Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-26

her to be insolent to the woman bearing
her fathers name, there is no sympathy.
It is supposed that she always knew, and
yet there was day when she was as
young and as innocent Of wrong as the
purest girl OF your AGO uaintance.
My Master, the Critic, would like to see
somebody like Mary Anderson play this.
Bother! Paula was woman, not girl; d
sinner, not u saint; healthy, normal
woman, whose life had not destroyed the
sweetness of her disposition, even if it did
make her burst out once in while in an
expression of temper. To my way of think
ing, Paula, as played by Mrs. Kendall. is a
marvellous study. The Mrs Tanqueray does
not exist in Paris, consequently French
actress would not have portrayed her as
well. There are few of her in New York,
but she is essentially of London. Always
handsome. always with that We're de We're
air, she is ready to be the hostess in the
house of the man whose name she bears,
rightly or wrongly, and as long rs he
loves her, his friends show her a certain
respect Possibly, she is fond of the man.
Very often the tie between them is so
strong that nothing but death separates
them, but she is unlike the French cocotte,
and she is scarcely known il this country.
Coarsened?
MEN MORE INDIFFERENT THAN WOMEN.
Does any one ever touch pitch without
being coarsened2
Do you know. | think one reason why
so many men rave against this play is
because it hits them very hard. The
Paulas in life are the result of mans inhu-
mainly to woman, and men don't like Ia
be told OF their weaknesses. Somebody
said that they would like to see Sarah play
this. have the greatest admiration fol
the marvellous French woman, but she has
never been able to portray the grandC
dame, and with all her faults, with all her
bad temper, Paula still looked what she
originally was, by birth, lady. You can
cite every part that Sarah has ever con
ceived, and among them all you will moi
find one who is born to high estate. Ano
another thing, the Second Mrs. Tan
queray' is not possible in Paris, for Q
Frenchman's love would never cause him
to make what might be considered an i'm
proper marriage.
If you are woman, want YOU to go anC
see this play; If you are man, it doesn1
make any difference. Being masculine
you look at il with the eve of critic
being feminine, with the eye of a woman
Finer in your nature YOU can understand
better than does the critic the warming o
this woman for the love of young girl;
girl whom she believed thought her all tina
was good and sweet. You will dispise thi
girl as Ibid. The young girl whose religion
causes herinnocence 10 in such pecula
state that without knowing she believe
wrong of her stepmother, affects ME as d.
agreat many religious people-people VIII,
would not be recognized By Him o
Galilee. -.5
OF course, in the play, the greater part o
the work falls upon Mrs. Kendall, and sh
pictured Paula as she would be in real life
growing little weary of the monotony o
country life, longing, as would any woman
| for social position, nervous and easil
| irritated because she is so much alone
constantly referring to something in he
| old life that she wishes to forget, and We
making every effort to besa good wife d
lar as she knew how. | am perfectly Gel
tain that Aubrey ranqueray was a dea
| happier with the sinner than ne was wit
the saint who bore him that unpleasan
| daughter. Most of us find saints yer
difficult and very unpleasant to live with
Having all other virtues, they seldom pos
sess charity.
| QUIET DRESSING IS APPRECIATED.
I'll tell you a fine point that Mrs. Kendl
| made. and that none of the critics noticed
| Just before and Immediately after her maj
| riage, her inclination was TO dress at ono
magnificently and rather too gorgeuuslN
but with little observation she quiete
down until pretty silk gown, suitable fe
/ gentleman's wife, and an evening dres
with few jewels, showed that she wa
learning to dress as gentlewoman does i
| her own home. Her friend of by-gon
days, who had married lord, was radian
| in red satin and loads of diamonds, whe
the Second Mrs. Tanqueray wore a yer
| plain but superb yellow silk, trimme
with real lace. and with no Jewels exuep
the comb in her hair. Another thing tll
critics forgot when they saw this play, an
which it would be good to call the after
ton of the actors to, is the ease with whic
the men on the stage wear their clothes.
saw an actor the other night, a very we
known one, walk around in his evenin
clothes with as much grace as if he were
bootblack, and yet he was supposed /
represent gentleman. The critic doesn
care; the critic has so much space to fill;
he can abuse the play or the players,
much the better; he thinks that is beiu
piquant Anybody can throw mud; bl
TO lind the good takes little care. To 5,
the perfection in picture means gre,
deal; and to give people credit for the
work is u generosity that My Master, I'll
Critic, seldom possesses.
He finds fault with the Second Mr.
Tanqueray;" she can smile at him. Wome
know she exists and men are afraid of he
The mirror is held up very CLOSE to natur
and from the day that Adam claimed til
the woman did tempt him, men ha,
feared the truth. l tell you it is a gre
play. You may like it or not, but We
must see it, and you must not, being
woman, be affected by whar My MasIe
the Critic, says. because, after all,
doesn't master youi and he doesn't mast
Bah.