Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-30
BY pity frightened
A guilrless fool;
Wait for him,
Nv chOsen tnnl


cruel deed, and Parsifal. who bad done /,
1t through ignorance. silently breaks h,s
bow and arrows. repentant. Then Gur- |
questions him 40 to whsnce he
came, who his father was. Why he came
hither and what Is his name, but to each |
Oi these questions he answers. II know
not" Gurnemunx declares him an ut |
t~r TOOL. when Kundry. who bad bten
all along watching the scene In silence,
breaks in. HIS father was G>muret,
she says. who perishsd in battle, and
his mother. to save him from like un-
timely fate. brought him up in solitude
In the woods. ignOrant of arms and
warlike training. Then Parsifal tells
how be has seen nen IN shining armer,
astride noble beasts, riding past the
wood, and how he would have been
like them aud had followed them, for
getting his mother. Kundry tells him
that his mother Is dead. when he springs
savagelv At her. but is held back by
Gurnemanz. Parsifal staggers, hall
iainting from the shock OF the news .aud
Kundry brings water and sprlnkles his
lace. AS Gurnemanz approves her re.
turning good Tor evil she cries. Il do
no good 1 only long for rest" Thsn
she is seizsd by sudden drowsiness.
against which she struggles. while
again Is heard the ''Speh motive"
Subdued by the power OF the spell the
crawls iMo thicket aud IL seen no
more. Then Gurnemauz laying Parsi-
falls arm ON his own neck, leads him
away. A. they appear to walk the
scene, by panoramic: device, change
gradually. The smiling glade disap-
pears and they 90 through rocky passes
IN the mountains. arriving at last at
mighty hall. As they approach it the
sound oi boils is heard, aid with IL the
Glove feast motive"
The knights OF the Grail stream into
the hall and join in the solemn hymn.
while ansN erlng them are heard in turn
the voices OF younger men from the
midheight OF the hail and the voices ot
boys from the top OF the dome. Then
Amtortas, preceded by the shrine
which holds the Grail, is borne iu aud
placed upon q couch. From the back
oi the hall comes the voice of old THU
rel, commanding his son to unve:l the
Grail. Amfortas begs that he may be
spared from doing SO, for what 10 toy
and strength 10 every one else 10 the
bit, crest agony to him. Al last he COM
plies and bears around the half the ss-
cred vessel, which glows with super
natural light. Tho feast OF the Last
Supper is then gone through With. and
the knights depart bearing out Amor
tas and leaving Gnrnemanz alone with
Parsiial, who has been watching the
whole scene with speechlsss wonder.
Gurnemanz asks il he understands what
he has seen, and when he shakes his
head again pronOunces him fool aud
thrusts him out OF . small side door,
bidding him begone 0a bic way. With
this the curtain tails OBJ the first act.
he second act opens Ia klingsor's
Magic castle. The enchsnter is seen is
the inner keep. sitting before a metal
mirror solIloquiz'ng. The hour has
~ gle swan. IS approaehing. He holds
Kt .d,y meanwhile 10 q dsathly sleep,
from which she will awake but 10 do his
bidding. Then he summons her. aud
when she appears commando Or TO Try
the power OF her magic charms on tho
youth who 10 now approaching, the
most dangerous toe he has yet had to
deal with. Tor him "sheerest folly
shields" And as he goes on We hear
the "Spell-motive." the "kiingsor mo.
tive" the "Kundry-raotive" aud the
"Parsifal.motive." as the theme which
suggests each occurs in turn. When
kllugsor commands her 70 try her bland
ishmsnts Oh Parsifal, Kundry at first
refuses, though "hs who spurns her sets
her iree," but overcome by the power
OF his spells she at last complies and
d !sappears to set about her work. Mean.
white Parsilal has approached the tow
er, and now puts to rout t: 9 knights
whom klingsOr summons to its defense.
Suddenly the scene changes. Tho tow
er sinks into the ground and in place
rises u lovely garden, INTO which rush q
number vi be .utiful uIaldens III extre.
NEST excitement and terror. They see
Parsi'al standing on the wall and Beg
him not to harm them. But whom he
answers them kindly their alarm cnun.
es to merri,ment, and they crowd xro und
him, wOOing him with soitesL cxressss
Some leave The scene anu roiurn IL
lower dresses. appearing like flowers
themselves. They press about Parsiial
singing the "Caressing Melody"
Parsiiai repulses them, first gently
| .oS.. AAAS'S o'"s 1NS'ys ouo OoSu siuio So"'
he does SO. We hear .'ParsifaI. motive
recurring more ami more strongly. Al
last. as he quite loses patience with
them kundry's voice is heard calling
him. The flower maidens disappear
and Parslfal, looking tim diy round
sees kundry, but utterly transformed
and become transcendentIy beautiful
She calls HIM to her, tells him OF hil
own birth and OF his mothers death
and III exchange for the mother love
which he has lost, offers him her own
Parsifal almost yields, but ss she pres
ses first hiss on his lips, hs springs ~
suddenly In ex reme terrer, clutchinl
his hsart He seems 10 feel Amiortas
spear wound brrni'g in his sid, ant
all the scene IN the hall Of the Grail re-
cars To him kundry becomes ~ r,
earnest and passIon-t. hut be repu.s
her only the more until at lsss she vall