The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27


swept and drained. and that they were
free from the mud and dust - UNPLEASANT
IN New York. Pearl strest and Summer
stre-t. long sinc. surrendered To busi-
meas. we're then fine streses Of residence.
The fremont House In the opinion Of many
travellers was the best hotel in the coun-
try; hat M traveller commanded thS gong
that clamoroJaly AROUSED him az 80 and
that half an hour later deefeOed him with
i's braxsn summons 10 breakfast. The
hour for home dinners was , aud for din
nsr parties S: all psrti.s aud dance we're
over b~'Ore n
Msamerism and chronology had . great
vogue in that day: nothing leas than
the Rochester knockinRs WAs powerful
enough Ia supplant them. The list Of
play act ,rs included some famous Nance.
That mighty pair Booth and Forrest
were natives. hut most Of the players
came irIm over the ssa. Among ths
for-ign-rs were Maoready and Charles
kSan. Charles and Fanny Kemble. the
Raveis aud Ellen Tree. Not to mention
Fanny Elssler would DO . serious omis-
SION. The divine Fanny in IaS2 carried
on 80 ,OOO a. the result Of her three Amer
lean visits. Men dragged her carriage
ia Baltimore In kichmond she had "a
a. ro her hotel behind = brass hand.
Al New Orleans her reward was si2 90
Tor a short enga genent: at Boston. despite
hari tirnes. Si5.OOO for thiTtsen nights.
lta!ii opera did not conquer this country
easily. u was first sung here ct tho Park
Th-1tre IN New York. IL WAS eight years
later that the first attempt was made tn
s--t4 blish an opera house. That attempts
failrd. and so did PalmO's Opera House.
Opened ia Isa. A few times each year
opera was sung AT the Park. the B0wery
OF Niblo's. hut tbs occaAions wers only
a lev and the audiences were small.
The observer Grund belisv cd thai very
fs~ "f our theatres PAID. Few ladies.
he remarked. ever went 60 one. EVen
gentlemen we're not thought to 10 fur
niShing - recommendation to their char
actoT- by going sO tho theatre Many
religious bodies would not allow their
Tnenb-rS io 10 ssen in a playhouse. IL
was curiosity. not a taste for the theatre.
that prompted Americans to 90 10 So
the English stars glitter. Performances
by a harmed elephant or q trained dog
would have persuaded them Just the same.
No exhibition attracted such AssssnblaRe-
a. were commanded by the automAton
chess player and the spectacle u the
burning Of Moscow Even Miss kembls
felt the observation cast by the mighty
automAton. De Tocauevills also Oh
served that few Americans went to the
theatre. People who spsnt every week
day in making money and every Sunday
in going 90 church had. according Ia him.
little ca invit. the Muse Of Comedy
DE Tocausville thou ght indeed that there
Was not much invitation here for any Of
the MUSES.. The inhabitants ~ the L nitsd
States. he said. had At that Sim,.. property
speak ing. mo- literature Another critic
81 ours doubted whistler We could ever
have any. Neither literature nor science.
lac said. could flourish under a democratic
lsUvernmsnt But a third critic after
asking what fifty years amounted 10 in
the history Of the literary or scientific
progrs~s OF a people still fighting nature
and the savage called attention 20 Hill
hou~e whose Last Judgment. ~P~rry's
MASK and -Hadad' we're. he declared.
dramatic compositions of a high order. !
and 10 DIR. Bird of Philadelphia. who's.
play % This Gladiator a. presented by
FORREST had b~~n veil r'-csivsd even by
q London Rudisncs.
Dickens published his American Notes |
IN Is42 In Issa the FOrs,ga QvsrN,riy re !
. ,e,e attacked the newspaper pr-~s % the !
I nited states. Ia lsii the same publica-
ton attacked the poets aud poetry Of |
America. Dickens On the occasion 81 his !
v isit here had been received with tr--
81
bah ~ HE honor o. RostOn sold for Sen 4
Philadelphia newspaper writer of an IN
xenious turn ruriOusly and quite aocu- !
raIely mad. out that inasm,Ich a. pork IN I
Illinois -oIdfoF one cen, pound a Illinois |
farmer would have To pay 100 pounds of I,
pork for such ticket There was no end T,
10 the honorable and anectionate atten- /
iion- that were bestowed upon Dickens |
I he first published copy % the American |
Notes was brought TO this country 10y the |
steamship Great Western aarly in Novem- |
ber. la? The Great Western tied up IN
her dock AZ O'Clock on a sunday evening
Nineteen hours later the book had been re- |
printed here and was selling for I2i cents !
a copy Fifty thousand copies were sod !
in New York IN forty-cight hours In |
the first 1000 copies sent on |
from this city were sold in thirty-fvs min |
utes There was much sagsrness among
tho people 20 read what the great novelist |
had U say about them. What he said did !
not prove u be agreeable reading
Mr. MrAlAStsr SAYS AZ This point The |
stacks on our countrymsn by the Brit !
ish press, British reviews. British travel !
lsrS and Boz were largely the result u |
rad manners and insulsr prejudice. But |
the hatrs-d which the average British |
subject felt for the L nited States. a hatred |
fully returned by the American. had much |
,o do with these assaults and had lately |
hecn again aroused by = long series Of |
auarrels and international incidents The |
burning % the Caroline. the trial 81 |
Mcleod the Webster AshburtOn treaty. |
the red line map. the dispute over Oregon. |
the charge ~ British neddlinG in Texas,
the default 81 the States in the payment |
u interest. had made abuse ~ the United |
states popular in Great Britain Any |
thing IN America that could he held uF5
Ia .corn was 10 treated. and among the |
many things American the British iOIrnals |