of Wisconsin.
He was called to pastorate in Orange,
n. j., in 1875, and in 1881 went to New
York city.
KNICKERBOCKER.
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