The record-union., 1899-11-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

1t was a good Monday night house
that greeted Miss O'Neil at the Clunle
in the New Camille" the Bernhardt
version. adapted for Miss O'Nell by
Barton Hill. Her Camille was dls-
tinct success. an artistic triumph. it
was a conception of the character dlf-
fering in several respects from the con-
ventional, but mainly in the business
of the play, and it must be confessed
with gain in the intensity and realism
of the drama. The only adverse CRIT
icism to be made of the character in
Miss ONeil's hands relates not to her
art, but to her personality. She mas
too severe, cold and assertive coun-
tenance to be the ideal of the beautiful,
captivating and brilliant Camille of the
story Yet despite this fact she IN
vested the character Win strength
sympathetic power, tenderness, fasclna-
ton, and the passion of heart break
ing to be loved, that only the true artist
can 1t was the work of conscious IN
telligence perfectly confident or It's
mastery of the work in hand, and sensl-
tive to every art essential to the per-
lection of the romantic and tragic de-
lineation of the character. 1t was
especially strong in action and in as
sumption of the workings of torturlng
emotions and among these intensity of
grief. the depths of sorrow sinking TO
the level of despair were profoundly
conspicuous. Her business was espe-
cially fine. With no apparent evidence
of effort to produce effects, she yet SO
managed every detail, with consum-
mate cunning, as to accomplish the fuli-
ness of every design. 1t was a splendid
performance. one of the order that sat
isles eXacting tastes and compelS en-
thusiastic tributes to be paid to the art
of the actress. These were not wanting
last night as was testified to by the
frequent and insistent recalls at the tall
of the curtain upon each act. Mr. Vroom
was an excellent Armand; too mature
for the part, It's true, lacking in the
buoyant youth essential to the pictur-
ing of the ardent, tempestuous, jealous
first love of young manhood. But for
all that it was read and acted by Mr..
Vroom with a depth of feeling and q
refinement of taste that gratifies the
lovers of the legitimate school of acting.
In Barton Hill as the senior Duval, the
ton of the old-school acting by an
artist who fought and won his stage
battles before the present generation OF
actors We're out of short clothes. His
Mons. Duval was one of those ex-
quisite bits of acting art that is given
to us only by those who have made the
drama life study or are the products
of undeniable genius. Too much credit
cannot be given for the manner in
which the play was costumed In every
detail to the smallest, it was accurate
Both men and women were costumed
according to the vogue of fashion IN
the first years of the century, and with
a nicely and richness wholly satisfying.
and to the younger people in the audi
ence it must have been a revelation.
Tonight we are to be given that
splendid old comedy so closely inter
woven with the life of one of the most
famous beauties and geniuses of the
English Stage in the last century, Peg
Wellington. 1t is a part which has en-
gagged all the great condolences of the
last fifty years. 1t is the dramatization
of Charles Reads Masks and Faces.
and its characters are all striking. 1t
was as Peg Wellington that Miss O'Nell
scored such a decided success in Lon
don. Tomorrow afternoon at 3 sharp
the curtain will go up once more upon
the powerful play, 'Magda," by many
held to be the bes, for Miss O'Neil OF