Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-01-01
Mrs. Eangtry.

r,bis rouch-adyertised and much iooked-lot- |
rord-to event-the visit professionally OF the.
Jersey Lily-came Oh j"
hille5 NJ, Tuesday night last The house was
comfortably filled, and the audience, larg2lN
ond resnectably drawn from our home popula
tior was materially augmented by a VISITING
,islegatiou of probably "a hundred OF more
from the ueighboring towns OF Chari2ttesFl!lF'
Iaxinptop. and Harrisonburg. The play Sc
Iocte5 "a merely an accessory or framework
FIR the exhibition of the English beauty, was
co1dsmith's old and not specially brilliant
comedv. "She Stops to Conquer Ihls play,
when enacted before metropolitan audiences;
embraces four acts and demands at least thIet
changes of costume on the part Of the leaolhs
female character. Here we were treated is
three and to two changes of dress by the slaf'
to which omission is probably due lhe EN-
nhatic opinion, on the part of onr lemale sPec
! totors. that her acting was much pt!o" 'hel
antlcipations. ,,..
Well, the Jersey Lily is pretty not oazAliis
| Iv. overwhelmingly, enrapturlngly oeautiiu'
Int decidedly pretty. Her face Is oS no me-
| of perfect symmetry. Her nose starts ou' i'""
| the orbital arches with the promise Oh oel1i
| Greciau anu suddenly becomes reTooSSe' d US
tinct but con, promising snub, IN snort Inc
too much countenance is put ABOVE Tue Hiie
tho month. and in some expressions, as whel
she playfully ate .npis to mimic Hastings 'her
10 too much below It. But these are the sum
her facial disadvantages. She has lovely heei
5 cvan.like. white, and following strictly IN
Hogarthean curve Of beauty. Her inquire
. very near perfection, Id her complexion, III
aided by the cosmetics or the dt0dte'te OF eI
" omel was pure, fresh. and Characteristic o. O.
n Insul.r re! ations, all OF whom have enE'ab
A1r4--- -. t.!e .a-.-T,I't rin aAll' Z
and her ankles oe robustness of joint devel-
opment which flaracterizes the pedal attach
ments OF nation that makes a specially OF
pedestrian ezaioise and is the result no doubt
of frequent st'Hpings across the Isle OF jersey
as an Appetite tyefire break fart As an ae-
t. esq, she is eni ed to rank FIRST among anna
teurs, and has GOD deal OF the eanLdrdSS de
ra1nateur in he sage work yet. Every rather
dff1dent effort dash and abandon was rap
turously appla1 I'D by the audience, AID had
she for NONE developed the high kicking
and acrobatic t. apt Of Lolita, she would have
sent the house , the widest ecstacy. She
did well. howevar- md the contrast OF her sup
port, which, with tle or two exceptions, WIS
| Of the tarnest cha -seter was decided element
of advantage. She is fair leading lady for
light society ira r.. - and there her capabili-
ties end, as probabli does her ambition,
The impression sic made upon our mind by
her person and manner was, that she
| beautiful modest g'aeeful, md uTe woman
and such as to make IS inclined to discredit any
| unfavorabe reports as TO Ter character. 1t
| would require strons evidence to convince US
| that she is not a pure woman, whose character
| is as lovely as her peBon is beautiful Scandal.
| like Death, "delightsin q shining mark and
it would be wonderfu if some of its poisoned
shafts should nos. aimed at her; but they
will fall harmle @9 2er feet.
The acousticsH f hail are wretched and
the best elocutionis. could not make himself
intelligible ten rows from the front, and the
gas-Iight was so uncertain, fitlul, and hazy,
| that very nehulO-. and unsatisfactory out
line of the transa9 .ntic beauty was all that
was vouchsafed many of the spectators.
| Let something be cone win the hall before
any more eAhihN ms, requiring brilliant
| lights, are brought u for when we are wrought
up to the paging }, metropolitan prl es, we
| want metropolitan perfection Of Suggesting
and effects. A fair t3st of the hearing qualities
of the house will D. applied when the great
Janauschek arrivesflr she is tragic actress OF
unusual pow of lU as and voice, and is the
only living artist int can move the sluggish
enthusiasm OF the Tichmond theatre goers to
| the extent Of half iiiiug that theatre OF her,
they astually condestend to slightly rave, and
Manager Powell has promised that she shall
edify US in March. \ the meantime, let the
conscript Fathers tula their attention to cur
temple Of Thespis, al make il al a$propr.
ate arena for this votry Of the tragic muse.
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