The morning times., 1896-11-29

-HE members OF the Empire Company
have organized club which con-
peis its members to refuse to speak
certain lines which are covered with
the dust of time. ]. T.. Dodscn APP
pears TO lie the leaning spirit. He Trained
the Index eXpurgatoris,'' as May Robson =,
calls il. and sent us copy. The principal
speeches which IL is unla wful for the play
ers to use re:
Il say, lads. are We going to stand by
and see this here chap, with his store
clothes and city ways. steal little Nugget
from u.s.
You are mistaken. Harold Rashforth-
I am here
You iust now called ne a man; and
lay claim 10 no higher title
Curse me if you will, but don't drive ME
away
Il have learned the value of an honest
heart
II never seek trouble nor try to avoid it.
but meet it like man
Harm We, gal? Why, there's not a man
in Isngton wouldn't die for Dick Oar
ring on
Now that have brought you here you
may as well know all: There is no exit!
You-are trapped aye. liEe dog.
''Cuthbert Rodney, know your true
character from the moment you entered
The old hail..
"Ah, little one, l once had a child. who.
if She had grown up. would have looked
exactly ike YOU tFondies her hair in
utter unconSciousness of the fact that she
is his o wn offsEring.D
"Once on hoard the lugger and L VIII
throttle her a t my leisure"
.'Tis dark night, lads, and the waves
are high: but let one of you fail me now,
and his life shall answer forit."
II am an honest working girl. Let me
pass"
;.Hector Clayburn, You have crossed ms
path from chiIdhC 3D. but this is the last
lime you will thwart me-" tAttempts to
stab him in the back with spring knife,
but is restricted by four detectives i'll plain
clothesD'
Listen, Lillian In ten minutes / must
leave You for ten years, but will return
| to you cleared of these vile charges in spite
| of Clarence Armitagc."
"Sueak UP, lad; no enc will harm you
here"
It's a long story, but will tell it to
| you"
| "Hark! What was that? Only the
| swapping of a twig. What dark demon
has a hold of me tonight? One would think
L were a pulling child, instead of Basil
| Baringsford, with wrist OF iron and a
| heart of steel"
| Tell me, Harold, do you remember the
| day when you came into my life? The
| ether was full Of birds, warbling as though
| their little souls would break. The ro-
| dodendron fields were full of verdure, and
| all the air was sweet with honeysuckle."
| Duchess, have YOU noticed how Lady
| Marion is changed? The silvery laugh
| that once issued, like d ball OF twinc, from
her throat, seems hushcd and still, and
| the rosy hue of youth upon her cheeks has
| given place to pallor far beyond her
| years. Can it be that some secret sorrow
| has come into her life?"
| Listen, Sir Hildergarth, and will ex-
| plain to you the condition of your fathers
| will Providing your elder b1 o her, Oswald,
| dies without issue and the mortgage on the
Larches is unentailed, and providing the
| second son, Archibald, continues in his
mad career, the sum Of fsO0, 600 desccnds
| TO you But should Oswald die with issue,
| and that issue q son, even though Archi-
bald may still he living and You in arrant
poverty, net one threepence shall come to
| YOU And England calls this justice"
N the first production of the Lyceum sea
son Mr.. Daniel Frohman has exploited
| new leading woman. Her name Is
| Mary Mannering, she is an English wo
n man, she was discovered in provincial
| company, she was net bruited with any
fiamboyant sensation or giddy, loud noises
| and she has succeeded. Wherein are three
| things for which 10 be thankful, to wit
That we have new leading woman of com
bined charm and power, the IN amer of hel
presentation, and the cordiality OF her re
ception.
A new light of any degree Of luminous
power in the constellation OF leading wo
men is a good enough text for pessirnisti1
reference to The present unp:ogressive con
diton of the market. There are so many
hat are good, SO few thatarc great. Rose
Coghlan was the last Of thelinc of brilliant
emotional W omen who could rouse thespirit;
OF the aud ence without striking a shril
falset;o in manner and effect.
| But since Rose has become fat and forty
she is out of line. Who are our leading
women? Viola Allen, Isabel Irving, Blanche
4 Walsh, Maud Adams, Virginia Harmed
Bertha Creighton, Mary Hampton, and
Maxine Elliot; and the greatest of these
let us say, are Harmed and Allen. Each has
her distinctive qualifications for certain
ternperaments, specific moments in tht
cycle of the play, but none approach thes,
two in SO extensive an aggregate of dra
matte capacity.
| Yet how different each from the other