The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1881-01-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

Nv, -, -. . -. -. ,,,s. ,,s,,s... .,..ss,s
,or ,,sn s,y avis, ,h hoe ,ocon,,v .ssayod J,,s,
viii, ,he single eycep,ion of Adelaide Nelson. And
In resnec,. ME- S,nonn yJ,e IL hc,,o, ,han
Ne,,son,s 4, inyenuouspess s,mp,c,ty and natural.
moss ~ concsp,,on Il far ina, Of tho amentea
rns,,shwomsn Ns,,son,s .y.i,,t was Too con,
so,o,s,v sous,,ous mar batraved TOO c,ear,v
,ho ,..o,o,,.,,os q, ~ ,.,,ra ,yo,,,n ~ tho world
whose nature ia fn,Iv awake instead ~ ,bose
a, Tho cir, wboso mira beay, IL al,cd with pass,on
a,s INT ma,den,v love Miss ca,boun,s y,,i,et had
no,hne stacy mr. s,ereo,yped about n II was MT In
an, decree a.. ,i,a,on ana MANY a, ne no,n,s ,voro
n. ene "a thew were original An entertained critic
, h,s soo, ,uch ~ ,ho st,ra al that Ia bad
no, a., Ton vaars "a, ., ro,sh narform,pce ~ r,,.,
whore tho t,me seo,nsd 60 short mt the favorable
,mnrcss,on made Inv Miss Calhoun in her ers, ra,c
nos ,,ch s,ronoha,od nv bor oX,u,s,,e no,travai of
r,,;o In sberId,n Knov,oa,s nuro and heautifu,
drama .,Tbe Unncbbact ', Tbe Measure which |
bea,,hv mind e,percnces in n drama Of this kind n.
with tho had taste left Inv tho scrofulous
French or the feeb,enes. Of the modern society
NAV almost beromcs epcbantment where the var,ou,
are In competept hands ms was the case nj
rord,s "Wednesday n,,bt. Tho stage settinv was |
rich and appropriste the conedy parts OF Helen and
u,dys were tborouuhl brought ont Inv Miss Tbonp.
co, and N,r nephan,. Iaw,or mazda n good u,ster
rt;,J,er AMI p,rto, M, vary accentab,e Clieord
Va, 4, cas, ~ such strength Miss Ca,houn s,one rc
sn,snds,t and gave an exou,stc,v graceful, tender
aud can,,va,,rg ao,,,e,,o, NJ onc M tho most Mt
r,c,v In tho whole range NJ tho
dam, sbo ,ros oo,o,,v in,easng in tho eon,e,v
SCENES nc In those where The more powerful emotions
ara c,,ad into NAV Indicating that she
Ia ,hs vary parson IN tate IN tho great mas.
,ar.s ,ondar ,voman,v cbaractars bnoo,n
,;o,, pas,,,nd which have inst lost IN the death
n, Mics Ne,,son the,r most admired ,mpersonator
Miss Ca,houn,s scene in the second act Of ..The
uunchbacr ', suogesad what n snarllinp Lndv Tea-
30 he ,von,d e. her natbet,c ontory In that dimcu
linz which vargas 40 close on tho ridicuous clifford
,vhv don't Won sneak To me y, was eoually good in
,no,hor ,rao,,on Itwas ,a ,va,, of cbiid uroninc
In th,ct dartnsss and frantic for tho sound of n
fr,snaiv voice tho touch NJ ending hand. the mere
accom-, tc,rs IN tho eves and that is true art
~ r,,or 4, 10 a., ,r,,r,nh ~ s,nrema pature Those
ors, ,,r,,sa NOV saor, .,thrsios,ic rather than
.,s,ro, ,n, srro1v ~ ,hsro ia any time for giving
mi, want 10 tind,ness tn cncouro cement to sense
=, ,o,,,ou 4, a, n, III. on.,,ro M n br ght vounv
,roa,, that On sn,endId,v and seems
rm,rred Inv vanity Inv ,gsct,ion mr. any other faint
,h,, o,otoa from aorro.t,sss discn,,ne and do.
