The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-12

NtIlcful
very large amount Of money 70 be I'ioy,d
in Glasgow, is only one of very many in
dications Of the favorable consideration
with which the advantages which the
Southern States have TO offer. are re-
garded in the greatest city in New Eng.
land, which, in this matter, only repre-
sents the prevailing sentiment of that
whole section, independently, possibly, of
Maine.-RiclmoRd Times.
Editor Gideon Baskette of the Nash
vile Banner is monkeying with the West
Tennessee girl. He says: 1--WE hear of
another electric girl in West Tennessee
That division OF the State seems to be
vieing with Georgia in producing female
freaks, such as electrical women, cotton
women and other feminine phenomena.
But these are merely freaks or deceptions
The typical West Tennessee girl is
charming creature, who was not born to
smash furniture or spit cotton. She is
winsome and winning, vivacious and
bright, and intelligent and sweet and
adorable, and girl like her Middle and
East Tennessee sisters, that the whole
world ought to be proud of."-lHemphiS
appeal.
California Senatorship.
From tie Mew York Continent,
II will be hot fight, the one which
opens in California to-day for the seat in
the United States Senate left vacant by
the death of Mr.. Hearst. There are no
less than seven candidates 10 ballot for;
but the real fight is between two men,
and IL is only necessary to mention their
names to indicate how bitter the struggle
will be, for every one knows the deadly
emnity existing between Senator Stanford
and NJ. DE Young. The latter is very
ambitious, and, as editor of the Chronicle,
possesses wide political influence. Stan
ford has also many friends. and will do
everything that is possible to defeat De
Young. All his strength will be used to
give the seat to the Southern Pacific law
yer, Morris NJ. Estee.
Boston on Bernhardt.
Fyom ne Boston Post.
Nine. Bernhardt is far from being at
her best as Floria Tosca although there
are many moments in her impersonation
which are, indeed, memorable. Great in
the highest sense She never is, indeed, al
though her work is always equally strong
and subtle. The remark of an eminent
critic that her influence upon the stage
has been bad, is capable of misinterpreta-
ton; nevertheless 1t is in measure true.
She is the most brilliant example of an
artist who has given over impersonation,
in the best and highest sense to appear in
characters that, in the phrase Of the day,
"fit her like glove" and the pestilen-
tial theory that ii IS no longer the play
which is the thing, but the actor, has re-
ceived unwarranted confirmation by her.
The days of her Adrienne, her Mrs. Clark
son IN "I'Etrangere," are apparently over;
she glories now In the hackwork which
Nj. Sardou has prostituted his talent to
compiling for her. And il must further
be borne i'll mind that always Nine. Bern
hardts genius had very narrow and dis
tlnct limitations; when she undertook to
follow the great Rachel in the classic
drama she made failure of il.
disposed to deny to Nine. Bernhard every
iota of praise to which she is Justly en-
titled, but because the indscriminate
gloriiication of her work has the tendency
to confuse our ideas as to what Is really
great in 1t and what is not. AS La Tosca
she comes rs near to failure as a person
with an undoubted command of the gro-
tesque, the vivid, the intense, the horrible
could possibly come. In the first two
act she plays with great skill and force,
but she does not once really stir the heart
or reach the emotions. IT is in the fourth
act that she is convincingly fine and true.
Here the portrayal of the horror of the
situation is maryelously expressive. The
shuddering self.pity Of her yielding to
Scarpia, the steely look of vengeance in
her eyes as she grasps, the knife the sud
den flash of hatred with which she
plunges it to bis heart, the frozen terror
| of her face s,ysse places the candles by
him and lays the 'cfuciix on his breast,
the awe and tragic intensity of the white
figure creeping softly to the door as the
drums beat outside--these are indeed
touches that linger long in the memory.