The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-03-11
SHE LIKES TACQUINE.
1T PI.EAsEs THE PEOPLE AND
0HE l.IKE0 To PLAY 1T,

1T PI.EAsEs THE PEOPLEA An
SHE I.IKEs To PLAY 1T.
A Talk with Miss Matte yicke,
r nm Her Plays "Cherub, n,
Pearl Of Serpent Mountain.
To'NiRht-A Comedy Drama.
Miss Matte Vickers, whose actin
charmed an Asheville audience last eve,
ing, and who will appear again at oper
Hall tonight. is at the Swannanoa. Fo
some time past the lady has been aflecte
with neuralgia, and although it has no
forced her to cancel any Of her dates,
has kept her in the hotel much of tn
time turing her stay in the city.
Miss Vickers is older off the stage thar
when she sings ~ nicely and dance,
graceful reels in "Jacquine, although
she is still young woman, decided,
prepossessing in appearance, and doomed
Tor number of years to be a footlight
tavoritc. She was seen at the hotel this
morning and talked for some time of her
olays and OF her likes and dislikes.
"Jacquine is my favorite," she said.
ut has been the greatest financial
success of any of my pieces, and
naturally would be. And then |
think it such pretty play, So
different, you know, from the ordinary
run OF comedies Of that nature. 1t gives
the public chance to see something of
the life behind the scenes. That always
takes with an audience. Again. it admits
OF nice dressing and that plcases the
ladies'. All in all 'lacquine' is suited to
everybody, and like to play it the best.
Don't you know one takes pleasure
IN pleasing people. Jacquine' does it
Ind the work is Il pleasure to me.
II am simply in love with the play.
The situations are good and it is SO
'retty throughout.
But 'Cherub' is nice. II is not like the
'ther. It is more of drama, but it is
uite as pretty. The plot islaid in Penn.
ylvania. 'Cherub' is a harum scarum
irl. who thinks her father is dead. She
yes with gypsies and is finally taken in
y Grandy Grif1. 'Cherub' has a len
hant for stealing and everything she
nds she takes. The girl is a somnambu-
st and this with her failing is the real
lot of the play. An amount of money
missed. OF course she is accused of
king it and is driven from home. This t
in the second act and it makes a very r
city tableaux. but in the third act,
r Innocence is proven, she is again t
ken back, and with the return of the u
opposed dead father. who is immensely =
calthy, the curtain falls. There is a
se story woven in with the play and it c
always appreciated. S
And there is quite as much specially "
'rk in to-night's play" she said. ut y
'urs in both the first and second act
d unlike the work in Jacquine, all of fl
people are on the stage" hi
Do like soubrette work ?" she said a OF
mute later and in response to the ques.
n, why of course like it. If didn't %
nould not play it. But it is very pleas. hi
to me and would not change it for W
other. Of course" she continued, dt
has its disadvantages. 1t is not alto.
her pleasant to play soubrette parts Il
this stage. 1t looks all of the time as ~. u.
was right on top of the people. The SO
Is are so near to us, and naturally | an
a little embarrassed"
uring her career on the stage Miss SCI
kers has made financial success and 49,. ~,
laid by considerable amount for tbi
day when she shall retire on her sid
-els. ofthe South she has only words col
raise, and Of Asheville and its citizens
feels most kindly, and promises to re. s.. SIR
again during the next season when e." fac
new opera hall is finished. asl
cidental OF the play this evening, it ths
ht be said that J. NJ. Doner, who did ''D
good work last night in Dick Vim. IL
will appear in the character of Sep. "a, s.U
Is Washington Gill, a lightning rod Rel
It, who wins the heart of Cherub be. He
the curtain falls. oo'