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OWE BT OWE.
One by one with an eager Up
Life’s many cups we try,
Only of poisoned diopg to Blp,
And athirst, at last to die.
One by one we build on sand.
Each castle so frail and fair]
Only to find they will not stand,
i»ut dissolve at last in air.
One by one we chase them far
Each illusive phantom bright,
Only to find each guiding star
A will-o’-the-wisp in flight.
One by one, oh! beautiful dreams.
We hug them to our heart.
But, like the song of fi ozen streams,
Their witcheries all depart.
One by one each friend we made,
Chamelions proved, of clay;
Sunshine’s roses, swift to lade.
Their thorns, alas! may not decay.
One by one our pleusures pall,
And break the reeds we trust;
One by one our idols fall,
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
One by one with weary lip
Life’s falling founts we try;
Lees of gall and worn -wood sip,
Mocked with vinegar, die,
[Mrs. Jennie Jones Cunningham in Woman at
Work.J
THE EAST WIND.
The Breeze that the Devil Rides
When He Goes Abroad for
Sinners.
What the weather Has to Ho with Wicked
ness-Troubles the Best Things
That Can Happen.
MR. TAUIAtlE’S THOUGHTS.
Brooklyn, Nov. 9.—The congregation of the
Taternacle began worship this morning with the
singing-of the hymn
•‘Como, yc disconsolate, where'er ye languish:
Come! to the mercy scat fervently kneel.”
Mr. Talmage's subject was “The East Wind.” The
following is a full report:
Text—‘'lie stayeth his rough wind in the day of
the east wind.”—Isaiah xxvii., 8.
The north wind is bracing, the south wind is re
laxing, but the east wind is irritating and full of
threat. Eighteen times in the Bible it is spoken
against. Moses describes the thin ears blasted of
the east wind. The Psalmist speaks of the break
ing of the ships of Tarshish by the east wind. The
locusts that plagued the Egyptians were borne on
the east wind. The gourd that sheltered Jonah
was scattered by the east wind: and in all the 6,000
summers, autumns, winters, and springs of the
world’s existence, the worst wind that blew was
the east wind. If God would only give us a climate
with a perpetual nor'wester, flow cheerful and
goodnatured and industrious and* Christian we
would all be. But it requires Almighty grace to be
what we ought to be when the wind blows from the
east. Under the chilling wing of the east wind
how many of the frauds and villainies and outrages
and murders of the world are hatched out! If the
meteorogical history of every day were kept side
by side with the criminal records of the State, it
would be found that the best days for public mor
als have been the days under the North or West
wind, and that the worst have been the days
under the East wind. The points of the compass
have more to do with the world’s morals and the
church's piety than you have yet susjjected.
The Rev. I)r. Archibald Alexander, eminent for
learning and consecration, when asked if he had
full assurance of faith, replied:
“Yes, except when the east wind blows.”
“Dr. Francis, Dictator of Paraguay, used to make
the most oppressive decrees and explode ,
WITH THE MOST VIOLENT TEMPER
when the wind was northeast, but when the weath
er changed would repent of his cruelties and be m
good humor with all the world.
Before I overtake the main thought of the subject
let me counsel all Christian people to take into con
sideration climatological influences Be on special
guard when the wind blows from the sea. Remem
ber vou can’t endure certain styles of temptation
under that style of weather. As far as possible at
such times keep clear of exasperating people. O11
such davs do not try to collect liad debts or settle
old grudges, or talk religion with a bigot, or get
among those who delight in saying unpleasant
things! Do not solicit for charitable institutions.
Do not answer insulting letters. If such things
must lie done, do them when the sun shines and the
wind is from the North or South. \ ou sav men and
women ought not to be so seiisitive and nervous.
