The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-25

| hprpNlI To bp h9 child. She la bpautifu1
and full Of tho henlthful animal tpetincts which
make a conventional life peculiarlv abhorrcnt
To her. Tho mother il n pharsee selfish and
cruel, who scrke To make the obseryanccs of re-
ligious forms atone for her unloy,,ly character
! Tho prctrutioug occIcsiasticisn of her house
hold il little less than Hypocrisy and is regarded
by her friends with contemrt She kccps a
| ouasi pricst i'm the houac and ne discinlincs
the servants To her work and keeps nm eve ON
the visitors She usos hs youthful aud pioss
! pupil. Ajeiard IA Il spy.
waive all argument about tho nature OF the
material selected to make his NAV II ia nor.
haps sufficient to say that the work Will not be
tolerated In the shool Districts Of Connecticut.
and will for other reasons meet with the bitter
| est objections from those who believe that big
otry and hypocrisy should bc treated as rev.
ercntly as picty itself
| The Mdrgtuse comes into tho action with ono
unswcrving determination. II If to send tho
girl to a convent before the father. who is n real
Admiral in the French navy. shall app,ar and
prevent IT,
Every device that clever dramatst like Sar-
| dou can employ IL nsed 10 enlist our sympnthics
for Elise. and to mako Va dotcst and cxccrato
| the mother in whom an nrtincial austerlty il
| allied 10 an insinccre soul
Suddenly the father. admiral Le PDnt. appears
| in this household He has rorrrspontnd with
his daughter In the assumed relationship of
godfather. and he knows her situation and
| danger
| Three Of the ats portray the struggle which
| cnsucs between the father and tho mother of
this girl, In these acts the dramatist plays with
the sympathics the fears, and the hopes of the
spectators as only the adroitcst of ma.,icians
can do.
The scene hovcrs on the edge Of catastrophe:
discovery seems inevitable: triumph is all but
nssured-when. presto. the circumstance
changes ALL
In the fourth net the crisis Of tho struggle is
reached. The father has carried of the girl.
hut the mother RECEIVERS her. The nth net il n
compromise without a triumph. The Admiral
goes to sea without his child The mother is
unpunishcd the husband il undc,civcd
And yet measured by the philosophy OF life.
| that il tho WAY il would all ,nd
Judged 10y the Theatre standard. II il unsatis.
factory.
Ihelieyc the management Of the Union Saunrc
| Tbeatrn resolved whom This ,teeo ,vos mn, In
rehearsal TO present /, first in its integrity. and
,hen according IN tho romnn,i, or norulnr no.
ton and with that idea had the Inst net written
in both schools. SO 10 SNEAK
Ifthis il so the exneriment will bo an intor.
rstinr ono and await tho rceonstruc,oI nlav
with curiosity
| or tlc roprosentn,ion nj tho Union s,uorc :,
Womb he dnl.ul, =, s,,oaL d,lib.r,,.l, ,ri,h TOO
| much eomn,ndntin,
The cx,r,lsito adiu.tmon, ~ the norforrar,o
is ooual in its relative worth tn the a1,us,mnr,
| of the work uself
II criticism il IN lod,a onvvhor, I, ,,us,,o
On the shoulders ~ MI po',,rs AMI w. s,,d-
dirt Nv impression - ,hnt IN, U,,.o,,is. 1.
mnlo unnoo.ssnrilv virerish Arorc nlrr,,.,
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thov nun,,urnd us uor crn,ni.,io, has H.,
steady. inoyitnll, dron dron ~ that stream -
tort,r.. once us..I in tho ,risons no,.r ,, ri,,
myself Of tho leli.f,hnt sbo Inos all h.r,aIt',,,
with her tooth ti.,htlv .l.n..J rh.rn is n I,,,I,
hiss in fan mic, s,enti, that f,sci,n,,. =.
sting that minis MS
| Nv tho siIo Of This in,,,a.o,lo zoa,o, r.b..
shines with a rirl.-h and gracious charm ,bn,
! IL indes,ribnble
Miss Snra Jrvr,t who rlove ,l,tsror. los
/ blank cnndor i'm h.r fn.n ,cho.. ip,r,,Iti,,,
,r.vents nor from, fnll, ..x,r,..si,,., ,t ,,,,,,
| emotions of ,trnny roles lut i, j. ,.i,,ir,i.l,
n,laiit..d To convey Tia. frank nal innocence.
uf Fuse Hers is Tia, pens y, br,y.r,. ~ I'm. v,r
gin. lii III, bravery 81 a rh,trp,ir., i,,,.,.,.,
Nothing can he finer than her r.,,rin,nr,ln and
rouuleo II Florina when no. enters her room, I,
has all the grandeur of a weakness which mr..
rays magnaniinity on its side. and is safe
When she throws horarms about hor seeming
codflthor's n ok and nekunyl..i,,.s ,t,nt ~.
loves him better ,i,,.. she loves anvbodv ,se
and then with conyusiy. trcpido,ion nj hcr
avowal almost screams DOM Tell II. don't
| tell IL 90 ,yo cot on. of ,hoe, o.i,ns ola. III,
revelations which oro sorn,.,ir,''. ,,a,,,.,.,,