The Washington herald., 1908-02-16

rasah and strikes. There is cry and
an uproar. The panels are withdrawn
and there lies the wife, stricken to the
heart by the outlaws knife.
! Remorse oveTtakes EndO and he Of
! fers his sword to the husband to strike
/ him dead, declaring that Murasah has
sacrificed herself for Hiroshima. II is a
genuine little tragedy, weird conception,
and picturesque in its moonlight setting
/ by the lake
Blanche Bates closes her second re-
turn visit in THE Girl Of the Golden
+ West at the Academy Of Music tonight,
and her place at the big playhouse will
be taken on Monday by Henry Miller
and Edith Wynne Natthisson, IN The
Great Divide" Much curiosity IS mani
tested in her playing Of the part created
I by Margaret Angln. Miss Anglin re-
+ tired from the cast last Saturday night in
Boston, and is now rehearsing her new
play. THE Awakening of Helen
Richie" at the Herald Square Theater.
TO open in one of the nearby Connec-
ticut towns on Monday.
David Warfeld will resume playing
]
a week from Monday. to be followed by
'The Auctoneer," which is now in
/ Eelasco's hands TO be rewritten "A
Grand Army Man" will be the bill every
Saturday night till the close Of the sea-
son. This is preparatory 10 Warfieids
appearance in London in his entire roper
toire. supplemented by a new play from
/ the pen of Jerome x. Jerome. and
possible production Of "The Merchant Of
/ Venice"
Katherine Grey gave us all something
Of shock Wednesday evening. when the
Madison Square reopened with Walter
Lawrence's production Of "The Worth Of
a Woman" by David Graham Phillips
II this play could be produced in Paris it
would make the admirers Of Paul Hervieu
take notice, for Phillips goes that sensa-
tiOnalist one better, and discusses sacred
things with such frankness that even its
revolutionary tendency was overlooked IN
the prOfusi0n Of his sparkling wit. He
/ analyzes the feelings of a free-minded
and untrammeled girl of twenty-One who
has yielded TO her lOYer-analyzes them
from the inner consciousness Of girl
/ who refuses to be pitied and who is too
.
pings that have from time immemOTial
. / concealed vice. To her. love is too sacred
/ 70 admit Of doubt. and her lovers word
I and promise as sacred as her love.
II is with the awakening that she de-
/ velops into powerful character. when
Julian proposes to marry her at once be-
. cause he thinks il is his duty. She will
not hear Of such a word. without love
/ she viii marry no man. and even when
her old father though ne was responsible
for her liberal education. declares that
( either she must marry Julian or he must
die, she refuses and denOGaces as d wick
ed crime the attempt TO thrust her upon
/ q man who has ceased 10 love her And
I 10 that view she persuades her father
It is all a marvellous fabric Of pleas and
counter-pless. ending IN a strong climax
when she orders the man. still determined
90 make "reparation" and ready 10 'puri-
IS her, as she bitterly declares. from the
house. If technically the dramatic action
kept pace with the really tremendous
force of the logic Of the girls attitude.
novel as il is. this would be the greatest
American play. 1t is a powerful srgu-
ment for the woman, as II stands, down
20 the end of the third act Alas, In the
fourth act the author destroys the house
he has so carefully erected. In the night
Julian comes back. meets Diana alone.
and convinces her Of his love, and the
eternal feminine triumphs over her mas
cuiine logic IL is the hour. the place
. and the girl. When the curtain falls
Julian and Diana are In each others
arms and tomorrow they viii get mar
ried
The plays weak ending was a singular
offset to the feverish interest inspired by
the third act. and this with the lack Of
technical elaboration. alone prevents The
Worth Of "a Woman" from taking a
prominent place in the first rank Of
American plays. There is little more Of
it than is here related. The simple story
turns on the relations OF Diana Merivale
and Julian Burroughs, she a wonderful
girl I'm Indiana reared In an atmosphere
OF free thought by an indulgent father,
who is literary man. and he a young
New EnElander Of conventional training.
The sensational interest is in the startling
candor with which the difficult subject is
/ discussed. That part is masterful and
the best proof is that It held the audience
i'm relentless grip and women vigorously
applauded the revolutionary doctrines.
As Diana katherine Grey scored artistic
. ally the greatest success of her career I
never saw her so convincing or act with
I so much authenticity.
Whether New York will accept the play
/ or ignore il. il is certain that Phillips has
no small claim 10 be considered a potent
factor in dramatic literature when he has
learned the Tudimants of his trade. when
he knows more about the world behind
the scenes. His maiden effort made a
profound impression on every Cle in the
audience.
The attractions that hold are Irene
IWycherley," at the Astor; THE Dream
Waltz" at the Broadway "a big success}:
Adeline Genee in THE Soul Kiss Soth-
ern in Lord Dundreary" at the Lyric:
The Warrens Of Virginia. with Char
lotte Walker and Frank keenan,. at the
/ Belasco; Olga Nethersole in ''Adrienne Ie-
couvreur' and THE Enigma" at DAILY S:
MaUde Adams in 1.-THE testers" at the
/ Empire Williams and Walker. at the Ma
jest!C: John Mason in 'The Witching
Hour" at the Hackett; Lew Fields in
"The Girl Behind the Counter" at the
{ Herald Square: katherine Grey In The
/ Worth Of a Woman" at the Madison
Square Theater; Ethel Barrymore In Her
Sister, at the Hudson, and THE Thief. %
at the Lyceum.
NazimOya closes her engagement at the
Bijou tonight and takes to the road with
her repertoire. Brandon lyman will be
her leading man. Her place will be filed
by Henry Ludlow, who makes his first
appearance or Bro2dTay in The Mer-
chant of Venice" LfdIow has been an
actor in minor companies in the West
and his venture Is calculated to inspire
unusual interest He must have a sub
lime faith in his ability to defy the
smOdering wrath of Broadway against
his kind