Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-15

| rest 5, Wnlcn, ike the martial music Oh d
| tramplng host, stirred like the blast OF
| trumpet; but it is the actor with an eye
| speaking like the stars of night who wins
greatest applause and mounts to the great
| est heights
"A look often speaks volumes and tells
| what the tongue would not-the silent
rhetoric of persuading eyes. There is gran
| deur in Stiffness. The voice is important
only when in use: the eye is never at rest.
1t is the minds signal and the souls inter-
prefer.
ut is the actors chief business to express
| the emotion of the human heart. The eye
| discovers the tumult that RACES within, and
! speaks the inner thought even more COM
| pletey than can the tongue. 1t has Ian
| guage of Its own-an expression that Is as
| far above any language as the eternal firma-
| ment Is above the ephemeral butterfly.
| "Walpole said the voice of Mrs. Cibber.
| the soul of Mrs. Prichard and the eye of
| Garrick formed a combination which in
| one actor would render him superior to all
the actors the world had seen could see.
| WalpOle does not, however, give his opinion
on which of these.voice, soul or eye-was
most important. Albeit, Garrick was the
| greatest Of the trio, and 1t was his eyes
that made him SO.
| Many of the greatest actors of the long
| ago triumphed over physical mperfections
| either of voice figure. Cibber had a
| 'Shrilf voice apt to crack and a clumsy
| shape: 1t was his eyes that made him great.
| The three great actors of the past were
! 'mOnstrouS small men to enact tragic roles.
| l refer to Betterton, Garrick and the elder
| Kean. We know that Betterton's voice was
| low and grumbling,' like the notes of
harp played upon with a hammer; that
| Garrick's failed him in great roles, while
! Kean's, harsh and husky, was wont to
| mount into a squeak Miss Berry in her
| memoirs says that Edmund keans voice
| was naturally not agreeable He had AN
! Italian face and a fatal eye John Philip
| Kemble, too-he of noble figure whose very
| finger was eloquent-was constantly tainted
| by dramatic writers on account of his
f,.lI, of
voice was harsh, and Mrs. Abngtons not
naturally pleasing to the ear Charles
Lamb says Mrs. Jordans voice sank with
! steady melting eye into the heart.
| But the eyes of each of the mighty his
| trions Of the dead past We're singularly
beautiful and expressive, the unfaiing SYM
| bols and insignia Of a great soul. Tony
Ashton in his Brief Supplement dwell at
length on Betterton's wonderful and ex-
| pressive eyes eyes that spoke the soul
| thoughts before the voice uttered them He
| could 'transfix with a look, and a SOFT
| glance from him melted the hearts OF the
/ hardest listeners. In silence they had
| speech which all could understand, an eye
| to threaten and command.
"All Of David Garrick's contemporaries
| speak of his splendid eyes, Intelligent and
| darling fire. Often when acting, the mus
cles of his face were free but his wonderful
| eyes retained their fullest expression and
| luster. They never ceased to play. When
| Grimm saw him in Paris he was especially
struck with the marvellous powers Of his
| eyes, which in tragic roles possessed a
gloom and settled despair that was very
| intense
mo less wonderful were the eyes of Ed
mund Kean, which at times Threatened
with scorching luster! All who saw him
| and were struck with their marvellous
power in which might be seen the flash and
outbreak Of a fiery soul. He was able to
| still an angry audience with single look
and in his most tragic flights, the superb
play of his eye was said to be magnificent
Beneath the dropping lashes slept world
of eloquent meaning. Mrs. Barry's were
| inexpressiby beautiful and ripping with
intellect Theater goers of today recall Ed
| win Booths glowing and radiant eyes,
able unfailingly to express melting tender
ness or whitening scorn. Love. anger and
avarice all visibly moved In those beautiful
black orbs.
despite the fact that Sophie Arnould, a
| famous actress during the time of Louis
XIV, had the finest asthma ever heard
along with an unhandsome face, yet pos
sessing magnificent eyes. she was one of the
idols of the French stage.
| "Of actresses of the present time, it
would seem to me that Jane Hading is the
one most gifted with the power of silently
mating the human heart. By a single
| glance-the first billet-deux of love-she
conveys the meaning of countless Words
Manager Chase Of Chase's New Grand,
who is general secretary Of the Association
| of Vaudeville Managers, was notified this
| week that seventy-two specialties have
been engaged to appear in America dur
! ing the coming winter season in the asso-
citation houses. 1t has been arranged that
| the acts shall remain here from thirty nine
| to forty-five weeks each, and they have
been distributed so that all will appear
twenty-five weeks each in the eastern d.
| vision Of the association territory, includ-
ing Chase's New Grand here and Chase
| Lyceum Theater in Baltimore, and from
| fourteen to twenty weeks in the western
division. embracing the orpheum circuit
| rive here October l.
An experiment will be made by Manager
Chase the latter part of this month. He
intends to test the capacity Of Washing
| noted vaudeville attraction. Up to the
| present Washington has been regarded by
managers of legitimate drama as not pos
| sessing the qualities necessary to warrant
| stays of more than one week by their trav-
cling attractions. Mr.. Chase will make the
test with Lockharts baby elephants, which
| Grand, and II his experiment proves sue
cessful, us 1T should, then perhaps 1t will
encourage managers of dramas of renown
to follow his example.
Olive Wallace, who plays the title role
| in "Mam'selle 'Awkins," has created more
leading parts Of a similar nature than any
other young woman on the American stage.
Her performance Of the tough slavey in the
Girl From Paris brought her immedia tely
to general attention. After that she was
in standing demand for New York produc-
tons and her immense success when she
| created Mam'selle 'Awkins induced Man
ager Alfred E. Aarons to sign long-tim
contract with her. It Is said that she is to
create the leading part in 1.-THE Magnetic
Girl" written by Joseph w. Herbert, which
will be produced at the Savoy. New York.
N. Hashim. general manager of the
Hashim enterprises, visited this city for a
few hours Wednesday evening to see the
| Academy Of Music for the first time since
1t came under his control. Judging from
the business we have done up to the pres
emit time" said Mr.. Hashim. "at Roster and
Biars, New York, the Grand Opera House
In Philadelphia and the Academy In this
aitx- ahauld say that In spite OF the wide