The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

she chooses to speak. IS wonderfully bill
liant"
50 much for his sympathetic and au-
thortatlve testimony OF one woman 20 Duse
and her personality and gifts. by the eX-
elusive power 81 her art Duse has won
recognition in this country. as elsewhere.
as one Of he s~eniuses II the modern stage.
and may even contest the claims Of the
great French actress. Bernhardt. 10 the title
Of queen OF the druma. Her powers II i'm
preston lie IN a strict adherence 10 truth.
a'ElotiOn OF the head. a tremor ~ the HAND
or voice seem sufficient 10 can forth the
responsive emotion Hers are not the tri-
umFhs 10 be measured always by deafening
applause. or repeated calls before the cur
tain. hut rather hy he involuntary SIN
pathy and emotion OF her audiences. one
OF the most surprising characteristics Of
buses creations T. the conspicuous lack q
tendency toward encrt. she never fails 20
reach the desired effect. 50 true Is this
that the auditor never detects her preparing
Tor a climax. and in her most exciting
scenes she rarely occupies the enter II the
stage. other actresses. notably B~eruhardt.
make ostetisihle preparations fer climaxes
and anticipate applause. nuSe appears 70
be actuated by one controlling favtor-sim-
II has often been said that buses
Methods imprinted with touches OF almost
perfect realism. were the consequences not
81 study bat OF natural inspiration. And
yet the Italian actresses art Is the culminR-
Ton % patient study. combined. Of course.
with natural ability and genius Il Is said
that she studies a new role for two months.
VT 81 All AAEA fANaATANAfA AraAE UAAaAAAAlEE 10
bear uocn a.. Conscientious and thorough
rehearsdls are given each new play before IL
j. presented in public. and Duse herself aids
IN tho adaptation % all foreign works used
In her rcpertory. An item % Interest Is that
Slgn1ra Duse first played Santuzza In
.Cavalleria Rusticana- On 1ssa az Turin.
ltaiY. She was the ingenue at the Rcgio
Iheater NJ that time.
LEADING WOMAN WAS Ill
The leading lady. who was 10 have created
the part. was taken suddenly III. and DuSe
was called on at short notice. by hcr con-
ception OF The role she laid the foundation
Of her successful career.
Some ore has contrastci buses methods
with those % the American school In gen
eral. SWING that our plHyeEs arr method
icaily trained how To enter the stage prop
erly. and how %. falke exits. how 10 sit
down and how % stand up Dusc gives as
none or this. Her freedom from actisc'
and her simplicity are sources Il perpetual
delights. her makeup is not discurrihlcs there
IS no unnatural red on her cheeks and no
black unste on her cyeiashes. yet she -
Perfectly uortrays real feeling and real
emotions that she does not ss.m dramatic
OF Dase's earhy NJ or her thiigjss as
with a s~trolling hand Of players
founded BY her pareats. much has been
II IS said In one account that q
circumstance attended her baptism
at Ntgevano In Piedmont In ~1cce-'ancc
with the custom OF the country the child
was carried 10 the church IN a shrine Eiidcd
ornamented with Jewels \ detachment
AUSTRIAN soldier marched PAST the
'AN.IFAA EANlNeE Ass anu Ml4~AaAAI- tue
shrine for the relics q some saint. matted
and saluted. When he returned 20 his wife
the father said To her.
"Forgive me. dear. that I am too poor
70 bring YOU a present for giving me a
daughter; but 1 can civr YOU 4 happy
cmen. Our daughter will he something great
day; already they have shown her
military honors.
For a long time after that the little girl
had no honor OF any kind and very little
else, but poverty and suffering. Once. as
her mother lay IN in a hospital. the child
VISITED her daily to eat the remains OF The
soup that had been supplied the patient.
She was IL years old when her mother died.
her without uoney enough To buy
a black dress. For four years after this
Dnse played in one hamlet and another I'm
hands 81 s~trolling actors. until her famous
appearance as Juliet came at Verona when