The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Miss Gales Resaiind.

M10o uokc8 NOo8HmOs III Miss Florence Gale who comes to
 the Montgomery Theatre next Tuesday night with her portrayal of Rosalind
 in the Immortal shakespeare's concep- ton, "As You Like It," Is woman
 who has been fortunate in having arr tlstic connection both in this country
 and abroad.
 Belasco, who is noted for the discov-
 cry of the artistic ir his stars. se-
 lected Miss Gale for the role of Pawn
 Afraid" in the Empire Theatre run
 of "The Girl I aLeft Behind Me" Her next engagement of note was as "Prin-
 cess Flavia" in Daniel Frohman's New York production of the "Prisoner of Zenda;" she then delighted her au- ldiences both here and abroad in E. &. willard's "The Middieman." playing the sympathetic role of Mary Blenkarn.
 the old potter's daughter.
 Il Her Desdemona to Salvinfs 'Othel- To-" and more recent Shakespearean successes, has stamped her as an artist of unusual ability in the interpretation of the higher classics. Her first per- | lformance of Rosalind. created such a surprise as to be received with incredu- | Iitl in theatrical eenters; when howev- or. her first New York appearance | demon strated her ability in this diffi- | cult role, the press gave her first place, | and the managers, who measure ability by box office returns, quickly selected her for this transcontinental tour.
 No Shakespeare offering of the last | two decades has received so much
 magazine, press and general advertis- | ing as the delightful comedy of "As
 You Like It."
 | History credits the once famous Peg wellington with the role of Rosalind, and down through the years actresses of note have been measured by their ability in its Interpretation. Present day critics in their comparisons or
 Miss Gale invariably go back to the memories of Adelaide Neilson's per- formance for comparison. = To successfully interpret this role, I it is necessary that the interpreter must have youth, beauty, fund Of vtvacity and girlish charms. and natural appreciation of humorous situations; these qualifications es- sentially belong to Miss Gale. who has shown considerable business acumen in
 surrounding herself with a cast of un-
 usual excellence.
 Her appearance at the Montgomery Theatre will introduce her as stran- ger to Montgomery audiences, but If the cities of the east are any criterion to fudge by, she will live in the hearts of theatregoers as an artist of unusual ability and a woman of rare, personal charm
 The Little Rock Gazette recently
 said of Miss Gales performance: "A very pretty production of Shake speare's greatest comedy, "As You Like It." was that of Kane Shipman and
 Colvin's, seen at the Capital Theatre
 yesterday afternoon and last night:
 Miss Gale, who played Rosalind.
 was seen by a Little Rock audience for the first time, and she quickly cap ltured the hearts of all. The first real | test of a Rosalind is. of course in the forest Arden scene, where she appears as Ganymede, and Miss Gale was not Hound wanting. Very winsome was lher pretty coquetry when like saucy ilacksy she speaks to Orlando-just lenough of the maidenly consciousness
 of her doublet and hose to make the
 scene piquant. and a very nice discrim- lination of the poets meaning In those passages wherein the feminine heart Is but barely yelled behind the manly garb, This found its best expression in the scene when Oliver presents to Iher the message from Orlando and the
 kerchief, stained with her lovers blood. The swoon, the attempt at recovering
 her manly bearing, the dazed express
 sion, the effort to preserve coherent
 speech and the final collapse made livery effective curtain scene.
 1 The mock wooing was also artisti-
 cally excellent. Miss Gales work af-
 fords in every detail evidence of hard
 study and conscientious effort to arr rive at the fullest comprehension of
 the Rosalind whom Shakespeare creat- | ed.
 since the peerless Nelson there
 have been not many great Rosaltnds,
 Modjeska and Rose Coghlan in their prime being of the best. but when 1t | is considered that Miss Gale has youth and beauty, intelligence, ambition and
 studious bent withal. and that the good results apparent have been achieved with but little experience, there is promise of her being in the front rank of successful interpreters
 of shakespeares gentle heroineS." Prof. Patty's DemOnstratiOn. A temperature of thirty degrees be- How zero is pretty cold weather, but even colder Is promised in this city soon. More than ten times 30 below zero will be the temperature at one place on the Montgomery stage next wednesday night. where the tank of liquid air is placed for the score of Intensely interesting experiments that lwill be given by the lecturer and dem- Ionstrator engaged.
 A supply of this wonderful fluid SIP degrees below zero. Is guaranteed, and extensive laboratory apparatus is brought with which to show its pecu- l liar and startling qualities The de- mand for seats indicates great inter est, and many are expected from near by towns. Present experiments with lliquid air are simply voyages of ex- Iploration into the strange country of hitherto unknown temperature. What the heat of e fire Is to water in gem erating steam, so is the heat of the at-