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first act became tedious in the last.
The play has been ingenlously con¬
structed with a vagueness and softness
well suited to the theme. At the age of
79, old Moser, an lraseible, quarrelsome
Invalid, keeps bis young daughter, Marie,
constantly at bis side in unwilling at¬
tendlance whlle Iife calls to her from
outside. The particular life that calls
to her most earnestly Is that of Max,
Lieutenant of the Blue Culrassiers, i
Wile are on the point of leaving for!
battle. As it happens, the present march
into battle has more than the usual sig¬
nificance, for, to explate the cowardice
of ihe Blue Cuirassiers in conflict thir¬
1# Fears ago the Foung fellows of this
#eration hage sworn that none of
Tnom-shall return. Such bravery, it an¬
#en, will nernore iie blot on that regi¬r
ment’s scutcheon. Of the cowardly sol-
diers of thirty years ago the sole sur¬
vivor is this same misanthropic, oldst
Moser, who br his own confession was
the one who led that ignominous retreat.
And whlle he still elings to his useless |1
life preserved in this fashlon, the Blue!
Culrassiers ars already, marching to
their death. rie kilis him with as?
sleeping draft. Nevertheless, the Blue##
out
Cuirassiers die
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tain
gave
Alre.
Richter.
and anl¬
Mliss Alexander
mated. Nr. Chalmergs portrapal of
Dr. Schindler was mellow and gentlen
and in the part of Edward Rainer. Mr.
Dumbrille had the abundance and the
enthusiasm of the forester. Mr. Glynne
kept his capital performance of Max in
espirit of the play. And
tune „
acting scemed to weigh
althor
he performance in the last
heavi
en thoroughly disclplined,
act, it
and is far above the average of our
en