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Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
CALL REPUBLICAN, CHAIRMAN
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OKLAHOMA CITY, okla, Aug. 1O.- An official call for a meeting of the national association republican state chairmen to be held at Chicago, Sep tember 2, has been issued by Arthur H. Geissler. president Of the national association and chairman of the re publican state committee of Oklahoma. W. II. Hays, chairman of the repub- lican national committee and all other committee officers will participate in the conference.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
Nr~ .'7PLANs MARKINGS

Correspondence of Associated Press)
 AMSTERDAM, July 3O.-Detaiis ie- gsTding new markings on German air planes became known here recently. The arms of the black cross are now straight (nOt curved as fOrmerly) with white edges. The change is said to have been made because of the pregL ous form made recognition of German machines difficult and easily led to confusion with the circular signs on entente airplanes.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
RAY COMP PANIES MAX E UP ALL THEIR
 DIFFERENCES
FAMOUS SPUR TRACK CASE WHICH HAS BEEN BEFORE THE COURTS AND CORPORATION COMMISSION MANY MONTHS
 DISPOSED OF BY ARBITRATOR

The famous "spur track case.
 which has been the courts and the corporation commission for many months. at last has been disposed of. with the corporation commission yes terday by the Arizona Hercules Copper company, the application of that com pany for an order from the corporation commission to compel the Ray Consoli- dated Copper company to construct a
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
Monday Shouting in Our
 Mems Section New AdUQnCe Fall Hats

We have just received a ship ment of Stetson and Schoble hats for fall. In all the new shapes rd styles for this season in the popular shades of French green, .erge, blue, mint, taupe, pearl md tan. Sizes to fit every head. Bring your head in Monday and
 us fit it Tn 2 new fall hat. Stetson at $500, Schoble at @450. Also a big line of new velour hats in all the foremost and shapes at 5000.
 -(Second Floor)
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
sYn SECRETARY DIES
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LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 1O.- James E. Sprunger. state secretary of the Young Mems Christian association in California, for the past seven years. died here today Early in the war he was sent abroad to aid in organizing association work for the soldiers and sailors.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
MAKE OVERTIME AGREEMENT
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ITN KINI0W IDIseU WHO
 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1O.-Ship yard employers and employees of the Pacific coast who have been in con ference here this week, at today session adopted rules drafted by Charles F. Plez. viCe-president of the emergency fleet corporation. whereby no overtime shall be paid, except by the specific order of the district officer of the fleet corporation.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
MINISTER IS SENTENCED
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Aleg Isthlch .AAttatu NlLIy
 CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 10.-Rev. w. A. Werth, Winesburg. O., was sen lenced to two years in the Atlanta prison today for violation of the es- pionage act. Rev. Werth is alleged o 1a.e said the American army was rotten and full Of disease" while preaching a funeral over the body of a soldier who had died on the MeXi- ,.n LOider.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11

Buxton & Smith was overturned into the subway.
 No one was hurt and in a short time the engine was again placed on the track. The material damage probably will reach several hundred dollars.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
ENGLAND TO EGYPT

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 LONDON, Aug. 10.-Two Royal air force officers, with two mechanics have completed a flight from England to Egypt, a distance of 20OO miles.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
DOES PARACHUTE DROP
Rv RerIew Leaser wIrel

tBy RevieW Lcasel WIrel
 FORT WORTH. Tex, Aug. 1O.- Lieut. James H. Dale of St. Louis. jumped from an airplane travelling ninety miles an hour at an altitude of 5000 feet with a parachute and landed without injury
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
BlOuSeS at Special Prices Monday

Regular $750 values In beautiful blous made materials of geoge crepe de chine and also very pretty striped silks
 trimmed with gerng bits of beadng-ohers embroidered in beads and silk and tailored These bouses all this sons patterns Some slightly soed from handling You would have long beat this $750 value Special Mon day for $495 See display in window. (Second Floor)
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Ladies' and Misses Nel0 Shetland
 All Wool SUeQfers

the wrap you need for these cool evenings beautiful of coors and styles Some spover models and many coat styles with belts and good looking big cellars Also sleeve less models pick from We have these all Come Monday and make your selection Price from $ 50
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
RdinCOQtS

