New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-19
RACHEL.


fore the coming of Winter, Rachel passes away. Las
Saturday night, as we notice below, was her farewell
.ppesrsDoe, for the present., bere This evening sh
rskss her debut at Paiadelphia, en- route TO Ii.
soslh, VI der the most brilliant auspices New-Yorl
hiss confirmed with = rare enthusiasm the latte Ing
verde. which Paris London, Berlin aid s. Peers
bugh had already pronounced upon the genius Of the
CREST tsgecienne.
She has performed in this city twenty nine times, 10
houses WI sh certainly on an average taken q: the
very loves have yielded three thousand dolars each
night c cuiatiDg Nile RacherS portion of the
receipts twelve buDdrei dollars night which
we believ correct, and tie other expenses at one
thousand Gsrs. Mile Rsche will have received.
up 10 this dse, Thirty four thousand egh. hun ired
dolsrs, aid Raphael Felix the manager, the
sum Of twenty three thousand two hundred dolar,.
OF the remaining tFentyI ice hou.snd dolsrs sppro-
pissed to expenses, consider be portion is doubtless
divided among the family. This does not in
clude the profits Of the ,sion n where nice psr.
formances were given with ABOUT the same average
res ult in New York. So with those, aid making
generous deduction for Incidental expenses, Mile
Rachel may be safely s1ppose1 TO have lodged in
bank as the result of the enterprise thus far sum
exceeding forty five thousand dsrs 10 less than 70
knowledge Of Mile Rache receips a. the capitals of
Europe 10 far away the largest amount she hiss ever
received for similar numbr Of nights performance
Confirming the fact whichtl experience ofevery really
great artist who hos visited the country atests ths 10
Other Dius highly appreciated msgn emily
rewarded. Perhaps The cultivated tsst, of Amer "a
was never pu TO s-vefer tn in this instance
which great artist trusts for victory to her art one,
81 it'd IN n vrbic a %
OF ber audiel ce are strangers. She came, aud her
victory may almost be described In the terse, triumph
ant words of CRsar
The visit Of Rachel cannot but have permanent
literary, as well a. artistic iofaence. In the former
respect it will contribute greatly to extens among US
tina. cosmopolitan culture, which necessary an ee-
ent in the form alton OF truly refined and well edu-
Gated people 1t has commenced for thousands al
acquaintance, often the most superficial, no doubt,
but on the other snd often thorough az d valuable
with thu masterpieces Of French litreure in s
lest and noblest age. 1t 10 perhaps not too much to
cav that since Rachel first appeared in this city thirty
thousand persons have read at least single tragedy
OF Corneille or Racine, who Otherwise might he yer
have read one at all; aud OF this number many will
naturally cultivate still further an acquaintance thus
begun. This we hold TO be q high advantage, not
merly TO individuals but TO the public among whom
this new stock of culture is thus disseminated. The
mental horizon Of the community is enlarged by it, and
its thought and task are refiLed and elevated
The same truth-cOmmon-plsce enough perhaps,
but still worthy to be recaed-holds with respec; to
the ar ttic gain which remains to from this memo
rable visit If ii is good thing to see noble statue
or fine picture I'D grand poem, it is equally
good TO witness the impersOnait Of great actor,
which SCULPTURE psIntiog, and poetry all alive and
breao ing, wi their electricity quick and vital. Ger
tAiny 10 one can behold Rachel 10 any of her great
characters either in Camille, Joan Of Arc, Pauline
Ahs e or any without gaining for himstfa better
esthttc stand point and keener power to judge aud
to enjoy what is really the best and highest in art.
Ard the su' fences that night after night have VIII
messed these severely intellectual Representations
where unerriDg taste and the most refined esthetic
sense constantly presided, cauno EASILY again be in
duced TO tolerate whs; is positively coaIse and poor
The drama here must hencefortb look for more ex'
acting appreciation for sterner aud more intelligent
criticism ON the pst Of the public. Greater excellence
win be demanded let us hope that the demand will
not be in vain.
II perhaps a quite impossible thing to anayze
snius and to those who h.ve seen its triu nphs The
attempt must De- wholly gratuitous but tor the cement
of our more distant readers will try TO give go ne
account of the elements which constitute thu pee Altar
power Of this wonderful actress, and which h1 the
character of her achievements First and moot oovi'
ous of these is perso Of plastic grace and singular
digpty whose every accidental attu 10 seems as ex.
oui.;te Az an al tique statue. Next We are struck
by a deep oontrslts voice Of remarkable power
and richness. Then we observe face OF
strange oriental bsauty-s beauty, indeed, which ap-
psa rather as the result Of thought and experience
than as an original gift Of nature. The ponderous
brov betra,s the mind within; the eyes, DARK
brown, intense, piercing small have singular
mower Of expansi D; the tnile, whether OF atec-
ton Is in AorienDe, or OF coquetry as in Lesbia,
!. ull Of oyeness or Of fascination indeed, we must
add that sometimes, in that famous scene oil
Pol,euc,e where Pauline declares her conversion to
Chrstianity, It assumes almost angelic radiance
OF gestures Rachel is spsring, but what gestures
thew are! II i. possible that their ranty
r4niers them all the more effective but what Is most
surprspg in this respect is the entire adaptation OF
then nature to the part abe is playing. Between al
the movements of Camille and these OF Thsoe, for
instance, how broad, how perfect the contrast "hen
she i, called forth in the msdenly guse of Joan Of
Arc TO bow her response TO the psudis OF the pao',
how totally different her step and saution nom ina
of the queeoly Mary Stuart as she appears ior tne
same purpose. Or take the move nens OF tue
faoa which she uses to express indigestion IN
the later character, with those she employs IN
Virginia; on careful comparison OF the two,
ooe i impressed not merely with tue genera
bat with the minute differeoce between them ihe
eyebrow Is moot effective feature with kachei, ano
In theee tive Characters you will ss hit ma Tue SAME
movements OF the eyebrow as the san wave OF vac