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    • A LBAP BEFORE A FALL.
    • ANSWER JO LAST ACROSTIC.
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      234- The Tomahawk. [June 6, 1868.

      234- THE TOMAHAWK . [ June 6 , 1868 .

      A Lbap Before A Fall.

      A LBAP BEFORE A FALL .

      Will Nothing Happen To Turn Mr. Sothern ...

      Will nothing happen to turn Mr . Sothern away from his fatal determination to assume romantic characters ? Will no kind our real friend loss show at his him refusal his real to continue value on eccentri the stage c comedy as a lover ? , Will and no gentleman of education and dramatic talent appear on the of stage envy as make facile Mr fir' . incefis Sothern in return the tender to the line creation , and b of y types sheer rather cause

      than sentiment ? His Dundreary , before the actor had been spoilt by the incense which made him dizzy , was a chef d wuvre for Londoners who knew the type and appreciated the imitation ; but his sentiment does not exist—there—simply does not exist .

      In Mr . Sothern ' s assumptions in the Favourite of Fortune he and never the Hero shows of a Romance spark of , sentiment we do not , nor hesitate does he to seem maintain to know that or feel the passion which he proclaims . In the Favourite of Forttcne he was absolutely rude to the woman he was supposed to love , cramming his hat on his head long before he left the

      room room in in one one scene scene where where there there was was a a livel livelv y discussion discussion as as to to his his merits . In the Hero of Romance there is less feeling exhibited than in the Favouriteand any serious spectator must feel that the lover is far too cold , and common-place ever to risk his life by the fatal leap without having seen to the security of the ivy

      beforehand . propriety But we of are interpolating not going to gymnastic criticise these performances pieces , nor in discuss comedies the ; true but we that sincerel Doctor y hope Westland , for the Marston credit of is about our stage to , " that adapt it is " Les not Filles de Marbre for this actor . Theatre Theatre There , when when was an Madame Madame adaptation Celeste Celeste once was was performed there there , called called at the The The Adel Marble Marble phi

      Heartwhich , would most certainly have been , damned had it not Rap been hael , . for We the have graceful had p no erformance one since of Lei Mr gh . Lei Murray gh Murray who had as the emotions power and of making the polished the heart ease of of a his gentleman audience in vibrate all his move to his - ments . Those , who have seen Two Loves and a Life and The ficult Marble to Heart criticise played where by so him much will was acknowledge excellentand that impossible it was

      difto find a substitute from the actors now on the , boards of the metropolis It would . be invidious for us to mention any names among should such as bring might forward be selected more than for the one parts reason , for wh in y the all perform cases we - ance We would have no be unsatisfactory doubt that if . Les Filles de Marbre the principal attraction will be the group of statues illumined appears by , the

      lime light from above , in the middle of a fair model of an atrium by velvet logue Mr , . and studious O'Connor will jackets probabl . Mr , . beside y Sothern look the about will tunic wear as and much four sandals like or five an in artist the elegant pro as - he does like business Othello better . At than any rate he does , if he in The does Hero not of get Romance up the necessary where he sketches out of doors without once looking at Nature , before him , he will not appear in his element .

      lish Of view course that the the piece ori may inal idea be adapted as in to The su Marble ch a point Heart of Eng be- - comes unintelligible , g and with , care all sentiment may , be duces " adapted real " suicide out of the or whole the butterfl play ; y but trick unless , we Mr don . ' Sothern t see how intro the - piece As we is to feel succeed sure . that the Lord Chamberlain will not allow moral the the ori play g is inal deduced loses plot all to from its come force the bare ori without - inal faced drama , we on . to shall the state boards what , and the as The The Mar Marble ble H Heart eart , to to which whi g ch Mr Mr . . Charles Charles belby Selby puts puts his his

      name could as not author be comprehended , which , means , for in this the simp case le " bald reason translator that the /' heroines were supposed to be dames honn $ tes , which was a proposit The drama ion simply of Les absurd Filles . de Marbre begins with a scene in Phidias ' s atelier in Athens . Phidias is in love with his ovyn chase creations Lais , and them , being Phryne when statues . Phidias A rich of repent citizen three s celebrated of of his Athens agreement hetairce is about — , and Aspasia to con pur- - , jures the loved images to remain with him , the author of their

