The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
JAPANESE SHOW
EMOTION ONLY
WHILE IN THEATERS


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besought him not to go. The mother
was too overcome to speak, and the
friends trying to cheer her were fur
lively W1ping their eyes. The bugIe
sounded again. The soldier thrust the
boy away and ran off as the curtain
fell. looked at my friend, and he was
weeping again.
THE LIEUTENANT'S WIFE.
That was the private soldier. The
next scene showed a room in the house
OF young lieutenant, who had already
gone away. The wife and her maid
were talking. The maid, fearful and
unhappy, was expressing her surprise
that her mistress had shed not a tear,
had exhibited no sign of unhappiness
or or anxiety for the young officer to
Whom she had been married so short
q time. She had not even gone to
the station to say goodby, but instead
mad sent her old servant The mistress
simply fenced with the maid and made
no direct response. While they were
talking the old servant returned from
the station. Both women questioned
him as to his parting with his master.
Did he Weep?" asked the maid.
WAS he WelI?' asked the wife.
AS the old man described the scenes
about the station his emotion became
stronger and stronger. At last he bow
ed his head and sobbed aloud. Still the
young wife showed no sign of grief.
Surprised at this the old man lifted his
head and asked her why.
ut Is not the way of the service" she
replied. 1--WE have been very happy
here and I would rather think of him
as still sitting nv NV side"
The old man resumed his description
Of the scenes at the station and told
how an old general who had been Grip
pied in the war with China and could
not perform active service had cheered
on the young master and hidden him
have no care but for his country and
his honor. His mistress interrupted
and asked if the master had given him
any message. Yes he had. 1t was ad-
dressed to him, and was only an in
junction to look well after his mistress.
Again his emotion overcame him and
he gave way to a renewed outburst of
weeping, in which the maid Joined.
Both servants wept bitterly, but the
mistress turned her back on them and
maintained her proud self-control.
COMIC RELIEF.
Then, to relieve the strained feelings
of the audience, some comedy was in
PRODUCED. The villain appeared in the
shape Of the father of the girl whom
the lieutenant had Tilted when he mar
ried the heroic young woman who re-
fused to weep. The father had sworn
to revenge his daughters wounded
pride. He had bought note which the
young lieutenant had signed as guaran-
tee for friend. The friend had been
called to the colors also, and. being
unable to pay the holder of the note,
IAlI 10 J~v-1 l.
the lieutenant's wife. 1t was a very
unpopular proceeding. The audience
demanded vigorously that he be thrown
out Or killed. Some wanted his head
cut off. Others desired to have him
strangled; some asked to have his neck
broken. But, unmindful Of the 1eers
and taunts, he steadily demanded his
money. Finally the old servant. whose
tears had been dried, fell on him and
smote him hip and thigh, ending by
chucking him out of the house bodily.
There was first-rate fight in the jap
anese open-handed style, and the old
servant was getting the better of it,
amid the vociferouS plaudits of the
audience, when the Villains daughter
appeared and ran in to help her father.
Thereupon the maid came out with a
bowl of salt and began to throw it in
liberal quantities on the Tilted girl
Four or five soldiers came along the
street just then and separated the COM
batants. The villain promptly began
to declaim to the officer who was in
command OF the men and to demand
his money. He had not gone far when
the old servant, who was painting with
rage and eXertion and eager to get at
his man again, interrupted and ex-
planned the true state of affairs. The
result was a renewal of the scuff1e in
which all the soldiers Joined in pound
ing the villain with the unqualified and
vigorous approval of the audience But
another officer appeared who put a
stop to the row, and the scene ended
by his paying his brother officers debt.
to the great disgust Of the old servant
and Of the audience.
THE OLD SAMURAI STOCK.
The next scene was a variation of
the same old theme. This time the
soldier was a sergeant, the only sup
port Of his mother, who was very III.
and his sister. Again the landlord
appeared; he seems to play a very
important part in the lives of the
poorer classes of japanese. His son
was madly in love with the Sergeant's
sister, so madly that when she refused
to marry him he furnished the crowds
amusement that enlivened the scene by
repeatedly threatening to batter his
brains out on her pump.
The sergeant came to say good-by
to his sister and was going to leave
without seeing his mother, fearing that
the parting would make her worse
but she heard him and called him
back. She was of the old Samurai stock
and war had been the lot of her family
for many generations.
Il belong to a house that has been
fed by the spear" he said.
1t was her pride, not grief, that her
son should be a soldier Grief could
come only through disgrace to his
honor. and she babe him so and fight
bravely for his country.
Promptly upon his going came the
landlord, endeavoring to force the girl
to marry his son, through the old