The morning times., 1896-10-18
A LIST of the salaries paid not moro
4 than ten years ago by the National
Opera House and the Opera COmique
in Paris 10 NOme of the singers Well


nothing to complain OF, and returns this
season to sing here at 5000 performance.
Flancon, who was then II beginner, re-
ceived S4,SU0 year, so he is another
who ought TO love dear America" If any
foreigner ever did. At the Opera Comique
Victor Maurel received 81 500 month,
when Is probably lne maNimum figure
ever paid to any one singer, although
| Van Zandt is said to have received more
| In the days or her greatest popularity there.
| She returns this season to the same
| tbcater to create the leading role in
Massenct's "Cendrillon." That privilege
belongs exclusively to Sibyl Sanderson no
longer. Marie Van Zandt received 81 900
| n night according to report, during her
| one season Mt the New York Metropolitan.
Melba, who has been in Paris this summer,
| is said 90 have remarked there that her
| only objection TO the United States was
| thai me People thought too much about
| making money. The foreign singers, such
| as Nine. Mclba, who come over here, are
| so free fron any such thought That their
| presence ought to be dreadful reproach
| to all Am orleans.
| T is customary for stars lat least theatri-
| cal starsl, like the sun, TO rise out of
tue East A star, then, rising out OF
the West and travelling in his course
eastward is a curiosity to the tLcatri.
| caltirmament Such an oneisC Cla Clement
lie Is eDureiy unknown i'll tue Last, yet he
mas attained distinction throughout the
middle states and / 5 one OF CLlcago's IA
| VorIIc actors. Some people viii smile at
| the suggestion OF I,al artist fIoundering
| IN the prarie unknown TO the Shrewd mo-
| guls OF tue Gotham Iualto But The writer
knows OF experience whereof he speaks
| when ne says THIS same Cay Clemenl Is as
| fine artist and really great actor and
submits IN evidence tue unanimous appro-
val OF the Chicago critics who are con
| tesscdly more peisplcuOus and honest tnau
certain others to whom is submitted the
| making or more theatrical history.
Clement began nowhere US nobody. He
| maSucated scenery for the first five OF
his Twelve years on the stage and sampled
sets from AeHia, OHIO, on the east 10
| Missnuia, Mont, on the west; from Man
isette, Mich, to Shreveport, La On a Ger.
| tain trip To Montana lie met the great Ger
man actor, BahnnIanD, who found his art
| in advance Of his generation and took to
| raising potatoes. Bthnmann was real.
| ist ana nationalist. he gave Clement
| the ctew to future achievement. Human
| ism became the object of the young actors
| endeayor.
Like all men of genius, and all actors
| are not men of genus, he had ideas He
| conceived an ideal an original character
! 1t crystallizediuto u play. BY some means
| lie became a star in this play. But hc was
| never seen off the one night stand circuit
| Presently he added the character OF
Matthias in The Bells" 10 his other play
| and together they constituted his roper
| tuire.
The original play was called THE New
| Dominion" one night / Glanced into n
| small opera-house where 1T was playing
| The effect was delicious. II was the sweet
| CONSCIOUSNESS OF tasting an unguessed
! nectar. 1t was the Celght of surprise
| There on the stage was a real artist
| The play was very bad, tie company at its
| level, hut the central character and its
| inspired creator and Interpreter were as
nearly perfect as anything on tie stage
| Clement still retains The New Dominion
| in his repertoire and last spring it was
| IN this pia y-that Chicago bowed before him
| and Eastern favor VIII this winter be
| courted, So IL must be that the rough setting
| has been polished and cmbcllishcd To
| become worthy OF tie Jewel II holds
Clements creation was Baron Hohcn
| staurfen. He is Il German nobleman of
wealth, culture, and the refinement Of his
| station. His leisure is devoted TO his
hobby, the study OF ho.any. In this pur-
suit he comes to America and in Virginia
he finds the flower which is more precious
| TO him than any his books told him Of,
| the woman he loves. Hohen>taufr is an
| exquisite character sketch of Il Germa
| gentleman. He has nobility of soul as
well as blood, he speaks English with the
| imperfections of a foreigner, which are de
| lightful in Clements tones, and he makes
| love III the language of lN flowers. His
| flower speech was SO beautiful that asked
| him for IL and he gTa,iuusly sent it and il
is submitted as piece Of exquisite Eng
| iSh:
''The kind OF flower | allude to is in
| digenous to all climates. 1t has been
| known to the most superficial students of
botany from the very earliest historical
records, and has flourished in various de-
srecs Of perfection ever since. The first
Aention is made OF it, l believe, in the
Bible. 1t was then found early In the
Garden of Eden. 1t is not Of tuberous nor
yet of Dubious origin; strange to say, this
| flower was developed from Il rib, taken
| from one Of the genus homo. This appears
to be the most wonderful and yet the best
product OF that species. 1t is also the
only similar product that sprang from the
same source, although billions upon billions
| OF ribs have since been planted at all
| seasons OF the year. and in all kinds OF
soil. 1t appears that in the early de-
vclopmcnt this flower had a very scanty
folia ge-at first none at all-but nowada VS.
| the foiiage is often 50 varied and eXtrava-
CANT in design and quantity us to puzzle the
most learned scientists This flower has
always exercised n most powerful influ-
| enct over the actions OF man.
In an imperfect condition, IL breeus
\ sorrow, crime and death; but when giveI
half cbance;-ft clevates man from n
barbarous rooteatcr to the noblest being
in all creation; makes him consdcrate o
his fellownIan, inspires in him a love for
the beautiful of this world, it makes
brighter the sunshine, and gives comfort
in the darkness, and when the cold hand
of death rests upon his brow that flower
breathes in his ear sweet hope that
watts his soul away from this world on
her fragrant bosom to the great unknown
This gecus is commonly called Woman y
1t is not settled that Mr. Clement will
come to Washington. but playgoers might
anticipate IL great treat in the promise
This year he is lifted out OF the rut OF
his patient one night stand plOdding, ans
with the acceSSions of fine scenery and a
fine company which a wealthy manage
ment have furnished he is become a
metropolitan star. During the winte
he plays cnga agements in Daly's New Yorl
Theater. in Boston, Philadc lphia and
Chicago.
A for the American dranatist. he ap
- pears to be on the threshold of &
golden era. more bountiful than the
prospects OF the silver mine-owneis
in the event OF Bryan's election