The times., 1901-03-10

little village where the action takes place.
Miss Virginia Harmed (A1rs. r. II. soth-
ern) will make her first appearance in
Washington as Camille at a special mat
inee next Wednesday AT the National.
Every part that Miss Harmed has Cre1ted
hitherto seems to point TO the supreme
effort she is now about to make TO try
to endow with a new personality one OF
the most attractive portraits the stage
has seen.
Camille has had hundreds of interpre-
ters. several Of whom have won great
fame in the part. Like Hamlet II II
many-sided in it's character. Emotion.
pathos. tragic force, and finished comedy
are so intermingled that few actresses
are sufficiently fitted artistiCally or tenn
peramentally to give an even reading OF
the lines. The play appeals to every
class and community and there is scarce
lv a country or language that has not
had it's famed Camille
II was the Younger Dumas first effort.
! In the fullness OF his soul. with a truth
that was irresistible. he filed the pages
with the magic of life that must survive
even the stage itself Camille was
| real character and Dumas fls was her
'dngrapher She lived In Paris In 1885.
I'D was personally acquainted with most
y ghe leading vOtaries OF art Liszt, the
/ fri uds. and while others were charmed
/ by her COquetry. be was fascinated BY
! her sense and Intelligence. All Paris
was al her feet. and she was the reign
| ing beauty. She came from the pro-
vinceS. no one knew OF her before she
alighted in the world OF Paris. fully en-
dowed with the grace and beauty that
/ one associates with the court Of an An
/ tOinette at the Trianob. Yet when she
was discovered the glitter OF things had
| ceased to attract her Her senses were
subdued. and as a Partisan mas written.
''ennui had become the great eyil of her
| life" Surrounded by the adorae,un AMI
| homage Of youth, came the puniN NnI.ent
/ of passing prosperity. She needelA
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needed silence. and the same things fON
| ever were rUng in uer ear; she wished tO\
| be calm, and was forever hurried %
| tumults and public places; she wished 10
| be loved-they told her she was beautiful
Camille attracted every eye and was
| followed by the homage of all; fiatter-
| ing murmur saluted her passage through
1 crowded ballroom. and those even who
I knew her life, bowed 20 her. She re-
| ceived this praise as homage due to her,
and was not amazed 10 tread on carpets
which the feet of the Queen Of France
| had pressed. When love really came
| the love she had prayed fort brought
| with it the most cruel curse OF her life
Camille has won its place in drama
| by it's absolute fidelity, and the artist
who can faithfully depict all its delicate
phases of woman's soul must be gifted
with an undeniable genius.
| At the Columbia Theatre next week
LiebIer & Co. will present for the first
time in this city "Unleavened Bread
| play that has probably occasioned more
active. energetic. and intense discussion
/ in society and literary circles than any
production which has been placed on the
/ stage for some years.
The temporary closing of the Savoy
/ Theatre in New York City, where this in
| teresting production was enjoying what
promised to be long and profitable run,
| forced the play on tour The cast Of I'm
| leavened Bread viii include not only one
/ but half dozen or more OF the most
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actors whose fame has been genuinely
earned, as those who are familiar with
the names of Elizabeth Tyree. Edward J.
Morgan, Eleanor Robson, Malcolm VIII
| liams, Alice Fischer, George FawCett.
| George Woodward, and Margaret Fuller
viii testify.
Ii may seem ungalIant to say it, but
| there are Selma Whites 10 be found in
every community; not in wOmens clubs
alone but out of them, and every fair
minded and intelligent member of a wO-
mans club could, if she would, point to
Selma Whites in her own circle, with
whom she has had TO deal, much to
her own annoyance, and whom she as
heartily deSpiSeS as could any well-bred
lady existing outside her organization.
Selma White is simply a supremely sell
fish woman. and like other selfish persons.
of either sex. she has brooded so long
upon her own desires, ambitions, deserts.
and fancied wrongs that she has really
come to believe them all true. and in the
urgent demand for a remedy for all her
ldICltu HIS she mas DNEH leu 10 conceive
that other peoples sufferings are really
of slight consequence. The object of all
strife and human longing should be. she
thinks. human progress, as typified in
her and in her ideals; and hence il is
but right and just, she believes, that all
the barriers that stand in the way should
be broken down. no matter what the
cost. Such a thing as real affection she
does not comprehend, and FRIENDSHIP
matrimOny. and acquaintanceship are but
subsidiary aids TO the aIl-important re-
| suit.
| There are other familiar characters in
| "Unleavened Bread besides Selma = hite.
and TO some that fascinating, self con-
| feSsed. social struggler. FIossie Y ilIiaIns
| as persOnated by Eleanor Robson, should
/ prove as interesting as Selma herself.
The Marguerite sylvia Comic Opera
| Company had the distinction of opening a
new theatre in the obscure town Of Madi-
/ sonville, KY. Friday night. y rich coal
! mine owner named Morton built a hand
! some little theatre. not with any eXpcc-
| tatiOn that the venture would be a ray
J ing one, but realizing that the select folk
/ of his town and his own family were be-
/ ing deprived of theatrical amusernents
owing to the inefficiency of the town
/ hall TO present anything meritorious
He induced the manag gers of the Nash
( vile theatre 10 release one Of their nights
! in that city by paying a good round sum,
! and then engaged the company to present
| The Princess Chic for consideration
which made the opening attraction OF his
! theatre cost him about 81. .000.
| The managers family and their near
| friends occupied the boxes and the ball
/ ance of the audience was composed OF
! the motley assemblage that could only be
/ expected in coal mining town OF 5000 in
| habitants.
Klaw & Erlanger VIII present Ada Re-
han in Paul kester's new comedy, Sweet
Nell of Old Drury. at the National The
| atre in this city the week beginning Mon
daC evening, April !.
For a drst-cIass specimen Of genuine
good nature and spontaneous wit. Robert
Rogers. of the Lafayette Stock Company.
comes pretty near hitting the mark. In
| the beginning of tue season Mr.. Rogers
had no opportunity Of making the aC
Quaintauce of the public, for the choice
of plays unfortunately afforded him no
suitable parts. but each week now brings
him forward in a cOngenial role. and one
that stamps itself indelibly on the mem
orv of the Lafayettes patrons Mr..
/ ROGERS is the husband Of Miss Louise
/ Macintosh. of the company, who, as
rule plays opposite to him. They work
together spleudidIy. and their scenes are
always artistically done
Il never had a bit of luck until met
my wife" said Mr.. Rogers the other
night to a times interviewer. of course,
I'm not saying what kind of luck I've hasi
| since. for il doesn't pay % tell neWSpapet
people too much What have dOue2
| Well il would ne easier to tell YOU what
haven't done. was born a HooSier. but
at seventeen j found myself at the bar
| racks in Columbus. Ohio wearing Uncle
Sans Uniform and trying hard TO look
brave Ny fOHs didu take to the idea
OF a soldier in the family. and by the aid
of Dan Voorhees, / secured my discharge.