The time is right in sea- son when you will need a good raincoat. Let. us fit you out in one of the best standard makes known.
 KENREIGH WEATHER
 PROOF RAINCOATS Priced from $500
 Up 10 S22.5O
 Second Floor, Men S Section MAKE YOUR DOLLARS WIN THE WAR. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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NeW Fall Shirts

For men. We are showing big complete line of fancy striped shirts in materials of madras crepes and neat stripes of red, tan, blue green and black in both stiff and French cuffs, in all sizes Each pattern beauty. See them Monday in mems section Price $1.50 and up to S1.75. (Main Floor)
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
PROGRAM

FhOGhAM 1. The Silent Church. ?. Piano solo, MT. Hale. 3. Vocal solo, Mir Rancourt. L Debate, MT. Frazier vs. x.
 (Resolved that a man will venture
 farther for the love of woman, than
 for the love of money.) ,. Violin solo, Miss Wilson. J HOoverized refreshments. The full membership of the class and .hose who wish to rehearse with them gre asked to be at the church at 7:30 D. n. Tuesday for rehearsal
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
ENTERTAIN ME ENT AND SOCIAL TO BE
 HELD FRIDAY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH INVITES EV- ERYoNE IN DISTRICT TO AT TEND BIG FREE EVENT FOR WHICH EXCELLENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN PREPARED

An entertainment-social is to be given at the Christian church, Friday 5sening, August 16, at s o'clock, by the senior class of their bible school. There will be no admission charged. All who can spend the evening with them are cordially invited to be pres ent on time and enjoy the full pro gram.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-11
August Final Clearance
August Final Clearance

of LADIES VOILE and LAWN DIR ESSES, suitable for afternoon and street wear in good assortment of colors. They are neat patterns and very cool dress for now You will find some all white dresses in this lot to select from in broken lines of size Regular prices, $750 and up to $500. Final clearance for Monday, HALF PRICE.
 On Sale Monday, Second Floor.
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August Final CLearanCe

of all LADIES GINGHAM DRESSES at one-third off the regular price. These dresses are very pretty in neat checks and plaids and in many beautiful combinations of colors and smart styles suitable for afternoon and street wear. PRICES AS FOLLOWS:
 Regular 5 6.5O Dress now...$4 $4.35 Regular s 7.5O Dress now-.-.-..- $500 Regular s $50 Dress now .$5.90 Regular $1O.00 Dress now-.----.$6 $6.67 Regular $1200 Dress now-..--..-..-. $8.37
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La Camille and Bon Ton COTsets
 The front lace La Camille and back and front lace Bon-Ton the standard corsets of the world and every model is the original creation of the worlds foremost corset artist. Come in and let our expert eorsetieri fit you in La Camille Bon Ton corset Their fautless it. their perfect comfort, their dis tnctive style, will surprise and delight you. See them Monday (Second Floor)
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the goppor
 Monday and display Foor)
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Fourth Action

("Lonely and Starless')
EFT alone now--to low strains of
IL music-with face upraissd. the
Mother speaks.
THE MOTHER
. hearts Of Our earth's sorrcw.
Hearts of her singing!
Hearts Of the dumb breasts Of broken
peoples!
Hearts Of the live upspringing
Children, which are the chimes Of their
ruined steeplesl
Hearts Of strange Tomorrow
Struggling for birth in the labor of old
bowed women,
Begotten Of strong mems pain mid the
fiery singing
or bombs Hearts--hearts of rebellion.
born
Or weakness and bondage and scorn
o hearts Of the swimming
Athletes Of surging air.
Hearts Of dreamer and toier,
OF joy--of despair,
Hear nc, all hearts! and with mine.
The heart Of a mother--conspire
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

