The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06

an unnamed man who has traduced hes; nor will she. when he learns that this man Is his own father, release him from his solemn vow of assassi- nation; so Olaf goes into an adjoining room and dies of his own sword. Next, Valbrand comes back ali&e, to report his killing of Bjorn; and. on witness ing his daughters' insane grief at her lovers suicide, dashes out of the house to kill himself rather than live with such wife and mother. Thus Herdisa has. without herself striking a blow. killed three men and crazed her daughter. She lays her head in her arms on table, and when her face is lifted to the light. the ghastiiness of death from horror Is on its distorted features.
 A palpably brainy audience crowded theatre at the beginning of "The Winterfeast's" Initial presentation; and for an hour was delighted altogether by the skilled speaking of Mrs Mat thison. Arthur Lewis, Frank Mills, Robert Cummings and Walter Hanp- den. If you need blank verse eIocu- tionistslyou can't do better than hire them. They will be freed from their present job soon. second hour tired the listeners with their loauHcity. a third hour brought bored fatigue and many quit the house before the addition half hour, and at the end the second Of the two views have mention ed was the prevailing one. The fare at
 The Winterfeast' was not so deadly to the people in the auditoriun1s as to the characters on the stage, but scarcely less cloying with its gore MT. Kennedy strides brayely away from beaten paths and endeavors to break his way to dramatic heights. HIS purposes. conceptions. ideals are high, and his struggle to achieve them Is arduous; but there is no genius ln his composition, nor much moro than ordinary scheme. That is the prevail ing view of this. remarkable play.
 Mimi Aguglia, the wild young sicilian actress. is provoker of nIoodshed this week in the familiar
 Cavaliero Rustlcana" not only. but in
 T Carbunara," a short tragedy of gore newly clotted here; but no more than in 'rhe Winterfeast," was I permitted to see her husband and her lover fight with axes. She isn't in the least wick cd. but when the lover Is likely to be caught pestering her she hides him in her bedroom. That looks bad to her brother-in-law, who wants to kiss her on his own account, and betrays her to the husband when she won't let him. When the husband hands an axe to the lover, takes another himself and they go out to fight duel. She knows deal of her own agony, but the chopping of the lover to death isn't seen. Couldn't an illusion be contrived to show that duel? It would draw. And I'm not sure but a SiciIian actor could be spared at each performance. if only Aguglia be saved to us
 Fritzt Frisky Schef and Anna Hsda, Held The interpolations are not nn1ner- tinent. When Fritzi was in grand opera she liked the nickname of Little Devil when Anna was about to make a dAbut posters said, Go to Held" The impish- ness of these ladies is professional. ot course. and not at all personal Fritzj divorced her husband. not he her. and now she is the new bride of John Fox Jr.. the Kentucky novelist. Anna has been the wife of Florenz Ziegfeld. Jr. ever since he began to make stage shows for her, It is said that Fox is writing dramatic play for bis bride but she will stay awhile in musical toi- lity. Both Fritzi Scheff-Fox and Anna Held-Ziegfeld are bright-faced, small formed young women with that for