Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-26
MISS MATRER,S PAULINE.
A DelineatiOn of Gr+at Beauty and Arts
- ExcellAncA.

A DelineatiOn of Great Beauty and Artistic
Excellence.
The power of youth and beauty when
~personified in the female form is &C
knowledged the world over, but when to
these qualities is superadded that subtle
order of intelligence that grasps the intu-
tive faculties of the mind, the charm be-
comes almost irresistible.
These characteristics, when given prop
or scope for development, constitute and
include the possibilities of true artistic e1-
cellence. Somewhat in this manner is the
auditor impressed op beholding the per-
formances of the young actress, Margaret
Mather.
1t were easy to say that she is gifted,
and from present indications it would not
require a very extravaganza imagination to
predict the triumphs to be achieved in the
higher and more difficult walks of her art.
That she will not be daunted by hard
work, or worse still, suffer her powers to
sink by vainglory. is quite certain.
Last night she appeared before a large
and fashionable audience at the. Opera
house in the character of Pauline in the
standard melo-drama, "Lady of Lyons
With few exceptions, the repres entation
Yves pleasing. This is not a strong term.
but to thoroughly please as cultivated and
intelligent an audience as that which
greeted the performance last night is
worthy the ambition of any artist or com
pany. There was nothing in the modest
demeanor of the coy and retiring maiden
of the first act to indicate the force and
beauty of the scenes that followed
TIL charm of the i~mpersonation first
dawns in the second act,when the new made
bride discovers the treachery of which she
has been made the dupe.. The play OF
emotion and fierce conflict of feeling be-
tween pride and resentment at the cruel
plot of which she has been the victim, and
her smothered love, was one of the best
illustrations of natural anger and affection
ever presented to a st. Paul audience. In
the following scene, however, where her
passion for Melnotte brushes aside the
conditions of rank and wealth, her powers
were shown to stronger advantage, her
grief at parting being pain
fully natural and realistic,
At this ju~ncture her form underwent a
complete transformation, and from a con-
~vulsive, hysterical and sobbing sorrow, an
ashen pallor overspread her face, and she
falls into a swoon and the indignation of
outraged virtue and her contempt of her
would-be outrager were very admirably
depicted.
The Claude of Mr.. Salvini was enacted
with conscientious effort, and he endowed
the character with the strong and impul-
slve qualities SO necessary to its rendition.
1t is to be regretted that his articulation
was not more in keeping with his manly,
fine and apparent true conception of the
part. But this defect is natural, and not
toos serious to be overcome by diligence
and patience.
The Col. Damas of Mr.. Davidge and the
character of Beauseant by Walter
Eytinge were both finished
conceptions and well enacted.
Mr.. Jepson did the proud but poor parent
justice, and the widow by Mrs. Jamison,
was very acceptable. Mrs. Jamison was
gorgeous and good as materfamilas. Her
costuming throughout was exceedingly
rich and handsome.
Tonight Leah. the Forsaken."