Ages eutworn; and | will fsss
women yet Shall be yeken ~ 'ssi
Under my lash; and your man -,
blood, and your chiidren-ks s,s asaas
tGsopins with ou,s.retched srm. ssee
ss,tmcI'ng against the left Gate, aaS ,s STD.
As he does SO, An Hes-.s--sa.s
owing Sroups-cornes for%afS is.sa.hes 4
Mother tho little Boy and tsjrl 'sad'ns HE
ALL HEARTS
Out Of that blasphemy, these shan
deem ola' VOW
Showing the Mother 10 the TWO cho,.
speaks FOR them, "' ehIdsss ..
Mother!
tihc Shidren bp,h rush forward.
nes;les them close, ''eSs ne Nss.
THE MOTHER
Children! My little ones.-Now
The spring of Gods waters
Wells again back to us-un s,o,. :
slough
And ashes Of Death. Babes-sors !,
my daughters.
(Beside her, the two Daughters ~o -
ca-ess) "t @t
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
First Action
{ Mother and Dauy11ters

Mother and Daugnters)
WHEN the Action begins, the stage
w is silent and shadowy.
Then, sounding far off and
muffed encrcling the entire audience
With rhythmic rum5ling-drums begin
to roll AT first hardly audible, their
low beating quickens family louder.
holds sustained moment of mur1nuYous
thunder, and wanes again more slowly
away into silence.
With the first rumbling sound, one Of
the great doors "Opens narrow slit and,
through dim light from behind, the form
Of Woman enters-a Figure nobly
tau and graciously maternal
Clad in black, q gray black veil flows
behind and about her shoulders. shelter
inc below the. forms Of two half nude
Children in white-who cling to her. On
the snocks Of the Children, in rust-hued
red. the imprint Of huge hand is vague
~ outlined.
Az the Woman comes slowly forward
with them, and sits on the low dais-
seat, two other Female Forms, clad in
gray, glide through the closing door, and
approach ON either side.
On the robe Of each, below her left
breast, IN rusty red: the same huge i'm
print OF hand is visible.
One of them, 1.-the GIRL, pauses4-
listening--and speaks to the seated
Woman.
THE GIRL
Hother-hear them the drums.
THE MOTHER
Hush. o, be still--be still
Turning the other ont--A' Woman. young bst
sgsttre-- speaks low
THE YOUNG WOMAN
I.ibten. Mother: il comes
Upward from valley and bill.
Fsr.beating.-~Wba can it be?
THE MOTHER
The call Of our beating hearts
Echoinc back. We hear 1t
Die where our hope deparss;
Bu. time, nor eternity,
Man. nor minissering spirit
None hears it but US. my daughters.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Prelude
The Doorway

The Doorway
r n the Background, great Door%ay
rises in shadow, it's matsive gray
doors closed.
Tu the foreground, on either sid&
gate, lesser in size, IL lit by lantern
above.
Between the Doorway ana Gates, wallis
hung with gray-shut in an oblong space
Corning the stage), at the cehtre Of
which low seat is raised the height OF
step by larger daia.
From, the entire length of the oblong
space, broad steps descend to the assembly
place Of the audience, through which four
aisles lead to the open grouna-spare in
front of the steps.
Facing this space, at centre, between the
two nearer aisles, ia the place of the Conn
omunity Chorus. '.ssv~s
Frofa there, before the action begins,
Women Voices Of the CHORUS are heard
singing to pensive music cadenced like
the measure Of soft, slow footballs
THE CHORUS
Earth' How dreumaty
Opc thy Doors Of Lsfe!-
Dark ard silently
C7ose thy Gates Of Death,
By thy shndoze'9 porch
Waits out W'onunhood
Far, on alsea puths,
H'dr our buttte hosts.
Thera, all, ,c1tei~-bctWeew
Dark ind ddrk--shdu our
Yedrning Wothey-Lo
Weld all hearts Of Muhe
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Mr.. Mackaye's Preface

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New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
There shall the nU-forsakeu hoit
Thy sign!
+ fifth Action
(All Hearts

