New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21
-, q giving benefit to Lydia

pear on OF ~, or,earod last night IN Brook
anu NJoude Adams IS IN Chicago fiCh"'"
Ns.,a presenting "Cyrano acted ias' h'sn'. ''
Ma '-s-e Julia Arthur IS IN -. LOUIS. WI
- ives the present week 20 brookS
Berne E" a., Roston .... Modieska is acting IN
Nc - r,l,nos .. Olga Nethersole VIII appear III
c., IN March 27..... Sol smith huSSe" j. u,
fos"' 90, Viola Allen has been received
haAs'S ,,vo- IN Boston ...... Francis Wilson
VIZ va last night IN Chicago. Henry Mllief
eP' ,,,uado,nhla . John Drew will close his
r., engagement in Philadelphia on March zo'
Arrie Russell Is In Baltimore
- nroductions Of the old Dumas romance
ne - 1,rea Musketeers" appear TO 10 exceed
@ .os,s~ous--the one at tho Broadway
me- ~ o.ber AT the Knickerbocker Both OF
-. ~. worth seeing hut the better play and mo
-. oc.ine are shown at the Broadway,-ior MI
ue' 49,. srarna excels that Of Mr.. Hamilton alike
- Ingenuity Of construction and fehclty oi IAN
- and Mr. James O'Neill IS superior 10 MI
80, IN romantic spirit buoyancy grace dash
,.5.b If gesture fervor Of feeling. rapdity OF
't".,,-,ol transition. impetuous action. neodious
M. o,6 svrnpathetic delivery. The perform
- o,,.e- nv Mr. sothern is neat. earnest. ami
80 and picturesque. and II moderately pieaSeS
80 and taste. That given rs MI - Nelu Is
.-ortic lmnassioned. and brilliant and lO s-iihu-
,..os the Imagination warns the ieeImss' "'.o
.,ssos the mind Miss Blanche Bates has mace
dee impression. anu Nllf A+i'N WIZ 49,
-, nv her acting Of the wicked Countess
-. r6rovrd Collier has caught tho exact mood
:. che Glow but intrepid and formidable. ForthoS'
A. Harry Saint Maur. while he lacks weight OF
-A.~ac.er md imposing intellectual concentrauon'
A.. piohe lleu nevertheless presented an intenseH''
,hoprhtful. suggestive study or the as'u'e '"'"-
~. o,s made him a figure upon which the eye
.,igbt linger and the memory might d"eH "'.
s.nt Maur however has retired from the cast ano
-. -,rb. Ptcbelleu was played by Mr. Henry Lee
.h,ee acting has no finer intelligence out more
o,eb. TIE representatives OF Athos ana Ald'"''
-. largo and resonant. but they SIGNIFY ho'I'''.s'
e.. .Ar,oes- n the beginning OF the play and me
.,.o,ous imperial picture at its close are sihsu-
,-,v IMPRESSIVE as scenic spectacles MI - Mem
-. ~e,ovsred from the heavy cold with when ne
80. ,,,~or,,r last week and he is acting with ms
usual fuency and force l., &,
The end % the present dramatic seaSot - -
~. During the next six or eight weeks the uue
- o,.e~rrlse will gradually ebh. The season posan
.,r snd a. has been one OF remarkable activity
- has been attended IN almost every drecuoh'
O.. ,,ia nrosnertv The chief quest has been
49,. =, material success. There has not been much
- .rasevor and only few artistic achieve
80 ., u high order have been disclosed No IN
euence IKE that Of Edwin Booth Is no" e%e' .''
,,,on the American stage and, IN inc tosei'Ve u.
r-eat controlling personality.-that IS 70 say ."
