The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-14

he sent from New France across the
water to her home IN Paris. the answer
flashed back. and all within five hours
would she have believed it? No. She
would have said II was the work OF the
devil. or that YOU were dreaming. To
us there IS no mystery IN the telegraph
or the cable. Suppose you had told your
grandmother. even as late as thirty
years ago. that You could sit IN your
Office IN New York. and not only talk 10
your brother I'm Chicago, but hear him
talk 10 you-what faith would she have
had in your story? And yet. how well
used we are TO the telephone. Suppose
you had told your son only ten years
ago that there would be not trcycles. not
bicycles. but hansoms landeaus cabs I'm
fact, any style OF carriages. running with
out horses. And yet to-day we see the
handsom worked by electricity. or what
may be the motive power chosen. and
W. begin 10 think that there will be a
heaven for the horses even on earth
How then. can we claim that anything
is impossible II God wills it2
sPIRITUALIsM on THE STAGE.
And yet. it was a Frenchman who took
the American idea of spiritualism and
used it as a basis for a play A play per-
formed by one Of the nose carefully col
lected group Of actors that were ever on
a stage in New York. And yet. in that
audience Of well-dresscd intelligent-loOk-
ing people there were some who laughed
at the situations they didn't comprehend.
and others who having no brains them
selves giggled AT what they counted as
nonsense. because they were too stupid
20 see why certain types were introduced.
Here IN New York City. a play written
by tho foremost play writer Of the day.
Sardou. was given by every paper WITH
the exception of one. the lightest and
most frivolous sort Of notices. ! didn't
call them criticisms because they were
nothing Of the sort. ANYBODY can ieer ut
a play. but 1t takes a good critic TO write
a Just criticism.
Possibly the play may not come 70 you.
and so I will tell YOU a little about IT, A
man Of wealth. Of brain who has studied
much. becomes interested IN spiritualism:
he has q beautiful wife. and. while he
does not love his wife any the less. he
becomes so absorbed in his studies that
he forpets to show her all the courtesies
that are due from n husband to a wife
She Is Young. handsome. and n little
base. Like manv n worse woman. find
ing that her husband neelects her. she
imaeines herself In love with a man who
aHf'i1 a. IfN~ib0 LOT Ter hpCdfiSP she Is
independentlv rich. She Is to 90 70 visit
woman friend. Instead. she starts
with her friend md her maid. only 10
let tho maid and friend 20 on tho train
while she flies 70 the house ~ her lover
TO EVOKE THE SPIRITS.
The husband and the remainder Of the
guests conclude 10 try 10 evoke the spirits
They do so. and. by the old method OF
tapping out the letters. they are told 10
open something. Soon they find out that
II Is the window that is to he opened
Through II they see great fire racing.
Later on. we know that a petroleum train
has colldod with the EXPRESS lust at the
station and that II IS believed that with
others the wife has been burned TO death.
Her husband. accompanied by his friends
goes 10 the house OF her lover 20 find
out n he knows which train she took
Listening, hidden in another room. the
faithless wife realizes the force OF her
husbands love and his intense grief
When he goes away cousin OF hers
remains. and insists that she Is con-
cealed in that house He calls hAr tn coma