The daily gazette., 1879-11-29
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TnE BLONDE oHITIo o. PloK's "sUh"
ADMIRATION YO1 NARY AND1k-
SON.
From Peok's Ailwaukss Sun.
For two evenings Of this week the peo-
pie of Milwaukee were favored with first
class acting by Mary Anderson, who has
become q great favorite within two years.
The Sun blonde was on hand pretty reg
ular, those two nights, - he always Is
when q beautiful woman 10 beirg pur-
sued by villains ON the stage. The nrst
evening the play Of "Hunchback" was
given, and even deaf and dumb and
bliDd person could not help but be In
pressed with the talent and beauty Of
Mary Anderson.
She 10 q marvel, and can take on more
emotions and dresses In single evening
than any Of them. She 10 about six
feet In height when In repOse, but when
her frame 10 charged with emotion, and
she gets mad or excited, she seems to
raise right up out Of the stage and tele-
scope until she is eighteen or nineteen
feet high, and Others on the stage look
like dwarfs. How she does 1t the Lord
only knows. She 10 the most versatile
actress we ever sat In front OF. At times
size would put on . sweet, lovely look,
aud you would have to be held by two
p.rs ms to keep you from rushing on the
stage and tell her that you loved her like
q steam engine, and then she would put
| on dying look, and . wild, scared, des-
perxts expression % you would want to
rush out after q doctor. At times we
would give million II dollars Gin notes)
10 be In the place Of Clifford, who didn't
seem 10 know that she wanted him to
hug her, and then again, when she got
sassy at him, and began to roll her eyes,
aud her breast began to heave, and she
began to swallow something, and look as
though she was dying for drink, we
wouldn't have been within reach OF her
for $500. 1t was singular study when
her breast got to heaving. She must
have suit Of lungs like blacksmith's
bellows, and when 10 her excite ment she
would exhaust them, she would look &C
thin that ,ou could trace her wishbont
with the naked eye; but when, in hel
passion, her lungs became inflated, hel
bust rounded out and her dress fitted hel
like the paper on the wall, and then al
she lacked was her own natural Mar!
Anderson smile 10 make the aversg'
man give Q Pacific railroad If she wa
his sister. o, she beats them all.
Mary Anderson does not rant. Bonn
| actresses chew soap to make them foam
at the mouth, and they tear around tn
stage as though they had bees In tbei
clothes. Mary does not do So. II sh
has anything to say excited, she doe
not rant, but lust talks 1t light OF q
though she meant 1t, and you can tell b
the expression OF her face that she mel .
business, Just as we'll a. II soapsuds wa
flying out of her mouth, and she wa
kicking over chairs. Another thing, !
the natter Of falling upon the stage
tableaux, and In faintinR, she does 1t Q
soft and gentle that you do not shudds
: for fear she has broken some bones:
Now, there was Modjeska. When sh
was here she had to faint away and fa
into an armchair, Not being entirel
familiar with the English language, sh
sat do wn hard on one the arms. and ha
to roll of into the chair. Everybod
knew by the expression Of pain ON hi
face that she had broken . bone an
they were surprised to hear that she ha
. broken an engagement to play som
where else. A great many actress
who are compelled to fal. upon the stat
use. III ver- pads In different places on II
person to sort of break the fall. By pr,
= tice they known before going npon Il
stage about what portion Of the humi
frame will be most vulnerable WIN
$. they fall, ,and by strapping liver pad
ii impunity., occasionally, however, tho ps
used by an actress whose weight 10 ov
200 Is likely to be busted In the fracs
aud then there is trouble again. MI
Anderson does not find 1t necessary
uss any pads. The natural buoyancy
youth and strict attention to busine
has made her perfect In the art Of IA
ing, without any of the adjuncts Of Z
costumor.
Again in the matter Of weeping. M
Anderson holds over all Of them
Many actresses lnl those creation
plays are compelled to wear an onion
/ their bosoms iD order to bring even
2 sembiance of tears to those unaccust0l
! ed to weeping. The onion scheme b
Z its advantages, but it Is mighty tou
on the stage lover, who is given ben
nit oftener than his contract calls Il
And then another dis advantage is t
constant liability Of the onion to roll
upon the stage when the actress III
prone upon the hoor, which would o.
barass any but most hardened actre
and cause the audience to lor peck
T, potatots or mess Of tarnips to folio
But Miss Anderson does not need q
ouion to assist her 10 weep. BY 81
. ple turn of the wrist she can cause nat
y al tears 10 flow from her beautiful ey
IL most copiously, and sufficient for a
ordinary emergency.
1t 10 said that Mary has never been
love aud knows nothing Of that hG
passion except what she has been t.
II suchl isi the Eoase she has had t
best to ,cher in the world, for her lo'
y making is the most perfect ever &c
upon any stage. II We have said enou
TO show that we consider Mary And