Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-27
NIndnme Ianauschek.

Int ufdLlhllC CNtHl OF tQ6 week mas
been the engagement of Janauseek at
tie Grand Operahouse 1t has been
four years since this great tragedienne
visited New Orleans, and from the in.
timation that the Madame gave me. it
is quite likely to be four years again
before she will return to this city, and
perhaps not even then.
Yesterday afternoon, after the per.
Torrance of Mother and Son." |
toiled up two flights of stairs at the
St. Charles Hotel, and knocked-a little
timidly, | must confess-at the door Of
Madame Janauschek's room. As en-
tered, the Madame rose from the big
arm 'chair in which she was hall
reclining, and came forward to greet
me, the rich folds of her black silk
dress trailing behind her in agracsful,
sweeping train. She was evidently
suffering from a severe cold, and was
enveloped in a heavy dolman.
Madame Janauschek is no longer
either ytung or beautiful, but she has
a fine
INTELLIGENT FACE,
a high forehead, only partly concealed
by a way bang Of brown hair,which
is arranged neatly and plainly low on
the neck. Being extremely near
sighted, she wears eye glasses, which
are rather becoming. She is gifted
with one of those rare, sweet smiles
that fairly transform her face, and
which, added to a very charming and
sci t-possessed manner, altogether rem.
ders her very pleasant.
Madame Janauschek is an artist
an artist by nature aud by gifts, and
her playing is characterized BY /
strong intensity aud at the same time
by a wonderful delicacy Of finish.
"These matinee performances arc
very trying TO me-" she said. II car
never play SO we'll 10 the morning Of
at night"
What is your particular and favor.
ite role, madame?" | asked.
u never play my favorite roles
now,"-this with a little shake of her
head-"I always loved to play 'Phe.
DIRE aud Medea, butt public taste
Tor such plays is dying ont, and mod.
ern aud society dramas are more in
demand. OF my present repertoire |
like ito play one piece as we'll az
another. In a few weeks l shall
appear in a new piece, The Woman
in Red The public likes the hal
sensational
SOCIETY PLAYS.
"Such roles as Mary Stuart aud
Marie AntOinette' are a great strain
on me, both mentally and physically.
The mention Of MARY Stuart
brought to mind the wonderful and
rich costumes worn by Madame Jan
auscheck in that play and | forthwith
dipped at once into a subject both neal
and dear to a woman's heart.
Yes, most of my dresses we're mad,
in Europe, with the exception Of twt
or three ordered in New York.
should take pleasure in showing then
TO you, but as each one is CAREFUL,
packed in paper ready for travelling, /
would now be quite an undertaken
to display them"
Madame Janausohek talks with
peculiar accent that has generally beer
considered German. She is not
German, but on the contrary. was borr
in Bohemia and is a genuine Bohemi
an In every sense Of the word. Sh,
mastered the English language in mini
months, and at the end Of that TIM
was able IN translate and oonvers,
duently in English. She is generals
supposed TO have been born in Ger
many, owing to the fact that she Rrsl
played in Germany, but she ACQUIRED
that language as she did the English
by hard work and study. Her presen.
plays, MARY Stuart" Mother ant
Son" Marie A~ntoinette," etc, hav,
always been performed only in Fog
lish.
Madame Jauauschek is a finished
actress, leaving not the slightest poinl
untouched, aud lovers Of really fin,
acting have, for once, had their taste
satisfied in witnessing Janauschek'I
impereonationa.