The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-26

! A Young, intelligent workman, at peace
/ with all the world, loved by his beautiful
/ wife, happy in his home. though interested
i'll the welfare of his class, takes little note
of the supposed oppression OF money, nor of
/ the growing spirit of communism at
pours its wild arguments in his ears. One
day, however, he hears sever al capitalists,
one of whom is his employer, discussing a
| plan to increase their profits and feed their
! greed by forming a combination with the
deliberate purpose of forcing their EN-
ployes out, reducing their wages to the
lowest point, and Try the aid of hunger
compelling their submission. The man
| comes home burning with indignation.
| His wife sootheS him with love and words
of hope and faith.
III times come. Events crowd each 9TH
en- Wages are reduced. Most Of the men
strike. The rest are locked out. The mans
thoughts turn to those doctrines he form
erly despised, but still his wife keeps him
true. Evictions follow. The young worN-
man and his beautiful young wife are
turned into the street and their furniture
seized. They are not able to pay the rent
Enraged by the sufferings of his wife, the
i young man adopts anarchiSm-the creed OF
despair. He joins his fellow workmen. He
becomes their leader He saws: I'VE will
go to our masters and ask them to treat
with us as men. If they refuse-we will try
/
arbitrate with them. Their cold answer
was: Return to your tasks. We will pay
you what we choose Then the Young
leader says: "They have destroyed our
means of existencev-our labor. Let us dos
troy theirS-their property,
a raid is made ON factory 1t is met by
the police. They fire into the crowd. The
leader falls. Then fearful cry is heard,
the beautiful Young wife rCsheS to the spot
and throws herself on her husbands corpse
She is rudelv disturbed by the police She
rises, and with her hands appraised to heav-
| EN- prays for vengeance. She applies to the
authorities to have the police vi no did the
shooting punished. 1t is in vain; the police
are the authorities. Then for revenge she
is driven into anarchism. She organizes an
incendiary band. They apply the torch
Fearful destruction ensues. The police are
on their track. A traitor reveals their
plans and the leaders. The conspirators are
arrested while planning further ruin.
The woman is arraigned. Calmly she adj
mits her guilt; bitterly she accuses the mon
| eyed conspirators who caused the wrong,
triumphantiy she asserts her victory in re-
venge With terrible scorn she denounces
their bravery in hunting down a woman
She deties them. Swiftly snatching a vial
of poison concealed in her hair she drains it
| and tails a corpse at tho affrighted feet of
| justice. This woman is Nina Van Zandt
! The character is well suited to her She
can well portray the calm strength of wifely
love and the fierce torrent of passion reused
| to revenge.
| There is place for several fine climaxes
The eviction scene, the killing of the hus-
| band, the weird meeting of the conspra-
| tors, the awful death in the court, ali fur
nish grand and striking tableaux. The
emotions range from quiet love TO intensest
hate, direst revenge, and, in the closing
scene, eliminate in storm of passion, end
ing in despair, fit prelude of death. A
| large part of the lines are written, espe-
ciaIly those that fall to the part of the hero
inc, and to the construction of these Miss
Van Zandt has given much personal atten-
| ton. A fair sample of them are her words
when torn from the corpse of her husband
by the police. She turns on them with
Wolves, would you rend this flesh?
Base murderous slaves! Oh, my dead love!
| Foul fiends gaze on your work. Dead Dead
May that sweet blood its incense send
| To heav n, and call down the wrath of God
! on your accurSed heads. May fire
! Burn your homes want pinch your limbs, and
| Hunger gnaw your hearts until he CLUES
| Him with your deaths. Gold bought cut Threats,
My vengeance shall pursue you still. Drive
| Courage from your veins and put fear there.
| Curses upon you Heli's torments sezel
Revenge! Revenge! Revengei
The last act is not completed, but prom
ises to be strong one both III action and
language. The play will be finished in a
short time, and will be put on the stage in
September Meanwhile Miss Van Zandt
will work assiduously in preparing for the
presentation.
Mrs. Van Zandt, Ninas mother, when
asked about her daughters plan of going
on the stage, said; "Who told you she was
going on the stage? do not favor it, and
it is entirely Ninas plan" She said she
could not talk about it, as nothing as yet
had been definitely settled She tacitly
admitted the fact, but refused TO enter into
details. nina" she said, "has not yet
completed her plans"
The beautiful Miss Nina herself, when
asked to tell the public about her plans,
replied: Il am not ready to talk to the
public yet, for when [ go upon the stage, if
l ever do, fear they will think l talk too
much"