      beauty . Gorgias , on the other hand , offers them gold and jewel heads s , in upon response which to the the statues rich buyer open after their which eyes , and the critic turn their Diogenes exclaims : " Marble maidens , , marble maidens , woe to him In who the p gives lay which his heart follows to you , all ! the " characters of the prologue appear « 3 . JJJJ < - C 1 . L in ill modern JLll . v ^^ Atl . iJk guise gUlSt . : Phidias JL J . J . J . UJ . CIO becomes UCt ^ UUl ^ S Rap XVCJ . JJ hae JlICLC l J . ; , Diogenes J ^ lUgCllCO , j

      with Desge flesh " nais ; and and blood ainsi and de answer suite , — to while the the name statues s of Marco are imbued Cletion mentine , coquettes , & c . , Were there these would , women be no , moral as represented to point , and in the the transla satire , - would be blunted . the But young the whole artist point falls , of unfortunately the story comes , in out seriou of s the love fact with that a woman and reputation who has if sold she ever everything had either she — can to sell— man honour who , offered virtue ,

      sufficient compensatio , n in gold or gold's worth any . There is a charming innocent girl ready to take him with all flitting his faults round —and and love round him the too flam ; but e which his infatuation has burnt keep so many s him , foolish and at passion last he going falls a off victim with , and the dies rich insane fool who , the allows cause himself of his to be plucked alive .

      ad pure The Now apte love d , moral just ! is Mr not imagine is . to Buckstone that be found gold the p makes as among iece the as love p impure it hilosop kick will women her the be beam probabl Diogenes . , and y , when who that permeates the whole drama with his satire and his sermons ; Miss Robertson accepting a part which either has no meaning , or requires the experience of a Doche to reproduce without humiliation and Mr . Sothern winding a dreary parody of

      emotional scenes ; with a fit of insanity , which up will remind one , to without a certainty fail , of . the three-cornered cow and the " other fellah " If dramas are to draw simply by the introduction of one telling sense let tableau . us have , or that one tableau daring or feat that , in feat the without name the of ennui common of bad acting and stilted phraseology !

      Put in the bills honestly— " Between such and such pieces the tableau Leap vyant ' from of the The Tower Three of Elfin Graces ! " . " " " After N . B . the Mr farce . Sothern , the will light the lime-light with his finger ! " And so on . We his shall success be saved undashed a vast deal with the of trash absinthe , and of Mr the . Sothern critical will have . We cannot see a man jumping headlong into danger press without

      out trying for , at that least , to save but him he . He will may not have not accept us to our accuse hand if held he comes to grief purpose ; and , Mr . Sothern must not be astonishedif he persists in making love with an organ arranged for eccentric , comedy , that his finances should fluctuate and his great prestige disappear .

      Answer Jo Last Acrostic.

      ANSWER JO LAST ACROSTIC .

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      D Dress S E Enow W R Race E Y B Brogue Yel E V p

      Annie Systematic Answers ( Tooting Acrostic have ) , Your been Solver Loving received , The Flute from Crowndale , J Ruby ohn Jones ' s Ghost Spaniel , Lappell , Bravo , P , ygma L Ned . S . - , , lion Stage , Charles Struck Hero Forrester , One , John who has Go-head lost , in Dizzy a Derby , Printer Sweep ' s , Devil Lady , Coventry , Camden Town Tadpole , Rikey R e , Attwood , M . Edwards Dick Wilkie , E . , D The avis Hampstead , Woffendale Steed ( Exeter , Charles Hall ) , Thornhill Lozenge , " , M Henry . D ., W cup y ine ld , ( Southampton Up a Tree , Sangster ) , Vox Populi , Peter , An W ., Irish Sairey Churchman Gamp , Charles , Por-Stewardson Charles Meldrum ( Epping , George Forest Easy ) , The , Anni Maiden e ( Southend Road ) Grey , and hound Rory , O'More .

      * * Correspondents Are Informed That Con...

      * * Correspondents are Informed that Contributions cannot possibly be returned by the Editor on any consideration whatever . Contributors should make copies of their articles if they the PobMsher attach any to value insure to attention them . Letters . Envelopes , on purely containing business solely matters Answers , should to Acrostics be addressed should to be marked Acrostic . "

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 6, 1868, page 234, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06061868/page/10/