, 1877-02-11
ADJUSTMENTS
Kiss EHie E;llsler's Acting at
g Haverly's Theatre.
Miles Company Compared
with Mr.. .McVicker's.
The Players in School" and
the Hospital Benefit.
"Les Danichef" and ''F'ifth
Ayenue'' in New York.
The Musical College Concert the
Only Event Of the Week.
Mr. Wilkes Fareweu---The Apollo
Club and the Beethoven Society.
Signor Farini at Sprlngfleld...Local
Miscellany---0peratic Notes.
The Musioal-College Concert the
Only Event Of the Week.
Mr. Wilkes Farewell---The Apollo
Club and the Beethoven Society.
Sig1or Farini at Springfeld.--Local
Misceliany-.-0peratic Notes.
THE DRAMA.


road mind by her personation OF Hester Grdiss
the han "The Unequal Match" Her Julkt wa
[oth.n;s i " sisfac1ory. She wanted force for th
tended ,scenes. There was no real feeling il
full a the banished scene tie drinking
The Ynftion she seemed to be conscious Of he
and Bene,ower, and attempted to supply th
officers fo~by a deliberate aud distinct utter
DENT Jfhc consequence WAS that all the effect!
1u1n na ,aoored. Miss El1slcr does not yet under
,Scc1.1 how to deal with deep feeling. Hel
1ar4rm lies in sweet: and expressive countc
Glance, winning manners, an cxubcrant gaiety
:;and cultivated methods. The highest gift sht
has is good taste In saying this there is no in
tention to deprcciate her merits; good taste Is
sufficient capital to set up in trade better
!, actrcss than Miss EIlsler. The quality OF her
art in this respect was proved in the potion
scene; imperfect as her rendering of 1t was, 1t
was I'LL correct-frigidly correct She
showed none Of the fire and energy OF
Mary Anderson in the same passage; !;
nor, on the other hand, did she shock the scnsi-
bilities OF any person in the audience by the
rouchness Of her tones, or the unevcnness OF
her motions Miss Ellslcr owes more to circu1n-
stances than to nature. She has had rare oppor-
tunities for acquiring familiarity with the stare.
Twenty years ago, or more, her father aud
mother were playing in Chicago with Mr.. Felix
A. Vincent as their principal support Their
daughter made her first appearance ut the agc
Of II in Cleveland, undertaking an important
part in & Under the Gasli.ht,'' - and making the
hit Of the piece She has since played frequent
u, and learned to read the stage as an open
book. She has not, OF course, been acting con-
( inuously since her first appearance For the
kindness OF being kept off the stage when she
was not 1T to be on It, she is indebted to her ju
dicious parents They knew that prccocity in
the long run was small capital for an artist
Miss. Ells1er was consequently put to school,
where she received thorough education nmany
branches. Her music and French, SO far as
they may be judged from the specimens
shown here, are under better. control than is
usually the case even with ladies who are con-
Btdered proficient in these studies. Shelas also
1earned-or perhaps it would be better to say
she tnst;ncttyely knows-how to behave in the
manner OF a lady. There is Il refinement in
cverJthing she docs Which contributes in no
small degree to the agreeable impression which
hcr presentations leave 1t must be eri1cnt,
from what hss been said, that Miss Ells1er Is
peculiarly qualified for comedy-actins. Her
small figure and light VOICE would
be obstacles = S to any great success in tragedy,
description; and she does not. She will makea
mark in comedy; and, although she may never
be established Us star, she will be ii per1na-
1lent fayoritc wherever she may 20. Her career
will PROBABLY direct her to au important posi-
ton in 4 New York theatre, in Which she may
acquire as grcat reputation and more COM
Portable position in the profession than by
travelling through the country. Meanwhile,
It viii be pleasure to her many admirers in
Caltz,So TO watch her steady progress in her pro-
7cssion, and to welcome her back most cordially
whenever she may choose to come.
TIE CINCINNATI COMPANY.
Local pride, or some other praiscworthv feel
ing, has induced a number Of attacks upon the
Cincinnati company, aud there has been
an implied assertion of superiority On
the part OF chicago in things thcat-
1ical. TIE TRIBUNE docs not hesitate
10 say that Cincinnati is quite as well OF as
Chicago in this respect We are accustomed to
gee as bad acting at McVickcr's Theatre
as there has been at Haycrly's during the past
weck. Only fortnight ago, q As Tou Like It'
was worse done at ,Mevickcr's than it was Mon
day at Havcrly's- The two companies can be
compared uan for man, and especially woman
for woman, without rejecting signal
advantage on" either. There is, of
course, nobody in = the Cincinnati
company who can be mentioned in the same
breath with Mlr. Tlorne; Mrs. Stonea}l has not
her equal In Cincinnati; and alr. l.:nfor1, Tor
his ecryiccabae qualities, is better 1nan his op-
positc in. the other company On the other
hand, Nr. edwin Fricc is a better iurcnilc man,
ny long odds, than Air. Lee, and Mr.: Walter
lcnnox, thc comedian, is simply artist. whicl.
S{f. lotto ianot- The 1oucdSfonc OF one was
Il fine piece Of work, while that Of the other |
vas wooden and uuintercsting. The Jacques at |
at McVlc:scr's, and the He,rutio, while far IN
1crior to Thornc's, was far superior to Lce's.,
The Nurse Scs better than Mrs. Stopcalls- The |
l'o,nao-a!as the day!-w tho worst ever seen
here. Alr. Roche deserves some faint credit for
SURPRISING in badness SO many able competi-
tors. It was thought that a worse Eon1eo |
than htr. Norton, Of st. Louis, could !
not be until Mr.. Thorne easily vanquishcd him |
hrAA,
Iron, tho field by lir. Roche. His rant was
1nadc picturesque by u supernatural Crunt the
cultivatio1' OF which, we should say, was labor
Of years, aad tho product of assiduous study.
great but they will compare well with McVicl1-
crs stock. Guss;e DcForest is not as comcly |
IN appearance us Mrs. Murdoch, but she IS
a better actress: Little Mrs Price as .. SOU
has in the Cincinnati company number Of
competitors about as good IS herself, and the
ba!}cts fic. The onc advantage that A1cVickcr
possesses over Haverly, in comparison Of this
thorough discipline, always rigidly main
tanned. It is casy to believe that
there Is no alr. Sharpe either at
Cincinnati or St. Louis. The comparisons which
u2ssnd, but they really constitute the most in,-
portant- as well as the most interesting theatre
cal news Of t::c week It has often been said By
the defenders Of McVicker's organization that
s1-5S4aCa ~ Alt4 NVlllpaA5 III tuE west
We have already found Iouc that yies with it in |
goodntss, or badness, as the case may
be- There may be more: Besides, It
is only Just to tic Cincinnati actors that they |
Should le accorded the credit Of being as bad
company as Chicago is accustomed to, and no !
Nursc- Because they arc Strangers and sre
have taken them in, VIC do not intend to impose
u2ou them tic fiction that VIC arc used to iain- |
tier things. When we sit down to pork and |
beans. let us not inform the company |
t;,st VIC generally look for PATE de ,Jois gras.
The truth is, We hare pork and |
bcans al the year round, except in the summer
when kind friends from New York come to visit |
us, and bring their supplies With them. Il
The HOSPITAL BENEFIT.
The amateur performances Of *School u at
the New Chicago Theatre tomorrow and Tues
day nights promise to be- cvcn more agreeable
than the rcnrcscntations Of ttclouds.'' There
,lon1d he: m fa{lure tn rem n,rf,or TINT |