The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-26
RIstorI as q woman.
From the Aaa"tic Monthly for Aprtl.

from Lhe AHuHuc Monthly for April.
Ristori the woman, however, is as
unlike Ristori the artist, as her real
character differs from that of Elizabeth
or Medea. If we may credit the asser-
tions of biography and tradition, Mrs.
Siddons was always, though uninten-
tionally, more or less of n TRAGEDY
queen. She stabbed the potatoes -
astOunded shopkeepers by the majest V
with which she inquired whether ma
frightened her dressing-naid by the
sepulchral intensity of her eXciama-
tions. The awe which Ristori frequent
~ eNcites is confined entirely 10 the
theatre. Away from it she is the most
Humankind humane-the most simple
the most unaffected, the most sympa-
thetic OF women. So strongly is the
line drawn between reality and fiction,
that in Ristori's presence it REQUIRES a
mental effort to recall her histrioniC
greatness, though you have a sense OF
her power, and you feel persuaded that
whatever such woman earnestly
willed would be accomplished. The
large friendliness in Ristori's nature
creates a acknowledging, making YOU
wondrous kind toward your own per
sonality, and razing those barriers with
which genius often surrounds itself.
To excite love as we'll as admiration is
not always in the power OF greatness.
There Is frequently an intolerance OF
manner, an assertion of superiority. a
species of intellectual scorn for the dead
level OF humanity, that preclude the
possibility of sympathy. Yet there is
no surer test of grandeur of character
than readiness to acknowledge and
respect the individuality of all Gods
creatures. This is the browning grace
that brings Ristori so near to the hearts
of her friends. Her social ease makes
you wonder how she can ever be trans
formed into the classic statue OF Mira.
Rachel was so complete a Pagan prin-
cess-"Elle pose tonjours," said her
best friends-that she never succeeded
in being herself. Both she and Siddons
were first artists, and then women.
Ristori is first u woman and then an
artist"
THE New York Tunes in noticing an
article that recently appeared in the
ISTELLIaENCER in regard TO Foreign
emigration prospects this year, re-
marks that whatever else the Prussian
cnnscriptions and the Irish troubles
may effect, "they will tend largely to
increase the emigration to this country
during the present year. This increase
will be followed by the diffusion of a
great deal of information among the
friends at home OF the emigrants. so
that the temporary causes which we
name will give rise to permanent in
elements which will grow from year to
year. These circumstances will have a
considerable influence upon, not only
our political, but our industrial coudi-
ton. The statement is made by cor
respondence published inthe northwest,
that Germans are preparing to go to
that region by hundreds of thousands.
The Southern States are also, some of
them, endeavoring to sbtain white la
Dor from Europe. OF course these new
arrivals will bring with them money,
and thus influence, to some extent, the
volume OF specie-but the greatest in
huence which they will exert will be
upon the taxable production the
country.