The Washington times., 1908-10-11

that the liberation OF the Jews Is to
come through the fusion OF their brood
with that Of Gentle It is not orthodox.
II cOntradicts every promise Of the
New Zionist movement into which Mr..
Zangwiu once threw himself So zeal
Ously. 1t has its premise in intemar-
riage between Hebrew and Christian.
And yet. here IN Washington, Jew after
Jew has welcomed Il and spoken Of II
as prophecy, pure prophecy Of our fu-
ture"
Rejane Out-CyPrienned.
Washington boosted two Cypriennes
last week At the National was pre-
scented one which will rank high In the
history Of the role At the Columbia,
in the person Of Miss Herne. walked the
recollection Of one which eXacting thea
tergoers found entirely adequate. Like
Hamlet, Cyprienne IS a part which al
most acts itself. Few women Of inteIli-
gence could be bad IN IL; most actresses
Of intelligence are good IN 1t. Miss
Herne would seem 10 have done II &C
ceptably. Miss George does 1t Brilliant
~.
Now that word brilliant is defined
by the dictionary which every good
critic has at his elbow as Sparkling
with luster; gIitterinS; very bright; as
a brilliant star; distinguished by quail
tiles which excite admiration; splendid;
shining; as, brilliant talents If i'll
is written down In cold typewriting
that Miss George is all that as Cyprien-
ne the critic must risk being thought
crazy for the sake Of telling the truth.
Not even Rejaue-volatile. airy. whim-
sicaI seductive. as that charming
Frenchwoman is-can surpass this per
Torrance of a role which all French
critics think beyond the understanding
Of the women of other blood. Not even
Rejane, And this recognition Is LITERAL
" wrung from an unwilling source For
Miss George has never given promise
Of any such acting. A million years Of
Her Majesty and Pretty Peggy" and
Clothes would not warrant the eXpec-
tation Of II in ''DivOrcons." But now she
has found herself and she takes rank
IN this role with Marie Tempest-and
Rejane!
Can she ever do anything else? Is
her Cyprienne so sparkling. so feminine,
so Gallo and American together. so ca
PRECIOUS. because il is Miss George her
self? As the old noveltists used TO say,
Gentle reader, only you can tell" But
there is at least one critic IN America
who understands now as he could not
before why men who know their bust
ness as well as William Archer knows
his should have thrown conservatism
10 the winds and set fire TO the Thames
because OF this woman s realization
that is the word, realization-of this
tattoo Of the emotions
A Word About Nazimova.
Nazimova added TO the luster Of the
week so much that hardened ''steadles'
OF the theater were well-nigh distracted.
The Melting Pot was enough for
seven days. Miss George had right TO
the leading column and would have OBJ
tained It against almost any other com
petition. To them, in one week, is added
Nazimova,
A clinic this woman makes Of the
stage. Have you emotions? Go see her
act and behold them sorted into their
little compartments like a new font OF
type. Have you prejudices? Go and
receive them from her hand carefully
labeled and classified. Have You intel
lectual processes? Go and learn how
transparent they are to a woman. a
mere woman, who has known our
tongue for a short two or three years
end hasn't university degree TO her
name.
Ibsen thought he wrote as a soCiOlo-
gist Marriage is wrongfUlly continued
where two are ill-mated-that is the
message Of A Dolls House" So came
forth a play to prove that the woman
should leave "Fier' exclaimed a hor-
rified world VERY we'll" said the
great Norwegian, IN show what Will
happen If she stays So came forth
Ghosts" Are they moral? No Are
they cheerful No. Are they beautiful?
Only as the surgeon can ind beauty in
cutting off a leg or trepaning a skull
But they bewitch the brain like the gilt
terinE eyes OF a snake
To act these plays arrives a woman
with a marvellous sense OF right en-
phaSiS- t2uiet-uOt the Quietude of
peace, but the quiet Of the cat who
crouches before mOuse-is the founda-
don of her acting. AS our life is d
voyage on the track until either we
telescope and wreck il or run peacefully
on siding, so her acting is kept be
tween the rails. And, by the same
token, so she flies to her artistic des-
tinatiun like the Twentieth Century
simited-ruJuiessl--. without waving OF
banners. biOodleSSly.
Will her acting live, with all that2 AS
long as Lbsen himself shall live. But
Ughi ALLEN D. ALBERT.