The Washington herald., 1907-10-29


and out steps Evangelist. well played by
MIR. Roger. who speaks this prologue:
WouIdst thou divert thyself from melancholy
Wouldst thou ~ pleasant. yet be far from folly!
W0uldst thou read LIES riddle or woudst thou see
\ man in clouds. and hear him sptak 90 theey
WouldSt then be IN dream, and yet not sleep?
OF wCudst thou iu a moment laugh aud weep.
Art thou for something rare and profitable.
NOuldst thou the truth within q fable!
Then. Irithee tary here awhile. Come hither
And lay these scenes, thy head and heart together
Here son viii Ace ~ forth before thine eyes
The man who seeks the everlasting prize;
Twill show son whence be comes where he doth 90
In trembling hope aud fear. IN JOS and woe.
/ Twill also show you how the pilgrim runs.
| Till he INTO the gates OF glory comes
And now. behold how an the powers Of he'll
Cannot against a righteous man prevail.
The curtain, rising. shows the plain out
! side the City of Destruction, with Grace
less fleeing from the wickedness that has
surrounded him. He falls asleep on "a
rock and has a dream. and behold, the
/ scene changes, and the audience sees
the Valley of Tophet i'm all its hideous-
ness, the souls writhng in pain. and
BeeIzebub triumphant. declaring that he
will strive for the soul OF GTaceless In
| the next scene the people come from the
/ city Of Destruction 10 bid Graceless re-
! turn, but he breaks away from them. on
/ the advice Of Evangelist, and makes his
/ way toward the cross that shines on the
! hills so far away. The last scene of this
! act shows the wicket-gate over which is
written, Knock and il shall be opened
unto YOU" and although Mr. Worldly
/ WiSeman seeks 10 dissu8de Graceiess
/ Faith urges him on; he enters the gate az
/ the foot Of the cross, and the burden OF
/ his past sins, so heavy a burden for him
/ to carry through life, falls away.
! In the second act. GTaCeleSs has been
stripped OF his rags and clothed In beau
tiful white raiment He has been taken
I to the House Beautiful, and here he
meets Piety and Charity and Prudence.
who feed him and arm him with the
helmet of righteousness, the shield OF
faith and the sword of salvation. and
send him on his way, Faith leading him.
toward the Celestial City. The second
scene shows the Valley Of the Shadow OF
Death. and here Beelzebub. now armed
as Ap0llyon, tries 90 stay him. in the
valley they hght, but Christian overcomes
the evil, and the morning dawns and
he is saved.
The third act shows Vanity Fair. and
| here Christian comes with Christana
who IS accompanying him for love. The
maiden IS accused Of dreadful crimes and
! is tried before the Judge. Lord Hate
good which is but another guise Of Beel-
| zebuh She Is sentenced TO torture. but
| Christian Is told that she shall be spared
/ if ne viii only turn aside once more
/ though s9rely tempted Christian needs
/ the call OF faith and goes triumphant
/ on his way Then comes The fourth act
during which Christian and Hopeful. who
has now Joined him. are captured hy
( Giant Despair. again Beelzebub. and
/ locked in Doubling Castle Here despair
almost overCOmes Christian. but with
| the key of hope the doors are opened
and they escape, only To fall asleep in
/ the Enchanted Ground where lives Jhs
/ WautOu who drags mems souls 20 per
/ diton. In this most beautiful scene, the
! temptations that assaiI Christian are
/ lasciyious ones. but these, too. DE Tes.sts
and goes YEARLY on his way.
/ Ia the last act Christian and Hopeful
/ have come TO the banks of the River OF
Death. Hopeful goes Ou alone but Faith
/ comes and promises To stay with Chris
/ tiau until Dee reaches the other side. In
( fear and trembling they start 20 cross
| the river. The scene changes, and there
| dimly seen. but most beautifully con-
ceiyrd. IS the Celestial City. Angels ar,
singing about the throne. and as they
sing Christian. Faith. and Hopeful enter
and as the great light shines they kueel
/ iu alteration
Anybody who goes 20 "The Christian
Pilgrim" seeking only Go be amused Will
| be disappointed The play is not To-,
/ that. il is "a play 90 appeal 10 the heart
20 the intellect. 90 the best that is In
men and women. 10 presents-as strait
/ ly. but much more beautifully. OF course
| the same lessons that that revived
Morality "Everyman" presented, but here
the lesson is emphasized with fine act
ing. marvellous light effects. and scenery
such as has seldom graCcd any pr1duc-
Jiou ON the American stage
/ Miss Henrietta Crosman as Christian
| has part which shows that the promise