(All Hearts
TOW, as the Chorus ceases, A light
/ Y as of dawn begins to FIJI the space
before the Great Doors, whore
the Gray Shroudcd Figure is seen
standing beside the Mother, who speaks
aloud in wonder, while still the dark il
thinning.
THE MOTHER
Where: Where?-O healing Sign, that
disappears
Yet still abdes in faith!
Hat, now no music throbbed vithi, nv
ears,
Nor moaning breath
Or choirs? Hath here no heart-red
Gross
no star-bright Shape--burned through
my dross
OF shadow? Or hath a dream
A dream once more.--
Made visitation at this door
Ot dreamers dead?
lSeeins suddenly the Shrouded Figure before her,
What arc you?
THE FIGURE,
You have said.
'for an Instant as the Mother peers forward. the
& r&Isure parts her shroud, revealing on her
% nrSas, a rel cross, which hangs there like an
a"'uiet then she wraps it close again)
THE MOTHER
y dream And was it you who came?
THE FIGURE
! heard you call;
Yet ere you spoke, as deep as spirit
plumbs,
answered with my drums.
THE MOTHER
But II prayed to all
Hearts of all peoples,
THE FIGURE
So you called my name,
For | am All Hearts, and all naonles
are mine.
bring their life-blood in this hallowed
sign
The Red Cross. and within that fire.
with you, with me-their wills consn;re
THE MOTHER
But tins dim shroud why art so con-
cealed?
ALL HEARTS
Within the house of death 1ife n,us+ Ia
healed
IN hidden ways to meet the world again:
And we, who match our wills with pain
10 outwit the great Despoler.-we
Must make our deep conspiracy
Work from within, disguised in deaths
own 2arb.
Till we shall turn mis- poisoned barb
Against himself-and set our wounded
free.
THE MOTHER
All. you will free them ?--Howe
ALL HEARTS
by my earSh-wide Alliance, sprung
From many lands. Too long
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Epilogue
(The Roll CALI

HURING this Chorus, Chldr,
- Heralds in pageant regalia hia
formed a Gordon completely su'
rounding the Audience, as with rtt'
and-white garland.
And now, as the Chorus eeasss ihd
the grouping spaces of the Pagssb
gleam in massed glory around her Tha'
she stands at the centre, All Hearhals
to the Audience and Participants.
ALL HEARTS
Pilgrims of the Red Gross,
You, whom Courage and Love,
Mercy and Reason convoke here
Now at my calling!
Wakeners of a new world!
Wakers-who yet can dream,
And through the day still carry
Visions Of starlight.
"e-you and |, you and l.
We ourselves, must still dream
And organize this starry
Masque OF tomorrow.
We are not near the end,
But the beginning: There
Out Therein his blinded rage, stli
Roams the Despoiler.
Ranking with hate; and out there
Cnder some unknown star
Rrooding on ruined lands, Peace
Yearns for bis children.
We. the,l--Nc nj l.
Each of us-eh. @s,i ail-s
None too poor O. discouraged.
Weak, or too weary
Old, disillusioned,-or young,
Reckless Of Tnisefy-fone
But each shall act his part, and
Sharing with All Hearts
Join our conspiracy, still
Back from the doors Of Peace,
Forth from the house Of life. to
81 Drive the Despoiler.
Join, then, actors Of truth. .<,,
Pledge me your names and your Wv
Join our Red Cross. to the kind'ihS
Dru,ns of my roll call. :.
oNow to The rear ~ beunss ts.t Hs,s,sssf> HNs,ns,ssf>a g
s.e..al: the Gordon OF enc.fc,.nt, ~ M HSAfs
srtf with Joyous shout q ~. .sfjR s.
and. rsisins their pledge ca N,s III
Audienek ana Participants, fhhS - n
ient~ heis Anal rhornse
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

