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Show (Iara Morris. Tho following from n San Francisco Fran-cisco paper was said regarding Clara Morris' recent engagement in this city: Chra Morris Is confessedly the bet actresi we h tve la America. We havo seen her in three plajs this week "C'arullle," "Miss Mul-ton"and Mul-ton"and "Renno." All are very melancholy, yet in all we enjoy seeing thd supreme genius of the actress, her naturalness, her great ability in expressing tbe Intenser enntloD", and bersupreme abilities throughout and through all. What if slio cuts the play and leaves nothing in theci l-ut Clara Morris, we nre content for we have her, and cannot bavu too much of bei; for all she does is great, and much is sublime. sub-lime. Shi is never twice alike. We forget the woman is the actress, for vtf have no woman to equal hrr. She is unique upon tbe English-speaking English-speaking suige. Take her' Camille," fur instance, and especially her last art. rso iwrsou in consumption ever died as shu dors; yel, it is nature, by rea-wn of her genius. It Is great. Herdeath scene is full of etetail, even to the la't extremity, and br comjiany follow her lead. Sara lleruhardt's is more real. She allows al-lows much Iras for others; but It dees not bring the unbidden tear; it does not move you aa Clara Morris; it etoes not go to tho heart. Pcthijs the third act of "Camille" is Clara Morris' greatest, fir it lacks all the usual clap-trap, and it is a simple expression of irn-Uon. Without With-out carccly any extraneous aid it i her greatest. But, after all, tbe Marguerite Ouatierof Chra Morris, iu this addition, overshadows all, and it is Iho only one iu which we take an Interest. The Xauine of Ellen C. Liang, tho Xichette of Abelone Harrison nnd tho Ulvmnn or Mittens Willett were all good for tbe Mtl'o they had to do. But they were all merely feeders to the grand central figure Clara Morns. Above all, she is the all In the all of "Camille," "Ca-mille," as she Is or "Miss Multon." Tim only part played In her subdued sub-dued line is that of the old Duval, acted as Uugene Jsp-OD, who really credited an Impression which was agreeable to a critical audience. |