, 1879-02-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

A'"'i.Ef's i,,fA1hE.
"e 'snaas,th .1t opsn .,.s .,n,t, s ."1"se
Me". n. 'I''s t"ees ~" l sou.'.
May "n'e'. ',as oee" ;" ~. 'sps'1''y aot many
,.hr1, a,rA o"s !sec'v t.s,,n, 4. ,tatl. o.s.na,
.n.o ~ ~, "''' W ..,.,., ' ~. INV ana
49,, ~. t "..s "s .as ,.. '.s s.s.s ~.
a.au9 ~ es'ss,u pa'asAr", ~ an.ss. .,'.
'nut 30 .ao.at' s. ,'n r1.a. s p'n, % =. .""'
"n'uo .'ous.s wv ~ NV ~" So'.pa.
ny. IL 10 nothing Of tic 91nd. lie urama was
written by German author for Janauscfek.
and IL basc,l upon novel Of Frcdtrica Brenler'f,
ralIc,l uOur N.tonburs.n it bears no mora
.r,,,,..,, ,ha -is.o ntiuact ~ H., 1. .,,o. -
% "ilamist." I'M In nsnv ' RESPECT. "1'a i Countess" @
Is powerful work, strung fu totne impressive
tragic effects and In the tirttneatiun q. tna!cs-
III tync ~ womnrhoft1. .urh m Mmc. 1nnnu.
so,,ar ,l.,foh,. ~ ,,r.rav. Tn ,1c nrc..n. nrt,,
u1ar taste. which runs tn tho alfcct'on Of Ftcneh
cmottonallsm, or ctso farce.cotncdy, this 1rasna
viii nroba,ly seem l,eaYy, IL not nonot o,,ous,
nnrcliarel "a IL Is by a touch Of
gaycty. and dealing almost e5c'usisely WIN tlc
lad and solemn aspects Of life. The plot is not
~ intricate onc, and can be described In few
ror1, Tho f,n,nt.t, Of Jfnnsftr. n ,xopnn nf
,us. ""rus ~ ae.n.a Svass an ~ r.at, .o,nn"a ~
impeflous nature anu ot f'e1u aanste"ce 70
principle, Is the posseEsor OF an old baroniai
estate, which she rules over like an Empress.
Sim has ouc son. Uruuo fSr, Tllorpel. who IL
"u drn,r,c,1 3 n. ~ y t noc.hcarted auI atlec,Iopsto
who who Fec seem 10 enjoy ths confidence and
lore Of the mother The elder Of the
two ,trn.ons become. involved In u scrapc,-so
wv 'lep1s's ., p'eo"., " 49,, -. ."se ill.,
We ieash III 'oe ope".1s ae'--a" 10 sa,o n''"-
self has been tcmptcd to steal from tl'c dovesu-
ment Treasury, whcrc lie has position. a large
.,,n, NJ nancy. rI,c lcia,cattou Is at,ut 10 be
lii rescue. Thc latter. bclnx master f The fam
liz manston, md hcir to tse estate, listens TO
ts brot!,er's appeai, audi after eu,ne slta,1cy,
n.n'rm ~ - tfp 'y =" 'a IT, tkcis fal, M e un '' a."
hnnesr rctnI,cr Of tl.e Canaftss, but Ii
nycn.ua,ly traced to Nr,tup, who has lust been
~, ti,r rt,lnt nj telling ills tnollpr Ut Ills uct
Tic orony Of tlle woman OH 1naiinv tie dis
ntcIy xouerntu tt,c tnuoce,,t aul let tt,g sworI
ii ;,sttts taii unon tlc guilty, An impressive
cntr,ntt htIn In ,o,,iess nI to k,ccl fur ,artlt,
uf herself and OF (iutl. but tic boy
t,aa inhrrttrn hrr hiuh snirit. n,nl
rsf,,sc. t., acknn,x,ctirc hs act ~ rutIty one,
iis Iut,itlcs It On ir picu tut he is master OF
nnssinr Of The von,nr is arotsc,t, and fl mae-
nitisent nutIurst of wrath she t,ruuput,ccs u
ri m ,.t,on lin md drives him rum thu llo,nu
III Mia nnccsturs. Tits is one OF the most
fc 8
inrss,sri,cw in mr. nS her prl,icst uIuuu1t.
u,ni Gives Mr. Thornc tic onls oppor-
tnnitv for sustaining effectively a
,art ,mrt5 ,xhinh tr tlu ss,,h.cu,,rnt sccnes.
..asr, to stlant ttsc)f t0 lis stylc Of aetlllu,
ionsn n itf,ceu ycara intcryaurs, nut wc iu t]c
T,,uts., wrav nj rr,cf.strlrkpn. Int rutnInjng
ho. ,rI1snishln "nfrit n,,i ft,r,,,I,nc iii mr,,.
t,,, ~ "f hcr nnhonny son. Sic las t,a,tcct Win
t fonsts ~ III .s,.,r ,t Tho 'nSu1s II il.ni. too.
H. ~ t,,sitcn -, In ,tt"rcI in lrr hcnrinY. Pres
"ntiy ~, hrar OF n mystrrio,s stranger, who has
| e cnms rom foreign latIs, lId has ,,lir.
cI.aa,, ti,. hall mi ,nmis. }tn mcets Sttna.
s''a'fn formcr ms "A n,nx,no,n nr of Hr".Gs. wit
no. ucy"r lost hcr l,,yu for lin. Selma
XII. W.i'1rnnSio tnirry1cw viii, tf,r strnnarr
sa,,I !. .tranrriv fnsrimntrI. liz iact wg seu at
onsc one tl.at il il Bruno, who Inn fund famo and
sei alt y n"*.i,, n III H. mo,h"rs fnrr.vrnss. it
e,t,rv = med mt h' nnrs,rl further. Of course,
ofse1 tnnny deyicrs. arraprc,l by brother Stt,It,
nnt tis vn,,nfy vii. E:tauHsEa fSfas Jennie Sfur.
H,,.In III. snn ia rcstnrrI In The mof,tr't tcurt
sa cyrn funercal in i,B solcmntty. ut,.l with tl,t
| ~. L. ott tf,.l