St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-03

never should have recognized him. Got
wandering In his conversation more
than once during dinner" Ryapathetie
coincidence, Moors's last days lin CON-
ing years were destined to the same sad
mention. In almost the yeryiw0fds just
written. ~
In sitting out the slepderplaS called
-'Beau Brnmmei.n the mind ,sseye tries
to see iti1.the light of EASTERN praise
aud appreciation Of Mr.. MansGeld's
acting IL the part. But the effort strains
the vision, and there is only disap-
continent at the fantastic and ineffect-
ual framework and the exaggerated
I'interweaving Of the actors idiosyn-
crasies of interpretation.
Sheridan and the Beau are shadowy
adsurdities. and yon are simply to do as
[ the marchioness remarked 10 Dick
Swiveller, shut your eyes and make be-
;lieve very hard that the orange peel In
cold water was like wine.
Originally the dramatist OF Beau
Brummel made him die alone, giving
an Imaginary reception, and saying as
his last words to duchess: ut is not
'sN'Sos ~ 40 WHY az 10tQAs DQCu MI
ending would be true in the artistic
sense, and true beyond all art In fidelity
J to the element of fate in human iifo-
the inevitable sequence of cause and
effect. 1t would lift the play out of the
artificial and give that natural realism
OF memorable destiny which was as true
of Beau Brummel, in q way, as of
Hamlet. "But," Mr.. Mansfield,
it is explained, preferred to
die for his own satisfaction, and knew
that the public preferred to 20 home in
SMILES" So he leaves the scene in all
the pell-mell of men and women, with
George w. doing him one knows not
what. in view of his complete rejection
by that edifying monarch, who cheated
him even out of his snuff-box which he
owed the poor dandy, filed, too. with
Lundifoot's best Princes Mixture, the
dark, moist, scented snuff affected by
the delectable George when Prince of
Wales.
does much for plays and players, as the
recollection of a few stage lives will
disclose The late Steele Mackaye is a
notable exemplar. He wrote plays that
were measurably successful. aud he
acted with fitfui promise that held for
while as illustrative of the Delsarte
system of demonstrating every passion
by facial expression. But he simply
beat the air until he found
an enthusiast like John Swinton
who believed in him. aud wrote with
such ardent praise that it was too heated
to be lastingly accepted by the public.
Swinton was an impassioned convert,
thoroughly in earnest-but his idol was
foredoomed to be failure on the stage,
and now, perhaps. the only memory of
Mackaye that will abide longer than
aught else about his career. was the
superhuman nervous activity, and the
persuasive power which enabled him. a
visionary. to lure funds from capitalists
for stupendous theatrical schemes.
In concluding these papers. the most
peculiar impression given here by Mr..
Mansfield was in remembering griev-
ance against newspaper writer, while
making speech in answer to the plaud-
its of crowded house and emphasizing
it rather more than his recognition of
appreciation. A larger mind would
have forgotten it in so lavish measure
of success, and after an interval of some
years, too.
& But the newspaper writer set down
the truth, and 1t went on record. After
Mr.. Mansfeld's speech before the cur
tain, the newspaper took back the truth,
and apologiZed for the writer.