The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-29

OF temperament and dramatic instinct ara
lacking in Melba- In the church scene her
face was cutie wooden In its expression.
In the duet with Faust this absences OF
dramatic ability was especially noticeable.
for Jean de Reszke Is not only a great
singer. but grea. actor. And as for Ed
Guard de Reszke. the Mephistopheles. he is
a funnier man than all our leading come
dams.
BY no means the least entertaining way
TO hear the opera Is to buy ticket OF
general admission and choose your own
standing place. You are sure to be sur
rounded by students Of music. for this Is
the way they her the opera. They will
stand throughout the longest Wagnerian
opera without n1urmur. These students
are mostly young girls. They are very
severe, IL not impartial, critics. When they
have finished with Lehman, Eames. Sem
brich and Media there Is not much left OF
those singers. Meiba for some reason
comes in for an unusual amount OF con-
demnatson. My Judgment that they are
not quite impartial critics Is due to tina
fact that have yet 10 hear anything but
praise for Jean and E5ouard dc Reszke.
Maurei, AIbers and others. Jean de Reszke
Is their. Idol They breathe his name
rather than speak II. They4re lost In won-
der that the Juliet OF the evening can &C:
SO Ike stick when Jean Is the Romeo
They are not without philosophy thess
girls A slender little girl with shining
eyes and a black braid OF hair hanging
down her back glanced up at the boxes
ana DOWN at the orchestra stalls. and OBJ
served: Money will buy everything-ex-
cept happiness" Between the acts thew sit
on the door and rest. but they are cheerful
about II. and say TO one another. Never
mind: you wait People win stand to hear
me sing some day" And I for one hope
they will.
A DRAMATTZED version OF Marie Cor
ellis sorrows OF Satan" was put on
at the Broadway theater on the first OF the
year, and after a short and unsuccessful
run was withdrawn.
1t Is. Of course, the proper and accepted
thing 10 make fun OF Marie corells and
yet, speaking seriously. the Sorrow. OF
Satan" had more merit as "a nelodrarna
than "Phroso.' Mr.. Anthony Hopes iatex.
play. or Mr.. Hall Gaines much advertised
Christian" To be sure, the drama held
many absurdiiies though II contained less
than the novel from which IL Was taken.
a much more serious fault was .he tnsa~-
zion % several broad remarks which
brought the blush 10 a sensitive persons
face. fuigarity may pass as Wit in GER
tain classes Of society tn England. hlrt 4,
certainly will not pass Ia the most mires
OF American audiences
When IN. Devil IN anger and false p-is.
says, II VIII destroy man the AIngwhtv
tells him that no words are spoken among
the Imrlortals without being executed and
only when he ss redeemed by the despise4
human worm viii the~great Lucsfer see
heaven again. The D<va. as an influential
human being. dependent upon man fo~ his
redemption. il a large i5ss-an sSea .hs,
I3amsnss a vast space He must terny,
and tempt. every yielding by man or xo-
SzAn dragging him iown. every rezstanc.
lifting him nearer salvation. All TIE s~ere.
OF the play are arranged 70 work out ,als
theme