Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-08

Mrs. SIDDoNs IN MIDSUMMER NIGHTS
DREAM.-Mrs. Siddons rose superior to
all excellence in art last evening; and. in
surprising herself, surpassed all others
who have attempted the task she has
achieved. Sudden transformations Of
manner, action, feeling and character were.
wrought with such extraordinary facility
that beholders were at a loss 10 determine
whether to admire more the matchless
woman or the Incompatible actress. Each
spectator is conscious that he beholds i'm
Mrs. Siddons a paragon Of wOmanly
worth whose personal and moral attrf-
buteS as illustrated in her soft. sweet
voice, in her beaming, lustrous eyes, in
the naturalness of her graceful move
ments, in the tenderness OF her tones, in
her unaffected modesty, and in that mn
rity of which she is the seeming inner
.sOnatiOn each wondering, fascinated
spectator, Tapped in the joys of elvsium
while contemplating the charms OF the
peerless woman, pronOunces her divine.
There is an ethereal beauty in her love-
lit, t~ell-tale eyes, and in tho softness Of
their expression which touches the ten
derest chords of the human heart. II is
the celestial beauty of another Aspasia.
without ASpasia's grievOus faults, which
nov the tide of human hearts as the
moon does the sea. To this incompatible
beauty of face, n and expression
when Mrs. SiddOns' soul is full Of fervid
thoughts and glowing aspirations, she is
indebted for ~unequalled charms which
elevate her above w~omankind. Few of
her sex who appear uponthe boards can be
fairly compared with Mrs. Siddons. n
others have her beauty of face. as seen
before the Ootlights, they have not her
profound, wondrous eyes, SOULFUL Of di- |
yinest. elysian joys. Others may possibly /
boast of her exquisite form, full Of deli
cacy IN its contour, which Hebe might
have envied; bat, vouchsafed to another,
IL would not be endued with an EASY
graeefulness in every movement, and an
adaptability which makes the marvellous
creature an angel of light, a fairy, or a
tender, loving. generous wOman-&ll, in a
moment. II is needless to say that Mrs.
SiddOns discharged the task assumed last
night as il was never done before. In very
truth, a blunder, committed by such a
woman, while developing the beauties of
Shdkespeare's marvellous creations, would
become a virtue and chef d'1NUre OF art.
Her own personal charms and graces would
redeem almost any fault of the mere ac- /
tress. lfthere were faults, they were I'M
detected by impractical eyes, and we only |
know that often as we have eonned over
lazily the rythmical pages of IS MIdsum-
mer Nights Dream, - never before did we
comprehend the wonderful story, or the
splendor Of that genius which conceived
its beauties and invested its actors with
Weird-lke fancies and with multiplied, /
over varying charms.
Through many coming years Mrs. Sid /
dOns herself, with those who admire the
pure and beautiful, of which she is an
idealiZed impersOnatiOn, will rise up be-
fore dream-tOssed fancies, a glorious mid
summer nights dream:
" Bright as that OH too transcendant vision
When heart meets heart in dreams elysiau,
Sweet as the desert fountains wave,
To lips Just cooled in time to save"
The orchestra gathered about Mrs. Sid
dOns, as she sat enthrOned near the foot
lights, rendered more musical the soft
cadences other voice and delightful melo-
dy encompassed her until there seemed a
great cloud OF delightful sounds, in the
midst of which the wonderful woman
was ethereallzsd OF TRANSPORTED. She
became the very embodiment of music,
as charming as ever dOated away from
Farmers flute and Wheat's piano. There
was never an intelligent audience that
left the Memphis Theater more thorough
ly well pleased than those who have sure
ly redeemed one evening of perfect pleas
ure romthe cares and woes of earth.
BROOM's OPERA HoUsE.-Mr. Broom
has again got back to the city and to the
management of his charming little theater,
where he has concentrated one of the very
best variety companies in the United
STATES ut per Att AldiCC Guii,AetS Oi cog /
and jig dancing, Petites 6aIiets, singing,
Ethiopian minstreisy. etc, etc. \ more
pleasant place to spend an hour or two is
not in the city.
METROPOLITAN VARIETY HALL.-After
an absence of several months, during
which time, however, her name has mott
been forgotten, Mile Aline La Favre,
the queen of the Can-Can, has returned to
the city, and opened at the Metropolitan
last night. OF course she was greeted by
a full and enthusiastic house. She is sup
ported by Misses Katie Sharpe, st. Aud
ley, Emma Glare, Nellie Dorsey, Lizzie
Walker and a host of others. The Can
Can is repeated tonight. with all the
senic effects, pose ptGStiqEes, etc.