Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-12-25


uual on Monday morning.
Miss AvoNIA JoNEs.-To might concludes
the engagement of this young lady at the Gal
ETY.. In the brief notices We have given from
dry to day of icr performances, we have
spoken in terms of the highest cOmmendation.
AT the close u desire 10 place upon record
some more general observations concerning
her sserits. As youthful aspirant for pub
lie favor it is do. to her that she should know
precisely what degree of siccess may attend
hea- Efforts On abe score OF mere personal
endowment she lacks nothing for the higher
walks q the drasna. Her fine symmetrical
form, falness OF physical Development, natu-
Tal dignity and grace Of movement, together
with face fail Of beauty, soft and mobile
f.atur.s, Il strong and pleasing voice suit
Of hair of raven Hack, and eyes OF eXtraordi-
nary briliauce and power OF expression are
quite sufficient. If she Lacks in aught. IL Is III
ilteli CT. genius Oar own imp e1sloh Is
that she is gifttd with these. if not iii the very
highest degre TO suca deglee a that Win
due industry not only failure is out OF the
question but unusual success il inevitable
Her style of acting is unatfect.dly simple
anI ,srlless, ker stage movements g:ac Ia
and commanding, AID wholly natural, and
her general bearing that of Il proud thodgh
uao-, .ntati0us. aid oftentimes unconscious su-
p,riority ) =, has the rare quality OF Tx
iag and retaining aIe attention 81 hef audi
TORI, without apparent effort on her pirt' ana
without fatigue To them With such IA comb-
nation of q ialities. natural, Inherent, Ind
pcn,lent Of cultivation, the task before her Il
comparatively easy.
In h.r drlincations- SO far as wC have seen.
she Is origiual Her conc ption AID rendItlo.'
ar character possess The NJ cNcin-lv'-
nass OF being ali her swa- Sac ihvr-tS every
thin, 81 touches with REV power and fresh
mss. In the portrayal of emotion and pa
SION the expression Of sympathy and tended
ness we have seidJIV seen her equal. Mr..
tMnwArT) RrTcHE all excellent judge Ia IA
Liter. publish ID more than a year ago, says
III Z. powers of parsOuaiion are OF il hlSh Or
DIR hat tb ~ do not extend to the startling
portrayal of the sterner, darker passions
passions which create awe akin to horror
Hers is the especial pewer TO sound the nobler
chords Of thc heart-to depict pure and molly
etnoti ns--tcDderness, derOtiOn. her'dsm sell
sacrificing love and the grandeur OF mngnahl-
mity.- We accord to her ali these III MAJ X
al drpre,.: but we think Mrs. RrCHIE under
rated DO n her versatility and the strength OF
hcr endowmcuts- Thai she l. capable ol rem
81 ring In. most absorbing tragedy. In III
sternest aspects, we have not the slight's'
d,,ubt We think the r@< of deep piston,
whether ira nc or r, sulting from the Fl, AXIS %
fortune. or the maIerolence of the world, her
better sph, re. and th,d ske would excel ID II
more than in any othcT-
For light com, dy she has not sufiic ent VI
vacity: she will prss respectfully, doubtless
in that; bat she is gifted with too much en-
cry Of soul, depth OF feeling, vigor OF char
actcr and br, adth of mind to be either flip
pant or triang. She will blaz but will not
epuklg: she will she'd constant stream OF
tran .c,..id mt light, but she will neither fab
nor sc.ntillate She is steaoy, constant, un-
titful w nature. and will fluid great difficulty
i 1 appearing otherwise For instance, as X IL
ct and fascinating as the character Is. we
should dislikc To see her uud rtake to ieasa'
IN. LIE out of the uns"phistlcated pumpkin
WiLiriEe as CoSas.Hce in the Love Cha-e.
w, would almost as soon see Miss CUSHNAN
try ~ pay b tscy Baker" Miss JONES
should Iy all means keep in the higher walks
of the drama. There she will incoutesllbiy
make hor most enduring fame. II b early
mental ira ming was not deep. and broad aud
fall enough 20 sustain her in it, she has hnpIc
time aud ability to make ap the d ici'hcy
WHY NAV she not study history and mathe-
MATES now a. ii as at fiitccn? Amdii ALI
con or Hum, or Gbbon, or Rob rison are
too dull, why then. there are the "mcrrie
chronicles of Sir John rnisart.
In CONCLUSION We venture TO suggest d.
fci, ncy which j. {, mporary. and that Is III
Miss JoNEss tlocntiOn. Her voice il natural
Iy strong voluile and musical. aud Is sIi cep-
tibie OF The highest cultivation; but il bias
ben to some extent neglected if We judge
rightly Her reading is almost always nc,
curatp. but she has not that entire command
OF her Voice which is so nee ssary to the finish
ed actress and which gives to II common
place sentiment The in, fable charm of elo-
,pIcuee w are sure she may b GENE a per
fct 81 cutionist and We Commend her atten-
ton t. the sui jcct.