, 1874-09-06

OF intelligence to the mere mention of iss nauae-
Here IL the story OF this play:
Raphael uchalet, Young sculptor, has twico
taken the prize, and finds 10.001 francs to his
credit. He works increasingly, spufred by am
bition and cheered by tho presence OF his moth
er. Love for the Beautiful, aud SUCCESS, havo
turned his world Into Paradise One day, in
the Forest Of Foutainbleau. he meets Mile
Marco. Sne is traaBcendently beautiful girl,
moving in tue costly realm Of fashion. who has
resolved to marry tor money. Attracted by tile
charms OF her person, the young sculptor speaks
with her, aud from the first hour is mos: dos
perately in love. In order to be hear her, he
neg.ects his art and forsakcs his home. For her,
unworthy as slo is he allows pure love to
striko its roots iuto the depths OF his soul. Willie
ho il blind and deaf to everything but Marco,
and can think and speak only her name, she
accepts the hand OF wealthy Partisan nobIo-
man. This shock weakcns him from his long
crean, but he resolves to see her once moro.
hoping that all mny not be lost. That meeting
forms scene which is almost without parallel
i'll the annals of the modern stage. Raphael
pleaI5 with tue energy and pa:hos Of con-
demned man, pouring OUT the love and hopes OF
his 1oined aud sentative heart in torrent. Marco
replies By showing h,m the frightful spectacle
of marble heat, and detuils the slo~ process OF
it's early petrlfac1ion. Ills love vanishes in hatred,
leaving hia life wrecked on the desolate roefs
OF despair. In fronZy h1 goes back to his de-
serted home. learns OF his mu.bors death from
neglect, resolves to work and forget, is haunted
by tho spectre Of his halo, loses the god Reason,
sinks il, delriuu. and dies from q broken heart.
Mile Marco il surrounded by soma butterflies Of
society. The sculptor has ono grind and true
friend, that immortal character, Vollge, whose
other names ara Reason, Opinlcn, md the
World, and whom he sacrifices, along with all
tha. is valuable on tho altar OF bllud passion.
Sdch is tue short thread by which the plsy is
al ff1ar +T.tH II hne lad frri
lasts no longer than Raphacl's money. Bat You
perceive at once tuat it was not made to fill up
tue gap OF hope at any theatre, and that l. does
not re:ch out to aay star You know q, 3
glance that it chronicles no event OF history and
came not out Of tho lumber-regons ~ of any
BRAIN
There is nothing now OF startling about it.
The great result is produced Dr merely passing
the old aud simple materials ancw through tho
magic loom Of life. Marco set up an idol OF
gold ia her heart. which soon became for it a
Ualace OF peutelic marble Her fair flesh solidi-
fed into statue Tie glowing impulses of her
youth faded out. and sho BECAME deaf
to reproaches, dead to remorse; yet she lived on
Haphael--thc gifted, hu,71t, RaLhael-surnered
IN his affection whero the moth corrupts aud
thieves break through and steal. His pure and
noble love was a. nothing in tho sight OF Marco.
who recurded the whole world a. one croa. mar
ke,, wnore everything is to be bought No e1-
planation can be offered for RarLa els eourBa.
lie loved because ho could not help it. Uo was
human, and fcl. tho eternal thrill which oyerr-
where lies underneath the mystery Of sex. From
the standpoint Of such ~ Marco, his lifo
must appear to DO the very comedy
Of love- but is terrible tragedy every day en-
acted in society. In the plan Of humanity, it is
the misfortune Of some lives to be overwhelmed
by sorrow. We realizo the fact. but caunot
60 beyond it. In this play. tho yellow. dust is
con1rastod most sharply with tho yaluo OF :.
soul. It shows tte desperate struggle aud in
eyitable defeat which come to tho man who
fights Derting with Ills naked hand.
TIE interest IN the fourth aud fifth chapters OF
this history is Intense. Hera il seon how tho
haud Of unrequited love loses its cunning, and
the heart OF = strong man. buorant with youth,
breaEs uuder agony. Here noble and 6cauti-
ful soul is quenched in the darkness The
spectacle is serrib1e-appa1lins. In the hands OF
Mr. Auams, this scene surpasses the utmost
power of language to describe. It ranks equal
with the best exhibitions OF the hstrlonic art
known to America in this generation
The irst act called tho Scuptor's Dream, is
an alicsory which lifts Grooce ~ by mir%re out
of tho lnze OF antiquity. The Athens which
spreads out the divine beauty OF her proportions.
That il tie Temple Of Jupiter here stands tho
Citadel: on touder height ron can SEQ the Par
theuon, which holds Mlnerva. They afe MI white
and clitterinp as doyos in the suu-
sci. All the world ia in the street Phidias.
who n,.de the cbryse]enhantjre stntuey. is
arca king With Uo.eues tie PHILOSOPHER, A1ci-
h1aies the Geueral. ia wa5kiur hapd-lu-haud
with Georsias, the millionaire Stsabon and
Thea tha sl.ycs hurry bY-oue carving his
measure Of dss, tbs other with her tiIlot Of
flowers. On every side are evidences Of tho
culture and prowess Of peric!es xnd Cimon
The beauty ana intellect Of Aspasi. are seen and
feu in the sculpture which adorns the houses
and temp]ea The perfection of Hellenic art
blooms in the stone flowers OF the cor,lices.
and reappesrs in the figures of the lIet-