Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15
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II is not often that one has an oppor.
tunity of seeing such fipishcd and nrtis.
tic work On thc Fort Worth stage rs
the performances OF "Clotildp," "LuBclle
Russo" aud Forget Mc-Not,' boy JEFF
freys-LcWis and her own company.
There Is % magnetic power about The
lady and n refreshing originality in her
work that never fails to make her warm
friends. She throws tradition 20 the
WINDS and the methods and teachings of
the clocuiOnary schools are entirely liz
norcd. She sinks her personality Ia
the character She loses the actress in
the woman whose life she portr0ys for
the time. IL Is not Jeffrcys-Lewis, Il II
ClOtlde. Geraldine or Stephnine-the
living cmbOdinent Of the authors ideal
character that walks the stnge. or
course the critics mny say The theme of
the different PLAYS are very similar, yet
each character has an individuality of
its own and The nature of the roles are
radically different. These three char
actcrs, while All are of the adventures
type, are vet ns widely divergent as
thcir names, and a successful rendition
of the three requires degree of ycrsntil-
ity that tow actresses possess OF can hope
10 achieve
The glvatcst charm IN the work of
Icilrcys-l avis Is IT, nuturulncss and the
cuiirc absence of anything Ike aftectn-
ton She carries each role as though
the part was a portion OF everyday life,
and not % decentralization ut the Imaginary
character Graceful In all her movements,
easy and natural Ia gesticulntion. clear
and distinct In enuuciNtlon. she appeals
ut once TO the artistic sense of beauty
and the delicate taste Of the literAtcur.
She Is intense where intensity is de
handed, strong whore strength Is essen
tial aud wouanly in the softer situations,
I'm all her scenes she is true TO nuturc
and this h the realism OF true art La
her most bitter denunciations she does
not shrek aud howl but IN every intOnn.
ton conveys the full intent aud mean.
Ing of every word she utters. Her move.
lnents and gestures, though unaccom
panied 10y word, are more effective than
spoken words could be- In each Of the
three characters she okilrlly limns The
passions and the SORROWS of the woman
who ~ determined to ascend by pulling
others down, yet who In her softer
moods has longing aspirations for some
thing higher and better aud purer thar
the life she has known. Aud In Label,
Russo, whore she Is forced to foregO her
schemes through her love for her child
aud Ia Forget Me-Not" where sh,
yields her cherished plans of forcing hel
way into that society, from which sh,
is an outc0st, by means of association
WITH lNNNfhNN MWWltnH through nNNuil
| fear, She rises above the actress ant
shows power that is the slit of natur,
and not Of art
Harry Mainhall had abundant oppor
| tuuiucs I'm both the plays that held In,
/ hnams Yesterday 10 show his power
| Smooth aud easy in his work. nevo
/ dropping into the stilted style of th,
/ schools. he gave vigorous. manly an,
strong rpnding of his lines. He Is al
| 81 sfllftl ftt Tho autnret lao
sw0ycd the thnractor he assumed al
was Jclfreys-lewis IN hers, Of goo.
stage presence. handsome, easy an
graceful he presents that most difficult
| typc, a determined. resolute, implncabl,
/ man, yet one who does not forget for al
| Instant that lie Is a gentleman and wha
| should be expected Of him as such. tn
| roles he carries are those of a man com
| PEELED 10 dcnOunce q woman IN order q
/ shield and save his friends from dis
| grace, and who M the same time recOil
1 from the task because his opponent Is
| woman, aud his chiVnrOus nature pro
| tests against saying or doing aught L
wound her.
Miss I.stha Williams in both play
| has some rood opportunities for strOn
work and ia each situation she prove
mattor 0f fact she easily divides III
! houNrs with the star SHE IN hand
some woman. with a good, clear vote,
and carries her audience easily from ia
irsl moment 90 her appearance,
The remainder OF the east Is as stron
as could well be- Ia fact, Il Is tho mos
evenly balanced amt stlmugcst supportin
company that has been here this soas0r
The thcaterp0ing people of reNa
should not c0nlound Jefirtys-l Lewis wit
Lillian Lewis The former gives
strong and finished performance an
Is much more pleasing Ia every way
/
| INTENDED B0NDSATAN JAILET
Last night Deputy sheriff Joyce al
rested Walter Conner on 4 gaining n
dicntNDt As he was goiug 10 jail hin
they met friend OF tonner's who sul
gested Jim Hicks could make his bono
Joyce knew they wanted Hicks but d
ga not have the warrant IN bis poke