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THE COURIER.
the womin first and the human being
last. Bjorneon believe that an intel
lectually developed woman with a life
work can get on tery well by herself.
Laura Mar holm maintains that apart
from man woman, is nothing. Accord
ing to her, woman ia a creature of in
stinct, and (his instinct is her most
precious possession and of far greater
value than the intellect. The six women
whom she writes about are the wonder
ful Russian rarthematician who was
awarded the Prix Bordin; George Eger
ton, the author of "Neurotic Keynotes;'
Eleonora Duse, the greatest and most
modern actress, that ever lived; Amalie
Skram, the woman naturalist; Marie
Bashkirtaeff, the inspired baby, and A.
Cb. Edgren Lefller, the Swedish expon
ent of woman's rights. An intuition,
sympathetic and loving, has enabled
Laura Marholm to show to the world the
souls of the women whom ahe studies.
Of the six, f he loves Eleonora Duae,
Soma Kovalevs ky and Marie Baabkirtseff
as only women can love each other. She
diagnoses the miseries of a modern
woman's soul with unerring success.
Speaking of Sonia Kovalevsky's hands,
Laura Marholm says: "When ehe shook
handa you felt as it a little bird with a
beating heart had fluttered into your
ham and out agsin. Her
hands are the hands of a child, with
nervous, crooked little fingers, anxiously
bent inwards; and in one hand she
clasps a book with, such visible effort
that it makes one's .heart ache to look at
her.
The hands often afford better material
for pbychological study than the face,
aBd they give a deeper and more truth
ful insight into the character because
they are less under control. There are
people with fine, clear faces, whose
hands are like aaBeages, fleshy and vein
less, with thick, stumpy fingers which
warn ua to beware of the animated
mask. And there are round, warm,
sensuous feces, with full, almost thick,
lips, which are obviously contradicted
by pale, blue-reined, sickly-looking
hands. The momentary amountof in
tellectual power which a person baa at
his disposal can change the face, but the
hands are of a more physical nature and
their speech is a more physical one.
Sonia's face was lit up by the soul in
ber eyes, which bore wi'ness to the in
terse interest which she took in every
thing that was, going on around her, but
the weak, nerveless, trembling little
hands told of the unsatisfied, helpless
child who was never to attain the full
development of her womanhood."
Of Due Marholm says: "When Duse
is in lore, even in 'Fedora. it is always
she who is the little woman And the
man is for her the big man, the giver,
who holds her happiness in his hands,
to whose side she steals anxiously, al
most timidly, and looks up at him with
her serious, wearied, almost childlike,
saike. She comes to him for protection
and shelter, just as travelers are wont to
gather round a warm fire, and she clings
to him carlessly with her thin little
haaoV, the hands of a child and mother.
Never has woman been represented in a
norewoaanly way than byEleanora Duse
and more than that, I take it upon my
self to maintain that woman has never
been represented upon the stage until
now by Eleonora Duse. Eleonore
0 use's acting telle of infinite suspense.
Her entire ait rests on this one note,
suspense! which means that we know
nothing, poser m nothing, can do noth
ing, that everything is ruled by chance
and the whole of life is one great uncer
tainty. This terrible insecurity stands
aa a perfect contrast to the "cause and
effect" theory of the schools which trust
in God and logic and offer a secure
refuge to the playwright's art. This
mysterious darkness from whence she
steps forward like a sleepwalker gives a.
e ckly coloring to ber actions. There is
something timid about her; she seems to
have an almost superstitious dislike of a
shrill sound or a brilliant color, and this
peculiarity of hers finds expression, not
only in her acting.but also in her dress.
Whatever has been said about womec
before, no matter how learned, physio
logical or phyclological, are as a primer
of the sex to this last book of knowl
edge. The long quotations which I
have ventured to make are characteris
tic of the whole book and oT her won
derful intuitive knowledge of woman
and maj.
Random Notes.
Julia Marlowe has somehow never
managed to make a lasting impression on
the fickle and finicky people of New
York. Possibly this is because her
formal debut as a star was made in Phil
adelphia, while her most strenuous ad
vocate was a Chicago man Eucene
Field. Miss Marlowe, or to be more ac
curate, Mrs. Kobert Taber, came to Wal
lack's Theater. New York, last week and
for the first six days of hr engagement
joined with her husband in the produc
tion of "Romeo and Juliet." This came
immediately after tne visitation of Mar
garet Mather, who must have spent all
the money she got from her temporary
husband, young Pabst, on the play
"Cymbeline.' Nobody herd wanted to
see the Mather version of "Cymbeline,"
and the eighteen scenes of that play
were shifted nightly in the presence of
a house full of empty seats. The preju
dice aroused by "Cymbeline,'' or rather
by Miss Mather, had an evil effect on
"Romeo and Juliet." Pretty Julia Mar
lowe, with her dimpled cheeks, tried so
hard to attract the crowd in off Broad
way, but the crowd, remembering Miss
Mather, would have none of Wallack's.