Love lived a hermit, and his labors, done
Alone, were crushed: but now
All fnercies now shall work as one:
For Pity Organized hath power more
great
Than all the Hosts Of Hate.
THE MOTHER
And NFe are those, allied
To free the world?
ALL HEARTS
You bore them from your side.
THE MOTHER
My children But my babes and daugh-
ters lie
In bondage yonder, and my strong sons
die
Fighting to serve hinn--the Despoiler!
ALL HEARTS
Nay,
They faint no fnore-1lor fight--to serve
his will,
But mine: our will, that shall waylay
And trap him in his lair
THE MOTHER
Yet how?
ALL HEARTS
To snare
The soul-snake and che cutte-
Man-beast, Che brain Of Mercy must be
subtle
Even as he,
And foil the camouAage Of Cruelty
BY craft of love more keen.-
So have been,
For now behold-even at the tyrant's
doors
These new conspirators
s,.a sspsap -Four qr Ta n roTms SS1 OF aao ns
Coming forward. ths. -Four join on. an
olhcr and pause near the Mother.)
THE MOTHER
TN wonder)
But who are these?
ALL HEARTS
Ah, they themselves shall tell!
For now / 60
10 meet our common enemy. and dwell
Here in his house, to work his over
throw
'She moves TO go
The Mother starts TO prevent herr
THE MOTHER
No There is ruin
ALL HEARTS
Have no fear:
Showing again her small red cross,
This cross shall be my talisman
Against all harm.
fShe moves on close to the Great 11oors,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Ninth Action

(The Red Crosse
DURING the final strains of the
H. Chorus, the DespoiIer rises. AS
the music ceases, he shakes his
clenched hands above him, and calls il,
rage.
THE DEsPOILER
All ALI Hearts! You, in YOUR
vision of Pities,
Not you shall confound my dreams. The
will Of my dreaming
Builds in eternal Hate-builds on your
ame-charnelled cities.
And the blood of their corpses, .upsteam-
ing.
ss4sSs F1 s }s7s5 Is ss r. 9
ness, save that high above The Great Doors In
,ndlen ,;Dll splendor--eno HE'D CROSS
m EssS syss ana soss s os4 s4ss ws sa sss
rsss sss p ef5nf saaf q s52ii e! u s ass OF
-four "s lie -Four fsSsn Sns Hf1sa M sE s,T s
A their signal, down tn. Aises four. sth-
n ntIc The nunD1rs .usi 40. osa5a M ,hshn and
re- cease ana1appsarlnr hsh hs IN 'ns he frsh ss
Han9 sas ns s'anany aTs, Is upon arA Hearts
ALL HEARTS
Ho, Heralds of my Red Gross Hail We.
Hail, above
His fall! Ho, Courage-M Mercy-Reason
Love!
eIha Four Heraldsthe sign of the Red Cross 4,
sheir breasts their several symbols sr4a ming
iIoln their Stahduris-saiute the Mofber .S
as adjrtahts s 'a' So''s
Meantime, the Despoer--hais bowed, and
With horrible gesture. ~ eA-s foUd
SO while he speaks silently, from The
Snaaowed space around and beneath All
hearts. her Groups Of Light rea ppear absut
THE DEsPOILER
Light! Light of new worlds Binder Of
me, in my yearning
Power! light Of old dreams, awakened
20 watch now the spurning
VI meme, in my dawn Of darkness,
TIA, daper and foiler
Striker down of the strong in hate.
despoiiing the Despoiler!
Light Of All Hearts! Yea. stricken am
I, bat not broken
Yeti ami aware; am wise; am h,iu
l. the will which has lasted
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

