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    • AMATEUR ANGELS.
    • THE CRY OF THE CRITICS.
    • MUSIC HALLS.
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      J September 2i, 1867.] The Tomahawk. 209

      j September 2 i , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 209

      Amateur Angels.

      AMATEUR ANGELS .

      And The Influential Adjoarne Society D M...

      and The influential adjoarne society d meetin , was g of held the at E Ge xecutive neva , o at t a late hig hour hly res yesterday pectable evening character . , the The deputy proceedings -chairman appear having to have merel been y had of an his unvisuall jaw broken y peaceful , and one torn outin an attempt to kick him off the platform for the

      ho seventh we ver tin , it e is . onl With , y fai the r to exception add , was of most this good trifling humouredl contretentps y tak > which en by , ordinar the Committee y clearan , ce and of a the rather hall b li y the y us majority e of the for kni the fe in time effecting being on he divisioneverything passed off as satisfactorily as the most ardent

      supporters every of , a Peace Congress could possibly have desired . A few I m murders ev ornin eniug g , are ; and bu announced t some as the even y chiefl as from having y occurred time taken to outside time place up the durin to building g an the earl course , y hour in of b this ack the streets , they may be regarded as entirely of an unofficial character .

      Subjoined is a list of the resolutions which were passed , more or less effect unanim as ousl soon y ; as time nd which and occasion , it is ne permit edless : — to add , will be carried into 1 . That to universal collect all peac the e bein dirty g de sirable gabon , it d will lazy be do the -nothing duty of ruffians everybod of y

      Europe , for the purpose J * , of cutting O > — the * , throats J r , of every " O body else , en tnasse . 2 . That all ca the ptured Soverei , hun gns g , and in the . stuffed world for and the their purpose respective of forming relatives a nucleus of a " Universal Peoples' Museum . "

      3 . That an Ecclesiastical Committee , composed of the Emperor of r al y G ssinia aribal , d i , Mumb Mormon o Jumbo deputies , and , a Mr cannibal . Bradlaug missionary h , be app , ointed Genefor the purpose of arranging a new Revelation . 4 . That in the interests of Universal Brotherhoodthis be promulgated

      at the point of the bayonet . , 5 . That all landed proprietors be mangled into mincemeat and made into sausages . 6 . That the same be registered as the ** Eternal Fraternization of the Peoples' Sausage . "

      8 7 . . That That secured flann any the el whole arrears , at and the receive human due point on £ of account race $ , the 000 be bayonet P of er washed the annum . above in all blood sti round pend , . be dre immediatel ssed in red y 9 . That the word " gentleman" be burnt out of the languages of peoples .

      10 . That the whole world be blown up forthwith . 11 . That the condition of things specified in the above resolutions be regarded as the true Millenium . 12 . And twopence last . That halfpenny the admission , by non-transferable to the above ticket condition . of things be

      The Cry Of The Critics.

      THE CRY OF THE CRITICS .

      Someone Is Writing An Elaborate Defence ...

      Someone is writing an elaborate defence in the Standard of the theatrical any sheacl writer . We critics of suppose ordinary of the it intelli dail must y gence be press one — taking so of rudel the tip herd y att the , ack for cud ed gel we by s Mr cannot in . their Holling fancy de - - fence ^~ — ^ ^~ . Theatrical ¦ ^ ^ b ^^ ^^^^ ^ r ^ b ^ b ^ V ^^ ^ b criticism - ^^ r ^ m ^ v <^ f ^^ ^^ ^ m ™ f ^ ^ ^ v ^ in b i « ^ this ar ^ ^* ^> i i country w l *^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^» g H , is ^^ ~ p V about ^ f " *^ ^^^ n V on ^^^ ^ ¦ ^ V ^ a ^^ V ¦ par f ^ v-V m- with V ^~ W A ^ b the v / ~^ **¦ ^^ V

      for actiiig it . which The it so is - inte called nded critics to criticize possess ; and nothing that is to all qualif which y can them be said and ordinary everything London to disqualif daily y and them cheap for their weekl art y . papers We , are in which speaking there of are the in regular the better notices class of of theatrical weeklLondon performances journals —i there n the are country many exceptions press , and

      to this rule . y Let anyone consider for one moment , some of the requisites the for real delicate criticism sensibility of such , the a wonderfull wide sympath y comp y , lex the art refined as acting taste — cultivated by study of the best models of dramatic writing—and

      marvels aside in then London let the of him , tien and , go interests see to and the the , firs men and t nigh who obli t gations must at represent any total , which of l the the , princi Press unless their . pal they theatre Putting are s courage impartiality , y preclude giving anything ness of their like an intellectual honest opinion calibre on their the subject nearl — total just consider i the of low the - dramatic literature of their own country , , their y habits of gnorance life , associating judices selves with a , narrow in and which cri cli pp their que led b of minds y mere perpetual become hacks contact , warped and burlesque with with nothing the writers most but self vul like - gar satisfied them pre-

      mediocrity , ; consider all this , and then say if the criticism of such men can be of any profit to author or actor . stage Those , and who ridicule defend the these notion persons of talk anyone of , their of howeve vast experience r cultivated of the an intellect acting , because , of however they vivid have not an imag lived ination all their , being lives able in to the criticize purlieus plays of the or green-room . We grant that this experience teaches thorn those paltry

