True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-01-21

nca, and idly and richly geared, % though
che had prepared for weddi.g festival. All this
may be called hyPercriticism, hut we d"not think
So. We think we have pointed out defects, and
d. not think as attentive and ecva led an ariste
as Ellen Tree should overlook them.
W. cannot forhear ,emnrking that it seemed sin.
guar to US, Pauline should change her dress, after
resting all night at widow Meln"t,e's cottage.
Frem the superb satin, she assumes the plain niue
lin, without our having heard Of servants, bani'
hoxes, trunks or my thing else. We are to be-.
lieve that these paraphrenaiia have a! been left
| at the Golden Lion or a. her fathers mansion.
We can't conceive where she should have picked
| up the change OF tire. The widow had no such
,ogg~ry, and neither she nor Claude carried bun,
die with them c"n,aining change, when they g"
GU, Of the way Of the laughing rusics, md took
the stroll to ncishborng COT, when
| "ll.sveO lent their s,ars for torches"
Venus. suppose that nigh:cap and gown
were furnished by the kind m"her Of Melno.tr,
bu. her wardrobe was no,so phe,hsrick as to fur
nish the morning dress. The impression lsf, on the
audience At The close Of the scene is tina, Pauline
will fling herself on the he'd ust as she 10 dressrd
and cry her eyes out, I'LL gentle sleep the s"
,"rer' over,akus her, and that Claude remains in
his kneeling posture .il--he gets tired. Or
comes to his senses! In the m"rnng Pauline ar
ranges her "mnsred up" dress, as best she may!
Miss Trees Constance was better han any TIL
er character we have seen her represent. 1t had
more na,ura!ness, and the pIayf"In-ss o, the arch
girl wns well depicted, d. well as her hy.terca
, "gi,a,on--h"lf weeping, half laughing, whc'
Widrake informs her Of his determ inntion to mar
: ry. Thu s"i!oquy. when she questions herself, !
she wnnld marry him and exe!ni'ns against an"th
' FRS enjoying tina, privilege was beautifully an
: naturally spoken. We hive little fault 10 flu
in one Of the brs, scenes-where the chase
described, and Constance h"s d"nned the rdn
:. habit. She held she skr Of the dress in the sam
e way throughout the whole scene-as Il The att
m ,ude Ind been nssnmrd before glass; nd no o,he
Sc par, Of the skirt pinched would answer as well
e. Another fault we find in the Management OF III
H. hands-he caspng them and either raising tier
n The fingers EN- hrocing each other, to level wit
n the neck, orIetting them fall arms length i'm
re mediately in trent. Neither attitude is graceful
and is a mann~rism which should be s,udio"sl
:. avoided, not KEEP. ad nousean, as by Miss Tre'
- and some Of her imita,ore, A mere tyro could fin
- soma other place for the hands. Pock*l wouI
n. hecome them just Us well-nnd they would
rather ba rbnrous.
as We have the same fault to find with Miss Tree
t. Mariana, that ark ed her Paulins-not suttice'
=" enthusiasm. She only had the negative he"'-,I
latent heat Of an ic:cle. Blu, it is u better chars
~. ter for her than the Lady Of Lyons. Occasional
nv she manifes.ed an approach to feeling, and o"'
nd or twice even seemed TO feel. Blu, she did n
we manifest the Indignation which would have bur
cal from the pure hart, when accused of "a erin
ell without NAME" Nor when ahe meets her l"r
and confron.s her ndversaries. did she bear Il
r., greatness Of the character, which, swels as wi
The new energies. She was neat and lndy-like, h
did no, great. There is n nea,ness in her acting, h
me nothing overwhelming. SCOTS Melno,ie wa. n
- good, brit his St. Pierre was very fine, and Dire
'us meri.ed applause.