The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-26
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Grnnd-NefhersOle i'm ..Camiile."
Only fair in size was the audience, but
more discerning one has not faced candi-
date for stellar honors in Indianapolis this
season than that at the Grand last night to
welcome Miss Olga Netherso,e in Camille"
There seemed one fase impression that
fingered with the attentive audience, even
after it had given rather fattering
recognition to Miss Nethersole on her first
entrance The gifted English woman fairly
had to plow her way into the appreciation
of her auditors. 1t was uphill work and
doubly so for a stranger in a strange land.
But once the people came to understand
the Nethersole method they warmed up to
the artistic in becoming style. Perhaps not
since Bernhard appeared in indianapolis
was such sympathy extended toward the
ing effect produced by the personality of
Miss Nethersole is that which. compels
and throughout every scene that one is be-
holding-not perfunctory reader of lines,
be star--but a real disqualification of great
ness in dramatic delineation of character
And this, In woman only a few years out
OF girlhood, commands the truest homage.
The. personality is half the art. and in Miss
Nethersole's case It would win her. recog-
milton e accompanied BY the crudest meth
DDS. The upper half Of the face is almost
q counterpart OF thae- Of the Capitoline
While hs the fiTm tragic c mouth and Delicate
chin complete in contour features of rare
grace; But It is in Miss Nethersole,s eye.
heavily lidded and dreamy, that turks her
power of fascination. Nethersoie is an
actress either in repose action. In the
here. 1t must be truly said she left little
undone that would sEsyI rest Camille--that
Camille which women love 70 imagine was
the real person the romatic Dumas intended
TO picture and not the one as the world SO
well knows her; Nethersole's Camille must
be essentially different from Bernhardts or
buses as her personality is different. But
that IL Is Camille. In heart and action, there
can be little doubt. She is first siren, then
lover and last of all woman, sequence
which impresses ono as not any more the
result of the Nethersole conception than
sole is assisted by wonderful voice, as rich
as Cora Potter's. and whose softest
spoksn Word carries re- distinctly to the re,
In that voice lies so much of her real power
that IT, is a question. IL she uses it to the
Nethersole Is as effective as in her elocu-
ton. Not only do the hands and arms
scensuate the meanng but with TIL the
made TO do Its part in portraying the para
doxical Camille. In the love scenes nothing
chaste could easily be imagined When She
rubs her cheek AGAINST that Of Armand
vet It betrays only the first exalted passion
which. the unfortunate creature presumes
to feel. Such warmth and wealth of kisses
was even bordering on comedy. q region
where the highest tragedy loves to linger.
1t is with distinct pleasure one contem-
pletes the privilege TO study such a one
Nethersole during her brief engagement.
In Maurice Barrymore Miss Nethersole
bad powerful Armand. who fills the re-
onirements of this tempestuous character.
Mrs. ~. j. Phillns made Madame Prudence
the. really unfeeling animal that she was,
ana her work was appreciated. The beauty
and grandeur in the character of NJ. Duval
~ not even approached by Barton HILL and
Was mar TO the famous scene with Cam
lille when she makes the great sacrifice.
After the second, third and fourth acts
there were three and four curtain calls for
Miss Nethersole which she acknowledged
~ strikingly original manner. bv making
inst closed. The bill tonight will be
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. vnmdeviIlcs.
Five OF tho acts of Strohs vaudevllcs.
which opened last evening at Englishs
Opera House for a weeks engagement
make the aggregation one of the best of
the kind on tho road. Several of the re-
naming acts are decidedly tame IT was
~, source of great regret that Fougere, the
French singer, was unable to appear on ac-
count of hoarseness. #. w. Stroh stands
out distinct as the attraction of the com
pany. and his feats OF strength are indeed
wonderful. For two weeks Manager Chas.
Haysted has been i'm the city telling every
body what a strong and wonderful young
man Stroh Is, but last evening il was DEM
onstrateu that he has not been eXaggerating
his stars ability, az managers are wont to
do Stroh performs feats OF strength which
All the world has applauded Sandow for
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