, 1879-08-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

CHARLES ALBERT FECnTER.
Charles Albert Fechtcr, the greatest rnnlo~
dramatic actor Of the present generation, died
at ills place IN R[chland Centre, Pa, on Monday
night ut 10 o'clock. paraiysls IL said to have
been tic immediate cause OF hs death. His re-
tna!ns will to-day be conyosed to The resi-
tlcnco Of his mothcr-in-1aw, Mrs Susan Price, In
PHILADELPHIA.
Tic celebrity attained bY Charles Fccttcr he
owed ia part to the peculiar artistic tenpcra-
mcnt with which Nnturo had gifted him, and
certainly In Engl!sh.speakng countries to the
firm friendship which the eminent Charles Dick
cns entertained for him and proclaimed to tho
tlay Of his death. Charles was a mix
tute of French and German parentagc,
although Charles rascoe iu hts
List" says his father WIS d
German md his mother was an Engiishwon1n
Some Soy he WIS born IN what may be called
Franco 0crmanic tcrsitory,-that is In the Prov
inco Of Asace; while others affirm tllat he vas
born in England. in all probability, however, tho
former was the placc Of his nativity Hc went
to Paris when quite lad and struggled to be-
come at first painter, md then sculptor. lie
was fond Of tho companlonsh!p of tue Quarter
Latin, anl liked nothing hctter III his Inter
days than to recount tho prauks
No such associations rs lc found ssuycr tic
Seine would be possible that dit! not incu!cate
In him who shared 1t 3 lure Of tho theatre.
Fcchter felt himself an actor before he ever
troll the boards: and his ilns presence at that
time his clear. sonoFoua voice; Intelligent : sye.
as''t as lie "e". X,nbtsu, Paris from
whence i,e drifted to l.c Porte Ct. Martin.
where his had lie advantage of seeing the very
flI
tnE TINT She annals Of. tile stago IN any country
bear witness to. Fur he plnyed with Mcllmguo
and saw the latter days Of Lernnltre. 1t was
there tint ho learned to wear pln'ned Int nl'l
there that ne learned the ya!ua OF gesture a'nl
Of picturesque pose upon the stage, and Il must
be sn1d that tl1osu two 1attcF requisites he
| acquired most thoroughly. No man who ever
beside tho chair of ION Salnste III 'Ruy Blas,"
| as he oxclaI.ncd, j" was -FOUR lackoy; IN, nov
your c1ecutioncr,H hut must hnyH felt what 4
| cru,ld school TINT old school of the Porte st.
| Martin was, ami hn must also eavp folt the
vast utility which Its picturesque teaching must
l,ayo been to the kt,ot Of celebrated patnters
who haye made French nrt In our day what tho
art OF the Greek used to be III the days gouc by.
But tho romantic :nclodrnH,a was even then
OH The wa1,e. dumas tie younger, following 10
the footsteps Of Lcgouvu and Scribe, was knock.
| Ing ut tile sioor Of lilc private sccretary Of
Napoleon tic Third for permission to produce
| PASS, It was in this p!ay ttlat Fechtcr burst
forth Into fame, md II was b. this play tl!ai
Dumas tho younger placed bis foot, IN tho
nrst step ot the la,a,ler Of dramatic
greatness Fechtar was the original Ar,nande
Ua,a', and to ecc him play 1t all paris, from tho
jaunty coccotto to The granite damo of tile
Quartier 1T. Gernlalnc, crowded to tta Farlctc.
This triumph WIS ons tent nut money In his
purse for tinlo, but which really checked bis
career, for, after Lcmaitrs n,nl Ate,ingue, be
was the only man who could haye kept upon tho
stage tho grand historic drarnas oil Hugo and
| Dumas tic elder.
so.nc titnc after his performance Of Aru,ands
Dura', Fcchtcr began tho study Of English
with view 10 appear upon The English stage,
which he did At tho Pr!tccsss Theatre, London,
had played IN French drama at the st. James'
Theatre, md she reception hc met with md the
solicitation Of tho friends H. made combined
to atG bis n. ambition ..ar.a Tor od 40 Engltsa Eaa,
md writing knowledge Of the language, but
was never able to muster !ts pronunciation. The
fruit OF ills English stu'!ics soolt Appeared iu
essaYA were widely read ana commented on in
Fccliter, aided by Gharloa Dickens ani sono
otl.er wealthy gentlemen, to undertake. tho
unsesq ths lo1e ~ Of ~; iayarae,s n .1u baka's
Motto,n drama adapted from "Lo
l'o.auh Of Paul Fsyal BY Jo'in l,roughse. the
| LQuuQu 0HfH AtttEH}Wt op9kAalE " kA0 R2&-
| fornlalleo upon that eseninS, said;
II will probably be admitted all hands that no
nctor IN our time has given tlse to ,aPpsecias!ona
mose ditcss9 thu Ms feen.Ss; he tsll IL ths miast
right Auu loft. W4ilst IT, so'ne people ho was .
man Of genius. an ae.oE 81 passion aa.t imagtaa.
carried now aud delightful light into tho tseasurc-
caves OF Shakespeare. to others b. was merely en-
fsasn I'D s aaes st SHOWED u
1uta!de Of thu cavern. 10 Rolne ha Wns the nigh.
shrlne q iii iii IL s.ncsity. 'rhsra can 10 .uttie
doubt that In both opnsan: there was a good deal
m.ttor '' to assosspsa ] thrr I'd djussmens ono taet
howosos, ~ can b. ssxei IL common ground IN thls
coutentoT T. oaay nya estts,n isoaf y
speare. BY ali he il hold pte.eminent in the drsns
mSss sss s a Il: sstoa:
phases. II many deny hun trsgic passion. A.
@ .o1 IT, IN"
syon though thsy deny him Tho power 10 scale ii
hsnts . P!unxs .at9 T.. E.s'ess, lure l. ~ tne
psiesauss.s ss!t saas: hs IT, hs T. as. @ T.
u o' s o. sssn sas eopo:s
his wonderful reality, and which, Il ihey, ase fell
souanwhat 10 limit ths ideal world. ate ablo to q
tho so 10 1no ss
:saisi under the tiis y .'Tas pass': S;: Tets'
| bGlnk Au ataPtaltun l44ln ~ notsu. NE'
Fechtcr anus III its AvEo = character, ,that ~
merely btinga out n w kuowa ability ability q. na
aisn In new and sts!kiug llght. For tho gay ans
graceful buarlnH OF she young Captain Vt cavalry,
Who 20 well 1eaecss sae aIveaturoua and datinl
spirtt Of hA thur, Of course wa were pEepatc1
but his assumption Of the uunehoatt, With HI
bent shspc, hs cflpplod gait and hla fuEttyo ant
! sardun!c Etances, was contrast that cAnua upu
~ With ~ much enjoyment ~ surpnsa. 6ttl
mora striking was tho DASH Of huulot that b
!hssw Into ths tlspsronatton os she ds'osmsd. A.
which gAYe him u times z grctesque joiltty tha
Was almoat dAbolical. That character Will b
w ced not dwell ou his scsInx Of ths cartai,'