I am talking not alxiut the world as it ought to be,
but the world as it is. While upon some dispositions
the atmosphere seems to work no change, nine-
tenths of the people are played upon most mightily
bv such influences. Moreover, do not go blaming
yourself about fluctuating vxpenences when the
spiritual barometer in yoursouls is only answering
to the barometer of the weather. Many of > ou are
suffering from nervous disorder, and Satan knows
tliis. and he moves against you when
forThave no^iritual exhilaration,” but rather go
up and look at the^ther^ane^ntong m^
wrong quaver, ^ ’ f the Air; get out of my
thou P, m c e o f the Powu o£ The east
wdnd'” S However go<Kl strong you may be you
after
cases, himself sick. lost « ' e t<)ld h j m _ t hat his
ed to believe vvhat h^ I^ nnted for by h is physic-
spiritual state Andrew Fuller, Thomas Scott, \\ il-
al depression. ^mas Boston, David Brainerd,
liam Cowpei, in • r utr oc thev were for good.
Philip Me ’"l C Bi“trations of how bodily health af-
were marked ill us tra surprised therefore, that
fects the spirits. Be n< t liver and
the east win^ m affecting the spi cQ ^ mons; al[d;
lungs, also affects > yourself against its wither-
appealingtoGod; influence, lest that wliich
01 Tmbl
sb iEr*c. -jars
text which says: ,, J jjj nd you, lie does not
the day of bis east wind. ^ sha n ne ver
promise that the east w itg use -. It must rain,
come. It will come- tant as the south wind.
The east wind is as imp« ever know any
though not so some sort! I stood this
one who escaped mw j John Wesley once said:
summer in the l' ,,1 P lt ^ charged with every sin
• ’-ave in my time he woman rose and said:
i^know^mi were drunk last night.” All Gods
..larenhavebeen^ theflail
I found a few ^f^of “mi* of C (feorge Whit-
ferring to the cast report Rev. Dr. Squint
calls him throughout b ;. t lie report goes on to
urn. Describing his nian marks gqumtum
say in parenthetical n , it cus bion) (elevates
(clasps Ids chin on the P e ^ ended) (lowers his
his voice) (holds his ds trembling) (makes a
voice) (bawls aloud) (stana wfaites of his eyes)
frightful face) (turns uij hjm) (clasps his arms
(clasps his hands '^h n , s elf) (roars aloud) (baUoes
around him and ' from crying). If sucji
and jumps) (cries) J,*5 ,either can you-
men could not escape, d the critics literally
lished his “F.ndymion, ..Jerusalem Delivered,
tilled him. Tasso T^f^rned him into a maniac.
1 its unfair reception tu {rom the a huse of his
llingfleet died of ^ a |, uke of Wellington would
rarv er.emies Th bis ho use to be 1 ebuilt,
i.iKiw the fence a*
. because he wanted kept tefore him the mutability
and uncertaintv of all popular favor. I11 all your
occupations and professions you hare had trouble.
What a time you had with that partner in business;
how hard to get rid of h im before you bought him
out or he ruined both of you. What magnitude of
annoyance. After you bought him out, and for a
large consideration paid down, he promised not to
open another business near you, he set up on the
same black the same t usiness. As far as possible,
he stole all your customers. From long intimacy
he knew your weaknesses, and the rest of his life he
will be making commentary upon what you gave
him for a text. You are a physician, ana in your
sickness or absence, you commend a neighboring
doctor. You get well or return. The neighboring
doctor has ingratiated himself into the permanent
employment of that family. Or you take a patient
through all the serious stages of a fever, and one
day the impatient father or husband, of the sick
one rushes out and gets a medicinal practioner to
take your place, he receiving the entire credit of
the cure. You are a lawyer, and some trickster in
the legal profession, in your absence and contrary
to agreement, gets a case dismissed, or moves a
non-suit, or a Judge,
REMEMBERING AN OLD POLITICAL GRUDGE,
always rules against you, saying, with a snarl: “If
you don’t like it you can move an exception.” Or
you are a farmer, and the curculio stings the fruit,
and the weevil get into the wheat, and the drouth
stunts the corn, or a long-continued rain gives you
110 opportunity of harvest: your best cow gets the
hollow-horn, and your best horse gets foundered.
