Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-06-15

OF pIeaSureaU1e eAcAVeiuou1 LUZ Sne
lovers of the drama at present in
the city. All the wonders of the
histrionic art, as displayed by Ris-
tori, to say nothing of Janauschek,
whose admirers claim for her equal
merit Ristori is a woman past
middle life, of commanding appear
ance and noble presence, while her
contemporary, though younger, is
not fine looking, and would be the
better for an improved set of teeth
by a first-class dentist. She has
not the power to move her audience
as Ristori does, notwithstanding
her use of the English, and giving
due allowance to very strong &C
cent, and the other disadvantages
under which she labors; the con-
trast is too striking to warrant US
in accepting Janauschek as rival
of Madame Ristori, or of ever be-
ing named with her as such. In
fact, Mrs. Bowers and Janauschek
are often named together as rivals,
and many tiLes to the detriment of
the latter. Germans are enthusiast
tic; but they have a great deal to
compass before they can bring the
somewhat unwieldy proportions of
their favorite into the 1.-THE, grace
and ease which favors Madame
Ristori's acting, and the nobility
of features which renders the
speaking face of this great TRACE
dienne book in itself, which tells
the story, which in Janauschek is
almost totally wanting. To see
Ristori is an event in itself, to be
ever remembered, for in this day
of sensational culture, to see really
fine acting, without the personal
appeal to the senses, which has be-
come so much part of the acting
of the drama of the present day,
is something to be thankful for,
and we regret that, like comets
brightness, all this must shortly
pass away. Ristori's age (53) in
the parts she has thus far acted,
tells but little. As Elizabeth, she
was perfect; the vain woman, the
arrant hypocrite, the actual strong
mindedness, the love of power, the
clinging to earth, in her last hours
of suffering, was something Won
derful. A physician remarked that
she must have observed death in
the hospitals, to have portrayed it
SO truly to nature, and actual con-
tact with death itself could alone
have seemed more terrible. Not
withstanding the acting is alto
gether in italian, and most persons
supposed before her arrival that
one evening with her would be
quite sufficient to satisfy curiosity,
every seat is nightly taken, and
those who have seen her once seem
10th to lose any one of the charac-
tiers in which she will appear in
San Francisco. To think of her as
passive, or making her farewell
tour of the stage, is almost impos-
sible. She has played nearly every
night since her arrival, taking no
rest from her long and tedious
journey, and wears her robes of
ermine, these hot nights, when ex-
haustion under the most favorable
circumstances seems almost newt
able, throwing her whole soul into
her characters, and appearing after
each fall of the curtain and the
rounds of applause which brings
her again to the front, as full of
life and enthusiasm as if she had
not risen from the death of Eliza
beth, and had no thought to die,
literally, herself.
The curtain is being lifted upon
another stage. The Democratic
party is rising from its ashes, and
is bound to give the Republicans a
hard tussle in the coming cam
paign. If the Republicans are to
live, Grant is to have no third
term, though the non-committal of
the man is more apparent in his
last address than in any previous.
He don't seek it-but when people
have wanted him to sacrifice him
self to the good of his country, he
has always been ready. He does
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