The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25


Nsrk The trait. 90 This fnrsi' Ing
wue-A Novel ,ouns Giri for .
French PLAY the DiT rrcnr~ Brtwrro
the Theairir amt the Dramatic.
When Henry Rataill. wrote Tn" Fool
iah Virgin h. lavished IN" resources Of
his talent In developing the character oI
the wife IN IN" threccoruered intrigue.
which like all Contcmporaneous PLAYS that
achieve popularity in Paris il concerned
with only the sexual trinity. There IL
Of course difference m detail II il not
the wife VINO has Welded her love ~
another. hat the middle aged husband
who has been -sI2ed with u violent pas
sion for a woman half his age. 80 there
n no lover To bc kill'-i ar even challenged
by the betrayed hGst1Hd Their. are a
deserted wife. FURY of vrngcanC" IN tho
per~o,. Of the hT"th"r ~ this very foolish
virgin who Surr"ndcrS To violent phySI-
cal attachment inr lover ~ much Older
than she j.. AMI the rrcrcant husband
For almost the flint tim" an a modern
French drama - young girl ~ male thu
active p.rsDn IN III" intrign. Young
women have never figured conspiCuouSiy
In the works of IA" French stage. hecaus"
they are uniu,portaut IN French social
life. as the theatre of hat country repre-
cents il. un;'l they have hrcome wives
They are evidently supposed Ia reach
the age of d-o re: ION along with the we'd
ding ring and after that time they begin
to play a part ~ the affairs Of their social
milieu Until that date they are not free
agents, their parents hav" their destiny
In their hands and a. the handspring OF
any dramatic action the Young girl in
France has never been r"garied a. a
possible material for any dramatist. so
Il must have been interesting to the
French public TO see maiden revolt
ing against the laws Of d~cency not only
in her own country hut everywhere
She does not wait for her dIcpl parents
to select an appropriate husband for her
She will not even 60 TO IN" convent TO
which her family condemns her She
has her plans They Contemplate moth
ing hut life with me married man IN.
has selected a. her lover
She carries her course 70 Its and when
abe goes to the apartments Of this man and
carries him or with h"r u Fuclrnd while
his wife keeps her brother ut nay a,'H
holds him so fascinated in London TINT
he will not allow her to return to her own
people. nor does he regret the sacrifice
he has made for her sake she has of
course abandoned all place IN respectable
society But she has inlde otlr~rSs Slc-i-
Ace much more for her than that She
gets her lover. and her affection for him
h gratified 20 "a degree SIi what rum
she makes of the lives II all th"S" alb n
her in order that she may aCh,-s~ til"
qualification of h.r dc-.r,..'
Her father - disgrIcso \ similar
humiliation comes to her moths and e."
devoted brother who l. ANXIOUS to IrchgP
the blot ON the honor 81 in" .auti.
She ruins the career II ~" lIvryc- Wh"
l. Fascinated by h"r youth end IN" -" .;
her passion for him. Tho C-1lcl.-; blow
falls perhaps on the wi" nf tnIr ulr.
She is deserted hy the husband who had
been devo'eU until IA" appearance e:
this youthful arr ocrni - ~" seem" i
h. in vain that he coni">'.- IA sorrow
and declares Ia, cpnpas SON Tor her Sh"
In a tragically pathetic hgV"" ~ th'
social rum thar the ru-lu"lhus physical
infatuation o! tll- eight ..sn- .ctr-Jid girl
has wrought
N. Bat.,i,l. h.s IA thi- way BJ.lt up u
situation which should throw all Ia.
sympa thy of the aIiicnC" toELTd the ,i,'-
serted wife. Berthe Badly. Who tCt"i the
part in Paris. had appeared In other p.lvI
by the same author Her success. ~ th.
role was sufficient to mak. her colleague.
in every other country IN which the play
WAS destined To- b.. acted pin. {, play tn.
wife. Mr.. Campbell accounted herself
fortunate to get that Opportunity h,r..
Yet she has rarely ..pp,,.,d undo.
circumstances thnt brought n.r les
praise: and IN. has rar.ls ,la-.-y.-i i.--
communication. 4, NAV nav, tcpl, the
ar,is,cialitv with which IN, noted. IL may