.rsr,o actor OF great and dominating genius-the
.-ss,s,,,r Invariably occupy the field. They are
q, ol-,ost conolete possession Of It now and there
.o-s ,ernporarily the policy OF theatrical manage
80 &c IN the main dictated by the propensity ana
strong desire Of the gaping multitude 10 o. S'i'N-
~ with wonder or TO DC tickled with n straw
~, ,ouec.o-s Of theatrical books will doubtess
welcome the ponderous volume. entitled ACTORS
:, ~. Century" which has been made by MI
77r.5er,o Whyte. and published by Messrs. George
~ g. sors NJ London Works Of this class are
,ssanv manufactured, with the aid OF copylS' q
,,ssors and n paste-pot. William OAoeriy anu
me Rev John Genest set the fashion ABOUT s''
,r,v-ove wears ago. producing, however, more SUD-
tartial books OF the kind,-even Il less !uAui4ou'
Dc have been sent forth since, by any OF lAeH
humorous imitators. IN his preface to Actors OF
IN. Cor.,.-r" Mr. Whvtc says that, until recent
,,r,o no was ignorant q various old theatrical
hiograrnies and anecdotes, but having become ao
o.,s3nted with them. he has been moved 10 sa'heI
his glearings into this receptacle ior the O.N''s
- leaders who may happen to be In that STATE Oh
,.,o-e,oa from which he has escaped. An EFFORT
>, ,-.oa the changes that the English drama mas
undergone In the course Of hundred years anu "
,scrbe them 70 their various causes personal anu
socia'-the influence OF great Individual perform
ers OF ingenious and powerful writer's anu o. '''9
literature o. other nations, would Involve years
~ nrenaratorv study. much analytical thinking
vide KNOWLEDGE Of human nature and OF history
End the rare faculties % taste and Judgment TO-
retber with oxper: skill in the selection, cohlehsa-
lion and coordination Of facts. No such e"o''
has been made IN this book Indeed its author oe-
olsres that the pictures with which = Is omhel-
,ebed and which are numerous and sometimes are
,rslel'v good have impressed him as more Naiud-
fie Than its text IN this opinion be is Jusuneg9i
He has however, in3usriOusly consulted many GU
-naflc f,ooks-such as the Chronicles tSone
sco-. ~ n Ergish stage from The Restora-
t. ~, 7es5 ~ 1S2tl made hv Genest and the KEN
HE bioFraphies. made by BOyden ana campbell
spd he has welded his extracts from those auia 9r
a
es described by himself was portfali"re l"'"'.
Ina1 oosrSpf cr irirbt,olored verbal tesser
6,ts OF luminous criticism bits Of vivid acscriIol
significant sayings. illustrative anecdoles nar
ottsc+ has been well accomplished. The compiler
S novice IN his judgment as well as IN MS Kio"',
~ the clever assumption OF DISCUSSES
& great point in acting but ne has made an amps
scTap0ag Of the good things OK othef prolle ~
While s scrapbag IS never valuable II may prove
convenient
Mrs F,ske. at the Fifth Avenue Theatre last
,lgb. ln1personated Guberte in the melancholy
md iroonseouent play OF "Frou-Frou.' That play
has been known for nearly thirty wears and
although II now reappears In somewhat altereA
form, being more ike the French original il can
scarcely be deemed a novelty. The FIRST Ghherte
N his citv was Agnes Ethel $50. Tho most
brilliant was Sarah Bernhardt. The play. which
IS generally well constructed constitutes an ap-
neal for sympathy with n frivolous young woman
g sort ~ human butterny,-who. proving 'ha's-
ouate 70 the duties ~ the married STATE oecores
.nsapelv Jealous OF her more sensible ana capahe
sister and IN frenzy ~ mortified vanity ana
ossn4-ate resentment deserts her husband her
child and her home runs away with a vacuors
liver sous her honor and degrades her person
ana her lie by base and foolish sin. and thereaicr
IL ths misery OF clear perception OF the wreck
that she has made repents and dies. II is din
GU, 20 see that any valuable result can come
from the stage exhibition o. this posture or eA-
done
GOOD u any human being The sight OF fool,
indeed. is usually pitisble and GHberte inspires
coulmiseraton; but. in a world that is full OF
trouble. nobody acquainted with actual grief can
deern Il privilege 10 shed tears over FOLLY. The
heart can be touched and the mind can be en-
nobled by the spectacle Of ruined greatness pul
az, bov-a,.er enlendid or however expert cannot
make q tragedy out Of the drowning Of Il kitten.
Mrs Fske among her many virtues. ss an
aofress rossesses In particular. the virtue OF