The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-23
At St. Paul Theaters

Merchant Juror-The man who says he
knows a woman thoroughly ought to have
commission appointed to look into his
sanity.
Dry Goods Clerk-What's the use of
your talking. You said you only knew one
weman-your wife.
The Merchant said had wife. I
didn't say I knew her.
Deaf Juror-We are none of us saints.
Judge-Crime can be kept down only
by punishment There is no other way.
Prince Dimitri-PuniSh! Punishi Pun
1sh. That's all you know. There is an
other way.
Maslova-Money makes everything go.
Money will make him go.
Maslova-They won't let woman of
my kind change.
Maslova-Our lives are made up of mo-
ments. $50 -
Prince Dimitri-And for those moments
From Resurrection at the Metropol-
itan.
Blanche Walsh appeared at the Met
ropolltan last night as Katusha Maslo-
va in dramatizatfon of Tolstoys
Resurrection
If the drama and it's presentation
art standpoint, without reference to the
ethical side, little cause for cavil
either at playwrights or players pre-
sents itself. That the story has been
effectively dramatized cannot be de-
MED. That the play is well acted is
equally true. - ~an
But the moral aspect of such an in
tense drama cannot be ignored in the
discussion of it. Indeed, it is all i'm
f0,, Ro3
the play is by Miss Walsh ara hel
excellent company, 1t is bound to make
an impress upon the mind and heart
which does not fade away upon leav-
ing the theater.
There can be no hesitation in pro-
nouncing Resurrection" too heroic
food for the young person" to digest
with success. 1t pictures the lowest
depths of degradation-that of womars
In such realistic manner that none
but the matured mind can profit by the
picture. True, the abandoned woman
is saved, the lost soul reclaimed, but
the spectacle, in flesh and blood, even
though presented to view in the mimic
world, is revolving and certainly not
to be recommended to the contempla-
ton of school children.
If the drama were less sincerely
acted, these objections would not OBJ
tain, but presented as it is with con-
vincing fidelity to the truth, it is i'm
pressive and of necessity coarse and
gross, in the prison scene introducing
the besotted hays and courtesans of
the town.
1t is only just to acquit the play OF
exerting any insidious influence or pre-
senting vice in an alluring form. On
the contrary, it pictures it with all its
hideous features barred to the gaze
But is this the true function of art
Life, to be sure, has it's tragedies, and
playwright and player are justified ir
creating and interpreting tragedies
that call into play the strongest human
emotions, but good taste imposes mar
rover limits upon the stage than upon
the novel.
The one relieving scene of the drama
is that in the jury room in which the
jurors deliberate upon the guilt or in
nocence of Maslova. Here there is
genuine comedy, and here also num-
Der of sketches demonstrating Toll
stoy's keen observation of individual
idiosynerasies and human weak
neSSeS.
The drama bristles throughout witt
pungent epigrams and apt retorts
touching at times upon the oppression
of the masses by the classes, but the
dramatists, Henry Bataille and Michae
Norton, have not weakened the actor
by attempting to dramatic Tolstoy's
sociological theories.
To Miss Blanche Walsh warm praise
is due for her convincing portrayal Of
the unfortunate MasloVa. Confronted
by delicate task, she exercises an
artistic restraint that is highly COM
mendable. That she is constantly i'm
proving in her art is very evident. In
the prison scene she is the embodiment
of reckless degradation and despair
yet she maintained a certain distinction
that differentiated the character FROM
those of the abandoned women who sur
round her. Her demeanor in the later
scenes, after Maslova's reform has be-
gun, was characterized by a gentle dig
nifty that carried conviction.
Miss Walsh is ably seconded by Alex
ander Won MitZel, who played Prince
Dimitri Mr.. Won Mitzel is an intelli-
gent and earnest player. He acts with
exceptional fervor and excellent taste.
He was particularly effective in the
jury room scene.
An admirable piece of character act
ing was contributed by William N
Wadsworth, who impersonated the
merchant on the jury. Miss Jessie
Ralph deserves special mention for her
portrayal of TheodoSia.
The minor characters were all in
capable hands.
The play is effectively mounted.
F. G. H.