The evening world., 1893-10-10
"THE SECOND MRS. TANouERAY,"

into the peramDulator, ana Wheei
yourself away In 1t. Twas but
a few moons ago that the Young
Person. in the shape OF the Nor
NAL College girl adored the sleek. plump
Madge, who went to see her at her
college. and. while standing by the side
of her Principal harangued her on Virtue
by the yard. She held forth on the in
effable Joy of plain boiled mutton, the
wholesome. Intoxicating bliss that turks
in the darning OF Peppers much be-
frayed heels: she told her that she should
always wear flannel next her skin. and
trim her underskirts with crochet. which
Is so much cheaper than embroidery.
Poor Young Person She has gone from
you-yOur nice, sweet Madgc She has
left you there. wearing flannel next your
skim for her dear sake! And you can
not call her back TO you. Like that lit
tie tear-stained boy. you mist play
alone. Weep. dear child-weep 1t out
Mrs Kendall probably decided that Nir-
tue. like suet pudding, Is very filling at
the price. She has given thcHorld so much
of what was worthy and Edgworthy
that. knowing the sensational char
acteristics OF Americans. she undoubted-
ly thought II would be a good thing to
change her spots. So she bought Ar
thur w, Pinero's play, "The Second
Mrs Tanqueray." which contains quarts
OF what the bigots call nautiness. and
she produced It last night at the star
Theatre, with Willie by her side. Lon
don has been raving about the play for
"A long time-because Pinero wrote It.
! II 1t had been the work of Dumas, the
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In and suppressed 1t. But Pinero. who
has talked prlnes and prisms. and who
wrote Sweet Lavender for the Young
Person, had an objcct-with two capital
O's II you please. and when you've got
an object, you can do what you Ike.
THE Second Mrs. Tanqucray" tells
very sad story. 1t is. In fact. "A tragedy
deeper than If the stage had been strewn
with Corpses at the fan of the final cur
tain. # IL absorbingiy interesting from
start to finish. and 1t IL splendidly writ
ten. 1t hristles with clever epigrams,
not luggoi In with the conceit betrayed
by the oscar Wilde school, and its story
| Is told directly and uncrrngly Mrs.
| 'ran9uoray was lady with aliases be-
tore she married Aubrey. Her reputa-
| tion hadn't II stitch with which to hold
| itself together. She met Aubrey Tan
qucray, n widowcr, forty years old and
fascinated him. in spite of all his preju
dces. This II the only part OF Pinero's
story that Is Improbable IT might have
been less improbable had a Younger wo-
man than Mrs. Kendall been the Paula.
They were married. He took her to
| his country home in Surrey and tried to
reform her-tried to make "A silk purse
out Of a sow's ear His young daughter
who had contemplated the seclusion, was
there. Yet Paula was bored. She
yearned for her old life. and Aubrey
grew wrctchcd. Her ennui is most clev
erly skctchrd. She rebels at nm ex
istence whic.. Mrs. Kendall has always
endea vored TO bcautify. Aubrey's dauyh
tie, shrinks from Lor and rnuIo,a soil.
redeeming point is her desire to win the
girls love. The denoucmcnt comes r.n,a.
Inv. The daughter falls I'm love with
Hugh Ardale. and II Is discovered ,h,,
nc. Mt one time w,s pnu,a,s lover
They had. AS she nuts II "kent bous,.,
Itogether. Then comes tho ,ponv paula
cells bound TO tell her husband Ha ia
horror. and forbIds tho mar
rlage. and paula. n nrev to romorse and
anguish kills herself
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