STAGE POISONING.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3109, 4 February 1879, Page 2

STAGE POISONING.

A romantic chapter in the annals of the amateur drama has jtut been played at Qfen. The' beautiful daughter of a {mtßAftcxweit jmm&stote§ «• nwuid trace in herself the germs of a considerable df*m«ie i i:geßi^rea.n£ urged her parents to allow her to adopt the stage as a profession. The proiaio elden refused their consent, but permitted her to sttigfy her aspirations as; far^f possible by taking leading parts in the^kjamerous dilettante play • actings which are a favourite amusement of jlqcal society/ She performed with great applause such parts as tor Louise in " Kabale and Liebie," the Kitty in "Katohehen ton HeUbronn," and the like, ; and aoooi became much in demand. It happened that in nearly all tbe dramas iowb»lijb«,had to play the loTely herione, a handsome young gentleinairr of goodi family, who . was also a little stage-struck, played the part of the loTer. -Theatrieat-tof*? on her side at least,, developed into the actual human'passion, while on his side it never passed the boundary which seven representation from reality. Her plfsion, which was returned so warmly.upon the boards, was met tepidly in the talon and jat 4;he, auppe rta;blej, jjerhapa, it .was not even fuepected by it«.object. I Theiyoung lady determined that life without him as life-long rpßrtnerl wilt tiot worth lirinjr, and she resolTed po* end itiit9*riMS)ner worthy bf het,Jiwß!(o\^ i j^^^f the drama and.the, handsome amateur. Bhe jirocured the adoption WJFfiragedy in which the heroine poisons herself for lore, and died in the arms of the beloved. The mise en-scene was admirable. VFgirl played the poisoning scene with lush an impassioned and life-like reality;that the spectators were enraptured, and) perhaps concluded that her parents were to blame for' withholding such remarkable gifts from a wider public. But as the con* Tulsire writhings prescribed by the part seemed to have no end, and the heroine went on dying, but would not die, to the perplexity and : consternation the dramatic hero,'the observers began to suspect that something wia amiss, jk physician,, who was among the guests, sprang upon the' stsge, and seized the chalice of poisbn which the heroine had drained&lCooitaii#|p|nj|ireak solution of phosphorus, fortunately top weak to be; fundamentally mischievous, and the immediate application of an antidote set everything right! Three, day* tfj^, it is reported, she declared henelfh«*led o f both her passions—for the stage aMdi the amateur^ "X- :^<l-:-:^'-iv n<in< :m yiyi^n '

The Golos 'indijiiiTaiU-^^^Bin journals publith articles on the Afghan question, deprecating any dimafcaaiiitanee to the Ameer, and advocating an attitude ' of benevolent neutrality on the~*aft of Kussia. Thi Goto* MRir4l tbf DNDoaed 'ultimatum from the Britwh QoTeVniient of military operations to *n iudelnite period, and adfises Sasßtaa diplomacy to ™9**°**J° , Wr«* ■•*« oi»n**ollition between England and 'AfkniuikUoJ in^^ order to further the ■ettleiDitft o£igj|^H Eaitern Question in a manoer •'mm^^^^M Able.. to the riews ot; Buj|{^^^^^^l Pol'cyiatheEMt. ijj^^^^M " Thistle do," asJ^^^^^^^^^H munched a part^^^^^^^^^^^^^^f

The science of photography lias made rery rapid strides within the past few years, but it is not exhausted yet. Yesterday we were shown a photograph, /colored and rendered lifelike by a new -*' y6hemical process, discovered by Mr J. H. Hume of this city. By this means we are assured that pictures may not only be takeV from nature with wonderful fidelity, but that exact copies of valuable oil paintings may be'produced at a trifling t . ijqsjfc- If the; invention turns out as sue,'i'\se^afu}. as it promises, the whole art of „,^photography will be revolutionised ; and , instead of the cold, uncolored lineß with which we are so familiar, the tint of life and the hue of nature will be imparted to every picture.—Melbourne Telegraph. " Dr. JHolmes says that crying widows marry first. There is nothing like wet „,>-weather for transplanting.