Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-10
ROSE EYTISGE ANGRY.

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Rose Eytinge played Camille on
Saturday evening at National Guard
Hall. There was very fine au-
dience present to see the brilliant
actress in her farewell performance,
and they were well repaid. All
went on smoothly until the ball
room scene Of the fourth act,
where the heart-broken Camille
and her protector" once more meet
Armand (Mr. Ashton); where the
latter reproaches the wretched girl
with what he deems her cruel per-
fdy toward himself, and ends by
calling all the guests around and
showering a sackful of tin trade
dollars over the fainting form OF
Camille. The curtain went down
on this impressive scene and the
sensitive portion of the audience
were sighing and wiping their eyes,
when a little act before the curtain
took place. Mr.. Ashton, the stage
manager (who had been playing
; the part Of Armand) stepped ouI
; from the right hand side of the
u curtain, and in tones that were crisp
even unto lrigidity, remarked:
Ladies and gentlemen: AS
i matter of simple justice to myself
: and to the other members Of thC
: Z company, wish to say a few words
n Miss Eytinge has declared that it il
a necessary for her to be in Reno to
night in order to catch the over
e land train in the morning. 4
i. carriage is now in waiting to conve.
V her to Reno when the play is fin
4 ished. For this reason she ha
found it necessary, she says, to Gu
out several portions of the play.
= only make this statement in orde
T. that the audience may know VIII,
the play is so much ''cut," in orde
that Miss Eytinge may keep en-
q gsgements elsewhere.
i, Mr. Ashton retired as he had ell
=, tered--on the Figitt. Scarcely ha
he disappeared at that side Of tn
cnrtain when Miss Eytinge eptere
ts from the opposite eide, There va
" J, wonderful metamorphosis, 80 ia
ko as her costume was concerEo'
When the audience had seen he
" but two minutes before, iaintlng o
ID the stage while Armand was d'
claring his dividend as it were, 81
was regally robed in cherry satl
. ard purple velvet now she vi
\ clad merely 10 snowy-white frillc
petticoats, with a h0uieIy cd WOO
en- shawl around her sheH der
:. The audieuce sat in breathless IL
an tonisbment.while the tragedy-queo
q. looking Ike Lady Macbeth in II
Il. h. sleep-Walking scene, but moving
ct, Ct. a much livelleP gait-glided befo
to the foot-lights, pais gitb anger, al
iO said:
but Ladies and Gentlomen: | am su
ips prlsed that Mr.. Ashton should ha'
'SS s9S 50 greatly misunderstood my tn
Iies reasons fog having the play c
By down. / do not Intend to lea
itS iSs Reno until tomorrow night. >
ted the support / am given here is g
m tirely inadequate TO the proper re
IA. TIA dition of the play, Sc that the Gu
ae' e. ting out Of some portions Is "A
sk' = agoidable.
And then. with u queenlv b(
. and a graceful aad comprehensi
this wave Of her alabaster qrm, 5
tho swept off behind the eurtain.
N' was Mr.. Ashton's turn now, and
was promptly on hand. Just as
lAe iast frill Of Miss Eytinge's sno'
outside pettiooat vanished behi
the red curtain Cleft side, OF cours
emit Ashton appeared once more, lik
=: dark avenger, at the right. /
handsome face was paler even th
:, -, /, Miss Eytinge's, and it was evidf
II ! that he, too, was angry-ln ia
this was about the most seriC
quarrel that had broken out
} tween Camille and her beloved
mand. Two or three long stri
: brought bim to the middle of
iNy stage, with hand uplilted, and
''af- deep and tragic tones thus he br'