The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-25

ne mon ut all. "hey present themselves To our
sens's and our mind invariably IVA actors. II
they do not at in theiI sleep II IL because there
Is nobody To- look ut them.
To get through the professional crust to their
natures wOul be like digging through foun-
dation to get into an empty room. As you
mover ecc any nature on the surface. you may
be- sure you will find mono at the centre. Thoy
aro soaked through and through with what
they call art ~ short hut which wa understand
tO be artill'e-for long too long, in fact.
! recall now with n sad pleasure the fresh
enthusiasm. the afrrctionnl. impulsivc and dis
uncivc Montaeue- ness Of the young actor who
IL dead. When he tried to do what was not in
him he always failed on tho side Of discretion.
Whom he WIS given to do what was in him he
triumphed like Il new ballad. You carried him
away in your mind without knowing il. And
you mover could determine what particular
feature Of excellence pleased you. and 20 came
To the conclusion II was general irradiation.
Invalid though he was. he brought in his face
as Campbell said Of Bannistcr, tho fresh
country air.
Consider, now that he Ia gone that nobody re-
members him for what he assumed. hut only
for what he was. And II 1t be- truo that he pro-
vented many withdrawing friends from get
ting their names in the papers by means OF
l'0N-h'AA'Ih anu NuItTluNuS uoWtfS. may We
not throw this tribute on his gravc-that IL he
had any vanity he would not suffer II to live
after him. and thus left room for his honest hui
mility and genuine worth.
1t Ia always delightful To- find nm actor who Is
not rolled like a mummy in the thousand ycnr-
old wrappages Of his business. Montague. |
am told. and can readily believe it. never
posed wept. invaldizcd. of the stage. When
he was done acting he turned the key on his
profession.
have tried 20 classify him ns feminine
actor. and wish to say in conclusion that he
was not cffcmnatc We make great mistake
when we confound the two NV conviction is
that the man. whether he be an actor or not. who
adds some of the qualities Of woman 10 his
own. perfccts himself
II ever you find the true dndrogy,lus in stage
art, he will combine the excellence Of both
sexes.
And when they are combined in a single mind
1t will be seminal and creative
But 20 dismiss Montague who will never RAM.
high in the annals Of art-thoroughly good fell
lows as YOU may have noticed. are seldom en-
trcly great-I think 1t would be- interesting 10
make inquiry ~ our players Of tho sex of thcir
art. We ought To- be able TO tabulate the quail
ties OF she-ncss which in our voluptuous day
are worn hy masculine actors who have no fem
inino qualities Of disposition
II would be still more interesting perhaps 20
examine those enervated players who without
attaining TO womanliness have lost all the
vibration and sorority Of men. Fellows who
may have SET out in life with the conceit that
art is a mistress. and have grown at last to
treat her n a courtezan.
] used TO sit dazed by the splondor Of Mr..
Reynolds Henry "" which was like a wax
beauty revolving in window. OF all the
thousands who looked. spollbound. through
the pancs at him. not one remembered moro
than his beauty. and | said Of him in that
part that the clements were So mixed in him
that Nature might stand UP and Say to all the
world-thi- was a woman.
All that can remember Of him was that he
stood still magninccnty, and tho world went
round about him singing hymns OF praise.
But this. you will admit. was not at all like
Mr.. Bangss Sdridndpdlus. which was as neldti
as a scented vacuum.
Perhaps after long and diligent search. we
should have TO settle upon such handmaidens
as Mr. Nandenhon and Miss Morant for the
true androgynus. for they people tho stage with
dramatic offspring without the aid Of the OPP
posite sex. NYM CRINKLE.