The morning times., 1896-07-26

Inc hbrEn ia p1ocettoi lO-.s5. A'ov onS
wouiu bo u Dessaf, oiss .iseu 50 t.iSs i.sf
own la,a.er ana ,no.iIcs iasicd ~ iccOsi,.<e
ner, anu nna.e le4nstdAiEs inyest.saelvrs
IN view OF giving tfio wisr's sofS of re'
I.er Now s,.o 1ouio lie u toCtEIcaa old
lazy, driving ABOUT In u buggy. my stiIy Ing
l.iv i.viki.Do.s y. t,,e wilo.s .oulari sis.s-
At a later stage size TOOK TO amusing
the IaIliily with Impe ersUpsi ions STUDIED
from living types, uiscaroins all oster
ald OF Disguise or niake-up. Here was
tue instincl oil TIE true artsst, working
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pletely to her conception OF character
.nas i. suDoIaiDa,eu All her physical means
10 lae .-ena, sRer4~--.- r---.s i,s---.q..
a personality, complete in itself. 1t grew
into u ~o..O.-- 49, ------7--.- -
friends wherever size went, Hnui at last 1t
was suggested that site should exteBd 10
the puu,Ir tie pieasufe so keeniy enjoyed
by her own circie, ana 1oiIow W out The taleer
p,aiDIy iiuicateu Dy Eef titlen.s. ihe mo-
Inent she appeared ia public, before
critical Lonuun audience, Ahss herioro's
suICes4i was assUrtu.
Her nietsod is entirely Fer own. With
OUT accessories OF any sOrr size einboaises
soIae Dpe VI character such as one mee.s
III Galy NE; ,fmSing, speaking anu act
ing QUO the very personality, ana throw
serpe. as it were, by implication. All
ttsis size DOES win q delicate realism.
wlGch entirely marks off Eer types from
the stock gio.esQucs with which ti.c pio-
fessieEli entertainer has Northumberland
bored US.
Aaiss aerford's presentations are the
pfouuct OF taat tine observation and that
penetrating buinor which are or the es-
seBte OF genuine art; her perspective is
true, the balance OF her picture Just.
Nothing escapes her vision, and her physi-
cat meens respond accurately to the de-
mands she makes upon them. She thinks
GU. the individual character from the type,
whites her sketch, and then gives herself
up TO her creation. 1t sometimes happens
taaf In the very moment OF presentation
u character develops yet further and
SPEAKS, as 1t tswere, on its own account.
Mis-, Herbert never fears to yield to this
SELL assertion on the part of the per-
SOFA iiy she is harboring; tine remarks are
uniai ingly cOnsiStent-nay, characteris-
tic. So vividly vitalzed is each type that
II positively creates its own atmosphere
and surroundings Who that has ever
seen F" A Tram Baby can fail 10 recall
the horse car with its passengers: the
Fascinating and fidgety little traveller,
with Ills inexorabie questions and his
PERSONAL investigation: the indulgent COIL
drctor waiting for the coin which baby
would rather keep to play with, all con-
iursd up by the mere aspec: of the proud
mother, apoloeizing to her fellow-pas-
seugers or daintiiy preening herself in
The iutervu's OF calm wIiin the car giides
smoothly along the street?
Mics fierford's face is highly sensitive,
mobile. and her pantomimic gifts are re
Eiarkahle. In "a Country DressInake the
Ui..zl--a art xx-iI eta
pats OH fashionable veil Is inimitable,
and crescendo of applause invariably
follows the stages OF this elaborate bust
meas. II is impossible. again, not TO keep a
lookout for the completion OF the circle as
she bastes round tile hem Of an imaginary
dress across her lap. geaisliy entertain
Ing her employer the while with lively con-
vers1tion on all sorts OF subjects: and when
presently she rises to drape tile skirt ore
has distinct vision Of the lady also rising
and standing to endure the pinpiae OF the
niateriat aroGnd possibly to heri
How familiar. too. is the type OF . shop
girl, discussing her own private affairs and
those OF her neiglibors with fellow as
sistint. flirting with an acquaintance across
the counter: barely deigning TO serve the
casual customer whose interrupt'o, visibly
boTes her, After an absence of four years
Miss Herford is about to revisit her old
nome. and give her friends aGd TIE rraat
American public an opportunity OF seeing
her talent in lis maturity. In these mimetic
sketches she has got quite away from the
furnor OF rross exagreration and sheer
incongruity to the subtier shades of tire
hurnor that lies in the deep observat' on or
everyday character. Her technique. rroyz-
ing with her growth. is to her art "a is the
hes,ih 70 the body: it enables II to ignore IT.
self md find free. natural exnresSinn. And
the keynote Of her ~ca'us Ia sincpritv.
MRS. WILLIAM ARCHER