Again and again in your life have you felt the east
wind. Many of you feel the blast from that direc
tion now, so that you are ready with all concentra
tion to hear the promise: “He stayeth his rough
wind in the day of the East wind.” In the tower
GOV. ROBINSON SPEAKS.
The Cause of the Disaster in N<
York.
The Defeated Candidate’s Review of the Cl
paign—What He Had to Contend With—Ke
Bolt Did the Work-Opposed to Swap;
Horses While Crossing the Stream.
[Interview with the New York World]
“There was never a candidate who ran witlo
many influences against him who came so neae-
ing elected. If you want to know what I corer
the first cause of the defeat of the party in thisc-
tion you must go back to 1877, when John ly
entered into an alliance with the corrupt Canal lg
in opposition to the reforms that had been inited
by the democratic party. From that time the
present we have teen beaten. Kelly in that ar
went into the convention pledged to the intereof
that ring, and he has remained in alliance wittem
ever since.”
“Has ‘stalwartism,’ the waving of the ‘bdy
shirt’ as it is called, hurt you in this canvas!”
“Yes,” replied the Governor; “but,” with aair
of resignation, “when one is out in a hard sver
he does not mind a few stray drops, comeom
what quarter they may; still, there is no dcing
that this appeal to the passions of the peophas
had its effect in New York as in other States, t is
ti e Republican trump card, which so far a-hey
have never failed to play with success. Thisy of
a solid South and the necessity of a solid Nol to
meet it all well informed men, whose businesit is
Dramatic JVcrtcs.
rgrTbis department is now in the hands of an
experiedeed critic who will give it special attens
tion. All the dramatic news of the day will be
presented each week in a condensed form and im
partial justice will be dealt out to all actors and
actresses who may appear on our boards.
Capt. Mathew Webb, the Champion Swimmer of the World.
Dramatic Criticism.
The purpose of dramatic criticism is not, as is
considered by some, to injure or depreciate the real
value ofjany actor’s merit. But on the contrary to
give a fai r and impartial account of his manner,
and the degree of perfection reached. The object
of this is beneficial, for in all musical or dramatic
performances, there must exist by the very laws of
nature, blemishes, which it is the province of criti
cism to point out as plainly as the beauties of the
work, the effect of such declarations should be, and
i g to improve th‘ excellence and results attained,
and to encourage an honorable desire to excel.
Close analysis of methods and effects is not under
taken by the critic, with a view of exposing indi
vidual weaknesses, but, by comparison of that
which should be with that which is, and thereby to
point the way to better artistic results. The sec
ond benefit from these legitimate criticisms are to
be found in the public, for if the opinion of pro
fessed experts carries any weight, the tendency
will be towards elevating the peoples minds and
assisting them in discerning and discriminating be
tween good and bad acting, and thus their approval
and patronage will be Destowed only upon the de
serving ones.
Draniiilie and Mnsicnl Gossip.
Lawrence Barrett is in Cincinnati.
Romeo where art thou’s Ju—liet me be.
Kate Thayer is now in Pittsburg.
Adah Richmond is singing Fatinitza in Mobile.
The Kate Thayer concert company are coming.
Buffalo William is scalping “inguns” in Spring-
field.
Alice Oates will Girofle—Girofla in our city upon
next Saturday night.
Mrs. D. P. Bowers, and Charlotte Thompson are
en route for Atlanta.
McKee Rankin is to play the Danites, with a
strong support for us at aii eaily day.
Sochern is doing the role of Lord Dundreary in
Our American Cousin, in Boston.
Janausehek is playing tragedy through the towns
of Minnesota.
Mrs. Osgood, the American soprano, is in Lon
don.
Adah Cavendish is making a tour through the
New England States.
Miss Maud Banks, daughter of General Banks,
will sliortlv make her debut on the stage.
A dramatized version of the Pilgrim’s Progress
will be played in New York this season.
