The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-07
A DRAMATIC TREAT.
Louie Lord rs Miss MOu1tOn and Fer
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nand De La Tour.
The performances Of Lords dramatic
company at Bancroft hall last Friday and
Saturday evenings, were not attended
by large audiences, but were so meritO-
rious that had the company remained
here this week we believe they would
have had large as we'll As appretiative
houses. "Our Boys'' Friday evening
pleased everybody present, but Saturday
evening was genuine surprise and . rare
dramatic treat. The play was the new
and very emotional one Of "Miss Moul-
ton" the leading part OF which was rem.
dered by Louie Lord in q manner that en-
titles her to rank not only as the
most talented actress who has appeared
In our city, but as one OF the foremost ac-
tress Of the day. The Improvement in
dramatic power which this lady has
made since her advent here six years ago,
astonished and gratIfied all who saw her
then and again here Saturday evening,
and eVinced that her naturally great tai
ents have finally found full expression
and action. The plot OF the play is
that eight years previous to its opening
scene, the handsome young wife Of no.
ted French barrister had eloped, aban-
douing her husband and two young chill
dren, and that her body was found
crsuhed almost beyond beyond recOgni-
ton in . railway accident soon after the
elopement. The husband finally married
again, and the children were br ought up
in ignorance Of their mothers rash esca-
NADIA and n a,tora her u,amorv q q the vie
tim only Of terrible death. In this fam
lily also lived tutor who was well &C
quainthd with the supposed dead wife.
A strange lady comes highly recommend
ed for the position Of governess to the
children, and the tutor 10 astonished 81
the remarkable resemblance she bears to
the dead and errlng wife, although the
governess is evidently much older per.
san and has seen trials and grief that the
wife, II she had lived, would not have had
to encounter. This wonderful and pain
but the goVerness, Miss Moulton, resolved
to stay, finally carries her point, claiming
that her resemblance to some one who IL
dead is no reason why she should be de-
MED employment in accordance with CON
tract. She reveals herself to the tutor
as the supposed dead wife, erroneOusly
thought to be killed, and now repentan
and filed with an irresistible longing t,
see and be with her children, resolved Il
win their love a. their governess II sh'
can never reveal herself as their mother
The struggle between her affection and
her prudence, the agony Of BENG will
her children and yet not daring to hGv
them know and love her as their mother
the daily spectacle Of her husband hap.
py In the love Of his second wlfe, anC
finally the keen suspicious OF that wifi.
forcing . desperate aVowal OF her identity
the appeal Of her husband to her to i'm
molats her mother love on the shrine o
her children's worship Of her IS q saint
in heaven, rather than reveal herself Il
them as q living aud disgrsced woman
the awful struggle between her sense o.
duty to them and some token Of the
love she hungered for as the only earthl!
boon LEFT her, were depicted and portray.
ed by Louie Lord with wonderful fore
and effect, and she became for the coca
sion the very embodiment OF the strang,
dual character she represented. Ever
motion, gesture, and word, was the per
feet expression OF the part, and her rem
ditiOn was reality itself for all who's
emotions are susceptible Of those impres
sions which honor and ennoble human
hearts. We congratulate Mr.. Lord anC
the talented Louie upon the high positisE
she Is entitled to and is now accorded II
the highest and purest standard At dra
matte art.
The other characters were well taken
except the second wife. The lady whC
was assigned to that part being sick, he
place was necessarily supplied by . nov
ice. who, however, is young and pretty
, and simply made the part a negative one
The farce was simple IS need be. but full
: Of fun, and the audience went home ex
cellentIy satiafied with the evenings en-
E tertainment.