The semi-weekly miner., 1882-11-22

Womsn A9e Domestic ATto.
0ontjomon's yAshio00.
NEw Yosk, Nov. Il, lse:.
The agony b Svsr. Mn. Langtry
has Gnoed the critics aud the paboic
from The stags, aud she must now
prepare to fight her way against the
odd raised BY growing familiarity.
It was Q ussmogable occasion that
arst night q hem at Wallaok's. Tue
luxurioas thsatre was packed fFom
oschsutrs to ealleey with - lns .
elass Il psopls - ever gathsred to
vsleons . siang dramatic a. opesatic
slas. The crowd Was Q living nsoou-
ment % ourjosity. And The opinion
- to hes pssfoenaness We'll, people
were carried away with the tide, and
they applaudsd the lady 70 The echo.
They hung on her ultesanees, they
smiled with her and they Sslt sad
with her. But after the performance
was over and they hed been removed
from the wilderness q brilliant toi-
lettes, 6anked BY the elegant black Of
esntlsunen's dress coats. they hegan
to analyse and hnd that the interest
wss created, not BY Mn. I.anstEys
art, hut By her sympathetic person
ality, which exerts . wonderfully
sunny influence wherever 1t reaches.
Candidly speaking, her art h more
ambitious than able. One can zee
what she attempts, but ut the same
time, one receives almnest . painful
shock to observe that she b utterly
unable to carry oot her intentions,
and, what b wosse, there Is not
even the suegestion Of latent power
IN her acting. She does not possess
that subtle essence % necessary to
q dramatic artist-dranatic feeling.
Her VOICE b monotouous and sounds
thin, and that charm q manner
which IL one Of her mosi striking
characteristics, looks very much like
aAectatione In the glare Of the foot
lights. It hacks spontaneousness'
Had Mn. I.angtry appeared ~ On
amateur, one would have said. iu the
manner, that "she did
very we'll" But - she launched out
- . professional, one must judge her
from that standpoint, AMI viewed
she 10 no actress.
This 10 severe language to use CON.
cesning . beautiful women who b
eager to do well, but Il is none the
less true. Ms. I.abouchere, who
coached her In the technicalitie< Of
The stage, can hardly Be said to have
done her work thoroughly. Mn.
Langtsy's make-up b bed. In the
giare Of the light . shadow Was
about the conjunction Of the
head and throat which had the el1ect
of mailing the head appear ccmented
On The neck, and enabled one to see
The line where the union was made.
Desides, abe looked decidedly thin,
not 70 ny scsawney. Now this was
. libel On herself, and her makeup
h solely to blame for 1t.
Patti, likewise opened her season
this week. Those who had not gone
10 zee Langtsy went to zee the "ira.
There were Aowen and applause IN
limited. but before IN act had been
,ung, whisper circulated aiaong the
audience: "Don't you think her
voice h greatly worn ~ In some Of
The upper registen even the novice
In musical matters could not help
noticing the art and skill which she
had TO use to cover it, defects. II
Patti b wi>e she viii pay heed to the
warninGs Of time, aud retire while
he stil wears the halo. A. regards
Nieolini, hls voioe-never nuch-is
.ow next to nothing. II Patti ~
mains on the stage much longer,
Nicolini viii soon drag her down
ltom her throne.
One of the pleasantest aud most
an,uslng fellows about town b John
the manager Of the Fifth
Avenue theatre, bat he has that
lbout him which arouses witty peo-
PIE to poke fun at him. The theatri-
,al psoSsssiou bqulck to make use Of
'uch . quality, and thus they have
got stetson down Tor . fall-ledged
Nm. Nalaprop Of the day. The lat-
est good thing passed around as hav-
Ing been uttered by him 10 this:
3tetson was talking ateut the for.
'unes Of . theatre, once very popular,
bot from which the public, for some
snaecountable reason. are staying
way. "The truth h." said be In .
'esy dogmatic way, "that when
NICE the public gets dis;Hjsctcd With
! theatre, you can't get them back"
This unfortunate Substitution Of dis-
Infection for dia6ectloa wa 10.
'eived with significant silence. In
ws houn eveFybodp ON Union
3quare had heard Of Stetson's latest,
md for twenty-6sur hoars he was
sized BY every one Of his ac.luaint- !
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