The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07

performances IN the Hof Theatre, at
Munich, in other European capitals and
in London fire the imagination with
the moving force OF unusual power and
beauty. and impress the mind with
the authors knowledge OF and love
for the Wagnerian drama Margarethe
| Styr's influence over John Ordham
was, above all, beneficent. for 1t stimu-
lated him TO the exercise of his gifts
and his usefulness, SO that thus he
| might eventually become master of his
| fate.
Marguerite styr as a personality
was deliberately manufactured by the
tremendous will-power Of the singer
! upon the ruins Of Margaret Hill. she
| paid the price for her early infringe
| ment OF moral law when she died on
| tho stage OF the Hof as Brynhildr, Inn
violating SELF on siegfrieds funeral
| pyre, saying to John Ordham In her
| farewell: II have my choice: to live
| and he your ruin. or to die while can
4 live on in your heart, your unappalled
4 i,nncinatfon forever. Therefore do you
/ owe IL Ia me to live for the single
purpose Of developing to the utmost
! those great gifts for which I extin-
suish nly own In the constant exer-
4 else of great abilities. particularly
! when their performances are accom-
panied by the worlds orchestra, there
4 10 much to console. It Is indeed the
next best thing to the hearts happl-
ness"
i 81 the other women employed as
i factors in the story. the most interest
ing Is the Princess Nachmeister. char
acterized as the supremely disagree
able old woman of Munich, and quite
4 the most powerful. Mabel Cutting.
the young American girl whom ord
ham married. is too slight and TOO
vain to be counted as a factor among
so many others that are effective,
d where she is ineffective and trivial.
q In summing up the booK~as whole.
the profound knowledge of life. of
people and of dramatic art making
the tapestry of modern life In the
splendid cities OF the continent ana
Great Britain. which appears on every
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aIity of Mrs. Atherton. the interna-
4 tional reputation which 1t has won for
her and the lustre which she. as. an
:, author. reflects upon, the land which
gave her birth. Her book cannot be
judged from any one thing in IT, II
must be considered as whole. with
relation to its extraordinary virility.
and its graphic presentation OF certain
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