The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-16
MARGUERITE CLARK
n ''The cFueibIe' at The Para
mount Theatre Todsy ''P'

In the powerful and hesrt-gripping
drama of The Crucible," by Mark
Lse Luther. the portrayal OF souls
ordeal in the melting-pot of suffer
ing. from which fiery furnace II
emerges unscathed, and strengthened
by It's agonies, Marguerite Clark plays
the part of little Jean Fanshaw, at
first hoydep and tom-boy. unjustly
condemned to a fetormatofy, who lat
er triumps over the shame of her i'm
prisonment and the sordid corrupt
ness OF her environment, returning
good for evil OF those who worked
havoc with her life.
Jean Fanshaw is brought up by
her father as nearly like boy as
possible, with the result that, when
he dies. her mother and sister, quite
primly different from the high-spirit-
ed, sincere and, prankish Jean, mis-
understood and dislike her thorough
ly, and ill-treat her accordingly. Her
sister, Amelia, a sedate and self-right-
eous girl, magnifies all Jeans temp
est; and eccentricities, until Mrs.
Fanshe,w believes jean I'd be a per-
feet fiend, and causes friends and
neighbors to think the same. One day,
at picnic, a playful trick of Jeans
enrages her mother and sister, and
when they arrive home Amelia nags
and bullies Jean till she catches up
sickle in spirit of mischief, threat
ening TO defend herself with it, IL
necessary. Amelia, alarmed, throws
her hand an with a quick motion, and
cuts herself on the sickle.A She runs
screaming to her mother, declaring
that Jean has.S[attacked her. This
her mother believes, and joins her
outcries TO Amelia's; the constable
and neighhors run in, and eventually
Jean is sentenced to the reformatofy
where the riff-raff of the town and
State are collected. and among them
Stella Wilkes, q notorious girl OF the
village who is one, of the first to well
come Jean to the house OF Refuge
At first, the refined and sensitive Jean
Is overwhelmed by. the disgrace of
her inIpria6nnl9ht, and crushed by
her sordia asenTironment, but gradual
ly her strength OF character asserts
itself She determines to escape
from the reformatory, and succeeding,
meets in the woods, Craig Atwood. a
young ARTIST. who, learning her
story, advises her to. go back. and
serve out her term, so that she may
avoid allsdanger OF being recaptured.
jean sees. tHe WlSuom Oh his aQVlce,
and that It is the nobler part. She
returns to the refuge, and later, in a
riot among the girls, led by Stella
Wilkes, saves the matron from as
sault, and wins her pardon. Not be-
ing wanted at home by her proud
mother and her sister, Amelia, now
married, she goes to the city, and OBJ
tains employment only to be bounded
from her position, and shamed every
where, by the vengefui Stella wilkes,
who has sworn to "get even" Az
most at the brink of despair, she
again meets the artist of her adj
venture In the woods, and after a
hasty wooing, she promises to be-
come his wife. How the cup of ham
piness is snatched from her lip5,
how the shadow of the reRormatory
again looms over her. how she heaps
Goals of fire upon her weak sisters
head. saving Ameiia's home, and how
she regains her own love, and Is re-
~araed for her long .str;ggie aRsttst
evil and despair, are yividiy untold
ed In thiD unusually strong photo
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