Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-08
A Lakeside Mlsing.
a desire to see the dramatic crit.

Ahl0llb W oNS NhO III allldblt blll-
ic."
1t was nicely dressed young lady
who made this remark as she gaZcd
in somewhat furtive manner into
the editorial rooms, having appar-
emily made a successful effort to in
stinctively indemnity the person Of
whom shO was in search.
"The dramatic editor,' said the
horse reporter, "is not in just now
Il thought So" said the young lady.
at seems to me that | would know
him by sight. lie writes. so tender
ly.'
"Writcs howY'
$50 tcndesly. There is always an
indchnahlc something in the Trib-
unc's dramatic criticisms that makes
one feel refined and purified after
reading them. There is a grace of
liclion, Il subllety of thought, con-
nectiOn with every sentence that re-
veals appreciation Of an artistic mind
for true art. All that is beautiful
and pure and good in the realm Of
the drama is set forth in vivid colors
whose graceful blending and perfect
unity OF purpose combine 10 make
a picture that even time itself can
never altogether erase from the tab
lets Of memory. shall never forget
his sweet critiquc on Young Mrs
Winthrop. '"
"Neither shall H. responded the
horse reporter ii am inclined to
think that far in the misty future
there will lingcr in the vaultcd cor
ridors of my large Western soul
some exceedingly fresh memories of
that critique. saw the play
Did YOU, indecl?" asked the
young lady. "Wasn'tit chaIming'
Hardly" was the reply. "On the
contrary, it struck me as being rath-
cr milky for good mush, and not
quite stiff enough Tor cornstarch pud-
diug-Thcrc was lack of vigorous
action, a total absence Of that I-wili
steal second -ba self / do spoil my
pants energy that one looks for in a
drama"
"Bul the motive interrupted the
Young lady, lis 50 pure aud the NOR
al which the play teaches is such Il
good one
80, tie motive is all right assent
cd the horse reporter; "but the plot
looks to me as ifit had been written
By some cstimablc gentleman who
had been suddenly called away from
a ward meeting Of the Married Mems
Dorcas Society and ordered TO chop
Out drama in twcnty-fourhOurs un-
der the penalty of immediate eXecu-
ton in case of failure, A Young
couple are married and they have a
child. That is all right. Children
are a joy forever as long MS you can
keep away from them. The young
man has large fortune, which is far
more probable In a dfama than in
real life, because he wears how shall
I.gct-out-of-thom pants and kiss
mc-quick and don't tell papa hat,
and have noticed that young menof
that kind arc not generally wealthy.
Wcll, after six years Of married life
Constance and Rupert begin TO spar a
littlc-'drifting apart the dramatist
calls it. Instead of staying at home
and holding Constance On his right
knee while lie warbles rich, warm
lies into her left ear about his love
for her. Rupert goes TO the club, and
comes home late after being batlled
in his scheme Of trying to make three
aces beat flush. Constance keeps
up her en of the procession by going
to balls and parties. They are drift
ing so far apart that it will soon
be quite u feat in naviga-
ton for one TO see the
other, when the dread monster, the
Group, comes along and nips little
Rosie, the child. This occurs one
evening while both parents are hur-
rahing around town. When they
come home the doctor-who has a
painfully artificial beard and who
walks as ifhe had been Suddenly sum-
moned from the table while eating
hot husband neglected TO swallow
it-tclls them that hope has fled. The
child dies, and this reveals to the
parents the fact that they have for
themselves an opulence of affection
for each other that is quite bewildor-
ing in view of their previous mutual
refrigeration. There is the usual
brisk interchange of MY darling and
the curtain falls"
"Now, l can't see where the Won
derful moral lesson of this play comes
in, unless the idea sought to be con-
veyed is that every young married
couple should have a croupy infant
on tap to relight by its sudden and
unexpected demise the flickering
torch of hymenial love. There was
also blind girl in the play, too, who
evaded chairs and walked around the
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