It is reported that Mr. Irving, the famous En
glish tragedian will probably soon visit America.
comparison of the two roles iii which she is said to
excel, Fanchon is undoubtedly her best imjiersona-
tion. This character is her natural sphere, and its
passions and humors lie at the very surface of her
embodiment, ready to be rendered in as pleasing
and artistic a manner as any actress that we have
witnessed in the role for sometime. The character
of Juliet is on the contrary scarcely to be found in
the natural disposition of any one. It requires
ability, dexterity, and a thorough knowledge of the
dramatic art.
The girl Fanchon is an ignorant, clumsy lass, and
a slight deviation from or a violation of the 1 ules
of art, would be scarcely noticed in her. Juliet,
however, is entirely different. She is cultured,
graceful, with regular actions to be ]>erformed in
attitudes governed by rules, and a blunder on her
part would be very perceptible and spoil the entire
harmony of the play. After proper consideration
and allowance for support, we can but pronounce
Miss Boyle’s acting in this particular role very or
dinary. Juliet was in her, a half idiot, laughing at
the most heartrending news; over-doing the tender
passion in every scene, chawing out her words in a
whip-snap kind of manner, and swinging her body
in a silly, unbecoming way. In the future she
would appear to better advantage to play Juliet
with the dignity suited to tnerole, anil not degrade
it with Fanohon’sairs.
Mr. Paul Bleckley's Romeo was very good in
deed, especially during the cloister and balcony
scene.
Mr. Lumpkin was beyond doubt the star of the
evening, giving his impersonation of the Friar in a
very pleasing manner. His gestures and full, round
volume of pronunciation, would have done credit
to a regular professional, and all during the play
his actions were suited exactly to his part. Mr.
Clayton’s Mercutio is one of the finest comedy roles
in Shakespeare, and one as difficult to act. He
played, notwithstanding, in a very clever way.—
Miss Clarke and Miss Peacock also did very well
under the circumstances. Upon the whole the play
was given in as pleasing a manner as any amateurs
that have played for us in sometime.
Another Criticism of the Romeo and Juliet En
tertainment.
of London you will find the swords and guns of
other ages bung in the shape of huge passion-flow
ers and the shape of bridal-cakes. And so there is
a way of taking the hardest, sharpest and most
piercing and most destructive sorrows of this life
and making them bloom and blossom and put on
bridal festivities. My text promises that they shall
be mitigated and assuaged. I suppose that the east
wind is only strong enough to drive you into the
harbor of God’s protection. We all have an idea
that we can manage our own affairs. We have a
compass and a helm and a chart and a quadrant.
Give us plenty of sea ro: m and let us ssil on. But
a cyclone sweeps up the coast. Wo are helpless in
the gale, and then w- want a harbor. Our ealcu-
lations all upset. We cry out:
“Change and decay in' the air around I see.
Oh Thou that changet,t U;Jt abide with me”
The south wind of mild providence induces us to
throw off the rotes of Christian character so that
we take cold, but the east wind makes us wrap up
in the warm promises. The test things that hap
pen to us are our troubles. When the army- under
Napoleon went down into Egypt, an engineer,
while digging for the foundation of a fi irtress,
turned up a stone tablet three feet long, known as
the rosetta stone. From that stone was studied out
the alphabet of hieroglyphics which opened the
meaning of ancient inscriptions that before were a
profound mystery. The handwriting of many of
the providences of this life are indecipherable hie
roglyphics, but we take up the rosetta stcine of in
spiration and lo! the explanation comes out, and
much of the mystery vanishes as we read that all
things work togother for good, as they do to those
that love God. So we decipher the hieroglyphics.