To tell the truth, there is no overpower
ing demand for Shakespere in this great
literary center. It is all that the most
modern apostle of sweetmss and light'
Augustus Daly, can do to get the people
to witness his gloriSed and expurgated
representations. You can go to a music
hall and see a variety show,yclept vaude
ville, for less money than you hare to
pay to see a Shakesperian play, and
there is the added advantage that if you
don't like the show you can drown your
disappointment in a stein or obscure the
offending stage with a cloud of tobacco
smoke.
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But Monday night Julia Marlowe
made a new bid for metropolitan favor
and she won in the space of two hours
and a half what she had before vainly
tried for five years to secure. Literary,
artistic, cultured New York, turning
from the continuous performance and
the impure beer garden for a brief mo
ment, gave Miss Marlowe some consider
ation, with the result that from this on
the charming actress may he reasonably
sure of a measure of appreciation from
the critical people that have fastened
garlands on those promoters of classic
idealism, E. E. Rice and Charles H.
Hoj t Miss Marlowe's new play is an
adaptation by Francois Coppee, of "Lea
Jacobites.' It has the attractive title of
"For Bonnie Prince Charlie." Scotch
themes have been rather overdone in
this city of late and some cf the wise
ones prophesied that the subject would
not be popular. But the prophets were
mistaken. The play turned out to be a
really strong and stirring stoiy and Miss
Marlowe was able to exhibit unexpected
versatility in it. As Mary, a blind beg
gar's niece, she is to Bonnie Prince
Charlie a good genius, monitor, spy.
herald and saviour. She lovts the bon
nie scrapegrace with that enthusiasm
and spirit which Mies Marlowe is capa
ble cf displaj ing and she shows consid
erable power in transitions to graer
moods. It is a beautiful play, beauti
fully acted, and Miss Marlowe has hon
rst'y won her succeBP. Eobert Taber,
who is a fine actor and a remarkable
stage manager, is content with a com
paratively small part which, however, he
makes effective.
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The following letter has been received
by all of the leading newspapers pub
lished in this city:
The Commercial Club of Omaha, -
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 10, 1897.
At a meeting of members of this club
held to-day the following resolution waa
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Members of this club who
make frequent trips to the larger cities
of the East have noticed the failure of
Eastern papers 'to print Nebraska news
other than the highly sensational, while
news of general interest from other
cities of the West is published by the
newspapers of the East; therefore
Be it Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Commercial Club of Omaha that the
thousands of Nebraskans who visit the
East annually, as well aa the material
interests of this state, are entitled to
more generous treatment at the hands
of the metropolitan press; that we be
lieve the fault of which we complain is
not a matter of design uporr the part of
Eastern editors, hut rather one of over
sight; that we believe the legitimate
claims of this state will be recognized
by Eastern publishers generally it put
before them in the proper light; that
the secretary, is directed to have copies
of this resolution sent to the metropoli
tan press. J. E. Utt, Secretary.
t t t
One newspaper publishes the letter
with the remark that "The most con
spicuous object of report and comment
which Nebraska has furnished to the
country within the past year was a can
didate for the presidency who might be
described as 'highly sensational,' and
who has certainly been dealt with at
great length. We fear that the business
men of Omaha who make frequent trips
to the East resort to journals which con
fuse highly sensational news with nows
of general interest. I can speak for
one paper only in the city, the Mail and
Express. It has, given uniformly fair
treatment to Nebraska, as I think Mr.
S. H. Burnham of Lincoln and other
Nebraskans who have been here recently
can testify. Such men as General Man
hereon, E. Rosewater, ex-Congressman
McSbane, etc., have been permitted to
speak of Nebraska in the columns of
the Mail and Express, and I can aesure
the readers of The Courier that any
Lincolnite orany Nebraskan who comes
to New York with something interesting
to say about the state will be given an
opportunity to say it in that paper's col
umns. t t t
CoL Robert G. Ingereoll has been
temporarily eclipsed by certain preach
ers of destructive tendencies. A few of
the gentlemen of the cloth have suc
ceeded in jumping on the Bible with
more vehemence and effect than the
great agnostic could ever achieve. A
great many chapters of what has been
commonly supposed to be Holy Writ
have been shown to he only mediaeval
mediocre literary compositions and ob
vious interpolations. Another Lyman
Abbott is still preaching. It is pretty
hard to have the preachers come in and
occupy Ingersoll's field just as he had
determined to give up his law business
and devote himself entirely to lecturing.
There are others who do a better job.
W. Morton Smith.
New York, Feb. 1G, 1897.
How Longhead got rid of the picture
his wife painted.
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The second floor of the Harris block,
1131 N street, has been fitted up for a
dancing hall. The floor has received
the attention of experts. It is of hard
wood, and the board3 are laid parallel
with the length of the hall. Parties
desiring to rent it can do so at the
Courier office, in the same block.
Sutton &. Hollowbush have invented
a cough drop. They call it the S. & H.,
Sutton & Hollowbush, and it is a good
one. Stop and get one on your way to
the theatre. It will save you a spasm
of coughing.