      Someone Is Writing An Elaborate Defence ...

      o trick f the s and vul flash but y d it evices also which imbue serve s them to with catch an the utterl unreasoning false standard applaus of b b d y y ram the a atic ny grand art gar real , , a reality rtist when , the of they natural y test have p assi to j o meri n , ge t of t the by such portrayal th y ose portrayal convention of passion not al synonyms for the emotions of the heart , which they have seen in every

      mouthing , ranting idiot who called himself , or herself a tragedian . It is when amusin the g to are watch confronted the faces with and some listen iece to the of ac comments tindrawn of these m N critics ature j , itself cours , e if o it y lved be at ou some t of a theatre deep feeling for which , p passionate they are , s labouring y g mpathetic at hear a mutila t ; of - j ; tion sical of lines some of a French burlesque drama ; or , or if l the umberin actor g or thr actress ough ill be scan the idol ning of nonsen some - j !

      every r o act f their er ot written cl her ique character , xp r u e fficientl ssl in y it for ) , y they influent him have or th herself e ir p terms roduce ( to the f praise a p utter iece cut with sacrifice and a dried cha of , - \ f But if none of these contingencies arise , they are most likely to fall j into their a comprehensions vein of impotent as c being arping so at far a performance above them , , and which . at an is artist an insult who as to

      yet in We any does may way not . seem appear to have to have written sufficient , with influence asperity to on advance this matter their prospects ; but we j fairly confess to having lost all our patience with these people . ¦ ' of W the Bohemian peal to any Clubs honest ) , whethei person - ( the who most has no gross connection adulation with of one any i another - -- -- - - -- is not - -- -- prevalent ¦— -- - - among the majority of dramatic writerswhether [

      they —__ do _— not _ _ — even __ — go _ __ to — — — _ the — — . x tent ^^^ P ^^ o f puffing — ^ j themselves ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ in ^^ those ^^ ^^^ , y journals ~ ™ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ I \ which they honour by writing for ? Have we not seen in a i certain weekly comic journal , which now drags on a stagnant , witless ' laud life , a on tions the , a strength nd most of barefaced its former puffs reputation of pieces , the written most by extrava two well gant

      known members of the staff ? Is there not a refinement on this brazen panegyric self-praise , , s w ome hich actress consists who in bespattering has infused life with into the the most wooden outrageous cha- T racters which one of these authors has provided for her 'i But we need not continue the subject—it is not a pleasant one—let us end by

      exp the ress ri ing ht direction hope that b r respectable efusinan papers ratis w admissio ill take n s e step an at th le eatre ast in and that g the critics , will y try and g learn y g , that there is something y higher in t this o criticize world then the dramatic their own art j : , > etty however jealousies degraded and selfish be the interests state of ; and that that art ance at the with present the artist time , , re or quire a prospective s something obli more gation than to an the intimate manager acquaint . -

      Music Halls.

      MUSIC HALLS .

      Second Notice. Last In Week The , Articl...

      Second Notice . last In week the , article we took on occasion this subject to deplore which appeared the non-fulfilment in our impression of the rich of promises which were held out when Music Halls first came before the notice of the public . We also bestowed a passing glance on the * ' comic

      of singe the r , " Music whose Hall dreary entertainment and heart-breaking as it stands performances at present . form It the mig stap ht be le fancied of these , hap after less our sons remarks of mirth of last we week must , have that in reached hearing the a lowest song from pitch of jocular destitution ; but this is not soforhowever deep the pain we

      endure from the male comedian , the suffering , , Avhich we experience at the title hands is assuredl of the " serio isnomer -comic for lad there y " is is even harder ht of to seri bear ousn . e Her ss in very her y , noug knows performance not — _ the __ , whilst mean ____ ing as ^^ 5 of for the comed word y— ! Heaven She — appears — it save . - on the - the mark - ^ platform !—she

      and " cards , with in saucy the Guards bearing , " and shrill e " swell voice , in ho Pa wls ll M fort all h , " some or , perhaps ditty about , she will tell you a domestic romance in which omnibus conductors , or alike policemen , in . point , or , costermongers grace , or humour , for , m the the : ; e important songs can have features no purpose . Wanting save ,

      to the indul Music ge Halls the degraded taste t such of of the the majority audience of as those have who been nig attracted htly fill in the idea that they ; amongs would hear a rational performance , there cmi be but We one would feeling glad —p ly ity refrain - from attacking womenbut in this casewe

      cannot be silent , for we are satished that these songs , are not only , very stup them id must but extremel not claim y mischievous at our hands in their consideration results , and on tliosi account : who of s that inj ^ sex , which they have outraged by any such unseemly and unwomanly performances . Grace in a woman , like hope in the human breast , should

      have linger no when vesti all ge else of feminine is gone , and rjnnemini it is because t that these we condemn * ' serio-comic them ladies hope " - lessl Whilst y and unreservedl on this subject y . , we are romindod , perhaps by contrast , of ga Madlle rds pointle . Theresa . ssness , the and diva stup of idity the we Alcazar are bound , in Paris in truth , and to , so say far that as our

      reremarks have no reference to tier , ; she possesses that which , in a difan ferent artist walk . As of life it is , , mi sh ght e is have only enabled a Music her Hall to , obtain singer— a hi but gh such position a one as !

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 21, 1867, page 209, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_21091867/page/7/