New-York tribune., 1908-02-25
DALY'S THEATRE.
Miss Nethersole's Erring Sisters.

Last night at Days Theatre Miss Olga Neither
sole. entering The last week Of her engagement
e. that house. enacted Carmen. Her performance
C that repUlsve part has many times been in
this city and il has ample description and
much more attention than has ever deserved
Miss Nethersole's talents were long ago recognized
and defined Her acting Is notable, far as il
Is notable at all for its force and its Photographic
fidelity 10 the superficial aspects OF some phases
of actual life. Also il Is notable having been,
almost invariably- employed in the illustration Of
1ahealthfuI Jheues.-a fact be regretted.
much for the sake Of the actress for the sake Of
her audience The females impersouated by Miss
Nethersole. or. more correctly speaking. assumed
by her.-for she has never exhibited any striking
faculty Of iupersona ton-are with little exception.
-objectiona5I bic females. persons OF evil propensi
lies; carnal sinners: women who either exult in
sensual wichedness OF suffer because OF unchaste
conduct Her present engagement began with
play called The Awakening, n which the woman
: 7vife who intends irfdeIity and happens TO be
prevented That vas followed by PresentTnent Of
Ad-ienne LecouyreuT.-a nne character 10 which
Tie actress should adhere Then came y Pagliacci
z Play IN which the woman is an ulfaithful wife.
heartless and depraved whom her husband kills:
and with that VAS coupled The Enigma. an
odioCs matrimonial thar Is better left alone
Carmen follows containing q type Of feTninnity
that Is particularly IoaJhsOme- The rest Of the
Erring Sisterhood comprises Sapho. Magda, Ca
mile and Mrs TanCueray y--chara cters that have
often been aralyzed and described n this place
and upon which The mind only pause with q
sense OF rrofound disgust and contempt
The theme of all TIE plays in which these last
named characters oCcur.-the theme, That IS OF
more or less debased and thereby afflicted woman
f7ood-has. indeed. become tnssfferable. Il recUrs
wiki the rnonoronous and persistent regularity Of
taxes. and Il appears TO be invested with the n
ey-tabie certainty Of death. For some inscrutaple
reason various female performers, besides MISS
N-ethefsole. nave seemed oeslroUs 70 act parts Of
Jhis objectionable order-noved thereto, perhaps,
g1v an effusve impulse 10 declare The benevolent
5ocrriae tuo- denied by anybody that IN an eA-
,4prionaI case q feminine character may be. IN
rrirsicav so ne. that its virtue cannot he totally
destroyed. even by rh- sacrifice Of chastity + IS
nor z specially Impressive thought nor Is r DIS
c-lssoa of desirable in theatre. before q mixed
audience. Some persons. indeed believe that All
subjects are suitable for the stage. and that, be-
cause animal propensirias are operant in human
--,I-e an Iir-est-ic1e5 exposition of the physical
mania commonly -1iscaile5 love Is just as de-
si-atIe a. anything eise rfaT can be SHOWN IN d
work or a-t To such persons the an1atoTT dramas
-hst are presented In Illustration of the BRING
S,s4e- a rersonace who has got 10 glory by being
---r1irea-n- entirely agreeable. and 50 Is the
acting that srumbles along the dreary waste oA
those restiferous- plays Other observers. mean
while exst who believe that the purpose Of art IS
tfa rr,frisr-s-ian OF beauty. and consequently the
diffusion of goodness ard happiness and JHat lie
first law Of art selection and FOR those Observers
rhcre j. no de-terity of acting and no felicity o.
scenic presen--nent that can commend 10 aPprooa-
-so- the drama ~ morbid sexualit.-. tainted d.
dac-icisrn. and sentimental vice
Tie thing represented on tl-e stage, IN me STea'
- io-t-v = cases IS vastly more important 10 an
audience than the manner Of It's renTeseaIailon-
Toe. meaning Of a play.-the result that Is 10 re-
,sr IN The spectators memory and perhaps more
o. lees TO Infaence The conduct of the spectator
rgfe moro significant than actors deXIerily
., ,,--srrf-- T. There Is in short. artistic
.e.,,., Z: treasure Of thought. Imagination and
f..f-rz vyrsfrf is communicable from one MIND 10
.--,re~ and which survives IN The abiding welfare
- the soul S,ne actors tuo one who 5a" mem
-. forget for example. Charlotte CushTn2n. Eo-
,,- Booth John Gilbert Joseph JEFFERSON. OF
p.r-v irving tc-ch the heart ilumine the IN
s,5rzfian and cast a magical glamour On 1i-T
80 SC that tEeir images linger in the memory,
~~-- ..-e 10 ace ans cherished win q kllld O.
,.,,-sh57 Happy.-or. II not happy al -eaS- sIoii
- re .7e creatures Of genius who possess mat
s- Of euchantment; their splendor surviving
- scter they have vanished into silence anu
-.~b- The homage that flows toward lheha -
-.--e,,7e and admiration finds Il easy TO ceie-
-reir names Il would be advantageous for
49, Ola NethersoIe among others, to Learn t1al