Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-17
REGONE, DULL CARE.
ssovuy Of Tone Apparent IN Artistic
as Well as Material Affairs.
ox AND GALLO AUDIENCES.
e Bcrnbnrdt's Estimate of
asuora D"''-r'e DECENTRALIZATION"
uh, and Hypnotic suggcs-
- Attractions This Week.

.......raticn 10 groan and grumble
i~ -,tne century. Financial hard
'-' ,.,r,rv pcssimlsm. cidactic DRAMA
i' cr.eInr tyranny OF the politico-
o. ~.rark." seemed conspirins to IN
,. back-phrasc. fin De steele with
..,s significance. and 70 land MS
.l..5i Of dolefui dumps. from which
.,4 only hope 10 be aroused. II nj
ODD. dawn Of new era. Happily.
90. no proved necessary TO wait SO
fr tse reaction. Already. with hVe
..ri ,n hand. there are on all sides
...ps " a recovery or zone and OF
.....f huoynncy. which give good
.o th4t We may yet laugh the CEN
1,t after all Such a laying OF
,.t dispersal Of Nightmares as
ham -ecertly in progress ought 10
,s even those who have been most
-...o 20 The depressing influences
,....... tva or three years Rarely. in
am th,re have been so many di-
......- far chcerfulness. so many in
.... ., optimism. al work at the
...,e II there were nothing Ia re-
NN.'It AtN' t"FN '-' "a I'D
..-... uIich have been so unmistak-
ist. u would be no small mat
...., complaints OF monetary tight
...f.. feuCes OF retreuChment have
. .,,.re ,tc most prevalent symptoms
49,. ... .r depression now passing
,,.f -H. pf0misc Of a new series
... ,..r. and with the friends Of
t mo helm. To help even
.....r... of Industries towards bet
.,.. ther- ie surely ao lack Of en-
...t pop the material outlook.
. ..... tis there as not "A little 10
.r various other DIRECTIONS. that
... or Gloom and erimness is. FOR
,....rr. DO least ~ an end. For one
I. dismal neurotic novel, with
.I...s unDlcasautness. and its con-
... spirit u revolt. is becoming
rr.t.r ir5'i-ont
trsr they are recovering their
s.-,. people are beginning 10 wonder
,e r.r can ever have been bcsniled
800. taking au this morbid rubbish seri-
r As long as they were attnned 10
,....s..n. they accepted its most mon
.r r.relopmCnt- with exasperatng
,.-,Isaucc. INT With returning cheer
..-..- has come "A welcome revival OF
Go enrsa Of humor. and the iictional
..ls who "did" and DIDN'T and
sli" and "wouldn't." are. at last.
,.r~ laughed out of court. At the
...frf- g similar recovery IS apparent.
.Y long time since there was cX-
.Ht..i under the clock such a clean
100 ~ dramatic health es is presented,
..- that the autumn theatrical season IS
On roo swing.
r.. woman with a past" has ceased
, r.D her woes across the footliehts
~ would have been too much TO invite
,-roers. fresh from the enjoyment OF
Summer 80 well attuned 10 our restored
.rahiness. to yawn over seN-problems,
.l sat under pTagmaucal piaywfishts
uII 81 purpose.
The point ~ view 10 certainly every
ling. In late issue Of the Contempt
,-y Review. i'm the waywaW course OF
3lscursiyc article most appropriately
oN,d. Talent and Genius on the Stage
ST. George Barlow. whose didacuc tone
.,-,,gI, !. sembies that Of the other Mr.
p.r.lw. ihe reverend instructor Of sand
fora ana Merton. makes complaint OF the
behaviour OBJ Saxon audiences
Nothing is more noticeable he says,
..1,,i want OF controlled and self-sus-
f...I attention during the progress OF
t..r" And again. The ordinary spec
f...r never gets far enough away from
-t and his neighbors to become
t...uriiy absorbed in the play, thor
.r.f. lost 10 d. az though he himself
V...0r The stage. watching real scene
a.f .Hne Tins state Of passionate an
..In (Which foreigners pass into WITH
..t ar, dNcuityl che naturally is not
re.t...fy aunoyed when the young lady
II ir calls loudly upon him TO look
afI.r e,-s'- sarah Bernhardts eyes, that
Is o.. ..N
Nf th's &c plain sailing. Mr.. Barlow
OIL r.o, DO the saxon. when seated at the
Iy tendency TO make ana endure OBJ
..tt.ror. which the Gaui and Italian
would neither indulge in or submit TO.
4..t s definite. and. OF my humility,
49,. prepared 80 accept this as settled
whom stumbled OH the New Review. with
.. .r...r by N Febvrc. brilliant actor,
AMI .y.n OF tho Coincide Francaise'
..u -a .,0rs and Audiences" and here
Glanced upon another opinion on this
t-m l.Ht
.ir SO F-hVrc had the good fortune
fl .. several times "A little comedy. the
ur CO. piece obviously 'Ours.
dough 80. l,tNre refers 10 this play as
aa..ter comedy in tho very next para
-r-.u .a- lfl IN park on gloomy
...rl day. Tho rain and the wind were
t-rtfE $500 The yellow leaves from the
tre- a.' .a the midst of this scene. very
taDtl.N a1l very simply, two lovers
v.i. l-ttug unlcr an umbrella ana
saving thousand pretty things 10 each
,t.r Dr. N.ls "a delicious piece of acting,
.. tle public applsuded 1t TO the echo.
$3.50. .. this would D. impossible, except,
I.Is 10 the Theatre Libre. But In an
'.N if.itre one would hear laughter
t.I Ht-i.flurs. and somebody would
r'. "Wtst an absurd ideal Fancy
ra.te iUt, under an umbrella" and a
reHi other witticisms."
N..e lees the truth then? Is the
>A.- l.tt-ru,r superior 10 the Gaul'
a. It ftutie asserts because he has
..'1 700 ile theatre. whereas the French
mails internal chuckes." spoil the
pleasure hc might haze were he "1css
" or Is Mr. Barlow right in as
.tr nat the annoying comments
lr-lshmdn and American would
Hat1 he Gaul or Italian I'm WHOSE
l''.-. contrary 20 NJ. FebVrc's eX-
'+r' 'such Interruptions would be
Though one cannot recon
'' i'e estimates OF native and for
't' audiences. one can endorse, and
q 70 heartily some few Of the judgments
~ uHe Conflicting writer's. NJ Febyre
"t She good old days before the
}a took his place in society. Mc.
lfOH rrercts the decay OF elocut0n,
'he growth OF undesirable manners
ALIAS. We are all at one here. l
tta.
Af amazingly clever woman Is Sarah
''''ar.C Cornercd bv an indiscreet
'Nir"tr with the question. What do
uHnk Of Slsuora Duse?' she re-
.i "lhat clever Signora Duse. She
great artist. and will become one
Ne greatest actresses Of the modern
'"t. She is a true artist in senu-
'... ti- has very largely the faculty
representing the truth without eXag-
CREATION. Oh yes. Slgnora Dnse will
NiH- rrat-Yery great" Could any
'if te more adroit? There is no dis
] ..U.|ff..rf fr .rfffcfeut only bland