Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-17
sowing the Wind" This Evening.

Sowing the Wind'' This Evening
 Sowing the Wind" with it's heartc appealing story its powerful moral-les~ son, it's dainty touches of comedy and Is great "sex against sex" duel, will be with us at Q'Briens opera house this evening. The company will be the Same that presented Grundy's remarkable drama in the principal cities of the caufi- try. Under MT. Charles Frehman's di- rection there is not more evenlylbal- ancea or capable organization of players It is headed by MT. J. H. Gilmour: "a ara Miss Mary Hampton. One of the thurs oughly artistic. figures of the stage tDdayi is the MT. Brabazon of MT. Gilmouf. This actor is devoted disciple of a clean and good school of histrioncs. His is the tart that conceals art"-=that subtle, subjec- tive portraiture which makes us forget we are in theater and plays along our heart strings Here is a young man equipped by nature and training for the most dashing of romantic roles, who dops the habiliments of. age, sears his brow with simulated sorpow, through which gleams rays of belated joy and hepei is tender with the love of a parent, feeble with the ravages of time, or strong with the passions of a great man; and yet does it all so effectively, naturally and artistfca1ly as to make. some play-goer speak of that lovely old man who played Brabazon. The writer has heard this remark and felt the force of the tribute to true art. MT. Gilmours reading, too. is a source of continual delight to the cultivated ear, and always attracts as 1t did last season in this city, the atten- ton of students of dramatic expression. Miss Mary Hampton, one of the most beautiful and accomplished of this city's stage favorites. will be the Rosamond. This young lady has been enthusiasti- cally praised by the leading critics of the country for her characterization of Grundy's heroine. She is now undisputa- l bly, acknowledged to be the most perfect | mistress of her art Her walk her ges- | lures, her facial mobility and the exqui- l site modulations of her voice would de- l light the heart of Delsarte himself were l he alive to see her.
 Nature has been most generous to Miss l Hampton in the matter of physical as | well as mental attributes She is tall l TIth willowy gracefulness of figure | and her well-turned head rests upon a neck that might excite the envy of the l queen of love herself. She has a bright | and twinkling eye--for she Is a clever conedienne as well as strong emotional 1 actress-and the delicate curves of her l mouth are sweetened by an archness of l expression that can only be compared to 1 the smile of Thalia, when she has made, merry at the expense of her tragic sister l Thomas Whiffen, well known to the oper- 1 atic and dramatic stage for thirty years 1 will be the irascible MT, Watkins Fred | CHICK otfons. an dcIOr or SIerlfnE reDHte | the Lord Petworth: Guy Standing the l Sir Richard Curstor, and all the other 1 leading characters will be in capa bIe
 hands Of the play little need now be said. It may. however, be remarked5 that | it is one of the most fascinating and pow l erful of the new school of dramatic | works. and thai everywhere it has proved | magnet te the 'play-goer It will of l course. be papduced with the same at
 tention to detail as characterized the per l formances everywhere else. During the I fifty nights run of the play in Boston
 the conservative -TraHscript of that city | declared that ''he who fails to see Sowing l the Wind does himself an unpardona bIe l injury" and this is no stronger than the language used by other great newspa- pers. '.,ss'.a.. i- it 1 l..45 ea,4 .a- lIiV 1 Denman Thompson's told Homesteadss,sS Some one. has likened a visit to 'sThe 1 Old Homestead. to the trip of the waifE6f
 the city to the country in the burning hot I city to the country in the burning g;Sftos
 days Of summer. The wide, open c9HnJ
 try, clear blue sky, sparkling. 1ntra
 water. scented fields, wholesome food l and exercise and smiling friends blow Iil-
 to blazing and healthy energy the fresiof l youth which had been banked and l hushed by the grit of entaiied poverty l and ignorance. They are possessed with I a strange feeling of strength, gladness l and hope. The sunshine of heaven. r,tire 1 and untramelled. has poured into theft l shadowed lives and brought a glow Afd 1 vigor. which blossomed into smiles and 1 words like the purple crown of a Nlac 1 bush, long repressed by dense foliage I and shade. A noble charity is this fund l which gives to the little wanderers of l a big city an annual taste of sky ana | woods. and stirs their cheeks and eyes | with an emotion of pleasure, which sits | so well on childhood. 0S se,t -, A--.Is Fathers and mothers, brothers and sis | ters, children of an older growth, are taken by '4The- Old ffomestead'' upon a | spiritual excursion with much the same 1 joyous effect.
 | It will be presented here on Saturday
 night.x s gE-i l-N ~a |, srs .s s { | on the stage : fn-3 which there
 is no vifain. ''ss mo trif1ing with l hearts, no display of passion <. rr
 anger: but instead poem, preachjng peace on earth and goodwill toward