The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

1uSy dTS LllcIIuplS0 W ShS S'AAANA 49,
ing on the stage. In vain Ulana tries 10
avoid them. At this moment, in scene .. the
gypsy Manru makes his appearance from
the woods. The rage Of the village boys
against the intruder and tnterloper IS
awakened. and when he attempts to rescue
Ulana from their embraces they show fight.
Hedwig stops the struggle. She saves the
lives Of Manru and Ulana. but curses them
as persons that should be Stunned as II they
were struck by pestilence. While the low
ing couple embrace in firm conjugal reso-
luton Of holding together against the entire
world, the multitude withdraws from them
shyly and with awe. and the curtain drops
amid an almost painful silence. 1t lasts
only few seconds. for Immediately the
spellbound listeners have recovered the
sense Of the place and Of their own identity,
storm Of applause breaks forth. which
raises the curtain half dozen times or
more and brings forth upon the principals
engaged in the act. but no-Paderewski!
"Act II. In the retired mock in the woods.
where his deorepit hut stands, Manru Is
seen busy in his blacksmith shop in the
courtyard. From the interior Of the hut
resouEds Ulaua's lullaby. az she rocks her
child to sleep. Ulanas soft. motherly love
seems to irritate the passionate gypsy. and
in wild offerings he confesses that he re-
penis Of having left his brethren and Of
being weighted down by matrimonial
chains. Ulana. coming forth from the hut,
essays to sooths him in his abjectness. but
he answers her only in bitter self re-
proaches. His irate frame of mind awakens
in Ulana the suspicion and care that he Is
tired OF her and wants to leave her. This
arouses Manru's anger still moro. and in
fury he raises his hand to strike his wife.
Scene - urok. however, has crept up in
time and interferes with the blow. With
malioo he talks of the passions that secret
ly poster Manru's fettered existence. and
the dwarfish imp prophecies that they can
not much longer be restrained and will then
completely destroy Ulanas happiness. And,
like verifcation OF this prophecy. there
sounds at this very moment from the woods
the fiddle Of one Of the eypsies Of Manru's
trade
The melancholy national strain Of music
wakes up Manru's longing for his brethren,
and though both Ulana and Urok try TO
restrain him. he PUSHES forth in the direc-
ton from where the fiddle sounded in order
to find the player. Scene % Ulana is in
perfect despair. when Urok. touched by her
anxiety and grief hands her the promised
love potion. (Scene 81 Then Manru returns
from the woods with the fiddler. an old
gypsy named Jagu. They hold confab
overheard by Urok, in which Jagu promises
Manru the forgiveness Of his clan. which
the latter had forsaken. and holds out to
him the allurement of becoming chief Of
the tribe IL Manru will leave his white
wife and will return to the camp. Manru.
who in the distance sees before him the
weeping Ulana. reststs. Then Jagu makes
use Of a stronger means Of allurement. He
recalls to Manru's mind Asa. young gypsy
queen. who. when she was still a mere
child. had chung to him in passionate love.
and who in the meantime had grown I'D to
a womanhood replete with the most en-
ticing charms. II Manru would not soon
return Asa would become the prey Of Oros.
the aging gypsy prince and leader. Manru
begins to swerve. but once more the aspect
OF his weeping wife carries him back to hf.
sense Of duty to her and he sends Jasu
away. Scene - Ulana's questions as to
the purport Of the old gypsy's visit he an
swers eyasively. All the more clearly Urok
~" oASoAS Ava tA WANu Inc KNOWLEDGE OF
things he had overheard and tells her that
Manru wants to desert her. Ulana presses
her husband for an answer, but Manru only
In poeticai song tries to explain to her the
innate love for roaming life. which In !.
gypsy nature.
''Urok. however. IS not content with this
explanation and accuses Manru that II was
not mere matter Of wandering. but that
he IL attracted to the near: camp OF the
gypsies by the promised love Of dark
eyed beauty. Furiously Manru drives the
malicious dwarf from his premises Scene
81 Ulana. however. recognizes that danger
b near, and summoning all her will power
she makes an attempt at regafninK, en-
rendering and holding forever her hus-
bands love. Mastering her own despair,
she pacinss the furious man by caressinr
words and offers him wine. into which she
has poured tho love potion. Manru soon
begins to feel the eject 1.-THE magic herbs.