Telegram-herald., 1891-11-01

The rsoty of the play ;s the discovery
BY the sSRs estloz1ss Of q young woman
who is evidently child OF aristocratic
birth That was her offense. It was
enough in those days. IL I had lived IN
taose tirass I would have returned to
my early methods and eaten my pie
with my knife. That way only safety
seemed 20 lie. To be an aristocrat or
thu Child OF an sristocrat At that time
wss . moss unhealthy thing 30 do.
This young lady Is Fabienne Leconl-
tsuz- The part 10 played by Mis- De
Wolfe. who certainly earns her salary,
being pulled around over the stage by
the wrist most all OF tao tirne. either by
her lover or tho srns culotte. eanalIe
and vuxxle-da<<is OF the highly sensitive
and explosive French nation She seems
- b In an almost constsot scufls with
snxne ono while asking all hands to be
kind enough to avaunt.
No one In the audience weepA The
heart Is not touched. You watch Eae
spectator during the entire play and You
sec nc tear-o1iy the Wild. frightened,
spprehsnsive eye Of ons who has just
lighted lo-snch cannon frecracker and
Is waiting for It to bust
Martial Hugon IL the lower Of this girl,
ond sltbough she b very fond Of him,
she h almost sure that IL is not right,
fog she has associated herself with the
Ussnlins Gissers. thinking him dead. So
ohe u n11 torn up I'm her mind, and when
- - snd Of tho play she was led away
~ - bshsadsd could SEQ that she was
Ssnl1y gzad of g
In Ssrdcu's work, tho whole play and
IN III characters cluster about the gull
Iotine In the last act. In mine they
gather sbort . watermelon.
How different the motive! How dis-
mseyicauy sad totally different the
method and the rsofVy
Labussiere IL an old friend and school
mate Of Martial. and he gives his atten-
ton entirely 10 saving the life Of the un-
for.uDxte Fabienne. but fails after all.
20 that In che Last act we have the pleas
urs Of seeing her 50 to the guillosine
and her lover shot down like a big red
steer in the Chicago abufsoirs. For this
rsaupn We SAP ss we 20 away: 1T Is me-
chemically perfect No critic win over
attack the construction OF this play, but
never shall want to see it again"
In the first act Lacussiere rsscues Fa-
bienns from as tough . crowd OF Nor
man wssherwomsn - ever soxzied their
soIlrd Easn in the seine. He being .
clerk ,pronornced clark) In the depart
nens cf rublic safesy. aids Ia saving her
from the mob and directing her and her
jgvcr b the house Of Nine. BeriIlou.
where snother 0rRco- Roman ssrfle %
curs between Martial and Fabienne. ks
trying 10 get her TO ny with him on .
bufss car to some unknown land whsrs
they can revsl in each others lore and
cracked whent far beyond the power OF
II suiilosine. "whers royal foot hath
never trod nor tdget forged = chain: oh.
would that were safely back in that
bright iani AGAIN.
Fa5seune eorcln9es ~ last that her
love Tor Martial is wicked. ~ IL gives
her aslisff and taizss her attention away
from her dsvosions. She finally. there
Gure. decides 70 % 20 sae behesdinx
works % ths< see msy love him in
heaven Afone. He does nos like this,
prrfer<snx 50 love her IN both places.
both hevs sDd hereafter.
A sp.at n.ny Psopls are that way. n
may oe wrong IN ss-ns respects. but I
favor that nssfnod lsyseif.
fesnsessrsis o<eups7ssn. OF course. hor-
No be<h 7shfeune snd Martial when
thrx k.cvv % =. fer ali tae sdocheh."
-. a. va w,ofd sss. Indictments. pa~s
SR.rours, his h9ads. bat when thev learn
g. be soues q god razny OF tsen ever
and anon shey ere more rssoacilsd. La
hous>xe u q at rate character weIl
.,ar<i go - that Il Martial This
enxwsrf~s - txksn By Mr. Eob-~tnous an
Esxtshnsn Who Yss>si very pleasant
weusn1 . stort ti4ae zxs ~ my sssie At
a. Iz.uvb<' Dinner IN Sew Fork. he b
~p pnxssenraxa Who has snfau~ssssn even
f.u Aw~r,esn fRstsEss,ns. Every one
- tsxs .uai<acs hs~.i hsun very rseh
: p<tsrnuc wss nct - surnssssk Ghs
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t,.,c.; psyss <ver creates,. ~ assht. hus
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