What did trouble do for David! It made •'im the
sacreil minstrel for all ages. What did trouble do
for Joseph! It made him the keeper of the com
cribs of Egypt. What did it do f< >r Raul! 11 made
him the chief apostle of the Gentiles. What did it
do for Samuel Rutherford! It made his invalidism
more illustrious than robust health. What did it
do for Roliert Baxter! It gave him capacity to de-
scrite the “Saints' Everlasting Rest." What did it
do for John Bunyan! It showed him the shining
gate of the city. What has it done for you! Ever
since the loss of that child your spirit has lieen puri
fied. Since the loss of that property you iiave real
ized the uncertainty of earthly investments. Since
the loss of your health you have had brightest an
ticipation of eternal release. Trouble has humbled
you, enlarged you, equipped you, multiplied your
resources, loosened you from this world and given
you tighter grip on the next. Thank God for the
east wind, It has driven you into the harbor of
God’s sympathy. Nothing but trouble can show us
that tliis world is ail insufficient portion. When
Hogarth’s life was nearly done he made a picture
showing the end of all earthly things. On the can
vas was a shattered bottle, a cracked tell, an un
strung tew. the sign-post of a tavern called the
“World’s End” falling down, a shipwreck, the
horses of Phoebus lying dead in the clouds, the
moon in her last quarter, the world on fire. “One
more thing,” said Hogarth, “and I have done.”
Then he added to this picture a painter's palette
broken. It was the last work of art he executed.
But trouble presents more powe> fully than could
Hogarth how everything on earth is
BREAKING, WITHERING, FAILING,
falling, mouldering, dying. IFe feel we must have
something permanent to lay hold of, and we grasp
with both hands after God, and say: “The Lord is
my light! the Lord is my love! the Lord is my sac
rifice ! the Lord, the Lord, is my God ’”
Blow on, East wind, if you drive us into that bar
ter. Weeping mav endure for a night, but joy
coineth in the morning. Across the harsh discords
of this world rolls the music of the skies, music
which breaks from the lip and throbs from the
harp and rustles from the palms; music like falling
water over rocks; music like wandering winds
among leaves; music like caroling birds among for
ests; music like ocean billows storming the Atlantic
teach. “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst
any more. Neither shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat, for the lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living fountains of water,
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
I see the laboring cratt of a great Christian fleet
approaching that celestial haven, sails rent, bul
warks knocked away, leaks sprung, but still afloat.
Nearer and nearer the wean-shore, nearer and near
er eternal anchorage. Haul away, my lads! Haul
away! Some are ships of mighty tonnage. Some
are shallops, easily lifted by the wave. Some are
men-of-war, armed with thunders of Christian bat
tle. Some are tugs, unpretending tugs, helping
others through the narrows. Some are coasters,
and never ventured out very far into the seas of
Christian experience. But I notice that all of them
are coming toward wharfage, brigantine, galleon,
line-of-battle ship, long-boat, pinnace, war-frigate,
are driven into harbor by the East wind.
to watch public affairs, know to be the sheerest
nonsense; but the masses of the people, loyal to the
very core, are easily alarmed by any appeal to their
patriotism, and there can tie no doubt that many
votes have been secured for Mr. Cornell by this ap
peal aud by the false assertion that a national issue
was involved in this election; or in other words, that
the Presidential contest next year depended upon
this result.” ,
“How do you uccount for Mr. Kefly’s vote, Gov
ernor!” '
“I j(resume that one cause which bellied on that
vote was the junketing tom- which he made through
the State and the false assertion that he was the
regular nominee.i and stood a chance •}£ being elect
ed governor. He never entertained the slightest
hope of such a rok u it himself, but he ifmtiimously
asserted it in his Speeches, and those wpo were ad-
ilia cause ( u d £ j le same, s'*'
pies, holiest tliemsvhves ami '
esty and trickery in others, __ _
to casting their votes for him, who, had they teen
aware that by so doing they were assisting to elect
a Republican, would never have done it.”
‘ ‘ Were not your vetoes, Governor, directly against
certain special interests, and did not these combine
against you 111 the late election!”
“All,” said the Governor, very emphatically, “all
those without exception who desired to plunder the
public have teen opposing me in the late canvass.
The record of the canvass shows that conclusively.
