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Show Opera Star Laud Jane CowUe. Juliet -" After-Jano Cowl's flrat' nlffht -In "Romeo and Juliet" at Henry Mil-ler'g Mil-ler'g theatre, VeW Tortt. there Were M but few performances when one or r mors of the boxea waa not occupied occu-pied hy some other art Lai who had played Romeo -or Juliet on thevlre-matlc thevlre-matlc or operatic etaga. snd who had coma to sea t Mlas Cowl waa really achieving; .hletorytmaktna; performance In tier Impersonation of Juliet with which she was pcr-slatently pcr-slatently accredited. one of the moat eJebrated and hppreoiatlvs of theae artlata waa f1n)amino OiH, tho Italian tenor of the Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Opera, one of whose a re a teat aweceaaes In ,tho toperatlo rola. of Mr. afajll ; became Involved) In a i Ifnaulatln tsncte when he tried to ftrd Italian worda to express his sdtnlratton for an American star E laying; In an English trasedy which I e had alwaya aunr In French. j '1 can only any that It la one of the moat beautiful performances I hava aver seen. It made me weep. Mlaa Cowl la an Ideal Juliet. She haa the beauty. Jhe youth and the warmth for the role. American women are great emotional actreos-ea. actreos-ea. Mlaa Cowl has itrest emotional sriftf. combined , with wonderful simplicity and tenderneae. And aha haa youth and charm. Without theae qualities, what la a love story? ''The love atory of 'Romeo and Juliet' la universal. It haa Inspired artlata of all nations. The English language la unfamiliar to me. hut I understood Mlaa Cowl'a Juliet. Of cnurse, I know tha atory ao well because T hava aunr the rola of Romeo, but I would hava understood an vway. Not the words, not the Unas, -but all tha emotions." |