, 1880-12-03
ADJUSTMENTS.


ADJUSTMENTS.
1IOOLET'a.
Mrs. Scott Slatl8ns bn5 given us two perform.
nnccs which have entitled her TO marked c01,-
sl!cratton. These wGre her f'ittntlsc III tho hc.
tfRltful dramatic poem "Kinp Ilcnc's Dn,Et-
ter +" and her Isu*aEi'.l IN shaaspeHru's "As You
Like It," TINT 'sswcotcst aud tnprlcst Of tho
masters comedies" Tho litter rart sho plnynd
oil Wednesday, night, uni whito sho does not
wholly snttsfy crftfcts.n-what Interpreter ctcr
hnsY-fn hsr pursraynl III this bright and 1tiyo,.s
betug s,l0 certainly upnlcs ncarcr tho Sink.
sl,earcnn ideal thnn any nctrcss who has nt-
tcmpted tho character In recent yenrs. with
probably tho Single exception of Miss Nelson.
1t ID delightful III tH freshness, tta originality,
Its blDyAncy. fta vtvHc!ty, nnd In n certain re-
flnctncnt, and when sho Inns dircstcl her dcliv-
cry Of thoso R,annerisfns which seem to Gnvo
gruwn troi her during her carecr ~ n reader,
whom slle cnn not1ernto her vnico with moro
dellenuy, when ptnntlcu mikes her gesture,
movement, p1ny Of ct'unthnnnco mure harnlo-
h!olls and less t0rky, when h0r nrt cnt moro
perfectly sustain tho Illusion, anil tvcst tho
Bpoctnt0r" OF tho knowledge TINT shu Is
ncting,-when sAc docs ttIs llcr IsoM,ltnI Will
mako rcady conquest OF universal admiration.
Fur two or tlrco Heas,na tho tnlIy hns Goeu NIB
scnt from tho stage. md during that limo she hns
been delivering readings throuRht tho country.
These fNults aFo to Il lArHe 1xtJHt attributable
to tho atlitotl, mechanical stylD nr el0cuton and
Fcsturu fnHeparnblc from tho rcaiing desk;
and 1t s fair to prcsittilo TINT after sto has or.
formed tho port uftennr thur, she has ,lono eincc
tho season beHan, her RostAf'ui Will stand forth
very mich 6hurn IF wiiat to tho critic nro ob-
jcctonADe features In tho execution of n fno
conception. Tho a11cnco Of Wednesday, night
was II iar9n one, and with thom sho nlnde n most
decided hit. sho WIS recalled ut tho end Of evHry
net. nnd H'a never failed to evoke for every I'M
portnnt seono warm atInirtion. Mrs. shldons
rotatns In oven creator fuluess and arlyr t,,at
churm OF porsunality with whIc,, eho aIways In
vested tho character. In hor Io,al{nl
even to tho costunfng OF tho part,
thore was pralsoworthy effort ut
si, ~. o ucup a1. iI,". Mu''''.
h"od " tho character was admiFanly show''-as
sha Gns out sn auor 1u 10 u AS
orlando t,cnenth thu 1nelpnrhoy ,ouahs OF Ar
,Ium IA when so fants nt tho sIaht Of iho bIooy
handkerchief. Her gFa'eo was wiehout adocta-
t!on' and her mersyaknR mr.! hatl r. IT, hoarty t
a, H. ~. -, onr ~ ",1 10.
loroasnss' nu hor eon.r1.S 's, ~ oears u'a e1'
aeT and ~ tho ntgetnplo nt suuhercss @ ce and a' IN
tboso with Orlando wuro at ttmcs Inarsstlo and
,nc,rt a,,, T,so or hor han,tcst a,,,,n", ncr.
hhps, woro tho scenes III which sho wooes her
lovor with tongue stopped IN gentle ,noekory'
ana wheFe se receives 'o 10 nandkereh'oa wt
mo reotal OF .ne ,nelaon. IN the forest ai'a TO-
veas hef oas a sax IN tho S tho
] nuvoa nor nr,uks @ md whlns 1por % her % nrotoua. nd
H s,,sha nj ~, ssnt IN har ,orr rcs", rhu rn,s,,
or hnsScg az n tn eE saS 0 s r t1st Ia
fsthetaisss depth ot i;ess'ii'ds love. Takc ii.
,e no nof pna @ W. pnpT pmf,c w. ~
Sesy mno t oy tst dsloate s sttuty In exso,o