The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-20

well be and still be called singers,
sun, such great prestige seems to at
tach to his name, especially among the
minimizing, that he always has hosts
Oh pupils, some of whom are themselves
teachers of forty or fifty years of age.
Ihey all adore him, and at every BIRTH
day the flowers, bouquets, editions de
luxe of operas, and the photographs
which this old teacher gets showered
upon him, are simply overwhelming.
We have one OF his pupils here in our
house. and week or so ago, when his
ninety-first birthday came, she was up
almost with the sun, and sailed out of
the house couple of hours before
breakfast to buy him a basket of the
freshest roses that the fower-women
had brought into the city, which she
took to his house instanter, with the dew
still on them He must be a dear old
man, for even the other masters all
love him, too, and they are not given
to loving each other over much, you
know. He Is the Oldest teacher on the
staff Of the Royal academy, and on his
last birthday, the ninetieth, the other
masters all united in making quite a
demonstration in his honor. 1t must
be all because Of Jenny Lind, and be-
cause of his great wealth of eXperi-
ence In teaching, too, I suppose. They
say he is a most charming man, ex-
cept that he always keeps poking
Lind" at his pupils, until they all are
tired to death of hearing about this
wonderful artist of the past generation.
Some Novelties of the Stage.
"His Excellency," the light opera
running at the Lyric, was rather catchy
and interesting the other evening, but
it is not quite deep enough to give one
well, brainfag. We left before it was
over. The play of the hour is the one
l spoke of before, at the Garrick, called
"The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith." All
London Is talking about it and it's
heroine, Mrs. Agnes Ebbsmith, which
part is taken by Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
who is the actress who created and
made such a success of "The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray." had held out all
along that l did not want to go to see
it, and that / would not, either. But
you are out of the world, practically,
If you have not seen it, as everyone in
London is extolling Mrs. Campbelrs
great acting in it, and the first ques-
tion, after an introduction to anyone,
at tea, at a dinner, or even at the
Academy, where you are supposed to be
filled with music and nothing else, the
first question is How do you like Mrs.
Ebbsmith?'"
SO at last gave in and INDUCED in a
shilling seat at the Garrick, for l would
not pay any more to see it. 1t is NOR
bidly horrid. l did not enjoy it single
bit and hate the whole thing cordially.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, however, is a
marvel, as her acting in it is really
superb. She rises to absolute inspira-
ton in the part, which was written for
her. and which, of course, suits her
down to the ground, and there is no
knowing when we shall see the end of
the play, as it has taken such a tre-
mendous hold upon the public of play
goers that they will not be happy with
out it. Mrs. Campbell will no doubt
make her first bow in New York during
the next year or two and you will then
see her yourselves. She is said to
strongly resemble. both in appearance
and in her methods of acting, the cele-
brated italian, Eleonora Duse. whose
appearances both in London and New
York Were such a delight to playgoers.
That Mrs. Campbell is a great actress,
there can be no doubt, her progress,
since her creation of Mrs. Tanqueray, a
few years ago, when she stepped from
the amateur to the professional stage,
having been nothing short of remark
able. The play which gives her such
scope for the exhibition of her extra
ordinary powers as an emotional ac-
tress, however, is most dismally NOR
bid, and can surely do no good in the
world, that / can see. However, they
say that it is one of Pinero's greatest,
so 1 suppose that it needs cultivated
tasts. like the liking for caviare.
Sadie q. Kaiser.