The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28

ask me to make a close study of violent
madness-since the two conditions were
generally reversed.
The people laughed but there were no
responsive smile on my lips, as l entered
upon a period of mental misery that only
ended with the triumphant first night.
did all / could do to get at "Cora's"
Character and standing before the dread
MISUNDERSTANDING that her madness
must to some extent be tinged by past
habits and personal peculiarities. / got
copy of the French novel-that was not
an affectation but a necessity, as it had
not been translated, and / was greatly i'm
pressed with the minute description of the
destruction done by the bullet George had
fired into her face. Portions of the jaw
bone had been shot away; the eye much
injured, had barely been saved, but II
was drawn and distorted.
As the woman's beauty had been her
letter of Introduction to the gilded world
indeed had been her sole capital, that
scar became of tremendous value IN
Inc makeup of the part, since 1t would
explain and in some scant measure eX-
euse her revengeful actions.
Sill, as the play was done in Paris,
Inc scar was almost ignored by that
brilliant actress, Madame Roussell. had
her Photograph of the part of Cora,
ana While she had a drapery passed low
beneath her jaws to indicate some injury
10 her neck or breast, her face was abb
solutely unblemished.
To my mind that weakened "Cora's"
case greatly-she had sd much less to re-
sent, to brood over
] look my trouble to Mr.. Daily, after
mad been out to the madnouse at Black
mrs Island, and had gained some use
iul information from that awful aggre-
cation of human woe. He listened to Be-
iotes description of "Cora's" beauty ano
us wrecking "scar'-he looked condemn
'nsly at the Rousseil picture, and then
asked me What / wanted to do?'
toid him | wanted a dreadful scar
ihen / wanted to veil it always-and he
uroke in there with, "rhen why have the
scar, il it is to be veied?"
While ! hurried on with: my constant
rdre to keep it covered will make people
imagine it a hundred times worse than IL
t'a'y is. Then when the veil is torn off
man force, and they catch glimpse
!" the horror, they will not wonder that
nt' already tottering brain should give
way under such a blow to her vanity"
"f' DAILY studied over the matter silent
~ Tor few moments, then he said: Eyes
on are right. That scar is a great fac
,or IN the play-go ahead and make as
"lp'h or II as you can"
nut right there ! came up against an
',aeie. | was not good al even an &C.
INTRO makeup. ] did not know how 10
y, n,o.eea TO represent such a scar as had
DO nay mind.
liy'' said Mr.. DAILY. tried, and with
IF'adened eyes announced my failure
said; ~ will ask Nir. Lemoyne "a
. I'D me-he Is the clcyerest and most ar
makeup Of faces ] ever saw"
a.. '"'' said Mr.. Daiy, get him 10 try q
r,. ., iehearsai-you have no time TO lose
I' 100 well knew that: 20 ~ once
20. preached Mr, Lemoyne ami made my
NV. known. 7 had not the slightest
'ipn iu doing 10, because w spite
Hhi1i delight in playing j0tcs ot
var fte kindeai, most warm
m oomradca~nnd true - th'
Ii, l'r he "a once placed be services
q'sp9sal though he shook his bead
"lpifFiF ever me undertaking,
,P Know I never naw q scar " eaef
IA if h ny 49," ~ naia, % ~ hNht'
~ dressing foofn.
halq, "gQY Nhe ean ehenes