New-York tribune., 1902-08-06


at the Vaudeville, was engaged for the subordl-
nate part of a romantic lover. "Fanchette'
was a failure and Mr.. Bateman's scheme
seemed destined TO end before 1t had fairly be-
gun. In this emergency Irving suggested the
production OF melodrama translated from the
French by Leopold Lewis, and entitled The
Bells" It played before small audience.
and seemed a hopeless venture, since another
version of the French drama had been a dismal
failure; but Dutton Cook. Clement Scott and
other clear sighted critics perceived the in
tensity and dramatic force Of the impersonation
of the terror stricken Matthias and. warming
with enthusiasm, proclaimed the actor the
coming of the English stage. After his
first triumph in The Bells Irving returned to
the provinces: but it was not long before Mr.
Bateman recalled him TO the Lyceum to inter-
pref Hamlet not in accordance with the conven-
tions Of the eocutionary school. but with the
imaginativeness and consistency required by
poetic drama Hamlet filed the Lyceum
nightly from October to the end of June, ana
Irving's fame the foremost actor of the Eng
lish stage was established The sudden death
Of Mr.. Bateman, in 1878 left the Lyceum with
out a manager, and the young actor took up the
work with free hand. His aim, as ne e8-
planned 1t from the platform OF a Liverpool the
atre was not a greedy wish to monopolize
either profits or opportunities" but Ito asso-
ciate upon the stage all the arts and all the
talents within his power to subsidize, so as TO
make the theatre true school of dramatic ART
The Lyceum was reopened under his man
agement at the end Of 1875 with Miss Terry as
Ophelia to his own Hamlet and for a generation
it remained an ideal playhouse. where the III
terpretation of drama was at once thoughtlui
and natural. and where everything was oohe ~
heighten Imagination and to dignify the ART OIL
acting. The Lyceum as an INSTITUTION may
disappear. but the art which was enriched ana
ennobled there remains as a glorious heritage ol
the modern stage
The gross i'll treatment of Lieutenant Gregsoh
by his fellow officers Of the Household CaVarS
at Windsor has directed public attention 10 'he
vagarfes of titled Hooliganism IN the society
regiments This officer attacked by gang
of bulIies scourged with whips. plunged into d
horse trough and robbed of his uniforms anu
clothing He has made complaint against
his torrnentors but his offence is believed 10
be a disposition to take serious We" Vi ms
professional work. AS earnestness Is consul
cred bad form IN society, so is II also a'hois
the petted darlings in the army man WIZ
avoids drinking bouts and the amusenlen'S VI
the 1nessroom and settles down to serious anu
deliberate study of his profession is first boy
co++a5 &C q bore and finally disciplined as an
unfit comnanfon for we'll bred officers. II VIII
he interesting TO observe what action MI brou-
rick will take in this case There is an olu
precedent set by Lord Hardinge in an analogous
case which can be advantageously follo"eu- II
this be done the bullies Of the I'd Lie Hudiu"
will he censured and transferred TO another resl-
rnent while Lieutenant Gregsons conduct VIII
he commended There are precedents OF aiio'ilel
sort which will deprive the army OF uselui
officer and Justify the conspirators IN TINS scan
dalous affair The conduct Of the brltlsh OIL
GERS as q body in South Africa was SO eN'elieH'
that eneraIiza tions based upon single us
creditabIe incident ought TO be avoided 1lne
Household Cavalry, however is the hlghiy Ia
1-ored CORPS in which the officers are recruited
from, the sons of the nobility and from smart
society. and there has been not a little eNlue"'e
5rripq the last three years that many OF theh
were neither competent nor industrious soiolels'
,,,+ Garnet knights who had neglected to take d
ear;ous view of the army as prolesslol- III
.b. navy there is another idea of good FORM
oe7oers who do not take an interest IN 'iieii
,.orl, and who are bored by shop tax IN 'he
-.auoo,,, are not considered worth their salt
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