Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
THE ART OF ACTING.

about csc one afternoon. Where is
evecy bodt:"
= can't tell you" replied Monty.
"Thcy weren't in the city. that's al |
know The house was half empty. and
the mining market as flat aS GiShwater.
7 don't believe I've made Il pony this
month"
- never knew London so empty. Not
half q dozen theatcrS open; which is
rough on the dramatic critic, who has
20 write about the drama or starve.
Charles, give me some consomme and
some grilled salmon. and Will these
lamb outlets take long: Very well.
chen, III have some outlets and an
Imperial pint of III, as quickly Us you
can. please
Going anywhere" asked Monty.
eyes: to n theater you probably never
heard of-the Elephant and Castle, in
the New Kent road. By the way. would
Eou care TO come, tool have two
etalls?" inquired the critic. 1t might
anluse you, if you've never been 10 that
sort of a theater before. They're play
Ing an Old-fashioned melodr:lmI called
fMadrina, the Alarionette Makct s
Daughter in five acts AMI twelve tab
teauX."
Does it matter about my not being
dressed?'
Dear, no. Nobody dresses there. I'm
only dressed because I'm going there
officially
Then I shall be delighted. Charles,
Is NY coffee ready"
IN half an hours time Monty Bra
ham and Frank Kortright werc i'll Il
shansom on the way to the New Kci:t
road.
IT'S the devil Of wav," remarked
Monty after time.
If you really want TO see fine act
ing said Frank, you'll have To travel
a good deal further than the New Kent
road. / shall never forget the impress
sion that a certain company made up
on me-neyer. 1t was at the PoushSine
theater, at Krasnoyarsk. The most
marvellous acting you ever saw. Talk
about Irving. Salvini or Barnay."
What, the South African chap:'
NO. no; I'm speaking of the German
trazedian. Why. their man Ostolopotf
could wipe the stage with any of them.
And that sweet woman, Archangleski
as beautiful as Julia Nelson, as grace
Gu! as Ellen Terry, with all the origi-
eaI.ty and reposc of La Duse, combined
with the force of Sarah Bernharlt.
Barely 10 years of age-I knew her pei
EoGally-a most interesting girl. The
low comedian. too; Little Pix. So full
Of Lumor and resource. Never at Il
ioss-a mixture of Arthur Roberts and
Noblet. He was n very distinguished
politician at one time at st. Petersburg
in the Russian ministry. in fact; but
he took 10 conspiring and they packed
him off to Siberia. I met him in pr-
vafc Half his head was shaved, he
twice tried to escape" And so on.
and By the time Frank Kortright had
finished his description of this ideal
company of comedians he and his
friend had reached the Elephant and
Castle. They were only about half an
hour late Madrina, the marionette-
makers daughter. WAS in bridal attire.
about 10 be married to Hans, her faith
Fr's young foreman. But the villain
had entered. accompanied by a very
shabby attorney, and had Informed the
assembled peasantry that her father
hac just been fOully murdered. And
Oh this assurance the police were re-
tuctantly compelled to arrest the bride
.grOom-ciect on the capital charge, as.
although he had not been near the
house of the deceased the knife which
did the deed had been found i'm Hans
room. An old halfwitted villager called
BeppO was exercising confidence in
Hans and grave doubts of the villains
bonafides, which evoked loud applause
from the audience. And IL anyone
should ask why this was going on, the
answer is, because it was melOdrama.
WHO'S the chap playing BeppO?'
asked Braham. presently.
That? Oh, that's poor old FitZ-Gib-
-bon-Arthur Fitz-GibbOn-one of the
real old school. He used to be on the
western circuit, as they call it. He's
played all the round of legitimate parts
Hamlet. OthellO, Claud. BelphegOr-
everything. in fact. Isn't it almost in
credible to think that our fathers and
ser3 ndfathers actually admired that
style of acting2 Listen to his ranting
ard declaiming." said Frank.
You can hear every word he says
though, can't your" suggested his mat
ter-of- fact friend.
Hear it? Yes, / dare say! In the
next street, I expect! But that's no
the way people talk in everyday life
surely. And his gestures! Why, II
goodness xeme is he throwing hi!
lands above his head"
81 suppose it Is because he Is appeal
ing to heaven" said Monty.