The sun., 1903-12-06


his snifIling cold in the head Ia not overdone
| And how easy his love making-l mean
technically he has to exhibit a manner
restrained by awkward bashfulness, fear OF
| the woman lurking on the other side OF the
| door, fear OF his new passion: above all,
fear of his badly treated wife. 1t is
situation demanding delicaoy, humor, reti-
cence, and plenty Of technical address,
Mr.. Boyne was deficient in none OF these.
His hearty reception was we'll deserved
OF course, Kittu married him for his
money; the presence of the other woman,
too, had stimulating effect upon her.
| After she put ON that last gown-all her
What revelation this war paint OF woman
is to man! He sees the sex in another
light-shal / dare to say In Bernard
Shaw light?-as the sex which Pursues' not
the pursued! Another revelation TO some
bachelor males il the self-ugtifratton OF
Miss Tempest. In q minute she is trans
formed from a piquant tomtit to an ugly
duckling. Can such things be in real
life2 Miss Tempest asserts that they can
and are, that woman has much harder
time keeping herself from becoming ugly
Is i It ''Is possibiei ash lei Vas sohopenhauer right
after all when he called Woman-with a
capital W-the unHsthetc sex. that ID
the unlovely, unbeautiful sex, throwing
in few gratuitous items Of insult about
Schopenhauer was a sour old celebate
with a not too good reputation in Frank
fort. Notwithstanding Miss Tempests at
tack upon her own peculiar beauty, nose
and ALL she was far from being hideous
at the end Of Act I.
Writes George Brandes of Bj3rnstjerne
Bj6rnson: -The first important work with
which Bj0rnson broke a silence OF some
years was the drama Bankruptcy. 1t wasa
plunge into modern life. The hand which
had welded sigurd's sword felt it no degra-
dation to count Tjalde's money and set
down the items OF his debts Bj6rnson
was the first Scandinavian dramatist who
in all seriousness undertook to write the
tragi-comedy OF money, and this first
attempt was crowned with undoubted
success. In Bankruptcy we
have the appeal for truth on the lowest
mddIo class sR,e he. But eesbs tSs authors an KEEN
eve sees that honesty is not the simple thing
1t seems. Thus it is hlamable in the bust
ness man to risk other peoples money.
and yet 1t Ia to certain extent unavoidable
that he should do so. The question turns
Oh uio iue oounothy iiue' oI utS poiii'
beyond which it is not permissible to
venture"
The great Danish critic then goes on to
show that while Ibsen ia a revolutionary
attacking the idea Of marriage, OF State.
BJ6rnson, his contemporary, Is prophet,
herald of better things. lover of human
kind. We should imagine 80 after witness
ing A Failure -thetranslator's version for
"Bankruptoy"-at the new Empire Theatre
one afternoon last week. Tjalde. a, pillar
of society" has been going from bad TO
worse in his financial affairs. At the head
of wealthy manufact uring concern, the
owner Of a large estate, he IL, nevertheless.
crumfling to ruin. The deception OF
friends. banks. working people, has been
going on for two or three years. He hopes
to stave OF the fatal day OF reckoning, but
n series of circumstances, unexpected as q
thunderbolt, forces the man to the wall A
lawyer unmasks him almost at the moment
when he is about 10 negotiate new loans
from banker. II Is the blg scene OF lhe
are face to face. With pitiless logic the law
Yer Strips & ms wre,ehed @ eonpana33h 3 o, ran,. mls
u1l;n han,i ~ n,os ~ ,n nut IN too ail bones
Of moIey from the yerv source he most
relied upon. Desperate, he takes pistol
despair tells the cruel lawyer that he will
first shoot him and then kin himself. 1t is
all pure bravado. 1t does not frighten his
opponent: worst of all, It does not deceive the
audience. If Tjaide had shot his perse-
cutor, not member Of the Empire Theatre
audience would have been sorry. He was
half mad. He was badgered: He needed
shot would have solved many difficulties.
else was the nouTishing OF the weapoht IL
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