The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-05-19
MARIE Won HAMMER.

Spiritisime is the name Of the latest
job from the Sarlou workshop. for
which Il great deal has been promised
in the line of novelty. Reading the
story, however one fails to find much
departure from the general lines fol
lowed In Fedora, La Tosca. GiSmOnda.
and the others. The inevitable Sar-
dou woman, her soul scared with pas
sion, and her heart torn by Contending
emotions is the central figure of all
of them. Sometimes she is Russian
sometimes of other nationality. In
Spiritismc she is French, rich. beauti-
full, and with unlimited capacity for
wild passion. Her name is ''Simone'
She is the wife of an old man whose
life is devoted to occult philosophy and
investigation of the unknown The
first act contains a good deal of com.
monplace spirltualistic lore II Is OBJ
served. however, that "Simonc" is in
triguins with II lover, Manuel by
name, whose intentions are to COM
promise "Simone' so that she may he
divorced and compelled to marry him.
in which case he will assume com
mand over her fortune. The oDpor
tunity presents itself. "Smone" is
about to spend u few days with a
countess of her acquaintance Man
uel' accompanies the pair to the sta
ton, covers "Simone's" face with
thick veil and takes her with him to
his own apartments, while the Coun-
less awaits her. "Smone" holds back,
but the pressing of a pure-minded
friend so irritates her that she decides
to go.
The next act shows the apartments
of Manuel" Manuel bids Isl
none fly with him, and so the dia-
logue goes on until suddenly the news
of an accident at the station is brought
in. Footsteps are on the stairs. and
"Simone" escapes just in time to avoid
meeting her husband. He is SCARED
and burned with long searchings in
the debris of the wrecked train. in
which "Simone' is supposed to have
departed.
After a little discussion the husband
departs. only to learn that the body Of
his wife has been identified by means
of her jewels, but is otherwise unre-
cogniZable. The situation is ingen-
ious. "Simone" comes out from her
hiding place at the bidding of the pure
minded friend. and discovers that she
Is, to all intents ana purposes. dead
Now she is free to fly wit {. lover
but curiously enough MANI pas
sion has cooled, now that lie is no
longer the wealthy "Siuone.' She,
however, has by this time recognized
the value of her husbands love and
the baseness of the man who would
betray her She can not bring herself
to go back to her home, nor can she
fly with the unwilling Manuel" ne
cordingly she solved the difficulty by
going away by herself.
In the last act the powers of spirit
ualiSm are once more called into play
In order to bring the husband and wife
together. BY the kind offices of the in
corrigible ami DIES femmeS Il plan is
arranged by which she may explain
her absence from the fire and get his
forgiveness. The spiritualistic hus-
band is induced to believe that his wife
is to be manifested to him at his spe-
cial request; the shades of the de-
parted are invoked and "Simone" APP
pears. She confesSes everything TO the
poor man, who, thinking that he is In
the presence of the departed, can not
withhold his pardon; nor when the
spirit becomes flesh in his arms has he
the hardihood TO cast her away. so that
the end is peace. ROSE FANCHoN.