Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-01

only the Lord Steyne incident as the
backbone OF his plot. The rest of the
drama story is told in narrative, end
less, GREATNESS, tedious narrative,
through which Mrs Fiske galloped in
low voiced monotone audible probably
to the first three rows of orchestra
chairs, but not much beyond. In fact,
Mrs Fiske has an affection for the low
voiced monotone. Duse does it, SO it
must be quite right. 1t is a sign of re-
serve force. 1t is naturalistic. But,
like most good things, it can be over
done. Mrs. Fiske oyerdoes it. 1t is not
until the supreme third act, the meet
ing of Rawdon Crawley and Lord
Steyne, that she rises to anything like
her real power and makes one forget
for the moment her physical disquah-
fcations for such a role as 1.-The baletul
eyed little Becky" who, by the way,
would never have been permitted by
Thackeray to sit in a glare Of pink light
and sentimentaliZe, moan and whine
over her past sins, the hardness OF the
world and the wickedness Of her own
ways And just why an entire act
should be given over to presenting the
pretty enough tableaux of the Duchess
Of Richmond ball is equally hard to an
swer.
Comparisons may be odious, but they
are inevitable. Ten squares up Broad
way from where Mrs. Fiske is showing
the world the subtle wickedness OF MISS
Rebecca Sharp, Mr.. John Drew is play
ing in that delightful comedy OF man
ners by Haddon Chambers, 1.-THE Tyr
amy of Tears" Going from one to
the other is like stepping out OF the dis
secting room into picture gallery.
There is fascination in beholdlng
the glands and ten6ons and arteries or
an immortal character Electrically laid
bare by such a skillful knife as that
welded by Mrs. Fiske, but one can get
tired of pathology and psychomachy
and long for little good, wholesome
fresh air.
Such freshness one can find in "The
Tyranny of Tears" 1t is combina-
ton of refined art and gently playful
humor we'll mortared together by kind
ness and common sense. The story Is
slender, yet felicitous, while that quiet
art and piquant good nature Wnlch
John Drew hides under bland ana re-
poseful manner are irresistible.
1.-The Tyranny of Tears" is perfectly
named. A young London author
named Parbury has been married 1of
five wears to a wife whom he loves SIN
cerely and perhaps too generously.
His wife loves him. But she is a SEN
sitive creature, given to jealousy ana
prone to burst into tears on the slight
est proyocation. In fact, she so loves
her dear husband that she always wants
to be with him. She even dotes On
hearing him dictate an article. She
inyades his study. She interrupts his
work to be kissed. She drives away
the old friends who used to take up ms
time. She wants it all. She makes
him give I'D his club and is even jeal-
ous of Miss Woodward, the young au-
thor's secretary. Parbury, generous.
loving. good natured. whimsical and
EASY going, gives in to this gentle ty-
rant inch bv inch, until at the end OF
his five years of married life he finds
himself the absolute slave of fearful
but none the less tyrannical wife. Miss
Woodward, the secretary, pities poor
Parbury, and when, in motherly ana
purely platonic sort Of way, she kisses
Parbury's photograph and is discovered
doing so by that gentleman's wife, the
clwner of both husband and photograph
at once suspects the worst.
She dismisses Miss Woodward on the
spot. Miss Woodward declines to be
dismissed by any one but Parbury him
self. Mrs Parbury, of course, regards
that as a very small point, and at once
marches in her surprised husband and
asks him to dismiss his secretary. Now
Parbury knows Miss Woodward is
worth her weight in gold to him as an
assistant, and so. to the CONSERVATION
of his better half, fatty refuses to dis
charge the lady until he is shown fit
reason for SO doing Mrs. Parbury
knowing how weak poor men all are,
dare not tell him her reasons, and, after
q stormy scene, she herself leaves the
house and goes home with her good
natured but disconnected old para.
over her papa she weeps for one entire
night. She is very miserable without
her husband. Her husband. too. is
very miserable without her. Then Mrs.
Parbury learns that the Industrious and
practical young lady is not the least IN
love with her poor husband and gen
erously relents. Parbury hears OF the
photo kissing scene, realizes the aD-
surdity of the whole thing and takes his
wife back to his home. Chastened by
the trials through which she has pass
ed. the once fearful and selfish young
wife learns the nobility and blessedness
of self abnegation and the Two start
life over again. Miss Woodward yields
10 the wnning of her real lover. a young