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Show IV ,, MODJESKA. $ Mme. Helena Modjeska will probably never ( be seen again in Salt Lake, as her present tour is l without doubt a farewell one on the continent I which is still quite strange to her, even though the great Polish actress has been a welcome vis-t vis-t itor to our shores while a generation o play goers have been added to the roster of the aged I ones. It seems a pity that her appearance was 4 witnessed by so small an audience, because she is and always vrill be one of those truly great I artists whose superior talents provide for every- one always a fresh revelation. Like the late Sir Henry Irving, she is eternally new in America, I although he. "urt has always been of a vastly more subtle temper than that of the great English baronet. It is a sad thing that her Lady Mac- i beth should be witnessed by an audience which ' barely filled the lower auditorium, and' which con- j sisted of but a voicy fragment in the galleries, jj She is one of the best living examples that while the abrasions of the years may bend the frame f and extract all the resonant beauty from a voice, j it is still unable to dim the splendor of great art, which is forever glorious even when breathing its last. Modjeska is a brilliant part of the stage history of America, which is still lustrous, even if most of her former fire and virility have vanished. van-ished. In her last tour she is adequately sup-I sup-I ported, although there is nothing exceptional in I the talent with which she is accompanied. Mr. i Charles D. Hermann has plenty of vocal endow- v ment, and is capable of being quite effective at I times, and a conservative even tenor is pre- I served by the remainder of the troupe. All the I world hopes that Modjeska will live long and happily, even though the old flame has gone froit-I froit-I her eyes, the glow from her cheeks and the old J sinuousness from her lithe limbs. w1 C 5 |