The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13


VIII fail 10 recognize the deeper signln-
canoe OF your writings. and thus make
you champion of ararchismF
There are many in France who I'M
derstand me, and naturally. also, many
who do not, and hence look upon me as
an anarchist; yet I have many friends
whose good will have been able to keep.
am almost tempted 10 say, however,
that do not care whether / incur the
praise or the blame of the people. / well
come their opposition. and think more OF
II even than their approval. 1 can think
OF nothlng more horrible than TO have
everybody applaud and laud me-in short,
agree with me-for then, should have
nothing TO work for; my mission would
be at an end. You win not find much phil
9sophy IN my works, yet. IN one thing
! have always been very successful 1
have been able to make the people think
ana that as just what / want them to do. -
IN answer to my question as to which
he answered:
Always the last, the youngest. for that
IS the nearest like me. Continuity may be
seen 10 exist through all of my works
ana, taken as whole, they show my per-
sonal development. 1 change with the
years; therefore, my last work is the tru-
est expression Of my present self, and on
that account l think most of IT,"
AS was departing DR.. Ibsen arose,
sIeeled me with a cordial farewell, and
Mlsheu me safe and pleasant journey.
1 have no doubt, however, that as he
SAT down he drew a deep sigh OF relief,
ana congratulated himself upon being
upon his own lately discovered idealism
Iosen has played most successfully
upon the strings of human curiosity
Almost a year before one of his plays
comes out he will have the whole of
Europe excited, anxious to know the
Topic and what this new work always
described as the greatest effort of Ibsen' 3
/ llfe) IS going to be. BY making il pro-
found secret yet taking care that the Sc
cret is not secret, he always manages to
create deep interest in the piece long
| before It appears. When finally IL comes
out Il does so at exactly the same hour
| OF the same day in the different Lam
/ guages and at the different cities of Eu-
rope: The result, of course, is that an in
/ credlbly large number of copies are sold
on the hrst day at high price. Ibsen
/ INTENDED TO send hise last play, Little
] EyofA into the world with the same
/ dash- For whole year the European
| papers from time to time contained no.
/ tees somewhat of this nature:
| DIR. Ibsen is now working on his great
/ est and final effort which may be ex-
peeted to cause great sensation
! DR.. IbSen has now finished the first
act and has read it to his son behind doors
4 carefully locked.
! Again: DIR. Ibsen has been seen going
down the street carrying his manuscript
/ under his arm"
The manuscript has been sent to the
publisher"
The publishers both in Germany and
| Copenhagen have been placed under the
| most sacred oaths not to disclose a word
ana the manuscripts are being guarded
| All this could not fail to produce the
| desired effect 1bsen had already begun
/ TO dream of the shining shekels, when.
| behold. Henrik Cavling, one of Europe's
| plan.
Through a piece of exceedingly ingen,-
/ Gus journalistic enterprise he was enabled
/ 10 publish in his paper, Poliken, an accu-
rate exposition of the play, even to the
| very crutches, thus satisfying the curios-
/ lty which II had taken Ibsen a whole wear
| 70 create The storm of Indignation and
| OF rage which swept down from the north
| erh capital could not have been more vio-
lent if sent by Thor" himself He teie-
| graphed his representative in Copenhagen
70 sue the paper for damages He MOURN
| ed and raVed over the destruction of his
| pet scheme, and the financial loss which il
iinTvi4iyHeds even more than the father or
IL Lilule EyloI over the drowning of his
SON. lDsen's game of secrecy was spoil
! ed forever. Little Eyolf' made II en-
trance into the world quietly, unattended
| strung anticipation.
Monsieur Lugue Poe-who, by the wav.
| belongs 10 the same family as our Edgar
| Allen Poe-has produced many of III
sens plays in paris-n fact in nearly
| all Of the European capitals. In spea King
| with this exponent of Ibsenism in Europe.
| l requested him to tell me Something re-
garding Ibsen's position and influence in
| France. He answered: 'sThe French
| people look upon the works of Ibsen as
Ihelr Blple. Ibsen is to the French peo-
| pie OF to-day what Voltaire and Rousseau
| We're in the days gone by. For a brief
| period before the triumph of Ibsenism
Leo Iolstol heid an enviable position in
the hearts OF the French people, but ID
| sen has completely driven out the Rus
! sian sympathetic philosophy. / assure
| you that the whole generation between
| htteen and thirty years, are deeply touch
| ed and influenced by the thoughts of Ib-
/ sen, and study his works most passion
ately. There is, of course, an antago-
/ nistic element. AS those in favor of H.
/ senism l may name the intellectual ar
/ istocracy, the Opportunists the Prot
| estants. and, furthermore, all the anarch-
| lists. The opposition springs principally
| from the fact that the French peopIe
! have always wanted to be Latin and
never Germanic, They desire to cultivate
| and retain the Latin spirit, and to such
\ an extent is this true that Sarah Bern
| hardt refuses to play Ibsen because, she
| says, 'C'est da la Norderie
THE anarchistic element in Paris look
| upon Ibsen as one of their strongest adj
| herentS. When / produced The Eenemv
to Society they became so enthusiastic
| and demonstrative that the authorities
! decided to prohibit the performance of
that play in the city of Paris
At diner given by the Lantern Club of
! New York few days ago, Mr.. Walker.
the editor and owner of the COSMOPOLITAN
| Magazine, said to me: Il hear that Won
have been with DIR. Ibsen this summer. .
| Walker exclaimed: How fortunate Won
| have BEEN! 1t can scarcely be denied that
such an expression, coming from Mr..
the degree of interest taken in Ibsenism
on this side of the Atlantic.
This is not the place for a criticism upon
| Ibsens works. l wish to say, however.
| that a truer statement has never been
made, than when the man universally
| termed the "Incomprehensibe" said To
me; Il am always successful in making
/ people think
| His "Hedda Gabler'' for a time caused
| such. a craze among the young ladies' Of
| Copenhagen that a number of the pret-
[ test and sweetest girls of the Danish can
| ital dressed themselves up in their plIr-
est white, placed the most fragrant roses
! upon their breasts, and thus arrayed Law
down upon their couches and swallowed
the fatal poison. His Loves Comedv5
| prevented many an engagement his
/ DOLLS House" has been the cause Of
many a separation, and will be the cause
| of many more. Yet it must not be over
| looked that its truest mission is to bring
| about more natural and far frmer rela9
| tons Yes, in truth, DIR. Ibsen is Success
| full in making the people think He acts
as a disturbing element in the political
| and social world; yet his disturbances are
| like those caused by the refreshing rain
! drops falling upon the parched leaves
Ere / close / must say a word about DR.
| Sigrid Ibsen. The son of Henrik Ibsen
| differs from the sons of other great men
/ principally in this, that the rays of re-
! nown issuing from him emenate from a
| source within himself, and are not simply
| a reflection from the fame Of bfS