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the expectations of those present. Genius is reliant and self-sustaining, and if backed by a bold and persevering spirit, will ultimately prove triumphant in successfully combating the errors that have become legitimized by authority. Senora Carfano is an example of this. Her conception of the role of Deborah is evidently the result of an identification with the idea of the great creator, and the interpretation is truthful. Her elocution is beyond commonplace criticism.
After a series of engagements in Philadelphia and New York, she made a tour of the West, and finally settled in San Francisco, where she remained a number of years; she then returned to the East and played as a leading lady for an entire season at De Bar's Opera in Chicago. At her debut, she was warmly received and gained the favor of the press. The following is from Tribune commenting upon her first appearance.
Last evening a new debutante entered the lists for the favor and affection of our citizens. Senora Elonorda de Carfano appeared for the first time as Deborah, a Jewish maiden, an affecting drama of the style of Leah, the Forsaken, "and, like it, vividly portrays the prejudice and hostility against the race of Jews. Senora Carfano is possessed of a fine figure, and a finely modulated voice, with a slight foreign, accent. She gave evidence of hard study and true conception. She gained the sympathy of the audience, and retained it throughout the play, and will, undoubtedly, gain a stronger foothold ere the weekends.
Last December she was captured by the. Scouts Bill and Jack, and has not yet escaped, and they, in appreciation of her talents and kindness, a short time ago presented her with an elegant gold watch and chain. The Senorita has repeatedly nd successfully undertaken the character of Lady Macbeth as support to Forrest. She has written one play entitled the “Mother Curse,” and is now engaged in writing another, called “The Devil of Paris; or, Life for Life.”
Carfano is delightful society, and while in Europe, by her fascinating manners and wit, drew around her the finest minds in all the higher ranks of life. She received proposals of marriage from the Baron Otto Von Roman, colonel of the 3d regiment Lanciers, and Count Charles Exquel, but, wedded to her profession, she preferred her noble art to either wealth or station. Those significant words which she utters on the stage in the character of Hazel Eye, “I never break my promise, " is but a key to the whole course of her life.

the expectations of those present. Genius is reliant and self-sustaining, and if backed by a bold and persevering spirit, will ultimately prove triumphant in successfully combating the errors that have become legitimized by authority. Senora Carfano is an example of this. Her conception of the role of Deborah is evidently the result of an identification with the idea of the great creator, and the interpretation is truthful. Her elocution is beyond commonplace criticism.
After a series of engagements in Philadelphia and New York, she made a tour of the West, and finally settled in San Francisco, where she remained a number of years; she then returned to the East and played as a leading lady for an entire season at De Bar's Opera in Chicago. At her debut, she was warmly received and gained the favor of the press. The following is from Tribune commenting upon her first appearance.
Last evening a new debutante entered the lists for the favor and affection of our citizens. Senora Elonorda de Carfano appeared for the first time as Deborah, a Jewish maiden, an affecting drama of the style of Leah, the Forsaken, "and, like it, vividly portrays the prejudice and hostility against the race of Jews. Senora Carfano is possessed of a fine figure, and a finely modulated voice, with a slight foreign, accent. She gave evidence of hard study and true conception. She gained the sympathy of the audience, and retained it throughout the play, and will, undoubtedly, gain a stronger foothold ere the weekends.
Last December she was captured by the. Scouts Bill and Jack, and has not yet escaped, and they, in appreciation of her talents and kindness, a short time ago presented her with an elegant gold watch and chain. The Senorita has repeatedly nd successfully undertaken the character of Lady Macbeth as support to Forrest. She has written one play entitled the “Mother Curse,” and is now engaged in writing another, called “The Devil of Paris; or, Life for Life.”
Carfano is delightful society, and while in Europe, by her fascinating manners and wit, drew around her the finest minds in all the higher ranks of life. She received proposals of marriage from the Baron Otto Von Roman, colonel of the 3d regiment Lanciers, and Count Charles Exquel, but, wedded to her profession, she preferred her noble art to either wealth or station. Those significant words which she utters on the stage in the character of Hazel Eye, “I never break my promise, " is but a key to the whole course of her life.