Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-18


decisiyely. 81 hope to profit very
much by what l see, but should
not like to initiate any one, and
don't think | could if | tried. /
would only embarrass and spoil
what little l can do. / prefer to
learn by practice, not by imitation,
nor study at rehearsal. Now, when
| fam rehearsing "Parthenia," if
Mr. Boucicault should stop me and
show me where | was wrong, by
showing me what was right because
it was better, then | should learn
something. That is what call
study. III went to see Mile Sara
Bernhardt play it at the Theater
Francaise, no doubt should be de-
lighted, because she does it her way.
But if | tried to do it that way l
should fail, and be no more like it
than a colorless photograph is like
the painting it family recalls. Don't
you think am right?' she added,
turning to the author.
ga pretty woman is always SO
The queen can do no wrong is a
legal maxim, but you may learn
what your faults are by comparing
yourself with a great actress"
"You thin Mile Bernhardt .
great actress?" inquired Miss An
derson, eagerly.
"No; she seems to me a pecu.
liar one," he replied, thoughtfully
81 wonder if she had not been &C
awfully thin, whether she would
have been so successful. She il
like a snake reared on its tail, bal
ancing itself to the music of
charmer. Emaciation is her forte
and when the passion works in he,
it shakes her frail form until on,
fancies one can hear the bones rat
tie. But she can enfold you in tn
torture of her 1.-THE passion-cap
tured, not enthralled. For me sh,
lacks charms-that, however, ma,
be want of sympathy in me rather
than any fault in her as the artist
"Don't YOU think" said Mis-
Anderson, "that such performance
as { Diplomacy which we saw las
night at Wallaok's Theater, woul
rank very high in either London 0
Paris ? / did not know which
prefer, the acting or the play. Di
you"
81 confess preferred the actin
to the piece, and do not think
will prove attractive out of Wal
lacks Theater. The drama itsel
is thin, 1t is a shuttlecockl Th
young husband and wife are play
ing a ridiculous game of hide an
seek at the time. Each eyades say
ing the simple thing that would,
said, at once adjust all differences
but when said, the piece must
necessity, come to an end. Th.
expisaation does occur in the las
act, and we cannot help reAectin
that it ought naturally to have OF
CURED in the second"
"Oh, that meyer strikes the al
: dience," said Miss Anderson. "
am sure | never thought of it."
"Because Il was kept slSilful
out Of sight by the excellence
e the acting. When the scene
poorly played the defects viii
t apparent. Let me advise you wht
l you 90 to London, get either N
e Wills or Mr.. Gilbert to write you
t play. Jane Shore or 'Gaiatet
would have suited you we'll"
s "Yes. l will never appear
i any modern society play, feoliI
sure that kind of character won
S not fit me at all" she remarked.
j. "But, Mr.. Boueicault," some o
g suggested, "why do you not write
t play for the lady|
S "Because," he replied quiet
"the press, annoyed by some Feoe
il remarks Of mine, have combined
l. receive my works with disfayC
and have no wish she should sha
n or suffer the consequences. 4
S. tacks which would amuse me, mig
it hurt her ! am at the end Of l
Ie career. She is at the beginning
N hers" r IN
N "Then you acknowledge that t
* press has some powers'
ID "Yes, on the vanity of artists,
le on their senRibilities, to use q me
Of polite expression, They are cas-
We depressed or elated, and theiK DO
O. ers may be encouraged or discol
aged, as the case nay be. The Ia
IS should never be used severely on
We young or willing horse. 1t is 60
ey Cor an old and dull one"
ia MF. BopcicaHlt took bis lea
Of Che party, wishing them assy,
X pleasant journey and q safe retul