INTERESTING ITI MS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2140, 27 March 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

INTERESTING ITI MS.

Madame Sabah Beknhardt has written an interesting letter ia defence Of the -incfrify of nctors and actresses, seeking to prove that many of them reilly enter into the spirit of their, parts. She deolare-" thnt Croizette, after the famous poisoning scene in " Le Sphinx," used to remain for somo minntos pule and with chattering teeth. .Of herself she says.— " I have never played Phedre without fainting or spitting blood, and after the fourth tableaux of 'Theodora,' in which I kill Marcellus, I am in »«nch a nervous state I r6tnrn to my dressing room sobbing 1 . If I do not weep I have a hysterical fit, which is much more disagreeable to those around me, and more dangerous for the vases and other things near at hand." The Queen did a kindly act the other day, says " Truth." As she was driving through Windsor, she observed a cab horse fall down. An outrider was sent to make inquiries, and, on learning the nature of the aocident, her Majesty caused an intimation to be conveyed to the lamenting owner that be should be presented witii another horse from the Royal stables. A. Ladies' Orchestral Society will be one of the pleasant innovations of this winter at New York, although it is an innovation which has grown out of various experiments. The* members will meet on Saturday mornings, and' > the orchestra will be composed entirely of stringed instrnments. " The Crown Princess Stephanie has made several sketches of the palace and grounds of Luxenbourg 1 , for the Crown Prince's' great illustrated work, " Oesterreioy in Wortund Bild." The Prince and hia fellow editors, unwilling to receive voluntary contributions, have presented the Prinoeu with a sayings* bank book, with a deposit entered in the name of her little daughter, Princess Elizabeth.