Since I have teen the Governor of this State I have
vetoed many bills the object of which, or at any
rate the effect of which would have lieen to take
money out of the pockets of the people unjustly,
and of course the promoters of all these wicked
schemes have opposed my re-election. Still, I am
rather proud of such opposition, and cannot regret
a single veto that I have put forth. As I said at
the outset the causes of my defeat are many and
various and this doubtless is one of the chief of
them. I am neither disheartened nor disappoint
ed at the result. When I accepted the nomination
I thought it not unlikely I might lose the fight, but
I did not shrink from the contest fori thought I
was in a tetter position to accept defeat than al
most any other man who could be nominated.”
“What are your plans for the future, Governor!”
“To go home and attend to my business which
has lieen sadly neglected of late; and I assure you
that I go with gladness. I don’t wish my friends
to think that personally I regret the result of the
recent election, for I do not. On the contrary, as
far as my own comfort goes, I am rather glad to
be relieved from the troubles and annoyances of of
ficial life. The only regret that I have is on ac
count of the party: but if the rest of the State tick
et is elected the party has not suffered a defeat. At
any rate I don’t think that this election should be
considered as decisive of the result next year. There
were many different issues, some of them purely
personal, some of which I have mentioned and oth
ers of which I need not speak, which largely de
termined this result, but which will in all probabil
ity be eliminated from the contest next year. Our
adversasies have, of course, insisted that the na
tional issues of next year was largely dependent on
this election: it was politic for them, as politics go,
to do so, and by this cry and by the flaunting of the
'bloody shirt’ they doubtless obtained votes; but
had not Mr. Kelly bolted from the Syracuse nomi
nation, 110 sane man in view of the ascertained re
sult can doubt that the entire State ticket of the
Democracy would have teen elected. This is proof
enough that the fight was pqrely a local one an 1
confined to State issues entirely and I have little
doubt that with a candidate acceptable not to
any section of the party, but to all of the party, we
can carry the State in 1880.”
"That leads me to ask, Governor, if you are in
favor of the nomination of Mr. Tilden again for the
Presidency!”
“That question I don’t care to answer just now.
It is not the projier time, nor is my opinion of suf
ficient importance about it to carry any weight.
Mr. Tilden is a warm friend of mine, and if nomin
ated would have my support, as would any other
candidate who might be chosen by the National
Convention; but as to the policy of nominating Mr.
Tilden I really have no opinion to express, one way
or the other.”
“What do you think of Mr. Bayard as a candi
date!”
“A noble and pure man, without a stain on his
escutcheon. I only hope, for his own sake, that he
may not be nominated, for they would abuse him
unmercifully. He would not escape calumny, and
his previous record would not avail him. The tor
rent of vituperation would be let loose on him as
soon as he received the nomination.”
“What do you think of the ticket named by Mr.
McDonald, of Indiana, in this morning’s Worla?”
“Hendricks and Potter! I should say that would
be a very strong ticket; but I am not at all sure of
the policy of swapping horses in just that way
while crossing a stream!”
The criterion company are playing a two weeks
engagement at Hooley's Theatre, Chicago.
The plays of Octoroon and Uncle Tom’s Cabin,
are said to have harrowed up old sectional feelings
in St. Louis.
Miss Letitia Friteh, the young singer of St. Louis
has gone to New Ycrk to fill a professional engage
ment.
Why don’t the ushers at the opera house wear
dress suits and badges! so they can te distin
guished from the members of the audience.
The Bowers-Thompson troupe are said to be well
supported, Mrs. D. P. Bowers is always sure to
draw well in Atlanta.
Arbuckle, the cometist, has quit blowing people,
to heaven for Parson Talmage. aud gone to playing
<01 ii»o K..t« TUay#r Concert Company.
The gentlemanly agent of Alice Oates was in the
city this week making arrangements for' her en
gagement here next week.
J. H. Haveriy's income is from three to four
thousand every week. Five years ago his entire as
sets would not have reached the lesser amount.
