New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-14

less curious to the effect produced on provlhcla
audience by this sort of acting; and on the actress
by this sort Of audience. The Genegese public ~ "a
very cold one, SAID hose who knew il. Three weeks
Of inpatient expectation had perhaps heated she
SN ISIS blood there was GOODNESS in the greeting
they gave their new heroine when she appeared
nor afterward the applause winch recalled her to
the stage ten or twelve times during the evening
They missed few Of the chief points; their fault
as m audience was rather in a want of dlserlmina-
ton. a want OF trained Judgment. betraying itself
sometimes in applause OF the s't'd defamation
and violent gestures with which one or two members
of this company delight in; whom however as
they torn NO part Of the company gong 20
America, il is needless to specify. Ad'1eHnes mar
ratye of the encounter between uqmice de Sare
and his tour adversaties. given rs 10 was with
wonderful spirit and pctuIesQuenc5s, The recitation
OF the fable OF the Two Pigeons, tHe scene with the
P,tRresse ne BoriIon in the ihrd act, each carried
the enthusiasm of the house h rher and higher Ih
the fourth. the Pacdre passag', launched Ike IN
arrow iull in the face OF TIE P-pccs'e carried the
house of its feet while In Ih' death scene m the
fifth the dcspairing struggle for lile with its ln-
finite pathos. vas echoed book from tie house IN
cries OF unsurpassed emotion citizen or
Geneva TO whom was expressing next day my sur
p,isc at the dcmonstntycucs. and quick intelli-
cucc Of tine house Wa, himself surprised at my
surprise Pray what did you take us torl We
are French aftei al. and yol win search long ioI
a French town equal % culture 20 Geneva
sNuAEur- Pa GROSS lN ART.
A. for Mile. Sarah BeInharifs rendering OF
t3r'rppe it is nov superior In marked degree TO
that with which she caprrated Che Loudoncrs last
summer II has lost nothing IN freshness or buoy-
anrT; It has gained 10 flush; 10 has been pulled
d Ia uie 3
flows in one swift broadening stream rom end TO
end and il is now perhao. tle pant from which.
more chan FROM any other one single character.
may be formed "a conception not complete. but NOT
wholly Inadequate. of this artist genius. If Is d.
full of light and shade, of varying color and
changefulness of mood, as an A.pnc pass down
which the sun shines on d September morning. 10
reveals In The first scene thc intense sincerity OF the
ac rc-s: it is cu,Ivcntd presently with delicate
,oquetry: 10 becomes startiiu-ly dramatic. rises
later % great heights OF passion, aud passes 7~ay na
prolonged agony hich is the LAST word thit art has
TO say in the expression OF profound emotiop-au
emotion which change, from the utter hopele~sncss
of a loving woman abandoned by her lover to the
passionate joy OF h, return and again 20 the utter
au.,uish Of death m that moment Of perfect
felicity II Is evident that from the beginning till
now the whole part has been carefully and con
artist-temperament 10 which staguatlon is a thing
impossible Movement is the condition OF lie. In
an INDECENT nature it might he "a backward move.
nent: in a nature like hers. Of irrepressbe energy.
in neyer-cndiug effort forward. AT the time of
her secession from the Coincide Franchise You
heard very likely. some of the nonsense that was
talked about her mis- ing the rchearsas Of l. Aven
turierr" ana acting the first night of the repro
ductIOn Of that piece IN state Of imperfect prepa-
ration Critics have said ut other times that CHS
lady WAS prone to trust to inspiration. The fact
is far otherwise Her art, Ike al great art Is the
slowly-ripsned fruit OF prodigous toll. Inspiration
she has and genius she has. and temperament es-
sentially dramatic and natural gifts Of many adj
nlrable and rare kinds, and personal charm
which would 20 tar 10 requite the want OF the IN
teectual riches she does possess. But She has also
that final secret genius which is the capacity Of
taking immense PAINS.
In Frou Frou." which was given the following
night, there n change from the Frou FrOu"
of Loudon: the sane in kind but less in degree
the same working ont OF details and the same con-
slant regard to breadth Of effect. The ~haractcr,
however, is Of much less range than that OF
idricaae. and it happened that the performance on
Tuesday was embarrassed by succession Of small
accidents and contretemps such do times
70 a company not long used to PLAYING together. The
whole second act passed in a state of visible uneas
ness; nothing went quite right; twice the business
of the scene was on the point of coming TO a
plete standstill. and was only saved by the cool
presence of mind Of the volatile GiIberte. The
suit was that at the beginning Of the third she
nerS ous started in high key, and was danger
ously near the point mt which the last scene nigh
have been oyeracted Yet even at that dizzy
height and with an abyss below. her nerve aid
not fail her she quite aware OF the peril,
ir fact carried away by the violence Of the stua-
ton but to the last kept the appearance OF con-
trolling the passion which was really controlling
her. The Genevese recalled her three times and
the tribute was no more than she-dcserved hut all
the SAME they have not seen Nile Sarah Bernhardt
at her best III one Of her best scenes. Il. ". 5.