The herald., 1895-03-10
THE STAGE
AND IT'S VOTARIES

Miss Adele harrington OF the calhoun
Opera Company illustrates the fact that
there is expressiveness in legs. There are
comic opera stars and chorus girls whose
neither limbs are symmetrical and attract
i've to the chappies; some of these ex-
nress the luxuriousness that Graves hot
birds and cold bots; others the tempera-
ment that goes with dummy" and
bottle of ale; the British blonde IN her
nrorortions as shown in her tights sug-
gests at once the character that shows
taste for cold beef ribs and a mug OF an
an 'alf; the slender, sinewy contours OF
Madamoiselle Josephine, Eugene Hor-
tense de Piedleger of the Paris bouifes
speak eloquently OF the atmosphere Oh
the boulevards, Il pate, u bottle OF cnam-
bertin, cigarette, and sip o. apslhtiie
But Miss Farrington's physique as
shown in those white silk tights III the
second act of Amorita, is as indicative Oh
intellectually of an artistic mentallty as
is the torso of the other Venus she Oh
Milo. or the legs of her Medicean sister.
She is certainly a remarkably attractive
Young woman, one who pleases the eyes
of women as much as men.
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The French actors are in New YORK
headed by Nine Rejane and are Paying
Nine. Sans Gene with great success A.
Nine. Reiane is thus eloquently de-
scribed by Dauphin Meunier in the Yellow
Book. ,o,,
form face, not beautiful, scarcely even
pretty, which looks upon the world with
an air at once ironical and sympathetic;
a brow that grows broader or narrower
according to the capricious lnvaslons or
her aureole of hair; an odd little nose,
perked heavenward; two rogulsh eyes,
now blue, now black; the rude accents OF
a street girl, suddenly changing to the
we'll bred murmuring of great lady;
abrupt, abundant gestures, eloquentiy
finishing half-spolen sentences; supple
neck-a slender, opulent hgure-a dainty
foot, that scarcely touches the earth ana
vet can fly amazingly near the celhng,;
lips nervous, sensuous, trembling, curl
ing: a frock, simple or SYMPTOMS, bought
at a bargain or created by court-dress-
maker, which expresses moulds, COM
pletes, and sometimes almost unveils the
marvellous creature it envelopes; gray,
grave demeanor; grace, Wit sweetness,
tartness; frivolity and earnestness, ten
derness and indifference; beauty without
beauty nothing capable of everything
such is woman at Paris; such IS the
Parisienne, Nine. Rejane is the Paris
ienne, is all Parisienne incarnated.
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Los Angeles audiences are as provincial
in one respect as the usual gathering that
welcomes barn stormlng company at
country cross roads store, in that they
think when pleased that they should with
great camor demand more like children
who think the second stick OF candy will
be sweeter than the first, but find 1T SIM
ply glowing and destructive OF the sense OF
pleasure derived from the feast already
had.
If an actor does clever bit of work
the audience must needs howl itself hoarse
and make the poor artist attempt to re-
peat his work. This insistence destroys
the continuity of the performance, mars
the effect, annoys those who take their
amusements like people of sense, and pro-
duces arrangement all around. An eX-
preston of approval is no more than
courteous and is most satisfying to the
performers, but this greedy insistence on
getting more than has been paid for is
simply form of i'll breeding.
1t is true that the managers of all the
theaters either openly or tacitly agree to
this abuse of the good nature of actors,
for their employees generally form them
selves into clique and often force repe-
titions upon an audience, which are not
desired. metropolitan manager would
discharge on the instant any usher or en-
ploye who was detected in giving noisy
EXPIRE ssion to his opinion of a performer
by applause; our theaters should be made
metropolitan in that respect.
Announcements
Orpheum The show at the Orpheum
the past week has been the talk of the
town. At every performance the house
has been packed with delighted and en-
thusiastic audiences and Manager Patrich
announces another company of top-notch
artists for the coming week.
Bertoldi, the homeless marvel, and the
wonderful Barra troupe of eccentric mu-
steal artists ale the stars OF the new
corners, and they are both the superior of
any attraction the house has yet offered.
Bertodi is an anatomical wonder. Her
wonderful suppeness sets at naught the
theories of medical men as to what the
human frame is capable of, and the sem
satonal positions assumed by her 1.-the
form dumfounds anatOmiSts, and has as
tonished even the contortionsts who were
accorded the first place until this young
woman appeared. Her every movement,
even in her most difficult feats, that are
far beyond the ability of any other per-
former to execute, is grace itself. As an
equilibrist, this wonderful girl is as sen
satonally great as in her contortion act.
Her balancing tricks on q bar which she
grasps with her teeth and sustains the
weight of her ntire body on them are of
a startling nature and seem at variance
with all the laws of gravity. She makes
her first appearance Monday night.
The Barra troupe are familiar in every
capital of Europe, where they have long |
been recognized as musical artists of the |
highest order. There are four members |
OF the troupe, two men and two women,
and every one equally at home in music |
and comedy. Their repertoire contains