s,ro n, ,oarn and IN n,ease We think we discern II,
| Mice Calhoun nowers far broader tbnn those nos
.so, ny Misc Nor, A,dors,, with kaensr inte,li
| noa 10 ,,d ,,on, on ,h,t ,hov ara not> I,te,v tn
nro On S,s,nno,n,,n, no ia n,iss nder~o,,s continued
crna,,v Rn, the trns acids of the two are not the
omo tor Mic anderson ,nno,rs hos, 4, tho heavier
,, n,,,s ,hara nor ,o,vor,, aud reso,on, voce and
h ,,or e,,uro viii aid ber while Misc Calhoun ia
already the hetter Jul;et and J,,ia. Miss Calhoun
nooaessss heotv n, tho highest order which grows
moro str,tipg tho mora she Ia seen A musical voice
q, Ana ,,,,hre ana ,nross,vonsss I'm, which nseds de-
oion,an, , en,ro Viii, 10 ox,n,sito,v unconditional
,, ,n,,"a,,. .ha ,,,,,',x an1 andnr,nco which ara
assant,, IN .,,ocsss Il, har ord,ons nrofass,on and
a,co q, ovorv n,oyonent ,yhc,, can on,v ,ccomnanv
| a., u,.., S,,.,, ,, s,,o,,,, n, ,n,hs and
nnso,os which ia ono NJ natura,s r,rest gifts She
hos has,,o. most mon,o and eynressiye face that an
ronrato,v ,svo,,s e,ch VARYING MOOD Her attitudes
ra royor avIord aud no, heant,fn, costumes do not
o,,n,o thou s.,vos NOR burden the waarer nc some
t,mos bannons Iut seam on,v mn annronrate setting
81 q, ,r ,,o,a,,or ,son,t,n1 narsnn,,,iv nm, there
d, ,o,o al .nont Mia Ca,honn that snail, NJ vontb
,,, ,r,s,noss ,hot nine, c,n,Iv,to avian tha t,ded
tho,t,o oor aud wade hin, tno,v what enthusiasm
ons once moro III ,Iw,vs chser,ng and insn,r,np
hr , ,,v s,,r 10 ,ss,raa,v v,sh,e In tho arma,nont
J mi thonu, M,ss p,aannr C,Ihonn 4, IKE Marie
..,,.. n,,r,,a,s ,,,s,on ist NJ ,ho ho,i,on
| - -, ., ~, . or a sar.nor NV from,
nv ,nn,,marr oyan In ,ho von,,h IT, dron sgure.
,bouoh wa fee, I,t bo,ding this ons long enough TO
concra,n,ate Manayer Ford on beinp the Prof swift
| ~ na,,, Iau -, tha ,ooos,o, lara 10 voung giri
has onn,o n, me- nm, nj IN. vast thorgh with the
| .rodont,aI M an old south C,ro,ina name and We
th,nu yo NAV f,r,v s,y that she has taken the town
nv s,o,n, In non,s, pocho,,, Tbursdav NIGHT
Miss f,,mo,n soorod hor ,h,rd tr,pnnh less nro.
nnrncoa thar In Tho uunchb,ck ', but what wold
have been striking one II expectation had not been
excited to so high pitch by her previous perform
In all the strong scenes she created profound
n,nrasson I, was av,dont that tho niece had not
been sutcienty rehearsed for this first production,
and this lack of study evidently fettered Miss Calhoun
in the melodramatic night scene with Daniel. Yet
here she was not weak only less strong than she
will be when she becomes familiar with her part and
gains further command of her wonderful powers
The idea Of making drama hinge upon an atheist
fanaticsm which kee IS two lovers apart because lie
beleyes be would la principle to be mar
r,ed by a clergyman. while the Christian girl cons,d-
ers marriage sacrament to which the religious cere-
monv is ,nd,snensabIe ia mt wtbout merit But the
re gous modes of tboupbt of Anglo Americans are
an foreign to French dranatsts that anv Of them 1,
likely to fail rs sardou failed I'm treating the subject
suit our point Of view however muGh ne may nave
sueeeeueu III 'u,''ns 'ha' VI 'ne .ai.S'n9, w,
d mo o'ku' e'e'' =" '"y ,' .e
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