The Washington herald., 1912-11-21

things are abominable The voice Of
nature proclaims for the daughter A
fathers care and for the son
mothers. The law OF father and son and
mother and daughter is not the law OF
love. II is the law of revolution and
emancipation. of final supercessiOn of the
old and worn out by the young and
capable. l tell you. the first duty of
manhood and womanhood is the declara-
tion OF independence: the man who
pleads his fathers authority Is no man:
the woman who pleads her mothers
authority is unfit to bear citizens to
Il free people"
Marriage should ennobIe a man?
Well. get married and try. You may
find it delightful for a while: you GER
tainly won't find II ennObling. The great
est common measure OF a man and
woman is not necessarily greater than
the mans single measure"
Marriage is to me apostasy. pro-
fanation of the sanctuary OF my soul,
violation OF my manhood sale Of my
brthright, painful surrender. ignominiOus
captulation, acceptance of defeat
shall decay like a thing that has serv-
ed It's purpose and is done with.
shall change from man with future
to a man with a past; | shall see In
the greasy eyes of all the other hus-
bands their relief at the arrival of
new prisoner TO share their ignOminy.
The young men who have scorned me
as one who was sold out: to the young
women. I. who have always been an
enigma and an imPOssibility. shall BE-
merely some one else's property-and
damaged goods at that-a secondhand
man at best
For sheer Cleverness OF dialogue and
ingenuity of plot no comedy that has
been written since Sheridan's school
Of Scandal" has won such enthusiastic
and lasting interest from both critics
and public as Man and Superman.'
During the seven years that have
elapsed since Mr Lorraine left America
to present this comedy in London. he
has become SO closely identified with
the part of John Tanner that it would
be difficult for the present generation
of playgoers to accept any one else in
the role. In John Tanner. Bernard
Shaw has merely dramatized himself
making Tanner the mouthpiece OF his
own startling opinion and theories. This
being so. it is no wonder that q. b. S.
the worlds champion epigrammatist. has
put more witty lines in this play than
have ever illumined a play before.
Mr. Lorraine is too ambitious to be
satisfied to continue in one role without
intermissiOn Though he has taken up
many roles since he first appeared in
Man and Superman." he has always
been compelled to return to it by the
demand of the public. In his present.
tour he is supported by the distinguish
ed company that elected such encomi-
ums from the London critics during his
brief English engagement before setting
sail for New York.
On his return to New York the local
critics were curious to note whether his
repeated appearances in Man and Su-
perman" had dulled the fine edge of
his art. Without exception, the critics
averred that in the interim. his acting
was even more finished than when he
was last seen here seven years ago.
But II I had played nothing but Man
and Superman' as the managers have
urged me to do. by now I would have
gone stale in the part Every season
l have played the Shaw comedy for two
or three hundred performances. but the
balance of the year l have taken up
some new role to. vary my pace and
keep fresh Whenever | come back to-
Man and Superman it is as stimulat-
ing as going into an electric bath