Maggie Mitchell has bought- from Mr. Gordon his
drama called “Trix,” for three thousand dollars.
Maggie is getting rather old to “learn new tricks.’,
Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, the authors, have
reached New York where they will produce their
opera of Pinafore as originally intended by them.
H. W. Longfellow anil W. D. Howells, are going
to dramatize the stor\ of Miles Standish for Law
rence Barrett.
A new Opera House has been recently built in
Greenville, S. C., with all the modern improve
ments.
Diplomacy is considered by superstitious profes
sionals, an unlucky play ever since Pori er was
killed.
Maud Granger is playing the leading role in
Bartly Campbells new play of the Galley Slave, in
W Llliamsburgh.
Haveriy’s Pinafore children are said to have to
work like Trojans. Jack this is not like you. Let
up a little on the Juviniles.
Nashville mourns because her people won’t ap
preciate anything in amusements above a negro
minstrel show. Alas! then be two cities that tell
that tale.
The Dramatic News says that the profits of the
New York Herald reached 156.000 dollars during
last year, and that the theatrical profession contri
buted a hundred and twenty-two thousand for com
plimentary criticisms.
Lotta had lots of people out to see her kick on
last Tuesday night. The best kicker in the party,
strange to say, was her manager, who didn't appear
on the stage at all. Yet all he needs to take the
premium there or anywhere else, is longer ears and
stronger voice.
The charming Miss Alice Oates and her English
comic ojiera company will appear at our opera
house on the 22 and 24 of this month. She is spok
en of with praise in the towns that she has played
and doubtless will draw well in Atlanta. She pre
sents Girofle—Girofla and the Little Duke. The
latter is a new piece and will be looked forward to
with pleasure by our people.
There exists several nuisances at our theatre
which should te attended to by the proper authori
ties. We speak of the classes who attend the shows
and produce disturbances, and thereby annoy the
audience and prevent them from getting the bene
fit of the entertainment. Almost on every occa
sion when there is a performance, a lot of seeming
ly dniken men and boys take front seats in the gal
lery and during the entire play behave in a most
boisterous manner—applauding with sticks and yell
ing to a degree resembling a pandemonium, and
not unfrequently improper language is used in tones
loud enough to be heard by persons sitting as far
off as the orchestra. We trust that the proper ones
will prevent it in the future. We would also men
tion the parties who invariably congregate around
the entrance and in the vestibule nightly, and dis
turb the audience with loud talking. It seems that
they select the most interesting and softest parts to
begin their talking to destroy its effects. Cannot it
be suppressed by some means!
Miss Boyle’s Juliet.
A very fair and cultivated audience greeted the
presentation of Romeo and Juliet by our city ama
teurs at the opera house on last Monday evening.—
Miss Boyle cannot be said to have come up to the
standard that was expected of her. In making a
Ox the Train, Nov. 11th.
