San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-13

pathetic, and that absurd restlesSncSs which
spoilS everything Its terrible pity Some
times think catch a CLEAN of some ORR
giRal power ut the bottom, but there is such
n lack Of intelligcnce-in the artist sense. 1t
is a striking instance of now much and how
little can DO done without education"
1T is curiously bad, certainly" said Ken
dial, while The actress denunciations Of her
lover were still ringing through the theatre.
But look at the house! What folly it is
ever to expect "A great dramatic art in Eng
land. We have no sense for the rudImeutI
of the thing The French would no more
tolerate such acting as this because of the
beauty Of the actress than they would Judge
n picture by its frame. However, If men like
Forbes leave their Judgment behind them,
it's no wonder if commOner mortals follow
suit"
THERE said Wallace, with n sigh OF re-
lief Us the curtain fell on the first act, that
done with There are two or three things in
the second act that are beautiful In her
first appearance rs the White Lady she is as
wonderful rs. ever, but the third act is a
nuisance -
"No whispering there" said Fcro.'s, look
ing round upon them. ooh, know what
you're after Edward, perfectly. hear 1t
all with Que ear
That, said Wallace, moving up to him,
''iS physically impossible. Don't be so pug
nacious. We leave you the front OF the box,
and when We appear in your territory our
mouths are closed. But in our own domain
we claim the right of free men"
Poor girl" said Forbes, with a sigh
How she manages to tame London as she
does is marvel to me. II she were a shade
less perfect and wonderful than she is she
would have been torn to pieces by you critics
hong ago. You have done your best as it is,
only the public won't listen to you. Oh,
don't suppose | don't see all that you see.
The critical poison's in my veins just as it is
in yours, but | hold it in check-it shau't
master me will have my pleasure in spite
of it, and when | come across anything in
life that makes ire feel | will protect my
feelings from it with all my might"
eve are dumb" said Kendall, with a
you to consider what are the feelings to
mately appeals
oh hang Your dramatic artl" said
Forbes, firing up; cant you take things
simply and Straightforwardly! She is there
-she is doing her best for yOu-there isn't a
movement or look which isn't as glorious
as that of a Diana come TO earth, and you
won't let it charm you and conquer you, be-
cause she isn't into the bargain as confound-
eddy clever as you are yourselves Well, it's
your loss, not hers"
my dear Mr.. ForbSs," said Mrs. Stuart,
with her little judicial peace making air,
1--WE shall go away contented. You will
have had your sensation, they will have had
their sense of superiority, and as for me, |
shall get the best of it all round. For, while
you are here, see Miss Bretherton with
your eyes, and yet, as Edward will get hold
Of rue on the way home, shan't 90 to bed
without haTing experienced all the joys of
criticism! Oh, but now, hush, and listen to
this music. 1t is one of the best things in
the evening, and we shall have the White
Lady directly"
As she spoke the orchestra, which was a
good one, and perhaps the most satisfactory
feature i'll the performance, broke into some
weird MendelsSOhnian music, and when the
note of PlaintiveneSs and mystery had
been well established, the curtain rose upon
the great armOry of the castle, dim dis
tinguishable light shining upon its fretted
roof and masses of family cleaning steel
The scene which followed, in which the
Countess Hilda, disguised as the traditional
phantom of the Hohenzollerns, whose appear
ance bodies misfortune and death to those
who behold it, throws herself across the path
of her rival in the hope Of driving her and
those interested in her by sheer force of ter
ror from the castle and from Berlin, had
bJnf, nd hnl
Miss Bretherton with an admirable oppor-
tunlty. As the White Lady, gliding between
rows of armed and spectral figures on either
hand, and startling the princess and her com
panion by her sudden apparition in IA CLEAN
of moonlight across the floor, she was once
more the representative of all that is most
poetical aud romantic in physical beauty
Nay, more than this; as she flung her white
arms above her head or pointed to the
shrinking and fainting figure of her rival
while she uttered her waiting traditional
prophecy of woe, her whole personality
seemed to be invested with dramatic force
of which there had been no trace in the long
and violent scene with the prince. 1t was
as though she was in some sort capable of ex.
pressing herself in action and movement,
while in all the arts of speech she was mere
crude novice. At any rate, there could be
no doubt that in this one scene she realized
the utmost limits of the authors ideal, and
when she faded into the darkness beyond the
moonlight in which she had first appeared,
the house, which had been breathlessIy silent
during the progress Of the apparition, burst
into roar of applause, in which Wallace
and Kendall heartily joined.
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