The herald., 1896-04-19
PLAYS and PLAYERS
Continued from Fourteenth Page.


manner and appearance have under
gone complete change, and have be-
come those Of a little miss of 10 or there
abOuts. However, be she ten or twen-
/, ty, she is dainty, clever little body
and a great favorite with the Orpheum
audience.
We are often told that beauty is only
skin deep. and that brain Is what Is most
admired and courted in this nineteenth
century of ours. This Is all very well,
| so far as it goes, and in encouraging
to those who are not physically woll
| favored, but everybody will admit that
beautiful face is joy forever, and
when that beautiful face has the ac-
compartment of talent, as is the case
with Miss Isadore Rush of the Roland
Reed company. then all go down before
it, and acknowledge that beauty has a
power peculiarly it's own in the affairs
of mankind, and that it Is q god thing
| to be favorite of the gods in this re-
spect.
1t would seem from the enthusiastic
greeting it always receives. that the
popularity of The Bohemian Girl will
never grow less. Its charming melodies
seem to have cultivated them.
the people in such a way as
to make the casting off of their
haunting spell an impossibility, and peo-
rle are as fond of listening to The Heart
Bowed Down, I Dreamt That Dwelt
and The Fair Land of Poland, as they
were in the first flush of the operas
| success. The Carleton company gives
very evenly balanced performance Of
This opera, Miss Atkinson making a
charming Airline, while Jay Taylor is
perfectly at home in the part of Thad-
| deus.
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We have been hearing great deal
4 af vi, q
ring on the thumb. The practice has
| Deen much abused, even sensible little
| Bah taking UP her pen to have her say
about the einappropriateness and foolish
! ness of putting hoop on ones thumb.
| Well, OF course. different people think
| differently on different subjects. and
then. too, there are thumbs and thumbs.
1t is safe to say that Bah could not have
( observed the becoming. manner in
which a handsome ring orna
ments the dainty. thumb of Miss
,sadore Rush, else she had
been a convert to the practice and
been willing to admit that as with
| everything else in life it all depends on
the point of view.
The Josephs Brooks Henry Miner syn
| dlcate has secured for this country
Shamus O'Brien. the Irish opera CON-
ique now running in London under the
! va SNiCH VI holi AUGUSTUS Inc
! entire original production. with the ma
1ority of the members of the original
company. will be brought over. The
| attraction was secured by James C.
Duff, citing as Mr.. Brooks representa-
| tive.
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| Among the penalties of dramatic sue
cess there is no more piercing punish
| ment than the hysteric flood of adulation
tnat is poured out upon the defenseless
| mead of the successful actress by her
feminine admirers. Miss Davenport and
Julia Marlowe Taber seem especially
devoted OF the gods to this sort of pun
| ishment.
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1t is likely that Paul Arthur will not
! pc seen IN America again for some time
| TO come. He has been engaged by Geo.
i1dwardes to play an important part in
| that managers new production. The
Clergymans' Daughter, which will be
made known in the provinces April 10.
| Ihis provincial production is made for
Tue purpose of putting the piece in shape
| for a long T,Oudor ms, 1922