Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-01

An event which has been made as i'm
portant as the return of Mas Anderson is
the advent of Miss Margaret Msther upon
the metropolitan stage. 1t is very brief
time, counting BY years since she came to
New York-s little, rather Insignificant
looking girl, with nothing in her appear.
ance except her silence and reserve, which
often conveys an impression Of concealed
power, &c indicate dramatic possibilities.
She had been discovered, it was said, BY
Mr.. George +. Edgar, the actor and some
time manager, but she was dissatisfied with
the desultory methods he employed au6
acc, pied the offer Of Mr. J. NJ. Hill to give
Ter q years study and training and then
bring her out. She was placed in the fam
lily of a very well,known New York jour
nalist Mr. J Hsbb rtion, and on both sides
the terms OF the contract were faithfully ad-
bered to Mr.. Hill had great faith in his
ward, and spared no expense. Miss
Mather studied With esserness and inten-
sity-going nowhere, seeing no one. Mr..
Hill very wisely did not bring her out in
New York at first. He preferred that she
should gain experience before being sub
iected 10 the fire Of New York criticism,
Shich is nothing if not critical. This su'
tumn he fulfilled his long.cherished design
by Bringing on. 9 ShakespeGresn play
msgniGceRtly with Margaret Mather as
that heroine. The poetry Of Romeo
ard Juliet" is delicious, bat as play it
is not too much to say that
it has but little attraction nowadays for the
average playgoer. Juliet in Italy might
have been q very natural young woman,
out in the colder North she gems trille
forward for her age; and on the stage she
is usually either silly or disgusting. 1t is
, often said that woman cannot play Juliet
/ til she is too old 10 play il. But il il Is
card for q woman to play Juliet 1t is as
hard for a man 10 play Romeo-there is SC
much that sounds Ike pTetence OF passion
in Romeo, SIS for instance when he is the
first to discover daylight, and draws the
pictures of the risks to which he is ex
posed wher Juliet would fam keep him
longer. But Romeo is really Of little &C
count with Miss Mather as Juliet. She il
Q tyne, abe is the embodiment Of intense
violent, unIeaSOniDR, Cyetmastenpg pas
sion, which must have been an object and
clothes that object with ali imagined and
imaginable perfections-qusGties which
have no more to do with him than with dcz
ems Of commonplace men, whom women
ideaizs, and upon whom they lavish idolatry
Miss Msthtr is the most vigorous and hon,
est Juliet thai has been seen in NsE York
for many years; she is siso refined, intel
lisent and apprecis;iFe one. There is not
8 trace of eoArssness or coeuetry, orsny
tricks thst lower the poetical ideal and
brings it down to clay. She has
a lovely, though rather full
6gure, which seems to have gained in
height, end she dresses Juliet entirely in
I white, most beautifully sDd appropriately
very simply when she ia young girl in
the first set in white velvet for the bridal
dress, and in rich brocade with gold EN-
broidered pst6cost after her secret mar.
r;age, when the state and dignity of her
nstronly esssa0ieg Is implied in
these more splendid hsbiliments. Miss
Mather has fairly conquered her place,
and must be accepted as worthy Of fore.
! most rank IN The legitimate drama. She
has not the beauty nor the genius Of Miss
Anderson, but she has many natural susi
i6csticrs-Among others sn expressive
fsce and rich, flexible, welltrsIned voice
She has also acquired astonishing mastery
over herself, never forgetting for 9 omen:
what she is porrsying, and showing in
every word and movement the high result
Of cSnseisnee and q resolu,e will.
| Judic vas q daring experiment, and il is
surprising that snymSnnsger could be found
to take the risks Of bringing her to Amer
lea. Mr. Grau. perhaps knew his public.
he said st Carlabsd. where he spent part
of his summer. The time has gone BY
! for obvious ecsrseuess and vulgarity; the
American public Is now quite capable OF
spprecisting 6ne French dramatic art ard
and am going to give il to them" Per.
hsps he was right FrenehmeR do not 20
tc the tkrs!re merely to see pretty won
/ sn: tasy &c to see acSiDg-eeting that re
quires Al their attention, that Is tuIl o.
the most 6ehcAts SATELLITES aud shades q
sneaniilg--ihe finest Of which arethose besi
\ appreciated. This Is not the opera bcuiF.
Eyls, cad that Jude, with hsr coed AMI