frame  and zoom. It reads: "Miss Susan Alexander, a pretty but hopelessly  incompetent amateur, last night opened the new Chicago Opera House  in a performance of Salammbo." "Her singing, happily, is no  concern of this department. Of her acting, it is absolutely  impossible to say anything except that it represents, in the opinion  of this reviewer, a new low. The performance, as a whole, was weak  and incomprehensible." "While it is true that a wealth of training  has been expended on the voice of Miss Alexander, the result has  been pathetitc [sic] in the extreme, inasmuch as she lacks tonal  purity, bolume and the nuances of enunciation so important for the  grand opera diva. "LACKS STAGE PRESENCE "Another grave fault in her  performance was lack of stage pres