s For a dramatic season supposed to be
a opsewhat disastrous, Henry Irring and
Helen Terry have pulled through with re
markable success. Mr. Irving has been
fortunate in his social recognitions, and
the fact of his endorsement by Henry Ward
Beecher has given him a standing in Brook
lyn which has never been accorded to any
actor before. There is nothing thin-skinned
about the Plymouth pastor; if he likes a
good play he is not afraid to say so, and
the fact that 4 private box has been ac
corded to his use has brought hundreds out
to see the profane player who never put a
foot inside of a theatre before. Whatever
may be thought about Mr. Irving's great
ness, there can be no two opinions about
the general excellence of his'company. No
such stage mounting and generally good
acting has been seem in any company of
tragedians here. We have some good com
edy companies, but none that can produce
a tragedy or drama like Mr. Irving's. It
is this fact that has borne him with suc
cess and profit through one of the most dis
astrous seasons tht the country has seen
for years. Our country towns from Maine
to California are strewn with the wrecks of
ruined companies, while Mr. Irving returns
to Albion's Isle, his coffers lined with good
Yankee eagles, and himself and company
having received as generous a welcome as
they could possibly have received at home.
The excitement is cooling down among
our politicians, and under all the circum
stances they appear to have come to the
conclusion that the country is not entirely
ruined by the change of administration.
