The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-03
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Hamilton as Captain Mcguire; Emerson a
Charles Torrens Mr.. Jordan as Lady Sow
erby Creamy, and Miss johnson as Mrs
Ornsby Delmaine. The entertainments close
with the comic drama Of the Yankee
Teamster, or the Peoples Lawyers" Mr.
Owens as Scion Single.
NEW THEArRE.-The beautiful drama of the
"Lady of Lyons" viii be produced tonight
with Miss Jones as Pauline, and Mr. LET
fngwell as Claude Melnotte. The per.
formances close with the " Youth who never
saw Woman"
We take great pleasure in appending tc
this brief notice, the following just tribute
to Miss Jones.
For the Nashville Union
The Drama---AFORla JOnes---COmments,
not Criticism.
MeSsrs. Editors: When persons Of talent
and education, such as Miss Jones, adopt
the stage as a profession, and devote the best
energies of their minds to perfecting them
selves in its laborious details, we are no less
anxious to see them properly encouraged in
their pursuits than we are to see their anti
podes, mere Hstieks" upon the stage, who dc
nothing but outrage every sense of refine
ment, to say nothing Of their wholesale as
saults upon English and rhetoric, discour-
aged and unfortunately hooted from the
boards. If the stage IS to be supported, or
made a source Of useful amusement, it must
be done by discriminating patronage, and
while the lay-lover-the admirer Of the
egitimate-should freely condemn and. hiss
from the stage the ignorant mountebanks,
who do nothing but excite commiseration
for their righteousness, he should also make
il point to extend liberal support to such
artists as Miss Jones, who do credit to the
stage, and whose influence and example,
professionally and personally, can bnt ele-
vate the standard of responsibility and
purity and usefulness of her profession.
There has been no actress since the olden
times who could walk the stage with such
queenly dignity as Miss Jones; we ques-
ton if she has ever had an equal-we know
she has never had a srperior-not even in
Mrs. siddons. Miss Jones possesses a rare
combination of talents, which peculiarly
fit her for her Professionalism have been
improved by years of unremitting and
judieious study. To soc her impersonate
character, is TO be transported in the i'm
animation to the scenes portrayed, and wit
ness the realities Of which the theatre Is
the miniature. There are none Of the IN
pleasant mannerisms which so often en-
cumber the actress--none of the mechanism
which makes woman q mere automaton
on the stsge-secret-j joint springs which are
touched enthusiastically and with dis
gushing regularity and promptitude-there
are none of these about the acting of Miss
Jones. Though her gesticulation and at
titudes are always apt and in good taste,
they are naturally so, and not the result of
set rules Of action. When moved by emo
ton she does not initiate her lungs with
seemingly desperate struggle of her body,
but with a naturalness which shows SYM
pathy in the part, and spirit and enthusi-
asm to evince it. But her chief point is her
if We might use the word.
When you have seen her in one character
you have only seen 1.-THE of her attractive
ness. Her versatility is really astonishing,
and the ease and perfection with which she
adapts herself to the different characters
she personates, without borrowing from
one for the other, is the secret of her great
success.
Her looks, her voice, her manner, are all
fitted for the development both of the
emotions and the passions. She can grieve,
and mourn, and suffer, and she can enter
the realm of the dark and terrible, and
portray those passions which leave death
and desolation in their track, like the lava
from the volcano. It requires fine intel
lect, keen appreciation of character to
trace the effects of the passions on human
action, and to picture the quieter, but
effective operations of those emo
tional influences by which we are all sur
rounded, and led ard controlled. It is as
difficult to illustrate the sufFerings and
struggles Of an orring but repentant woman,
such as Mrs. Halter, as it is to depict the
crimes, and passions, and bold, bad pur-
poses of Lucretia Borgia or Lady Macbeth
Miss Jones enaets some of the scenes in
the " Stranger" with fidelity TO nature
which is truly charming. The taste and
Judgment displayed in the presentation Of
he feelings of the heart-broken wife and
mother cannot be too highly
lpplauded. Not a mistake is made in all this
most exaeting scene. The voice, broken
by emotions, the half-fainting form, the
woman clinging to the man, whom whilst
owing, she had wronged, the mother plead
ng to once more behold the children she
iad deserted, all contribute to form pie
ure as real as it is touching and natural.
See her again as " Leah" At the begin
hing we find her as the innocent impressi-
de girl, with the first buildings of love in
he heart, with the confused emotions Of an
Inwonted experience, and the overlooking
enderness of one who loving finds herself
'eloved. LISA story of woman's constancy,
mbodying the beautiful emotions Of love
nd sorrow,-of that love which commenc-
ng as mere childish thought has grown I
With the leading principles of life; love
trong in penury, strong in desertion, strong |
a temptation,-but strongest Of all in death.
n such delineatiOns she is superior to any
wing actress. But in our admiration Of her
citing, we cannot fail to include the actress. |
With her alternate vivacity and tenderness,
er beautiful expressive countenance, her
unny smile and ringing laugh and then
bat eye,
ss-whieh Wild g. the gazelle's,
Now brightly bold or beautifully Shy,
Wins as It wsnders, dazzies where i dweils;'
nd that versatility of talent which makes
er equally at home as the village maiden,
be fond jealous wife, and the brilliant lady
f fashion, we lock upon her as the bright
st star in the dramatic galaxy.
Nashville, Tenn, March 2, 1854. X.
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