Editor Sunny South:
I was in your city last night and attended the
performance of “Romeo and Juliet” played by
Miss Anna Boyle supported by amateurs, anil have
just finished reading the extravagant eulngium pro
nounced upon Miss Boyle by the Constitution; the
criticism was evidently written by some very par
tial friend, anil was very unjust to the rest of the
performers. I have teen on the professional stage
twenty years both in Europe and America and am
capable.of criticising. Miss Boyle played quite welt,
but she of course showed to extraordinary advan
tage. playing as she did among amateurs with every
thing arranged to place Juliet in the test possible
light. Had she played just as she did hist night in
any New York Theatre supported by trained pro
fessionals, the performance would have been much
less than ordinary. The young man who played
the Friar was fine, the solemnity of his manner, the
distinctness of his articulation ’and the grace of his
gestures was excellent, his earnest appeal to Romeo
was well done indeed. Mercutio was played well
and with an aliamlon and self forgetfulness rarely
ever seen in Amateurs. I have often seen the part
played worse by good professionals; his conception
of the part was fine, and he personated the gentle
manly, vivacious gallant splendidly. Old Capulet
was tetter than I have ever seen it, in the scene
with Juliet. He rose to the rank of a first rute
artist and played his part grandly, making of it all
that could te made of it. But the hit of the even
ing. the principal feature of the whole performance,
was beyond all doubt, the Xurse! I have seen the
play of “Romeo and Juliet” hundreds of times and
have never seen the part as well rendered. I could
scarcely believe the lady was an amateur; the tone
of voice was in itself a great success, anil infinitely
tetter than the little squeaking voice in which the
part is generally played. Her acting in the scene
with Romeo and the'Friar was artistic in the ex
treme anil would have done honor to any[actress:
the pity for Romeo, the reverence of an ignorant
mind for the Priesthood, her entire approval of the
good Father’s sentiments, were all perfectly por
trayed in the varying expression of her face and
her fine gestures. That scene as ,plaved by her,
was a new revelation to me; it whs a wonderful
performance and considering the lady was an ama
teur, with ho experience on the stage was the most
remarkable piece of character acting that I have
everiwitnessed, and is the only thing I ever saw
bortflpring on inspiration, for it is to be borne in
mind she had no lines to speak, her. acting must all
be done pantomime, and even old experienced play-
era dread a long “still part,” as it is called, where
they must act and yet not speak. As for the little
laugh in Juliets “coaxing scene,” the young lady
should get it copyrighted, it is as much a specialty
as Sothern’s “Dundreary Hop,” it was splendid.
The part of the "Nurse” to’a critical eye was perfect!
perfectly acted, perfectly spoken, perfectly walked,
and perfectly conceived. If I was a Juliet, I would
have that Nurse at any price for she would add
greatly to any jierformance. That lady is a genius,
and would make a grand character actress should
she decide to try the stage as a profession, which I
would by all means advise her to do. Lady Capulet,
Benvolio, Paris, Tybalt. Belthazar and Romeo were
in theatrical lingo “sticks” too far below mediocre*
ty to bejmentioned.
A Professional.
Engagement Note* ibr tlie Week.
Carlotta Patti is in Cincinnati.
Robert Me Wade is in Ottawa.
Mrs. Scott Siddows is in Canada.
Robeson & Crane are in Hartford.
Fanny Davenport is in New York.
Milton Nobles is playing in Milwaukee.
Ellen Cummins is with Lawrence Barrett.
Enchantment is being played in Cincinnati.
Our Girls is being played at Wallacks, N. Y.
Mary Andeison, as Parthena in St. Joseph Mo.
F. C. Bangs is playing Daniel Druce at Albany.
Adelaide Neilson is acting in Hunckback in Bal
timore.
Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle is in Peters
burg.
John McCollough is acting Virginias in Cleve'
land.
Evangeline opened Monday for one week in
Cleveland.
Kate Claxton is in Newport, playing the Double
Marriage.
Rice’s Suprise Party are also at the Walnut
Street.
Mattie Vickera is playing Paste and Diamonds, in
Anderson, Indiana.
Haveriy’s Pinafore Troupe are at Meadville
Pennsylvania.
The Berger Family, and Sol Smith Russell are in
Trenton New Jersey.
Joseph Murphy is pla> ing Kerry Gow in Water-
bury. Miss Helen Potter's Pleiades are also there.
Eliza Weathersby is at the North Broad Theatre,
Philadelphia. Steele MacKaye’s new play of an
Iron “Will is being produced at the same place.
The Ladies Benevolent Home.
On next Thursday night an entertainment will
te given at the opera house for the benefit of the i*
Ladies Benevolent home. “The Serious Family,’’
a roaring comedy, will te presented by Miss Louise
Clarke aiul a number of her pupils, assisted by the
best amateur talent in the city. The performance
will conclude with a tremer ' ■ is burlesque on one
of Shakespeare's heaviest pla y s, written by an At
lanta author. Tickets will be for sale cheap at
PhiUips & Crew’s early next week.