Come, with a halowed sign.
Come, with a sign Of fire,
And purge this house of our dreams
from him--from him, the Despoier,
hearts, | bow; wait; wait for your
fiery sign.
Npuhy the hra;en gong reNerbcratcs again and
the Voice OF tho Despoler cries from within)
THE VOICE OF TIE DEsPOHER
Again
Now let my rituals commence:
Ho, Pestilcnce.
TAO, Poverty--and Pain
non rising from the place Of the Chorus three
The steps at the centre FEsrGLEN CE~.
nsjae %q IN ssaret io robe snl ysil cf spotced
49,, It's fickieTing eeaM on the other. two on tic
S 4N n anc in din sns psps s4 Win n had I sg Rst
roNEkTT> |sa nS hay nude g il arab with face
shropdel wholly 9' IN rraynssqs SnF'' apaFt r'Ere and
ths Three Fisnres @ md move a'GtT Forward, the
Sro es eSsnT n e on s,ns As thsy - r1seh @ The
Form OF tho Mother bowed her seat ct
the centre smult aneousy the tirea. Doors In
il teveyise ligh's:. dnmb TrF TaBIEAT Gs''55f o.
rSn nse in 6s toa 'RTa a,s Of TsTTs an4
Shadowy. Forms In bondage '''0'
ors Very yon rainf,y ~, At rs' 6a. swelling seyyy
melody Of chop!n's "Marche Funebrc.')
THE CHORUS
Lonely and starless,
After the bottle,-
Moon darA, ond sun dcud-the
Moaning tUdtchers lie,
Blood DIM and blind, stare the Hd-
Tess cycs Of Pain.
Stdr(ess aud lonely,
Stark IL the aUau uight
Haunted Nth dreams, rise the
homes Of Pouerty-
Pale. through the gloom, gtide the
ghosts Of Pcstilcnce
Lonely and stdrless--
Lord Of the outcdst.'-
Where shall the aN-torsaie7, hail
Thy sign?
a,a nuns , BY a. single sopgano Voice. darkness
'.N'' ~ t'!S iapltdu oi lle DsSpOller-tla rk
lsht, falling at the centre, illun,ines The
Mother. and beside her. the Figure shroudei
in Gray ~ ~
There, dropping off the shroud, the Figure
eInerges-a Form youthful ana gracious clad
lifted face Of the Mother. she. points upward
the dark the Sign Of hea Cross so%s lgon
sottty LUMINOUS. IT that moment, to tho
tender cadeneo of the Soprano Voice as II
ceases touched by the White beam sse ra.
veais The sign to the Slother.)
THE SOPRANO VOICE
(Solo)
Lo, glinnmeYfng apon Thy breast.
Love-ttlutt.i,tea vitk Tim hollo,o'd
light
Love revealeth there Thy heart-red
cross
To heal The aA-torsaken Of their
SOrl02c.
'hecehing upfted srns, the Mother rises r. ths
Neht-he- ps parted to cry ou.9r-h., 80 tx
siantiy In darkness the Cross ana rlr,irr de-
sppeai; and again the dim Forms Of PestI-
euce Poverty and Pain begin 10 move pags-
NE .noris aespens 10 tho throbbng strains
Of their dumb narch)
THE CHORUS
Lonely oad starless,
Lori Of the outcast,--
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THE GIRL

THE GIRL
Mother, why werc we born
Halowed by quiet waters
In the faith of beautiful glad TO-
morrow,
Only now to be torn
By q tempest Of shame and slauchtcrs.
Pent in a house Of poisoned sorrow
Here-hcrc--on our breasts the brand
or hiM-the Despoier's hand?
THE YOUNG WOMAN
Mother. where is he gone
Our father, Peace, who was with us
Yesterday? Why in the dawn
Did he walk in sleep, and bequeathe us
Only dreatr---}is dreaming
Of men in their noble seeming
To heal the horrible scar
Of men as they really arc?
For now-now the Dcspoiler is come.
And this is our hornc-our home
7eHf; GIRL
He has taken the one was to- wed,
THE YOUNG WOMAN
He has taken my welded one--he is
dead.
TIE GIRL
Is there TO might in mercy-noue?
THE YOUNG WOMAN
Is there no champion of love-.hot one
Who counts his own pain less than an
others?
T11E CJpT
Where are your sol1s-our brothers?
He sent them forth--the Despoilcr
there
He sent them through ocean and earth
and air
To spread his empire more and more:
All. when will they turn to our fathers
door
10 avenge him. and restore?
THE MOTHER
Brittle as the broken wings
Of Birds are won,an's questionings
. woiiien, daughters of mine!
'Iis ours to watch for sign
That never cofr1es-that never comes
THE GIRL
Starts. with lifted facc)
Mother, once more I hear then,--drums
Listeil---their rolling call
CFaiutly tho murn1urous Drum Beats are re.
peated, and die away
THE MOTHER
The call Of our hearts-'t is all
And---nothing.
THE YOUNG WOMAN
Yet it we knew,
Mother, it might be true
That all we are hoping for---
Harsh. from Within brazen gong resounds
and hcarse Voice crying aou,l>
THE VOICE
More Of my branding-more
Hc, Rapine !-Ho. Terror