Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
Two Stage Netables-Eeehter and Rjstori.
{ From VI d. Conway's Correspondence in the Bos-

From " u. Couway's Correspondence in the Ros
ton Commonwealth
Since / have been in London. have seen
sr the stage two Rotatles Of whom have al
ways meant 10 write some ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
Fechter and Ristori Fechter, whom from
his appearance, / should take to be neither
German or French, but one of those happy
geniuses (e. 8. Chopin and Cherubini) who
are now and then born somewhere near the
border-lne between the two. He has strong
ringing accent, which reminds me of that of
Agasslz, whom, except for his light eyes and
HAIR, he somewhat resembles He is evil
IDENTITY born for the stage, and moves on il
with an Inconsistencies and selfpossession
which show that what he is. is organic with
him. Nt@ ds nloueHs 6oaucoatp arefd He is
most startling when most simple. When 9th
er actors impersonating similar characters are
deliberately dark, deep, and mysterious, he is
ali transparency H. has no stage strut. nor
mannerlsm. His elasticity and CELEBRITY are
wonderful and the changes of his counte-
nance IN scenes representing passion and emo
ton, are awful He fiushes red with his an
ger. and turns pale in his emergency, so that
MS audience : silent and breathless, instead
OF noisy and applausive. His movements are
a series OF tableaux. like the leaps of a stag.
"here IN moments OF agitation ether voices
are raised, his Is usually lowered | think
any young person preparing for the stage.
could scarcely have better training than to
attend Fechter's plays a few months
very different Is the great Italian actress
hstoris first dart upon the stage is an electric
touch. She at once reminded me of Rachel.
and yet no two persons could be more dissim
llar,-except that there is a strong family
likeness between all geniuses. The same
Serpenune qulckness and suppleness apparent
all great female actors are observable in
bth Rachel and Ristori. The former was
the most remarkable person for intensity that
have ever seen, but there was more svmpa-
thy ELECTED by her than by Ristori During
ali the woes OF Medea as represented bv Ris-
tori, one does not weep but writhe. Th, ar
tists feeling also, is always g too deep for
tears She, like Fechter, knows the superi-
or power OF calmneSs. As she moves through
the play, one thinks OF soEic great body of
silent force, like the flow of the Rhine. She
IS tall, slender, and at times beautiful. She
acts great deal with her hands; and whilst
she speaks her fingers clutching her dress. or
her wrists bending in and out, unconsciously
are rendering a striking 0bEgdto to her speech
Her voice IS her great forte, however; it has
magical richness, united with marvellous
scope, and in every scene it is pitched in a
new key. Indeed, she seems a new actress
ut every appearance on the stage, so various
are her voices and styles. She has a curious
h''f u tHIONlLS the l4nt into or out OF her
eyes. Her eyes can become glazed with
death without movement of the lids Rach-
Ell, remember a strange, wild creature.
but Ristori is evidently the flower of a long
culture; queenly robes and trains become
her, and the tapestried walls are proper
frame for her; she could not be a peasant
hope the rumor that she is going to Ameri-
ca, Is true; 1t will be memorable event III
ones life to have seen he.
DUMAS.
Mr.. Alexander Dumas is a universal genius.
he Is at present engaged in writing an ac-
count of a shooting tour which he once took
in Africa, with one " Sir Williams" in which
he proves himself to have a startling power
of destructiyeness He has been offered by
"A Paris publisher, SI2 900 down and 81 900 a
year if he will write cookery book The
author of the TiojS N0uSguadires, however
hesitates, fearing that his work would be
above the average range of kitchen intellect
In his apology for not emulating Mrs Glass,
NJ. Dumas quotes the following dictum of
cuisinier of Marselles: q consider cook
who inEents a dish, much greater man than
an astronomer who discovers Il star for, as
far as stars are concerned, there are as many
as we shall ever consume, but new dish is a
new pleasure for every man who knows how
TO dine" Dumas assures US that he is q very
rood cook