The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

better when you move them with your
heart. And do you know the heart move
ments last longest In the world? Art IS
not intellect II is emotion. Marl0we
stands for youth; stands for the affec-
tions: is eternal spring. Her comedy is
the most exquisite Her romance is the
most tender and alluring. She wins her
way 10 those who retain their youth. As
long as you remain young land why
should you ever grow old, you graytops9
you can understand her And she will
react; viii help you to keep young You
sometimes say TO me: 7 have gone be-
yond Marlowe That is said You have
gone beyond seed time You have gone
beyond dreamland Marlowes voice is
undying music. Have you gone beyond
her voice? Her humor Is magical. Have
you gone beyond her humOr? / hate 20
hear people speak Of her as charming.
Yet she has charm. She beguiles you of
the rough average. She allures you from
the tedium Of trade. Have you ever gone
beyond charm? Beyond surprise? I used
to quarrel with Mariowe because she
didn't play tragedy. But why should she
90 into the shadows? Let her stay in
the light. We viii enjoy, be inspired by
the light. She belongs to the sunny cliffs.
stick TO it that IN one act Of Fiametta'
she did tragedy which no woman of our
time could beat But she aches for the
light.
She Graves the smiling roadWays Her
eldn spirit froiics and gambols on green
fields and by running brooks. why should
1 quarrel with a butterfly because it has
not the tread of an elephant? Marlowe
knows how To laugh. Can make people
laugh Can put laugh into the ache OF
the world, Study her Shakespeare.
Shakespeare Is a hard load 10 carry. Even
genius breaks down under the strain
Some things IN Shakespeare the right man
or the right woman can make plausible
But some things are impossible. Mariowe
is sometimes 30 Shakespeare the right
woman. She shines as the right woman.
Another thing. Her range is broader than
her ambitions. She has never tried the
more immediate plays Of her age The
plays of revolution. The plays of con-
temporary struggle. She looks back to
the rOmancers. While such dramas as
Barbara Frietche'' and When Knight
hood Was in Flower are great fun, and
satirically and domesticalIy apt they do
not sail you any time into deep water
often enough they leave you aground.
Her talents are exquisite rather than vir-
lie. They deal rather with feeling than
with passion. Yet her Jean shows again
what was 50 clear in her Fiametta- She
is conscious of higher courts. But she
doesn't care to appeal 10 them. She has
confined herself largely to a field where
she is supreme. She sets a limit 10 her
self. I do not. She refuses her genius
its more inclusive exploitation. But
defer to her decision. / take her for
what she chooses 10 stand for. / don't
believe any one woman or man drinks
the well dry. SO DO not reject Marlowe
because she has specialized her activities.
There is no limit to the resources OF life
and no limit to the number Of its exposi-
tors. Marlowe has beauty of person and
melody OF voice. She is rich in moods and
exquisite In delicate, serious emotional
situations. She is 4 placating wind rather
than a great blow. She is the bloom and
perfume of the flower rather than its
root earth, and autumnal decay. She is
the sunny landscape. All her storms are
gentle rains. She is youth incarnate. She
Keeps US near the playground Yes, close
to first impulse All days in her art are
friendly days Well-I have use for
friendly days. As much use for friendly
days as for any other days. Though use
for days of contest, too. Days of clamor
and distress. But 7 do not ask Marlowe
TO provide for all my year. Between two
dark hours she is the light. Between two
sorrows she is the Joy.