Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-07
Victor Colony, Tulare county.
THE SACRAMENTO GIRL.
Expressions of the San Francisco Press
Concerning Miss Mary Anderson.


In the first scene with Pygmalion there
was not room for the slightest improve
meDt. 1t was all delightfully."- ingenious,
full OF newly-awakened and but half-un-
derstood tenderness, and full, too, of the
suggestions of statuesque repose slowly
yielding to human impulses.-TSan Fran
cisco Examiner.
Miss Anderson is almost an ideal Galatea
The statuesque grace of her figure, her
classic face, the limpid clearness of her
eyes, the rich but unsympathetic voice and
the unimpassioned manner all combine to
produce picture upon which the eye and
the ear dwell with calm delight =
In COMEDY and Tragedy" Miss Ander-
sons lack of passionate force is here most
evident Yet. with this deduction once
made, there remains really fine piece Of
work.-[San Francisco Alta.
Miss Anderson's portrayal of the vivified
statue was simply perfect; admirable, of
course, in physical form. but of still greater
beauty in the graceful movement that
comes from the memory of faultless pro-
portion. She was ethereal and spirtuelle
as become one who was on the earth, but
not of it, and the classical lines of her face
completed the truthfulneSs of the picture
rs. f. Call.
success. Work would not do the same for
every woman who might fancy the stage,
but with the physical qualities Miss Ander-
son possessed. work made her a really
great artist. While it (Galatea)
afforded no room for adverse criticism. it
did not, on the other hand, explain why
people should flock to see Miss Anderson's
Galatea, while others are left comparatively
alone.-[S. +. Bulletin.
In every Galatea We have seen before
the actress impalted-or to be more correct,
could not eliminate from the part-a GER
tain tinge of sexuality, that marred the
beauty and correctness of the performance
Some, indeed, have played the part to show
plump shoulder, sensuous form, or
dainty limb. Sensuousness was their am
hilton; they appealed to the grosser pas
sions, ana in that way achieved fame and
fortune; they made Galatea. Circe-a
wanton Venus Callipyge. But Mary An
derson is true to the text, and her Galatea is
so chastely pure and virginia. that it only
appeals to the highest artistic sense. -
Those who worship at her shrine and ex
pect to be satisfied, must bring to their de-
yotions single eye and clean mind. and
fair understanding of the beauty of
purity, else they will stamp her as cold and
unanimated. Nothing is more remote from
Mary Anderson's real character than cold
ness She may look like marble statue.
and her classic face may seem as glacial as
an Arctic winter, hut her eyes and mouth
are eloquent of fire, and the sense of life,
and her every gesture denotes a capacity
when awakened for the deepest feeling and
the fullest appreciation of any passion that
is reused. To call her mimic, to
say she acts without understanding, is
false; she lives through every VARYING
phase of the character, which her genius
illumines. The afterpiece enabled her to
show how great an actress she is, and to
dispose, once and for all, of the story that
she is crude and unfinished, and lacking in
artistic appreciation.-(S. T. Post.
Mary Anderson made an undoubted hit.
Ii was not because of her personal mag
netism it was not because of the fine
quality of her art; il was not because of
her dramatic power; it was not because of
any distinct quality which is associated
with great actresses. 1t was because of one
OF the most indescribable combinations
of all these things. He (GiI-
bert. the author) gave her, in Clarice. a
part which no other woman can play so
well, If at all No actress on tho
stage has so many charms, so much ability.
is so clever an actress without the depth of
feeling which is necessary to touch at their
strongest the emotions of an audience.
Miss Anderson is an artist; she is all art.
She belongs to no school, knows no tradi-
tons. is fettered by no established modes
OF acting. = Mary Anderson is a
phenomenal woman, q great actress. and
one who will have a niche in the temple of
fame, all by herself, for she initiates no
body, is like nobody, can be compared with
nobody.-lSan Francisco Chronicle.