The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-17
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Young mrs. w INN !; n, /. Presented 10

Bronson Howard'e great society
play, young Mrs. Winthrop" was
PRESENTED at the Garland last evening :
by the Madison Square company, 20 a !
crowded house down stairs, but only |.
a fair gallery. The piece Is one Of
those delightful melodratnas In
which. NV fine .acting, much more Is
expires sd In what is left upsaid than
in what is spoken. The scenes are
drawn from life, and are not over
drawn Young Mrs. Winthrop is
loving, tender wife, and au excessively
fond mother who, by involuntary
neglect, IL driven into the whirl OF
CAV, fashiona lie life In New York
city. Mr.. Winthrop Is man OF BUSH
ness. who devotes himself TO business,
to the neglect of his home, and who
reco gnizes that he and hiswiie are
drifting apart, yet Is himself,
In ignorance of the cause.
His wife's brother. unknown to her,
has, through dissipation, been driven
to defalcation, aud In his efforts to
save the blow, Mr.. Winthrop has un-
dertaken TO make good the loss. Be
tween him aud his success stands a
woman whom he has mortally oilend-
i cd TOR his wife's soSe, aud frequent
visits TO her house become necessary. |
| The negligent wife discovers note
10 her husba.id from this woman on
the very eve of their little daughters
birthday, and becomes intensely jeal-
ous. She watches her husband read
il and hears him explain that IT "
aonly a matter of business.
| She Is dressed to 20 out aud
Inc makes husbands request
| that she remain at home. lie pleads
An on oapcment 10 sup at the club. and
deparis IN company with his old law
) Yer friend. William Burton Scott.
Mrs. Dick Chetwyn, who has been
Twice married, and'who 10 Q leader IN
society, calls, and insists that Mrs.
Winthrop shall accompany her 10 me
ball, but is met with ilrln refusal I'M :.
, til she touches upon the frequency OF
MIR. Winthrop's visits TO the mousse or
n the woman referred TO. Passion con-
quers sense of duty, and Mrs. VIM
throp goes. The little blind sister Of
, Mrs. Winthrop suddenly makes her
appearance from the room OF tne
sleeping child, summoning Its grand
mother (Mr. Winthrops mother) IN
haste TO its bedside. The amily phy-
sition is summoned. The child grows
!. worse, and both father and mother
!. are sent for. The old lawyer friend Is
7 on hand. The father is found
at the residence of the woman who
]. had witten him the note. When he
arrives his child IS sleeping and he is
prevailed on to remain III the sitting
room. lie is informed, to his aston
: ishment, that his wife has gone to the
ball, and speaks out the bitterness in
y his heart lie is checked by his
mother. who points ont TO him that
8 his wifr's love OF fashionable society
grows out of his neglect. II was q
: revelation to him, and he resolves to
beg forgiveness ON his wifc's return
The messenger despatc he'd TO the bal
room announces that Mrs. Winthrop
II had departed before he arrived. Mrs
Wjnthrcp r,turns home and notes
IS the stiffness pervading the whole
house, and on discovering the caus,
y becomes frantic with grief ant
remorse. Her husband carries
" OH his resolve. and promises
TO be n more devoted and at
:, tentiyc husband, but with the though
!, of the perfumed note uppermost il
q her mind, his wife looks upon hin
J. with scorn. lie supposes he has dis
covered his error too late. Both pa
J. rents are summoned to the bedside o
u the little child, but too late; the peace
full sleep had faded away in death
u No tie now binds them, and they re
u solve upon separation. The old lay
yer friend, determined 10 reconcil
10 The two estranged hearts, undertake
u the case, and Mr.. Winthrop leaves TO
Europe, promising TO return in thre
ht months. The little blind siste
~ pleads with Mrs. Winthrop not 10 l.
douglas go away, but without avail
X, Herbert Winthrop, q cousin OF Dous
III las. has fpllen deeply In love with I'll
f, blind sister of Constance, and at la
u teaches her the difference betwee
- his love for her and the love of ott
ers. Mrs, Chetwyn explains to Coz
III stance that Mr.. Winthrop's visits
III the grass-widow's house were OF
purely business character, and rofe
~ her TO Mr.. Scott. The old lawy'
Up friend confirms the statement and o.
:, plains the case. Mr.. Winthrop r
y, turns. Constance rushes forward
~ thank him tor what he had done e
her brother, but his cold formalii
%, freezes ncr. iHe phPois hio Pr
" duced, and the old homestead whel
Constance was born Is decided to h,
81 in the partition of the property. I'll
," old lawyer, by skilliul digresslon
!, finally brings about a reronci iatio
u aud reunites the two lives, which, bl
III for him and his fatherly love, woul
y have been severed forever. The pie'
as gives infinite scope for fine actin
a. and the Madison Square compan
70 proved themselves amply equal
,, the occasion.
y. Miss Lena Langdon's Constant
us was perfect, MIR. leighton Baker,
>c' Douelas Winthrop, was excelleil
The old lawyer friend, Buxton scot
nls could not have been improved upo
'or and Miss Emily Maynard, az the on!
nne' married Mrs. Chetwyn, kept u
~. audience In suppressed litter
're laughter all tie time she was on q
-, II stage. Miss Eta Hawkins, AS the II
~ lie blind sister. was very good. H.
NJ, word. The troupe was perhaps u
'he best that has visited Waco this sc
' .1h son. They play III Fort worm
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