The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-23
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caprices.
In nine cases out Of ten we prefer the indi-
viduul capers TO the folles OF the race.
The latest singing soubrette In Maggie Moore
tina name itself will call up in your mind some
half dozen swcetsh melodies. that have been
sung on moonlight nights under windows for
tho Inst nty ycars). She lit on the Union Square !
stage last Monday night. and proceeded with !
her canarying ns II she came OF a race Of |
soubrcttes. Evidently no elocutlonist had |
touched her. In rcspect to that nfamy she was
rs pure Ne snow. She was as untaught as the |
whipping rill or Marys lamb. or any other !
traditional and precious comparison. could
not dis ever the stain ri Morant or Vanden-
hofr or Pope or Frobsher on her speech.
One old woman told mo the angels taught her.
aud repeat that notion. not because II Ia true.
but because II is funny-though n clever Spirit
ualist informed me once that they not only have
soubrett 3 in heaven. but ticket spectators. and
as he did not outrage my reason and NV preiu-
diccs by ms sting that they had eocutio lists
there a. well. | accepted his theory for what 1t
was worth
am not prepared to deny that Hiss Maggie
Moore ia nm orthodox angel, but can assert
with the vigor OF conviction that she is not u
stage angel.
For stage angels not only dress in white and
roll their eyes mp hystericaly hut they use the
stage carpenters Wings TO fly away from this
world Of suffering.
Above all she cannot be an angel because
there ia too mu h woman to the squire inch.
She wasn't bit spiritual. On tho contrary.
she was wholly and cxausitely corporeal. All
that was clevr and bright and fascinating
about her belonged to whit we could see ~ her
and not Ia what We could imagine was in her or
bohind hcr
And nv this you will understand that she Ia n
real and not AN ideal souhrouc. She does not
present us with any new theory Of art. She
gives us an old charm Of nature. She gives VA
hcrself-an un commonly int resting little body.
plump. bright. and GRACIOUS because her pas-
tic self has not as yet been shaped and dullcd
| by the stage tnkers.
| Ono cannot consider these midgcs Of the
| drama even In the careless manner Of tho
| fcuilctonist. without acknowledging. with as
much seriousness as the subject will allow. that
| after all there Ia something inefYable in the
mere flow OF animal spirits. and that the exqu-
sitely adjusted and tuned organization was
worthy OF all the respect and admiration that
the Hellenic people paid IT,
We belong to generation that boasts of hav-
| ing turned its faculti = inside out. People look
into their hearts. not only to write but TO spout.
TO sing. AMI 20 raise radishcs. The introspcc-
tive method has | dare say. been. ere this. APP
piled to the blasting of 70 ks. as 1t has been ap
Piled to the double shaflie.
Nor is IL the heart alone that engages the at
IGNITION Of m emotional and inqus tive ago
Other visccra are watched with jealous care TO
see that they do their whole duty in art. rell
gion. and sociology. And the press docs not
hes tate TO trace aesthetic failures to pancrcntic
disturbance. and to throw upon the spinal cord
the whole gnominy Of Shnkespearinn Has 'Os.
W. are always looking for the mystery OF hu-
Al.
But every little while some Daphne or Mag
gle skips before our eyes to prove that beauty.
whether Of form color or action is a result
that battles us with its general irradiation. and
uncons 'iously shames our art with its pri-
mordial aflluence and ease.
The buxom girl with this old glrdle OF the
goddess though she may not know that she has
system or that art so much as lives and trav-
ais. steps into our arena impcriously. and the
sovereignty ofhigh health through which AN in
stin"tive soul glows commands our senses. II
she bat move or sit or stand. she confcrs favor
on the world. Something Of her animal charm
, glorinos the hom"spun or the rags that cover
! her limbs. and they hang and move and curry,
with sweep and potency that your Duches,
, cannot initiate.
That clevcrnoss which you have all been striv
inc after with much discipline OF muscle anC
. concentration Of purpose il with her the or
cnnc law She could not be otherwise. vii
| YOU teach her how TO stand thus and move 30
l when her very Ignorance ID tho ideal you have
/ been trying To r-a'h2
4 You may call this beauty. grace. magnetism
. or what you will have heard small boys will
- cigarettes in their pockets call II voluptuous
= ness-it Is the expression OF physical well-be
Il ing. than which art has nothing nobler or fine
!. 10 rest It's eye upon.
= When all IS sad. II remains the promise an
5 the poss billy that makes Us all nohly mad.
r The stage nt intervals presents US with thes
. people ~ II TO prove how vain Ia that kind c
j. art which vast - It's time in the -ndravor Ia a.
~ complish what others do without any endeayo
e. atAli.
- presume that one renson why we take p
=: kindly to the insouciance OF an actress lik
:, Miss Maggie Moore IL because we are tried |
Il death with the methojical and painfully COL
3 scious merry makers who iii the ranks.
/: They undertake ~ do the cheerful very muc
l. rs hired mourncrs do the melancholy. The
y formulas stick out all tho time. II is three u
b and three down and of ut L. Il. E.-reduccd
b" a paying bas s Of fun. SO many beatiiic smil'
Of unduly red lips. so many kicks. mods. wink
firts. TO the minute. with q confidential assn
ancc that although IL may be naughty, II is mic
=" As If the gayety o. nations somehow rested c
ny red heels. and what the immortal souls Of !
"a hungcrcd after was that precious gag" tn
as hailed the other immortal souls OF our gran
10 fathers.
o Fun. ms these people conceive It. runs
he dreadfully parallel grooves. The women a
IN never smart enough 10 hide their periunctoI
- ness. They actually bIove fun can
re- smeared on like their paint. or taken sn Iii
nd their harpns.
n Whereas II bubbles up from the bones and r
n dates from the cutice-that is. when 1t is wor
20. anything.
n Do you remember Col SellsSs stove. with
NO tallow candle in II
tic That candle WIS happy symbol OF genius
i. patent Coincidence.
~, 1t is always penny dip. put there 10 decei
somebody. and taken out after tho deception
by over.
ion Miss Moore has been playing NIL the week II
H. piece called Struck Oil" 1t is one of tho
Il, modern plays that are content to be shin
ed Modulus around nucleus OF personal talent.
/ n We don't care much for the moving fox OF
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