The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-12-27
"A CRITICISM As A CRITICISM. =,
ihc hi0nde Critic of Peck.s ..Suu..
ADMIRATION for Mary Anderson.

no n From Peck's Milwaukee Sun.
~ tWo evenings of this week I'll
II people at Milwaukee were favored wifi
n llrst'clss acting by Mary Apdersor
Is VINO mas become q great favorite with
- III TWO years. The sun blonde was O,
" ha4d pretty regular those two nights
as ne always is when beautiful wo
man Is being pursued by villains ON I'm,
# stage, The first evening the play O
Hlhchbacl was given, and even den
ana dumb and blind person could moi
a heIP bllt be impressed with the talent
= ana beauty of Mary Anderson.
p oile Is marvel and can take on
more emotions and dresses in a single
evening than any of them. She is
ABOUT SIN feet in hight when in roposn.
oaC when her frame is charged WITH
emotions and she gets mad or excited
She seems to rise right UP out of the
stage and telescope until SHE is eighteen
OF nineteen feet high, and others on the
stage look like dwarfs. How she does
1t the Lord only knows.
ohe Is lile most versatile actress we
ever sat i'll front Of At times she
would pat on Il sweet, lovely look, and
you would have to be held by two per-
sons to Keep you from rushing ON the
stage and tell her that you loved her
llke steam engine, and then she would |
put on dying look, and wild, scared
desperate expression SO you would want
10 rtlsl out after doctor. AT fines wn
"ould give million dollars lin notes
10 De III the place of Clifford, who didn't
seem TO know that She wanted him to
mug her, and then again when She GOT
sassy at him. and began to roll her eyes
anu her breast began to heaye. and
she began to swallow something, and
look as though she was dying fora drink.
we Wolllln't I have been within reach of
her lor SooO. 1t was singular study
"hen ilef breast got to heaving. She I
must have suit of lungs like black j.,
'inlth's bellows, and when in her eX- :
ltehlent she would exhaust them, she :,
would look so thin that you could trace " "
lef Wlshbone with the naked eve, but %
"ien, IN hef passion, her lungs became r
/ Lhitaleu, her bust rounded out and her -
lfeSs htted her like the paper on the h.
'all, ana then all she lacked was her l..
Wll natural Mary Anderson smile TO ~, -,
make the average man give a Pacific i, in
abroad If she was his sister. O. she ~
eats them all. y
Mary Anderson does not rant ", ~,
ONE actresses chew soap to make ~ tn
lem loam at the mouth and they tear u
round the stage as though thcv had f,
Res IN their clothes. Mary does not ~, l1,
$50. IL she has anything to say very ra
td, ana 1t Is necessary to get excited, n
le does not rant, but just talks it ho
Sht OH as though she meant it, and ~,
'u can tell by the expression of her nn NO,
&c that she means business, Just as cn,
ell as if soap-subs was flying out of w. IT,,
II mouth, and she was kicking over fl' n
alrs: Another thing, in the matter wi WI
ialllng upon the stage, in tableauX. t,1,
d IN faintlng, she does it so soft and ri%
nue. tlat you do not shuddcr for nI9o
II she has broken some bones. H.
Now, there was MCdieska. When re- r.,
2 was here she had to faint away troi
u lall INTO an armchair. Not being lon,
-rely familiar with the English m'it ,,,it'
guage, she sat down hard on one Bnt iiIit
the arms and had to roll off into hn 't /
chair. Everybody knew by the ont m
preston Of pain on her face that she thoi
broken a bone, and they were nnt @
prIsed to hear that she had broken ara ara
engagement to play somewhere rom
: ~ great many actresses who cons
compelled to fall upon the stage me Yli
ners6n to lnrt ~ Iai luiiy Places on M prop
1roctina 49, 1 W oieah the IlIl' iiVel
n tho etoe+a ,l,,ln,4 NV IVY ueloie gong men
b,,,l1ot e. III, Hll"I Poftloh OF but
human frame Will be most Vulner- tbo
,or-nad nn - l''iiI T. s'll't pH Swapping it sui
=, c5n fail W. m.i+L tLi' proper NlclhllS the [
,noiiy hnlvo,,o,. VAN +I, uljl'S' pun &c any
ctress whose weight is over POO is
V tn lp llIpSt1I IN,
there is trouble again. Miss
GisoI IoeS iI0I 10 ma II necessary to Hend
my pads. The natural bOuyoncy Wi
)uth and strict attention to busi-
has made her perfect in the art
ing, without any of the adiuncts Ind
e costumcr. C,,,
am, III the matter of weeping. U-osL
Anderson holds over all of them. c,','sod a,l,lI
ora oo,,,,'liIa'I a. oiioec cLtatioii(l day.
air 6oso,,,l -, i,eI' ~ e''I "h onion few m
I,1n,,I 'r ~, - Olt'VL We, 10 "llilS even ted tn
t W. ,C'l9 r ~ 'Ilose t'll;rcus- "Go
IL odyoitn7o., i,it ,it Gillol ~ sc!lGlle papers
ON tI,n sta5, -, I, n''r ~ - iiiIEhlE ScymC
,rfit offom9r '3h,nI' thn' W." WI, Is given init y
or. And then another disad- I,o,'i,: ,,v',t,i, q
&c Is the liability Of the onion to .,I,l,,t
'ut upon the stage when the ~ n,
; falls prone upon the floor, ba ANY, Wv
would emharrass any but n nat ''i'7 I',
hardened actress, and cause the nnI,,in,
zee 10 wish for peek of potatoes fnr tis
less of turnips to follow. But NV ,,,,, ',,'
Anderson does not need anv mn. ,,nt
10 assist her to weep. BY a tn,.inIl
turn of the wrist she can cause 1S-c -,
/ tears to flow from her beautf- nom o,' 90, "a,
: most cODiOUSlV and sutii,inut ii ~