The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-29

would permit Eugene, vino is not her en-
gagged lover. a single small kiss. They are
seemingly quite as much moved aud inter
ested as though they had right to be.
When Candles female friends and
their admirers come in a supper is served,
and great hilarity prevails, these persons,
these irreproachable persons, laugh quite
naturally at the jssts and witticisma When
Camille" sacrificed herself-in a very un-
pretty and French way-for "Armand's"
good, they wipe their eyes aud noses, and
when she finally dies they shuttle outright
No for. l mean, which-or, rather,
how. No, give it up.
OF Bernhardt'S art, power, and grace and
charm il seems TO me there could not De a
! question; though confess was not more
impressed by them than | have sometimes
been in more obscure actresses. She is a
woman Of taste, an artist; her dresses are
not more costly and magnificent than ex-
| quisitely harmonious and becoming. The
| old jokes upon her thinness viii coz tainly
have to be retired now. She is no longer
thin at all
Then went to see Booth in Hamlet"
| Booth, who was always, OF ell who tread
the stage, my ideal, my prince of actors. 1t
isn't necessary TO be invdious because you
| admire one actor or actress more than 9TH
ers. What is il Paul says about zone star
different from another star in gloryP' That's
it. One is greater in some one respect, and
another In some other; and the scholarly
refinement of Booths conceptions. the
delicacy, the beautiful repose
and majesty of his renditions, al
| ways charmed me 60 the last degree.
When. as Hamlet, " he instructs the players,
/ always think how himself is suggested as
| the opposite of the ranters he condemns !;
he is always so beautifully controlled: ex-
pressing SO much with his splendid eyes,
his speaking features, single eloquent
gesture, an attitude, an infection.
Now, it may not be because he is older,
but only because l am older; but it seemed
to me looked in vain for much had seen
| in his Hamlet" six years ago. Face, figure,
carriage, and above all, spirit, seemed aged
and listess.
The conception was the same of course
the dignity and g ace were there; the fine
eyes, the fine voice; but the glance and the
tone that electrified the whole house when
be CRIED NAY, know not! Is it the
kingW or touched every heart when his
despair babe "Ophelia" "Get thee to a nun
merry" were lacking.
l noticed, too, with establishment, that
| the house was ab ut half full, and of the
eighteen boxes only one was occupied.
But when get homesick and stified with
city life, and long for the open skies and
prairies, go to some good stirring play
something beloved of the people, with a
fine, good,looking. well-made hero in it,
physically invincble, mentally and morally
infallible. and with fetching way of hold
| ing the herolnes face in the hollow Of his
hand. up against his breast, as you would a
little tender babes after he has smashed
windows, laid out the villain, and gone
through fire and water to rescue her.
There is plenty of good, bumptious, swash-
buckllng eloquence in this sort Of play, a
villain who has somebody Sin his
power,"a good old man with"a secret !"
| and a pair of lovers with "a barrier 10
their union. There is usually, too, a fine
dog, often horses, some good singing. and
| plenty Of noi3e and excitement; and l find
| it a very fair substitute-when q good play
of its kind, like "The Still Alarm" with its
| fire engine and beautiful white horses-for
gallop across the plains, or 'rassle with
pony with preconceived ideas Of things.
ALICE MACEDONIAN.