Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-11
ADJUSTMENTS

OiaId MUIIls, supported Dy an eXCelle0t
company, one in which there is no weak
timber whatever, appeared at the Metro
politan Theater last night as Camille to a
fair house. That the theater was not
crowded may be attributed, probably, to
the inclemency of the weather though a
little M isture in the form of log should
not prove hindrance to attendance, when
such an artist of Miss Morris appears. 1t
is not necessary at this late day to at all
consider the false sentiment of this emo.
tional French play; what we have to deal
with is the splendid art of the actress last
night. She is unconventior al in her art ::
it is like nothing that has gone before: at
times IS so strangely peculiar as almost to
offend, because of the loudness of tone she
assumes, and to create surprise because
OF the apparent contempt she has
for those womanly Establishments that
are supposed to erthrall men, and that are
traditional accompaniment of dramas
with love as the motive. But though Miss
Morris is not the soft-voiced woman, or
the beauty whose briliiancy dszzles, or her
Camille the magnetism of the woman
whose charms conquer, men know not
why, she is the Camille of feeling, of
marvellous intensity, of irresistible force, of
that commanding power of love that no
Armand could resist. no Mons.
Duval defy. The deadly earnestness
of the woman raises constant doubt as to
its being stimulation. The acting is forgot.
ten in the vividness of the picture the artist
creates; the woman is forgotten in the
actress. We realize that she is crossing
traditions and conventionalities at right
angles, but we applsud the genius that
dares and respect the mastery srt that &C.
nlichpo II % n1illa iac
ever died, as no consunptive could die, but
not one in the audience would have had
Miss Morris modify single detail of the
scene, for they are the means by which she
moves the heart, touches the fount of the
emotions and brings the spectator lato full
sympathy with her and the thought of the
author. There is none of the clap-trap of
the ordinary method of giving Camille
which is interiected usually in the third
act-there, last night, the play was made to
depend wholly upon the emotional power of
the actress, and it had magnificent support.
Il was the support of genuine feeling, of
real passion, of the coinage OF the heart; to
tie auditor who is not absolutely pulseless
it was not stimulation, but reality, and it is
for the nearest possible approach to that in
art that people go 10 the theater Carp
ing criticism can find many faults in
Miss Morris methods; conventionality
will not permit of her at all in some
phases OF life as she depicts 1t;
flaw and fault finders, can find employ.
ment in picking at such an actress-but
about and beyond all blemishes rises the
native genius of the woman; the art in the
hand of the artist that realizes ideals, and
creates sumptuous and complete illusions,
and that looks constantly toward the truest
OF ali standards-the effect upon the heart
and intelligence of the auditor. In short,
Miss Morris is a consummate artist, IN
spired by genius and stimulated by sin.
certify of purpose. The applause accorded
her last night was sincere and prolonged and
twice resulted in her appearance in ac-
acknowledgement of it. Tonight Miss Morris
appears as Renee de Moray, in a play of
that title. adapted from the French of
D'Ennery's La Martyre," by Clinton
Stuart For the credit of the good dra.
matte taste of our people, it is to be hoped
that the house will be filled. The theater
last evening was thoroughly well warmed,
and draughts successfully excluded, and
the comfort of the audience was admirably
conserved thereby.
The box-sheet for the SATURDAY. night
presentation of Mariana" by the Mcneil
Club opens at Houghton's this morning.
The prices are low, and no extra charge is
to be made for reserves.
John Slater, the "test'' medium. will re-
appear at Pythiau Castle this evening in
his strange performances. He will con-
tinue each night, concluding Sunday.