The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-27
dMUSI.N ENTS.
Anew Finn, words About Nelson.

VI ""' wv ''Ih'N > i'HI'l'.
woman critic is wthinkahc. and, without
Wishing to uns"N Mmc. de Stael or George Sand.
am inclined to believe that both OF them out
grew their icmlnlnty.
1t is all very well. my dear young lady render.
to thrust ." Middlcmurch into my face. but you
must acknowledge. in your frankcr moments.
that. with ali its prodigious clcvornoss. there
Isn't anything womanly in tho book. And
dare say. II the ruth were known. IL Is The mas
culinc hhrc Of it that attracts YOU.
Oh, there you nacdn'tg get mad. and. In denying
your human nature. botray your SEX I'm not
going TO argue about tn" merits OF tho great
writer's. Far from it. I'm only going to gossip
little about an interesting actress. and. at the
very start am reminded that every man who
has written about her has bocn accused Of un-
due susceptibility TO her good looks.
remember that thowomcn all defended Anna
Dickinson, ana am bound 10 believe that the
sincere creatures really admired her acting.
But have yet to read culosy OF Miss Nelson
from woman's pen.
Tint il reserved for us.
Now. observe how superior mon are towomen
IN the cNcrcisc oi the critical Ia ity. Pick out
your fair iri' nd who mover praises Netlson. and
ten 10 one she has Montasue's photograph in
her portfolio, and would give away her best
bracelets I" "chieNe his autograph in her album.
consider moment she never 'hkcs hor reason
10 '"o '"'"'I' ohS h't s"s''puon"y ana h'r
'lhou"hs' lo'r -. use IT. IL u'"' was what 'he-
"r'7 "hu pays anu rohi"he's ana Mohmsues
wore made ior'
vi course 'h'r' is ho'hnn'e 'orh'r iie'l|lnE
ullhu ana h'r su7r l"uillu's "h'h woman Is
inc star she can SIT iher" with straight face
ana carry on"iiii'epri'at" Irritation In h'rhoatt
WIN an actress can she Nh' ls impressl"nahle.
ana women 90 h"t impress her. On the WHOLE
sue rHlh'r u slis's tArul II thcy are beautiful.
Nh'i sn' "nn'r's rs nr'hs' YOU know. Her
soul """E''7 "i''I ''' 'l''. '-''""' "heh manu-
some women arr dis nsS'd'
Iher' Is one reason why she patroni1as Mon
'asu' ana hiEhold.
b'sii' s'sh' knows allanontihc iemintnemys-
.'ry' Nho can ''h now mu'h the beauty cost
hu' shc mas iona hlilon ilW thcr' If no niy--
t"rj about "a man; hc issues in all his native
6 'n"rtl upon hostage. innocent OF corse;s and
lay white and all the secrets u personal dccora-
ton.
How that notion must amusc Wallaek AMI all
the rest of them
sha cares less for beauty than fOr ability. That
is the reason she mad lion OF Colts chalk and
Morshippcd Wchli, and lot I--ipOn entirely
alone.
remember ono day asking a fashionable
young lady why II WAS that her set did NOT turn
out To- the Essipofr ratinGos. Here ia the best
pianis,e that has eyer como 60 America. tut sh.
has never had paying house since she arrived
here. vii you explain il TO nrf
shall never forget the ready answer. She
broke ont into radiant EXPLANATIONS. and said:
"Ohl Kss.pog Is not he oie,ss. yoti kno,r."
Cheese? Cheese? Ireueatod To myself after
ward. as looked ut tho valiant musician and
| her slim audience Alasi il is too true IL i.
one tiI.ra, to bc AN art and another To be- "the
choose"
when Adelaide Nelson came To this country
she had to overcome the enormous di.ai,,,n-
| tage Of her good looks.
| II was a disadvantage with her own sex. be-
| cause every true woman desires to remain 10
| her admirer the best looking woman In the
world. and generally manages to il she behaves
| herself 1t was Il disadvantage with the other
sex because the English importation s and the
native Morant manufacture had taught them u
distrust beauty AS in some way connected with
idiory.
There was a kind 81 dcnd-level sweetness cx-
tant upon our stage at one time; u ploth IA II
piautulinous diNiuiues that created nausea
IA the market tn" exemplary manner hleh
they avoided being either toi"rnhly good or
ihuni"rinsly bad rNasperat"d the Intelligent
the"tr'goer To madness. Ihey succeeded IA
convincing the world that "a honelccnt ProSi-
d noe had created them Tor no other rurir's
IMAM Ia nav" their halr crimp'd ana th"lr pho
tosrdphS taken. Some 81 them stood around ia
show pieces, " leut'i with their own vulur-
N'uSh'ss' Oth'rs reached cut thelr arms ana
their legs alter mclodrana, ana managed a.
nor'rhy passion as II th"y were eating rAsp-
berry ice Hero and there they got into tho
shak'spcarc"n posture. and dealt out the im-
mortal ms II they were selling gays II is
useless 20 recall all tl"S" lONrlIr rS~"- from the