Judge — May 9, 1885 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. ‘© To star or not to star, that’s the ques- tion.— Rose Cog ** Boom our play and we advertise >». W. Durant, (per Mr. Hill riety is rather to be cho pplause.”—E prada. with n than popul pe Viola Allen. Beauty is eternal “All things are not aweett Rowe. “T wish I were asongstr —Mme. Theo, “Were | Irving, and Irving Dixey, there were a Dixey whose spirits would rutile up- Iv's English, you know,”"—Henry Dixey NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Asa giant is more of a giant when com- pared with a dwarf, so are the attractions of Miss Kate Forsythe more attractive when with the late ‘mentally in Magdaline of “Vakolar” fame. ‘This much improved by changes in the If the first selection of characters had been more juulicions, many a eritical pen would have written approval: and Mr. Mackaye might have claimed our respect for his critical di well as for his artistic ability “* NATURE HAS GIVEN YOU ONE FACE,” ETC. The display of crayoning, rouging and powdering seen upon the faces of some of our footlight gods and goddesses reveals a tendency toward barbarism in these sup- posed highly civilized persons; nearly all barbaric es daub their faces, and what in this indiscriminate greasing and chalk- be called but daubing. We see he: ick marks underneath the eye 4 heavier, blacker ones over the e) This gives as much expression to the eye itself as there is in the hollow looking spots upon the face of a half moon. These black marks are intended to give character to the face. So they do. The or of dissipation and de rub k of carmine on the upper lid and the personification is complete. Next to the * tellingly black ” eye-brows there is a dead white space which extends to the glowing red oncheek bones. Black against whiteand white against red, for contrast, you know. Yes, we know, oppositions are alyays em- phatic; so are pugilists, ‘The artist does not emphasize details, but creates a har- monious whole. It is pitiable to sce young girls whose only charm, often, is their girl- hood, so disfigured by a superabundance of make-upstuff. ‘There can be no rules where to put whiteand where coloring, when to make a feature more or less prominent; each person should make this an individual study as mach as she does her lin $ and lines and desired effects should be in relation to the different features, It is bet- No two faces arealike, | ter to use too little than too much from the contents of the ‘‘ make up box;” better to look pale, plain, and natural; than red, repulsive, and care-worn. The fisher folk | in ** Dakolar ” look like members of a black- line family. ‘The novice speaks here. | “WEL ER AND GAMMO We ‘never thought to hear the names of gammon and Weller associated together.” We never thought to hear the names of | Morris, Daly and Fustian coupled together. Yet such is the case. ‘* Denise” is shallow, tiresome, demoralizing. It contains a series | of dialogues between two persons who walk to | the front of the stage, mark off about three | paces and repeat their lines in half intel- Tinibte tones—but we hear enough. The | shallowness and inconsistency of the plot are its most palpable points. Another series is used to present these qualities, a | series of denunciations and forgiveness in the same breath. Most of the characters are made to portray this inconsistency of human nature; perhaps to show their dri matic strength—or lack of it. The four acts | constitute another series: a series of stage settings all in one; a cheaply papered room (a wealthy count’s apartment.) This series becomes ‘monotonous after we count the | stripes in the wall-paper during two or three acts, Perhaps the art lessons received from Irving, whieh were beautifully illustrated by his stage work, have a tendency to make | us dissatisfied; we demand gratification for our but recently awakened sense of the har- monious and beautiful. Demand, but re- ceive not—when Daly is in the count There is but one thing about ** Deni: to compensate one for spending an evening at this theatre, that is Clara Morris. Al- thongh we condemn the play and the part, and have often seen her present her tortures of betrayed womanhood, still her strange magnetic power fascinates us, as it does othe Some even to hysterics, frequently during the past two weeks. No other actor appreciates the dramatic power of pauses more than Clara Morris. She isan excellent | example of what cultivation will do for the human voice. When she speaks we are re- minded of a delicate musical instrument which is set in tuneful vibration by the t of summer breezes. She only breathes of her words, and yet every syllable is nd distinct. We breathlessly wait for more of these soul-feeling words, how a hearts of thousands by the poetry of her voice in speech! SQUIRE FLIP. AN argument by the Department of Public Works of New York before the Assembly Committee on Cities in favor of the Campbell Water Metre bill “The water, “Ts all the t (A goblet Lb And a newly-1s The committee had bet nnsqu to Waste er make haste. Our me: said Mr. Flynnsquire, hould metres and st ks include, {A bottle of * Sec Please shatter th Our scheme is of vast m: eck) nitude. * Your favor,” said Mr. Flynnsquire, “We ask; (now drink to your fill And you'll say, I'll give odds, “Tis tlip tit for the godst) We rely on your passing the bill.” ogear Lee, YE PLANKED SHAD OF GLOUCESTER. At Gloucester town, whi April’s sua Hath warmed the royal Delaware, Ye fisher folk wake one by one, And to the river's mar, The monster net is har With bu The first s At Glouce: repair; sso the erous fun— on d always w er town! So beit ght, their prisoner rare As other pirates’ prey must fare, And walk the plank—to broil till done, Of scaly plates the paragon, At Gloucester town! 2ony Pact BococK, Debased Conduct. t year the director of the U Mint, Burchard, reports that this country produced 30 millions of gold and 38 millions of silver, of which all the gold but $116,000 worth remained in this country, while $16,400,000 worth of our silverlwas taken by other nations. eat heaven! is gold driving out silver ardless of the financial prophets all these years? Base misconduct on the part of debused silver, to be thus expatriated. Some one seems to want it, if the administration and eastern financiers do not. Base Some- | one! PI PE OF PEACE. comicbooks.com