The Washington times., 1894-06-24


| equal to the occasion and demonstrated be-
yond any doubt that she was still the mag
netlc actress of old and that she had lost
| none OF her wonderful qualities OF f1exibiiity
/ OF voice and dramatic fire. and that SO far as
personal appearance is concerned she seems
TO defy the ravages Of time. After the third
| act OF Izeyi,' Nine. Bernhardt was recalled
| eight times. and it seemed that the audience
| could not showertoo much applause upon her.
! When 1t is taken into consideration that it
WAS cold-5looded. phlegmatic English audi
ence which was thus stirred up to the high
est point of enthusiasm. it may be safely con-
cuded that La Divine Sara must have exhib-
tied remarkable dramatic power. Izeyl is
four-act sacred drama by NM. Armand
Sylyestre and Moran, which has had long
run at the Theater de In Renaissance in Paris.
The plot Of the play is located in India at the
time OF the coming OF Buddha. Izeyl is a
beautiful courtesRn. who tries in vain to en-
snare the new prophet"
The Dramatic Mirror says that Mary Ander-
son-Navarro denies the widely circulated
statement that she is writing her recollections
OF the stage for publication. She says that
she has been asked to prepare such work
by several book publishers, but she never
seriously considered their proposals. She.is
in blooming health. and, as one who saw her
recently says. ''she seems happier as a wife
than US an actress
Eugene Fields latest and best story OF a
good many weeks concerns Stuart Robson.
When Lawrence Barrett's daughter was
married. a few years ago Robson sent n check
Of 5000 as the wedding present OF the house
OF Robson. 1t was conveyed by Miss Felicia
Robson. When the young woman got back
Robson said 10 her:
Felicia, dear. did you deliver the check to
the bridegroom
''Yes, father" answered the dutiful daugh-
ter.
what did ho say?'' asked Robson.
He didn't say anything" replied Miss
Felicia, but he shed tears"
How long did he cry!"
why. father. didn't time him; / should
say. however, that he wept fully minute"
Fully n minute.'' reared Robson, why,
cried an hour after I'd signed itr'
A quaint idea has been selected as the mo-
tif OF PhlaRder Jotnson's '.Marken, or the
Legend OF Vuur-Bril." which the Strakosch
Opera Company will give for the first time on
any stage at Albaugl's Grand Opera House
tomorrow night. The scene OF the per-
formance is laid IN { little island of Marken,
in the Zuyder Zee. ll-Iland. where the we'll
tO-do people combine with their habits of
THRIFT an unwavering devotion to the tradi-
tons OF the past. Their costumes EUw are
tine same rs those worn by their ancestors in
the remote past. aud for oddity they are un-
surpassed by those oi any people in Europe.
In the ilr-t net tne audience is made well ac-
quainted with them. and the nEale brings on
II young man from Ncw York, Derrick De
HOoGh by name. who comes 10 fulfill matri-
noDim engagement made for MIN By his
parents when he was child. He is at once
mistaken for the demon Vuur-BriI of the evil
eye. his monocle contributing TO the misap-
prehension. The legend upon which the ac-
ton OF the opera largely depends is told in
song by one OF the peasants, karel, as fol- |
lows:
Fer pen had touched on history's page
There lived upon this Isle
count. whO, greatest Of his age,
Fell meath womHns smile.
Until he met her all his life
III goodly works had passed
She brought him only grief and strife,
And wrought his doom al last
Ter father had n dukedom near,
And looked with longing eye
On MarNen realm, yet did he fear
His neighhors strength TO try
Alone he did not dare 10 strike.
But through the woman aid
Tho good count fell Delilah like,
Her husband sne betrayed.
BY burning poison did he die.
and ere his souI took fiignt
lie cried. "luvncibie was l.
let crashed b. woman might.
shall not rest; cech hundredth year
My cusroned haunts IN find:
And IN protect the good men here
rom wicked womankind"
Bright grew his eyes with CLASSY light; !
The woman feared 10 stay:
In wrathful terror at tse sight
She plucked an eye away.
\ burning blush OF grief and shame
Oerspread his dying face
But mir cici dazzling fame
shone in the eye-Dalis place.
whene'er he seeks each hundredth year
The place where 50 be.uiled
the wind sounds out in accents drear
And murmurs ferce and wild;
And when he breaSs the spirit chain
Which egstwhile held him fast,
He Joins the wind III wi.d refrain,
And sings, - III here at lasti'
IL the second act Derrick is not only an OBJ
ect oi apprehension 20 thc peasants but he
: apprehended "a a iamous European crimi-
nal who has been traced to Marken. The
egeud specifies tina: il Nuur-Bril looks upon
womnu she must marry within month,
.nd il upon a man lie may never marry so
Ong ~ he stays IA Marken- The result is an
court<hip OF the men by the
;ir,s. aud what would be under ordinary cir
,unstauces Il renar5abie cOyness on the
mems part In the third act the complica-
IONS are cleared up and the men become the
g0oers, the women achieving their revenge
y replying to them in much the same
6nSua.e as that used by the timorous m;tscu-
ines. The Young New Yorker. Derrick DE
ioogh. who i the unwilling cause OF all the
.onst::Butlon. is Il victim OF circumstances to
most ludcrous degree. not realizing that
o their way OF thinking, he is more an ob-
ect OF ainazemeut than one OF their number
would Ge to mos; people in this country.
In the dialogue the libretto has preserved
he crispness ri expression which has
made its author, Phiander Johnson. {
o widely read as newspaper writer,
nd the music by j. Emory Shaw has not
MY melody and substantial merit. bu, gen.
line originality. Mr. Shaw is well known in
his city. in Baltimore, and in Richmond, and
Il corresponding secretary of the Com
osers' Club. which has its headquarters in
lew York city.