Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-11

| small tax upon us, by requesting us tosaGord her
| some information dyamatique," connected
| with the French Stage; but as we are very
much disposed to appear to te as intelligent as
size supposes us, We viii, as soon as we have
copied her article, endeayour TO crafty her
wishes. And where, in the four quarters Of
The world, can there be found a man, who will
not rejoice, in having an opportunity to labor
tor Heavens FIRST best gift, woman-lov.ly y
Woman?" But lest We become too gallant,
and say too many &sil things, we lay before
our readers the communication of our fair cor-
respondent.
CLARION.
Of all the lodies thai ever adorned the stage,
the subject of our present inquiry seems TO ha
rose to the highest pitch of fame. and indeed
to the h'gAest point of excellence. Votalrc,
DAiember, and II! the e:nlaeI, French writ
ers have been pto.uso IN then eulogiups on
her action, her defamation, her happy pos
session of tie passions, whether tender or vto-
lont. Even her very dress, in which she was
peculiarly Characteristic, has been mentioned
as circumstance in which she surpassed all
actresses of her own or former times. The
origin of this celebrated woman was reported
TO be very mean;-it is very certain that she
was for many years stroller IN the provinces,
before she came up 10 the capital Al LiaIo
sho "4s indeed prnc.pli performer. When
she appcagch a. Pans, where she came lmnie-
dIateiy lsol. Llsic, ner reception was by 10
means iavourable; thousand faults were
iounu ml,h her, anu those al lcngth increased
from be.ns sLgntcd, sne became almost dct3s-
table; 30 tn4t any ne" piece IN winch Size ap-
pearcd, STOOD but u very small chance OF sue
cess-such an unstable tning IS populai ap-
piause, and so app 20 CT are the Juusmen,s o.!
the puDnc.
The irst part IN which sac began to engage
the ia, Oh OF The puDiic, as that oil Eiecuc, IN
the Oreste OF M. dc Noilane; yet 1t vas mere
ly by accident It VAS gwen hcr:--sne nad play
wanted TO see At, vi men lnG dc.IcSs " no usually
performed IL, ,.s Ill. From tnls da,e sne be-
appearance alone, was suincIent 10 hli Il houce
Indeed, snc - as t.c most perfect female l.g G
cvei seen upoh tDe stag, no pofG"ls 1h"t LA-
ture mad been more LIBERAL y! personal beauty
10 her, than 10 some c.neia. lncrc die act-
resses who nav. as much OF what como. urs
call statuary grace, b. winch Is meant elc-
gtofl ,rg, sin Inn
they all fali infinitely shorl of her, w.en the
soul comes 10 give expression to the limbs, and
animates every feature. &s@
Her first appearance was excessively engag-
ng-she never .ine IN stdnng rounu upon the
company, as If she lnlended to count the benc-
Its Of the house, or to see as we'll as to be seen.
Her eyes were always at first, mtontly hxed
upon the persons of the drama, and she would
lift them by degrees with enchanting dinidence
upon the spectators. Her first speech, or at
least, the first part OF i, was delivered with
scarce any motion of the arm; her hands and
her tongue never set out together; but tue one
prepared Tie audience for The other. she
sometimes began with a mute, eloquent atti-
tude; but never vent forward AL at once, with
hands, eyes, head and voice. BY this simple
beginning she gave herself the power of rising
in the passions of the scene; rs she proceceod,
every gesture, every look acquired new vio-
lencc, till at last, transported, she filled the
whole vehemence Of the part, and all the idea
of the poet. Her hands were not alternately
were showing legerdemain tricks; they were
employed with a graceful variety, and every
moment pleased with new and unexpected elo-
quencc. Added to this, her motion was eencr-'
ally from the shoulder; and she nclcr flourish
cd her hand while the upper part of her arm
remained moiionless, nor had she the ridicu-
lous action of an automaton, as if her elbows
were pinned to her body
With these accomplishments, it is no wonder
that she arrived at the summit of greatness in
her profession. Her wit was universally ac-
Gnoa oalcdgcd, and no play appeared without the
authors reading ii 10 heS alone. hcn Garrlck
was IN Pris, We are assured ihat tins lady and
Inc ere very in.ch charmed with each others
talents: no two, indeed, could approach near
or TO each otncr III :ragcdy l"d she was ca
pablo OF Judging OF uis, Is src understood tho
Ens,sn language Carries sense OF her
merit will appear from the following verse,
which he wrote IN praise OF her
prophocicd CLARION The stage would aisc,
Nor has she disappointed that desire;
She ,rown'd Aleipouenc with wrealhs ami PRAISE
Aiepomene returns what's gwen By her
All the world has heard of the morse made
by tho Siege dc CALAIS, in itself a wretched