The Washington herald., 1922-02-26

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Internationally true that the atti-
tude' Of hero worshipper Will not
convert. those whose opposition to
wnfr. Wilson has been personal as
| well aspolitical. Many believers In
tn. former President and his pol
icies- will perhaps be disappointed
but the fact will remain that Mr
Tumulty has contributed a very
great deal to the true understand
ing Of a man who, in spite Of his
great ability to express his opinions
and ideas, remains as far as MS
personality is concerned something
OF a mystery to great number OF
people
WILL sHAKEsPEAREL,-b by Glenn
ence Dane (The Macmillan
.. Company.
wheh this play was produced In
London a series Of criticisms ap-
peared to the effect that Miss Dane
had made too free with history
She seems to have anticipated suSn
criticism, however. in her subtitle
which calls the play AN Invention
in Four Acts" and certainly, when
history Is as hazy as II Is In
Shakespearss case, the poet and
! dramatis, appears to have an ex-
cuse for "inventing," that Is, using
her magination. The main point
Il seems to us, Is that Miss Dane
has been absolutely faithful to the
| EIizabethan spirit. Elizabeth her
| self, Mary Fitton. the supposed
Dark Lady Of the Sonnets, Mar
Lowe, and Henslowe. the manager
kll enter the play. and all are true
in every word to what history OF
tradition has taught US Of Eliza
bethan manners and thought. In
fact Miss Dane has bean amazing-
ly successful in her blank verse In
catching the very flavor OF Ehza-
h-lnan expression. And II is such a
charming favor. wtthai' tnat II
makes the play unusually delight
full reading. As for its acting quail
tiles we are not so sure. Blank
y,rs. has of recent years been
found a difteu1t medium for modern
acters. Yet the plot Is clear AND
definite, with the necessary rise ano
TaII ofF Action conducted without
hzIt. The play deals with the re-
Iations Of Shakespeare to Anne
Hathaway and The Dark Lady OF
IN, Sonnets," using the latter
Mar Fitton. TO prevent Shakes
D.ar,'. return to Stratford. when
hi. son, Hamnet. Is dying. using her
aratn,-er his unhappy love for her
10 retard his progress in London
and using her finally as the cause
OF q -Aeht between Marlowe and
shaksspeare in which Marlowe. Is
accidsntally killed. Mary F1tton ia
banl.hed by Elizabeth, who seizes
thl opportunity Of this tragedy 20
roxA on to writing the
nIaysf that will make him and Eng
lSnd famous. And we leave Shakes
pear, beginning his next play, AS
Kou. like It." and whispering to the
Hnencry of Anne Hathaway that
when his task is done he may. some
Nm. day, return to her and STRAIT
ford,sg II is beautifully written, full
II rnoments of high feeling and
helps to pat Miss Dane in high
| place as poet and dramatist'
whatever may be her qualifications
as a,histOrian.
THE DAUPHIN., by George Leno-
ire. Translated by Frederick
Lees. doubleday, Page & Col.
Her. is a scholarly study OF the
known facts as to the Dauphin. LOUIS
XVII, who has long been one of the
mysteries of French history, together
with s;ths various suppositions that
have been put forward as to his fate
NJ. Lenotre is a weIl-known authority
on the French Revolution and handles
this dimcult Subject with patience,
care and meticulous fairness. The
book was probably not intended for
seneral consumption, yet to any one
who is not hindered by the footnotes
and Sefoss-refsrences. it will read a
"a "a
It begins with the Imprisonment Of
Iouis XVI and his family in the
Iemple1.giving intimate details Of
their tttss there and of their treat
ment by the revolutionists. After
Louis XVI was executed. the Dauphin
was Separated from his mother and
sister and kept alone with a special
guard in the apartment lately oc-
cupied by his father. And it is here
hat u Lenotre introduces the abduc-
ionSneory, in fact very nearly proves
hatthe unfortunate child was actual
y spirited away from the Temple, and
mother boy put in his place. at the
ime- when his guards Simone and
is wife were ordered away from the
remnle and others put in his place.
BE cofroborates this idea in a num-
YER OF ways. First by the fact the
fooeSplerre went 10 the Temple with
he evident idea of using the Dauphin
strHgthen his own hand. and then
ID fhcthins-because, suggests NJ.
enotre. he found the child there was
OF the Dauphin but a substitute; !;
eco4d.5 by the repeated testimony OF
meS6mone after her husband died
nd she herself was in an old peoples
pine during the Restoration; third
theS unexplained unwillIngness of
e DHectorate to deliver the child
Spath even when policy demanded
because. again says NJ. Lenotre.
be Directorate. too. discovered that
be dbHd In the Temple was not the
auphtn: and finally. by the curious
hd gruesome details OF the Illness
pd death of that child IN 1895. his
rsta1kDus burial. and the subsequent
ilureSto find his body. or a body