The Washington herald., 1907-11-20

trip. Favereau reproaches him. The
duke promises never 10 offend again. but
then he confesses that while he was
away he met girl and-when the adopt
ed daughter. Joy, comes. It turns out 10
be the same girl. When the duke recog-
nizes her. as his wife is welcoming her.
he rushes into the chateau.
For the second act the text is:
And the heaven that is over thy head shall be
Of brass. and The earth that is under thy feet
shall be of iron.
The dukes punishment has already be-
gun What is he to do? Favereau is for
having him confess all 10 his wife The
duke has not courage for this Then
Favereau is for brazening il out So
when the girl comes TO the duke in the
library. he denies ever having met her be-
fore But she knows. and cannot be put
on. There is an American cousin OF the
duke. a young naval officer. He Is much
taken with JOY and tries To comfort her.
The duke is nearly distraught; poor Helen
is unconscious of the tragedy that Is inn
pending. Joy is disgusted and ashamed,
and the climax OF the act hnds her tear
ing a pearl necklace which the duke has
given her from her neck
The third-act text IS this:
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and
thou shalt fear night and day.
This is typical of the dukes terror over
what he has done. More and more the
young American has come to love JOY
He proposes 10 her; she tells him mar
riage is impossible He begs for an eX-
planation. and she refers him 10 the duke
Before the assembled company she asks
the duke if she can marry his cousin.
Advised by Favereau. the duke gives his
consent. In a rage she bursts out and
tells the truth about herself; she de-
nounces herself and is about TO denounce
the duke. when Helen says:
And who is the man7"
Joy looks AT him for a minute. realizes
what the truth Will mean. and then IN a
spirit of self-abnegation cries:
The man is dead"
The last act has for its text:
Hatred stirre;h up strife, but love coyersth all
sin.
Ihe scene is the morning room at the
chateau. Every one seems 10 have guessed
the truth but Helen. The duke has
thought OF suicide. but JOY saves him
from that. There is nothing left for
him but honesty. He confesses all to
Helen. II nearly breaks her heart She
leaves him alone. but the imagination Of
the audience is instant to see that love
will forgive.
To JOY cast of, comes the American.
and knowing all. still asks Joy 10 be his
wife; and the curtain falls on love for
giving and conquering all. The story is
intensely interesting. the drama is
strongly constructed and well worked
out. and IT is presented by a company
OF players so excellent that every part
receives it's true value. The dialogue is
fa-fff mt
Take these sentences for instance:
We have to be punished FOR our sins. a. we are
punished by them.
Ioy-She IS named Joy. the most evanescent and
the most capricious Of all our emotions.
woman does not have 10 follow her husband
into the swampS.
Penitence Is often only hirh-soundins name nv
fear of consequences
Since good and evil are mixed in us An ,,by
should the rTi alone Survireg
Why should | not stiu care little for tho
gayeties q life' Is that unrarddnabIey A r-1r, ~
tea In so-and-so's boudoir a glass Of ehamuar7c
az so-and-so's snpper-What do they amount To-
Pleasures without a moTrUW-the uereSt nibble AT
the forbidden fruit that grows in the secret orchard
which every man-eVery man uf The world Of ON
world-has az the back Of the open garden of
his life.
1t goes without saying that the play
is admirably produced. Mr.. Frank &
Bangs as the Canon has only a little
part, but he looks and plays II 10 per
fcction. Miss Adelaide Prince as Helen.
the Duchess Of Cluny. was very good ex-
cept I'm the difficult scene Of the last act.
a scene of emotions, quiet and forcefu.
that might we'll test the capabilities Of
any actress. IL cannot be said that she
quite expressed the awful grief and
shock that she was trying to portray.
Miss Olive May as a matrOnly near-widoW
f-F Flr fTrur OH al
sunny contrast to the sOmberer moments
OF the play, and in this function she was
greatly helped by Mr.. Newton Lindo In
the small part of the Marquis Of Lormes.
He can always extract what fun there IS
going out Of his parts
Mr.. Vincent SeTrano as the duke WAS
torcetUl, earnest and sincere, and he In the
lighter moments was at his best He. too.
In the difficult scene in the last act seem
cd constrained and tied down. unable
fully 20 express himself But all I'm all.
it was a fine performance. Mr. Walter
Hale played the hard part Of the Ameri-
can cousin with force and dignity and
carried off the love scene with JOY with
fine manliness and fervor. Excellent
work was done. too. by Edward r Nav
son p Favereau.
Buy the center of interest In this play
IS JOY. which is played by Josephine
Victor. From beginning 10 end this is
part that calls for self-repression. reserve.
the portrayal o. unusual emotions. and
that Miss Victor fulnlled all these de-
mands We'll is undtLiable IL was fine
performance.
The play made a distinctly good inn
preston last night. II is interesting as
A play; interesting as a problem: fun OF
life and color-a play TO think about and
10 enjoy with the neart and the mind