The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25

herself peusris.s. che .did not give her grief sa-
for 9sistifdfs. And, as tina changed things too
much, some OF the audience took hor Tor n
schoolgirl being scoldod By a very imposing old
This non.resIstance caused some further sur.
prise at the first hearing OF the cry approved BY
etandD that Nine. Duso utters at the end Of tho
fourth act. But II ie precisely because she is
creature that she couid-Irmand not being
Of the father, It Is impossible, even after her
sacrifice has been q second time effected, to rest
dumb under the contempt and the insults Of her
lover, SINCE he is then there and she secs him
through tho improcations Of the Young man a
crescendo dcsolation Of 'Armandoi ArmRndoi
Armandor which was never dreamed Of by
These cries, in order to flavor the finale, arc
true In their place. The yocnl continuance.
HSngmSh, DO not xii. mel need moi. Contradict
il surprised Why, feeble and frlshton aaS as ss she Is,
you jus! now However. this Is oniy; a second
But here is her third discovery. 1t is much
happier, and Nine. Sarah Bcrnhardt does not
the last act, when she seeks beneath the pillow
across the opening lines merely. then repeats The
tqSs w'i Il b. ' Sesrt. Then II ane M RSs'f b;a SssH dies S dc
liciously; 1t IL a death most plaintive, most in.
more ,nbed, more infinitely true, less hardy,
less singular, less startling than the VERT,
SAY say u onee for Z, all Mp' 1 do S"r not re eernnSlo these MH two .
grand artists for showing us their range, for
there 10 no common measure for computing the
discover at this moment Is, that ours is more
sovereign, that she has more Of what Is called
wishes. But the Italienne insinuatcs her per
sonaiity more sweotly and more mysteriously.
Mime. Dnse has lent the same insinuating
charm to Mdgda. She returns to the homo OF
Father SchwdrtE, not rs Nine. Sarah Bernhardt
does. like the ostentatious. capricious and noisy
sentimental and gay. 1t Is true that In toning
down the gait Of revolt and tho air of Bohemian
the naive illusions and exactions Of the wonder.
full Colonel. But note how promptly. and with
what exalted art, like unto nature herself; with
what sincerity, with what intensity, and moro
over without theatrical extravaganza, she plays
the scene where she tells OF her conduct TO that
depth of disenohantment and with what Ialta-
tfon she spows forth the man and his Lowell
cence, joy, and the eIementary sentimentsiism Of
the country fair. we find the 1~talienne all purity,
with her bunoonery 50 fine and caressing, AND
adored.
Lastly, that was a perversion of the 'songe
nnnEio. It resembles a drowned out, trans
fbSsS%i4Es S,S q 5 ISSfi ts sIass IN al, M linz;
there was distressful upon the outside OF
that perversion. From the moment that she
mistakes for a spot OF blood the lady bug upon
her hand, and recalls the memory, of her lover
killed in her arms, she showed us a luna tic,
wheeling, and q dreamer; a sister of the trees
and flowers, an 9sthetic dryad according to RIOS
sotti or Burne Jones; a pervert. In fact, whose
state OF mind was not essentially different from
that of some lyric poet; and there again tina,
which dominated was her grace and sweetness
THAT Is all now to be said. Nine. Duse ought
to give before her departure La Femme. d.
Claude Then l may finish this limited deini
ton of her talent and shall cndeavor to accom-
plish It. But 1t is very trying. in judging &
comedicnne. not to know the language sht
speaks. One Of the results OF this intirmity IL
that the spectator is ill the more alert for tina
which Is curious and attractive in the person
ality. Yet seeing but the woman us she is, tn,
same woman in her many roles, ono is tempted
to believe she may be the same in all OF them"