The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-05
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Of foreien.rs. Now 4 T. hlled at ever, night
called the elite o. the town; The most nota.
PIE people, 20 rt to see her: She is spprosed a BY
now scattered ali over the house. but the
greater s number qon. c 20 e t Is "a F.llr ns2, T yns ,o ,ns
Fl sfm fls tSs ' islk f sfI sSs az e s Ti's cF Iass 8
iSaam Z is w nh"' i ssSm ihcst HsS Sscp ae'e eslf s,, eH n
tepthV %i. me th asTs' 'hnnds m and NO nSis ns'''s MS st.
ISsf n 1SPn Its, i \ .s sRs a %ssy d eHSpsn;
with, delight rs, they embrace one another and
ges,iculate and talk between the acts. they
then thrown into great excitement oy a mono.
syllable. With the more guarded Americans
in a different way. They. order their, names
put down for every performance. They an
order to understand her every word when she
comes again next year. They will not agree
but say. with Dr, Ylumenthm OF Berlin. thut
she Is the greatest living actress, They salute
they have not missed a single performance.
eauiyocaiiy natural; that she walks on AMI
their sewing rooms. not with halfthe ceremony
WIN which tho average woman would walk mo
p!eases as Coqucli u does sometimes and ste
hehCi .HOLS ~ mage. ~ thu' phiuoo koV''
which is applied TO every other star in the
world. because every other woman star plays
subord ii'.ats Of i"S ali P'a other parts when she is
on" The critics say that abe has some mys-
1HslSo uSe a9q or i1.tMsc Sohn Dpe sTp apa o pn4eiy Nor GI-
man tone or method thnt makes her what she
T.. and lint II i not her nat1falpe Is Which
that the same. .naturalness would have kept
such artistically, eyaggeratiye PLAYERS az
tirely. Her company is trained 10 initiate this
naturalness and absence OF art, and conyen-
II The Stage aet lands at the Fiji Avenue Thea:
ire talk very interestingly about her, she isa
assert ..ait tha M't sh ," never er Rene r"nca ,rs but that Is
not true. She and the players OF her troupe
nase ,een together err, many any yea.:' " ana h.n a" n n%s
piece is put on, hut they had to, have some re-
hearsals 1T first 20 understand an American
stage and to nccustom themselves to the .n"w
attempted the rule has been for the Cavalier
man. to put the company through tour or live
rehenrsals. and then to call upon the Madame
fore The first pabiic sxhiIiiion. This, Cavalier
Ando is one Of those romantic characters who
more sor ire9uentiy than on the stage. He is said
to he the noble son, OF q wealthy aristocrat, in
i haIsr% Would ds not s" Derm si1f ni@ a to Be an aU act H,.
but he persisted. 1t may be true in this case:
There ia a thing told by the stage hands that
is both true and very interesting. That Is that
Nine. Duse absolutely surrenders herself to
her art. as we have seen by her Indifference to
notorie:y. to society. and TO all the ordinary
pleasures OF a star..such as dining out. giving
dinners. calling, sishtsesinS' And the b rests
to the theatre she comes to play a part. She
enters her dressing room and puts herself, in
part and begins to assume it. When she leaves
the stage ut the close Of an act nothing must
break me ss spell i. Which iSni r she n has nsr i0 rSom. u SSs
speaks with no one. sees no one but her maid.
end will not be INTERRUPTED in the rossesslon
- fbn ,Nn chat 10 ~ har fhn mani
to the dressing room to chat with the leading
ceive n visit from merry, callers; but the Duse
lives the, life Of Camille, and Is charged.
emotions. As for the rest Of what the stage
hands say. the Madame wants nothing. and Is
PLEASED with whatever she gets; Snr shows
sadly matter-otfac way.
She isa pessimist. It is not thought to be
tive or that she is sickly in any way. Her i'll
nesses. at intervals. do not denote any organic
says. lis not worth the pain it brings" And
every now and again, she says: 1T is good
lies the key. to her temperament. Brought up
in a cruel. hard school; she vas pursued by
success can be expected to outweigh in such a
fne.fibred and ardent nature as hers. She
strolling player child who had to support her
parents in the rural districts OF Italy could
Sso - = . e"oS foos ~ iito
which dies slowly in most breasts. abe has
certainly lost it. Now she has thrown her
self into professional work and cares for MOTH
ing beyond 1t. That is why she Is 80 easy to
plcnse. The trifies that attend mere living are
nothing to her. She does not care whether her
dressing room floor is bare or carpeted.
What she cares much for Is to see the fam GUS
players OF the world. She saw Henry Irving
In Lear on her way to New York. She drove
to her hotel. seized paper and pen and ink.
and wrote her Impressions. She forgot her
supper. md. when she had done writing. went
TO- bed without it. She win not tell what she
simply says that Mr.. Irving is q great actor.
She saw Bernhardt, some time before. and OF
her she says: Il take CT my hat TO her. at her
feet" Tint Is p%rettier than the reply OF the
French woman: ".Duse Is good. but not great:
she initiates Bernhardt. In one thing she must
be very different from Bernhardt. and that is
in her ability to. hide and alter her true figure.
At the hotels. where she has been seen In pri-
vate live. she IL said to look short and somewhat
stout. On the stage her admirers credit her with
looking short. stout. tall. thin. angular. grace
full. pretty. ugly. sad. and sweet-all as she
chooses. but never two things In one night.