BEAUTIFUL ACTRESSES.

Inangahua Times, Issue 24, 27 November 1878, Page 2

BEAUTIFUL ACTRESSES.

Snrah Sidilom wu incvuprtrii')!^. tf>r first painter tol I hor t lint she w.n lib sn antique sculpttiro of Ariadne. Sho w»* taken l)j surj>ria<», nnl bojm to»av: ' Yos .' it is rery like—' but stonpn-lfio** R»lf nncl aaicl, • It is Tory lunufifu!.' fhsy «})oite of hor • gor^ou* ttfil ction.' Svn woopini/ did no', touoh tint porfoot now with its unboovninjj ro»a .?■.». Sha cm Id writhe, frown, fume, weep, dio, andstill ba boADtiful. Site eouU seem them nt> (lie next world with nil their terrible )\\< troxprotion paintod on tlio iris! Anl tle.i in J)>'«demt)nn ber ' beauty sweotanvid tnigcdy. ])»t slic wns bandsomo ovory day* Jit tho Nfttion.il Acndoiny vho i-j bc.iuiiful in a modern wny — In a Oiinsi i borough bn«l — d rosso J in stripped sillf. with n liltlo nt^ifl' in licrhand. Lidy Dud« ley had the dross copied by Worth — it h almost exactly tho drew of t)«diy. Tt would bo ploas.int, vror« it i\"»fc «o old a story, In toll n^nin that roeord of blnm;* less lifts nboundiii<r conitM, comnvtn scn«o, piety, simplii-ily and pulunite, >t ich accompanied this beanliTnl nctrosst, but if, is too nell known to us all. She wh not . / arch ; sho could tnt pl.iy Ko^linl, Humour \n-.n loft out. Those dclie^oH wonmn— T use iho w.>i\l i.lris vlly— thoso dolicions womc.i annnil wh >si loroliivs-» plnyi tho aliect'lißlitninij of wit, playfii'ness, arolinosi, mischief, or, to uso t!ii» prutii <r Fren h word, cspie-Jilcrid— ihos» / wi?ro loft out of her rcperloii-fl. JJ i' if .<*! i»» j\ could not pl.iy JJosnliiid. Mrs .7 >rl.u> ■ ' Ci/iiM ! Yosi ho thnt II )snliiiil herself " I would hnvc approve I ; so that S'nko* fipouro himseh' would h ive com bohin I tho scene* to kiss her ! So s.iid li«t admirers. Mrs .Tor. hn wa? a fnmuii l/iugh« inj^ beau'v ; hop lnusjli, indeol, rinjjH in tho corridors atill— it is om'tnlnvid in a a thousand ni-miin. S'jo tin 1 tin tnis^f fortimc to booomo the ntacknowlc l.^fj^B 1 wifo of a royal Duke ; and, in a uaion^^B' > twenty years, to show all the roy<! ! tues, whilo her tilled spoilt slnwi.l the plobeinn meannesses, olloning l.cr^^^l pay his dobis— a pi 1 inSla niary. I'^^EA lovoly nnd rompinj; M»'s Joi'din, «'I«B^ oould lauijh so well, hiJ much ooem'on (<•>▼ wocf , poor thing ; tho grandeur of her liaison brought her littlo hnp,)inoss 4 dignity, or honour. When tin light of n great Reniiu Rhinos through a benu i'ul woman it is liico that which fills through a riehlystained win low ; it glows with v thousand bright tints which oron tin author did not set?. To hive witnessed Mrs Siddons's Portia minht a^uiu hnvo callo I bnclc Willinm Sh ike.spo.are to lh<j theatre ! Godwin praises in it ' h#r dmnuro and queen-like smile !' A. charming ox« pression,--A.ppleton's Arac^zino.