Show RARITY OF GREAT ACTRESSES women singer the world hae has in comparative plenty but out few pine tragedienne Iri Ili terest in ie Is revived three years after her death by the project to erect a memorial to the italian ac tress la in friuli her birthplace thu the memorial la in to contain a decorative tribute from every country in which she performed and the recent I 1 rie ills tort matinee in london was to raise funda funds for an english contribution A great singer dies or retires and another la Is found ready to take up her rolee roles often deap ting her supremacy while she la Is still in the fut ful tide of her fame the great actress leave leaves a it void not so soon tilled filled restart Ri start it la to true succeeded eucce eded directly to rachel rachels honors tier first appearance in parle paris in 1855 preceding but by three years the death of the french neach actress but who ie Is there to inherit from the stage has a great phedre in bernhardt hardt and a great camille and magda in duse hut but who la in there to play lady Ala macbeth cbeth as played it in an impersonation which wa was the finest since airs siddons what young actress 1 to there whose juliet or por tia or whoso francesca France eca done like ristoria Risto riB a at 14 gives promise ot of A first rank in tragic rolee roles nature 13 1 generous of her favors fi singers bach each generation baa bag its it Mall brane and why is ebe he chary of endowing women with the highest stage gifts A host of women make the stage their voca tion a number exceeding that of the men engaged there are many capable actresses whose talent talents fall just short of the highest achievement but the scarcity of ristora Ri and rachel or even of Janauschek a and is in striking contrast with the comparative para lve tive frequency of prima donnas of equal rank on the lyric stage |