Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

had not died In preference to living under
such conditions. And this view has been
upheld. The course she did pursue has also
been upheld. and the reascnableness OF the
outcome is sustained by any amount or
argument. But the question is not disposed
Of, not yet, and the commentators as a rule
leave the fourth of King .Solomon's list OF
things he understood not just where he did.
One of the speeches in THE Wolf" the
Eugene Walters play coming to the Boyd
this evening, has a bearing on this. Will
lam Courtenay as the French-Canadian
Jules Beaubien tells of his love for Hilda
McTavlsh portrayed by Frances Ring.
The innocent girl of the woods does not
know what love is, but she experiences
what she terms the great DESIRE Jules
then speaks to her as follows:
Love is the great desire, and all that
live have 1t. In the spring, when the snow
melts and the ice crashes down the river,
when the pink flowers of the forest peep
from underneath the snowdrifts, then the
world is full of love. The ducks and the
geese are noisy in the romances. The he
wolf kills night and day to feed the mother
of his cubs. The bull moose bellows in the
pride of his fatherhood. The robin watches
his bright-eyed mate on the next branch,
waiting for those three eggs to bring rev
life into the world. And all this, Hilda, is
the love God wanted men to have. But It
is not so, Hilda. Some men some time have
sinned, and the great desire is not always
good nor pure.
'1Iilda, / have had the great desire like
! ali men. l have not always been good, but,
having beer had, / have learned much. and
/ now / always wish to be good. eve comes
to a man in his loneliness and tears at his
heart like the fangs of a wolf, 1 have been
IN the north, when at noon the red rim
" a distant sun Is the only message from
the warmth ard glow OF the distant south
land. And then, in the cold and loneliness
the great desire has come upon me.
loved. but somewhere, l knew my mate wal
waiting, and I'd cuddle up among my dogi
and sleep peacefully"
o
During his stay in Omaha Henry Miller
responded quite readily to the inquisitoIieI
reporters who visited him. and discussed
his future plans in some detail, Mr.. Mil
Ter VIII lay aside for a while the joys Of
acting and devote himself entiyely to Tho
cares of management and production fol-
the next few months. He has four playi
in hand which he hopes to bring out dur.
rig the next Few months, and these, witt
tho ones he has already under way, will
keep him quite busy. Hts chief Interest
just at this moment is THE Servant II
the House." which is enjoying a remark
ably successful season in Chicago. 1t viii
continue there until holiday time, and ther
will be sent out for a short tour. omah'
will get to see II about the first Of thu
year. A play he tried out while in SaT
Francisco, Mater" will be given a chance
and Ia has another by William Vaughn
Moody, "The Faith Doctor" TO gee int
shape for the public. These plays have NJ
part for him, and neither have plays b!
Percy Mackaye and Haddon Chambers h,
has IN hand. He Is awaiting Miss Anglin.
return from Australia before definitely de
Gliding on several things. among them
visit TO England with The Great Divide.
Mr., Miller spoke most hopefully Of IN.
outlook for the theater In this country, &C
cepting the success OF the intellectual
drama. as an evidence that the American
public will pay 70 see the better class o
plays, He still holds hat the theater mus
first Of all entertain, but insists that mer
entertainment is not the end nor all tina
Is required. .