New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30


inG and 1 assented without mental reservation TO
his dictum.
Sclf-contancdl" he repeated in low voice. MS
II considering the meaning OF the word. les u
is good phrase ] never Thought oil ~ myself.
The last words almost inaudib!c muir
muir, and he sank into \ fit Of abstraction anu dls
parcnrIy forgot all about me. But by this time l
was TOO much undcr the spell Of his fascination
TO bear 10 be ignored. so | spoke again to rouse
him.
" Ard what of Miss Terry's Lady Macbeth"
She is bcautiful have never before seen
even "A bad actress and this lady Is charming
Thinl, how the lads who played her part were
wont to rant and mouth it 80" years asGm
How strangely his thoughts hhrpcd always on
the ore string Struggling with revived mNp
Cou, | made no answer, and he continued wIih
quiet rarncs,ncSs: never hoped f. Sc" L,dy'
fault for she makes Lady Macbeth woman such
| as the playwright had in his mind-a loNin" low
able wOn.ar. rIincd hy one evil impulse by a
deliberate effort of viii she shuts ont all Cm'Sid
rrationS save the gittcring object OF her "mb
ton. She has 10 invoke the spirits OF evil I" give
hrr Iaturc, and altcrwarG dies slowly Of unaHAlE
rng rrmor>c III" pity OF il! The pity Of 1t
oh, how have suffered for her and with her
You think, then. that Lady MaCbeth'S was
higher nature than her huShandS?'
lie looked surprised at my question. and then
answered with courteous tolerance: ASSur'IE
NdCbrth was - weak man. rendered 'roclon>N
cruel by the same moral cownrdlcc which al first
restrained him from crime, His better parts were
physical courage and haning toward rcSP"G'.
ability. lie had no conscience, no noral hatred "l
crime hut only dread Of its SOCial consequences
Remember that III" first cautious suggestion OF
Dunnans murder came from him in his lctto" TO
his wife She understood his uncXprcs Scd desire
and though she hated the deed, She chclcd her
moral sense 10 favor her ambition ,nd ms. md
when all is said sh but sroichoh he con cicnrr
he could no, XIII il. Her husband IoN>">S"d mn"
hos and hl> nr2t yielding 10 Grim" sl'% that ht,r
utterly. liz fell ''lroush weakness: SIZE through
INSTRUCTED strength
And YOU think that Macbrth's urwlngr"Ss
ro murder Duncan due solely I" cOw1rIc",
not 10 his NOR powerful imagination. which cna.
hl~i hIm 10 forcNee consequences to which ms wi'
YES Mnchc,h imagined yrvidlv only hccans"
he frar'd greatly. Tn" crime once committed, BE-
suffered less from the ortlrr> Of ma than
from the fear Of detection H. w'c suffered IN
both ways and her conNclcnc. killed her WIN
her. Imagination WIS rooted M LT moral ,"nN"
- her one passion Will, Nnor rs found H. root
only IN s'lhsh personal considerations
sui ,hc, same ,"CC adm'ln,nE Of no oHT"a,,
nae, and were ho'h silent tai the curtain lose
fog the second act.
II would take toe long 10 describe in detail ,h'
INTENSITY Of h.> cnlH'm'u' thToGG cont the play
HIS interest never thgg"d 70: an instant. N"9s
md then indeed II t">" "a ~ i"rrIirns rNrIi-
,ucut AMI. Watching him, >huddrI"I tor IT. pos
>Ihlc con>c,. u"r,cN hnh 10 HIM and :" me-. -
grrdi WIS the sympathy S"mr M NirrloGN power
had established hr'w"n hl> hg'In nnd mine II"
watched Nh murder scene III EhGSIfd Ac"nE,
>
the mimic passions Of Tho actor, reelected AMI even
intensified in his face. Wien IL W., oN"" he sank
back, covcrin- hlN hcc with his hands. and
though he made no .ulnd So ilr' y" wa, over
mastered with emotion would have gwen much
10 weep too, but coah "nl" ~ and watch him IN
rsni>r,y not able. ne hc apparently w;,s. en-
t'rrIy 10 T. rf the crowd ~ sttan-c", around IL
Happily tb"r wcr" ~. nh>orn~l ~ "a" PLAY. ma
one noticed either HIM o. M" Wien he looked
mp Gain his fac" wn> wet with tcnE-
After thc curtain fell h" md" n, ar 10y for
III, L.,
nothing that hr .ald Or DIT took IL" mach 10.
surprise 1hrouchout III" Interval between ~"
act, h" nr,c- s!"k". he 81 mott ni',,. VIII |
Ms eyes covered Wlr a.. hnnI. cirh"r p.r>'rn'"d
10y exhaustion ~ deep IN THOUGHT and h'd ~
wish 10 disturb Inn
He watched H., third act with a mlld"- interest.
very unllk" tie ircuN"i excitement which h.I
I"S.c>,"d him du-i"- III" murder seem. II"
charmed with the beautiful nm. and group
ing II IL" banquet s"rnr bur he h"-h"'l AZ n"
nIuricrerS and shook his head tur IA ~. +,
lie would have been bette LEFT :" ia" INA mn
tIon,' lac whispered wien BInguo npp"nr"' p-o-
>acaIly through The Eoa:. ON III" whole. ms
attitude throu. hout the act that VI critical
veNatIpn rnthc. than pleasure.
That sc.nc is no, success, I rom.:kG,l when
We must rather hIam" the play Sr s!i 'n"rr. .
not The player" rcph~l tn" stranger nudnciously. !
II !. h"G scene. L. cont rms COOL Passages, !
but II is earliest. PIT t"-rthcr II Is well enough
IN tLr rradin., but II acts bndly" !lr paused. /
then added to himself with deep sl=h Of lon-In-:
II "nE could r"wrI'" IL
Inns really gong too far NJ unrrl"on-
Ing F-'rl"nc" for "a, man WIS @'"H' h"' NY !
reasonable rcycrcuc" for Nhnkce'snt" Wa. .r",rcr /
1t would h" srcr'l"-".- | cN"lnIm"l De-
you cNI"ct, Fir, t. succeed w!"r" Hhn tr'i''ai" +.
! fnnrlv qur,,ical smile cleaned IN III, c:cs a
mo'1rnt h"n l." answers! CONF" "'iii
II" dm not tI,. he W., "t~l"-, DI ~.
4 ! could rcwrlt" ~ mr,nt Shakespeare. Il
cn.:>c'
Al through the rI,, ! wn,. >'s.cr, with h1> in .
tail ~ me sgrgrr' ami = f.. star" ma rllN"ry .