The sun., 1896-08-13


tnis admirably. A portiere hangs In the centre
OF tne scene behind her. Tho curtains part for
ner TO enter and then close again. when her
song % finished Miss Walker starts to back her
seit through the aperture which the curtains
make. She plans the retreat so exactly that ns
the fnal bar or the accompaniment ends she is
hid from Wow. No sudden backward swing
lands her suddenly at the rear of the stage to
simper and make believe that she feels composed
until the curtains fall Nor does she slowly toddle
backward In momentarv danger of stumbling
over her skirts, with her eyes fixed on the lead.
er's race In the desperate endeavor to find out
whether or not the music will last until she
reaches the rear OF tho stage, and then disap-
pears laterally. None Of these awkwardnesses
embarrass her retreat. 1t is graduated, well
considered, gracious. and gradual. She accom-
plishes the disappearance 80 expertly that It is
only after she has been out of sight for some
time that the effect Of the expert vanishing
wears Off. Then there is time TO wonder IL Miss
Walker really is q creole and a nightingale.
She Is pale skinned and dark haired. with the
suggestion of another blood in the form of fea.
lures and in her dark eyes. Whatever she may
be. evidently she is not simply American. Her
voice Is rather an equal soprano, mellow in
some of the notes. but quite lacking in the
quality that the hair and tho features would
lead one to expect At first 1t seems that her
selections may have made any assertion of this
quality impossible. She sings the horid italian
at the outset and takes shy at An, fors lui,"
from LA Travlata." melody beloved Of the
coloratur soprano, perhaps next to the caro-
Nome" the most beloved Miss Walkers
voice is fresh, but not cultivated, and
there is evidently no lower register anywhere
about IL. IL keeps in the air and IL stayed there
senns sse ssa vsrd End to
River" Certainly the audience thought she
could sing Tho suwanes River" well, with
and nightingale should prove We u the %i best quail quail
ine,. tiles in the % world for interpreting that
the opersc as
and is entirely destitute of any such ordinary
qualities as sympathy and intelligence. She
the high notes and a white evasion OF all that
demanded fulness and force. SO the audience
the aoriture. where it matters little whet ether tho
audience heard what she said or not, and it was
felt 1t. But she had some clear. high notes tnat
reverberated against tho glass roof Of Olympia's
ed Rachel Walker; and Immediately afterward
the spectators could observe the remarka able
sns IN m ht
ance. and there Is no telling how great share
II plays in Rachael Walkers popularity at the
Olympia.
Olga Nethersoie will act here next season in
the new play by Porto Rlche with which Sarah
Will open utAL hedSOn IN INrlS,
and she will go to see how Bernhardt acts It. The
two have been friends since the French actress
saw Miss Nethersole's namboyant Carmen"
in London. She said 1t was vulgar before she
had seen it, but after the performance she sum-
moned the English actress into her box and
told her that she had changed her opinion and
thought the performance was in reality very
fine. So tho two actresses are now good friends
edian OF the Hoyt farces and later in w. g.
Carleton's Lem Kettle" as an unsuccessful
shs sbehe @.
h v.y Hs version 9 ,Ss called 0d
main eheme essn
q, learned critic. is remarkable. Another
Hoyt actor. the humorous Harry Conor OF "A
Trip to Chinatown" is to have new play next
spring by Charles II. Hoyt Burr McInIosh is
to Henley" Illustrated with 200 stereopticon
views. a new melodrama by. the indefa,igabe
pay c.ed ho WAGES Of Ss @ Rs
produced soon in Boston. 1t is called The
Is to er esnw
ming in its building: and all purchasers
Of n be to thfn Henri
living who was to ,e, have o acted here a in The
engagement to Beerbohm Tree. Trees new
.hssrs IN London has been named oGrly
Sssi sSE y fss:
her to be illustrated by the late Charles
H. Johnson. the artist. Harry Rogers writes TO
initiated from those OF Albert Chevalier. who
was only beginner on the stage when Mr..
Rogers first began to sing coster songs. Mr..
Rogers says that he sung them at the old Kos
ter & Bal hall here years ago. Mr.. Chevaliers
reputation, notwithstanding. IL not in
peril. f. s. Willard will begin to act In
this country in November. The Big bonanza"
after years of desuetude will be revived next
season. Paul Arthur Is to remain in London
for three years longer. Yvette Guilbert is sing
ing MY PEARLS a Bowery Girl" In French In
Paris. Who could have translated it2 In five
city theatres comic opera companies are re-
hearsing works to be produced here within the