Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-23
An Ignorant Ghost.

From the London Musical Times
There is much to be said in favor Of the
practice Of performing operas In the anguage
in which the libretto originally written.
And in these days Of polyglot companies the
linguistic difficulties Of the situation are by no
means so serious as they would have BEEN say,
twenty years ago. Still, in spite of the ad-
vance Of education. performances on these
lines are not altogether exempt from imperfec-
tions when large proportion of the artists are
obliged to employ language other than their
own. especially If that language be French.
This fact was amuslngly brought home TO the
audience on the occasion of the recent per-
Torrance OF Hamlet" at Covent Garden. The
gentleman who took the par. of the ghost de-
claimed his lines with adequate impressiveness
and with the most praiseworthy articulateness,
but in such an extraordinary French accent
that a certain section of the audience could
with difficulty restrain their hilarity. 1t was
the true French of Stratford-atte-Bowe, or to
borrow the latest journalistic equivalent for
that somewhat threadbare phrase, Saturday
to-Monday -at-Boulogne French" One irrever-
ent critic remarked on the disappearance OF
the ghost that it was evident that French was
not the universal language Of the majority"
But the really funny thing about the whole
episode was the fact that the Representative OF
the ghost was gentleman with French name!
The irony OF operate fate could no further 60.
The Indians Gifts to the Whites.
From the Lewiston CMe.D Journal
The Eastport Sentinel notes that OF the two
gifts which the Indian has made to modern
civilization-the birch canoe and the snow
shoe-the canoe appears to be passing away,
owing to the scarcity of material. The Passa-
maquoddies are now compelled TO 60 away up
under the shadow Of Katahdin to find birches
of sufficient size to furnish the material for
building and are themselves substituting can
vas, which costs less and will bear rougher
handling. But the Indians have given us the
idea. even if the canoe of the future be made
OF something other than birch, and who knows
but the time may come when we shall have
some intelligent system of forestry and plant
trees as we now do corn and potatoes In sys-
tematic manner. without depending for their
growth on chance, hampered by mans waste
fuIness and greed for immediate results2
Styles Of American Beauty.
From the Boston Globe.
The close observer cannot but perceive that
there are changes taking place in our estab-
lished standards Of beauty. For instance the
southern type Of lovely woman IVES formerly
Q creature Of ianguorous movement. dusky
hair, passionate, dark eyes; today she 10 fire.
ouently q classic blonde, devoid Of high color.
like a Cherokee rose, perfect in outline and
energetic IN movement, ~ are the traditional
northerners. Those American women. how
ever, who are the most admired abroad are
conjunction OF these tive leading types-golden
hair united to brown or hazel eyes, soft, smooth
skin, with faint olive shading, little color,
features sharply defined, and the figure health
lily rounded
Use for Fat Men.
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