Show r arm f t M MI I GLOOMY PLAYS IN PARIS I i Paul pa I Now New V Dramn r The Tho Is the tho Most o tj 2 Harrowing of All Ali but It ILia Is on em Uncommonly 2 5 2 ful tul Work LIU L 11 l J Correspondence London Dee nel 6 GIt GIn In Paris theater theatergoer goer are aro Iro exclaiming over the lugubrious rious tone which lias hitis n characterized ell practically every ever eor play hilt of or tho th Im Importance that has hlll been produced tills this It 1 has haH been l en remarked that the tile drama The Tue front from frol much touch discus discussion Jerusalem by I which so 60 Ion sion has been bren aroused arou ed IH Is 1 a I mixture of ot sociology and auth unhappy love that Ma ta tonally Is IH a ci I lecture on Individual self l that Is l Is tragedy It I to bo be 10 I however how c that Paul ha has surpassed nil ni recent efforts at nt liar har harrowing rowing the tho feelings of audiences with wih his hi Ii is new nell play lila Ix Le which In English would 10 be called tI d The Maze Iaze No one denle however hO lr that tha this work by I the author of at The ho l Is far above abase the tue average modern mat ern drama and nt It I seems ee 8 likely to prove proe one of or the big Parisian successes of ot tho the present year ear though whether It I can be he put Into IRh satisfactorily toll S IH is II less hess S certain The ihie Maze Is a I sort ort of ot object leson of or tho th advantage of ot being off of with wih the tho theold old love before one Is III nn un with the tho new ruess At the tho beginning the thu heroine Marianne lt the lo Is living apart l ill from her liar nun hun band Mix Max lla whom she die hc hus divorced on account of y on or his bin hIt Sho fhe has hn a I little son Man of at whom the courts have given her he the charge And Mid she phe also aiso II o has Ims a it 1 suitor In II the th person of ot cf an excellent mUl it named ci i i i au toe who V ho hois Is I anxious to make 1011 her his itis wife This otter offer Marianne Is IR Inclined to t accept chiefly U site phe phI finds her hel position ns as a divorced Ilore l woman oman unpleasant see sec secondly because she site rather liken hiko 1101 Gull and believer he lie will still wi make mako her hera hll resolute a good goo husband mother other opposes her on the ground grund that remarriage would be bt a 1 sin siti II and the strong emotional note Is II sounded fundell In iii II the play pia when Its I heroine disregarding r disregarding r garding hot her parents parent s entreaties leaves her to marry At the tho of ot the second net act RI Marianne bus icus hUI been ulen married to tl for seine Mime HOle tune time Max do her first husband wills calls upon her Ho lie Is honestly honest regretful for what has happened In itu the past aKI his only object In 10 seeing now host nol Is 1 to tl oak fink permission to 10 have base some home part Icart In iii Inthe II the tile bringing up UI of or his Il ion somi fi for whom he iio h feels nil al n a fathers love hive In Iii foot fact ho lie wants scants permission lon to take the th boy 1 away AWn at nt on co for n visit at al Hl lilt country house houge hOI f and on his 1111 go so 0 well wel that yields Jd and tile thu l I boy oy goes away awny with ile de te loKI All through tills thin act ne by h the tue way It I IH is II Indicated clearly clealY that though neither tho the man nor ll the Ih woman IH is II willing to reveal nelll It I by h I u It 1 B I coming lug In I II contact with I it each other othe has hOH tilled tUrin them Ih r both hoth with wih thoughts of or former relationship And nd now ibIs destiny takes a n hand In Iii the tho game Marianne little Ito won K QI tills falls dan lInn do hoW and the lie III ill I ut cit t hu p mother r hurries hurried to be li nt at his sub side For or whole days laR the tho two parents meet constantly nt at It the childs bed bail with tho the result leHult that might have hl o been expected One Oll evening after fter n it day In of agony IRony and Ancl nervous nerous strain the lie woman falls Into Inlo her husbands lu anna arnie On her boys recovery recover Marianne seeks eka to whom she Ih confesses what whal happen happened cd ed and amid tho the betrayed oll nina man an vows sea ven vengeance cn upon tipon pon A duel results remits hut but neither of tt the Iho men Is IA Injured for tor tho the theauthor author has haH a 1 better beter plan of or getting rill rid of ot them Ills His II last host Is laid In 11 the tho country Just jumet by liy the tue edgo edge of cut a ti I danger OUR oun precipice near which Marianne Is Isto isto to 10 have 1111 an 11 Interview with wih do the Lint But who has hUH learned learnell of the tho rca ren rendezvous arrives II first and by a n trick attracts his rival to the tho spot A fierce tero struggle follows and anti and do go o over the tho precipice like ilko Slier Sher Sherlock lock hock Holmes Holles cinch and Doctor Moriarty wrapped In ouch each others arms The Thc cur curtain curlain ur lain tain falls n iK as Marianne enters and un unconscious Unconscious conscious of ot the tho tragedy that has oc occurred occurred occurred passes by hy h the lie precipice I look hook lookIng lookIn hooking Ing In for tor her child anti and calling him hll him plain lively t 0 S S S 1 In II persuading J M I Barrio to be ue tho the guest of at honor at Its Is forthcoming ban banuet LUet in Ill II March the Playgoers club lias hns scored uncommonly for ap up appearances republic are ar most rare and besides 1 ho he Is II Just at present the tho thi man inami manof of at all ni men from whom London theater goern oer would prefer to by b h word of or mouth Up UI to the era cia of lt his huls Admira Admirable ble blo Americana of or course knew knel quite Iule as nH much about this humor hunter humorist 1st and ald his doings ns as possibly bly li hI more but t no one who has huis ha not been In London for fOl the thie last less few months can ln have havo any ony Idea of or the extent extant to which Mr lr has hs sot pet Rc tongues wagging with the remarkable hoax which he lie em embodied bodied In 11 his hlo latest play pin pia Little Mary and by h which he lie provided a name nante for tor foran toran foran an organ formerly not to be mentioned in polite tole society And who can cal tell tel all the tho changes that hint havo hlo been rung on ott 01 Mr Ir quaint nickname tot for the tho stomach ger since tho the morning af at after attar tar ter tr the production of ot the lie humorists play the tho query hood day tn tia howa hows Lit Littie 11 tie the Mary Mar has hRS been beau l el n a favorite ono both bothIn In out of ot society Tho best song rong in tho ito new leW Gaiety play hula Tho The Orchid In is h nil ni about aboul Little Illo Mary Iary and nearly nearh ev cv every ever ery or er ono one of ot pantomimes will wil a 1 ditty on the same subject the hue th Drury Lane Inne Jone librettist having de ile delivered livered himself of ot one on called calIl Mary MaryMary MaryMary Mary Quito Quio Qu Ito Contrary Verses erae lana Innumerable Inn merable have hao been beel printed about Lit Itt Little tIc the Mary Miry to advertise different patent pills 1111 as many III comic cOllo sketches have Il II Illustrated 1 variations of cr the tho same IlmO Jest JestIn jestIn In hood knod lOI Footh the tho phrase seems simply to tl have passed Into the lie language for good gooch and till all 11 Meanwhile how Is IH Mr fr pleased 1 with tho thue way In Iii which bin itis has buas hiI caught on Perhaps ho ito will wil say Ir In his lila speech to tho the Play PIny Playgoers goers club AH As I a n matter of or fact acl ho Ito 10 ban iia hn promised ell to 10 o give 11 his hil views on the sub Huh subJect subject Jo t of at how far It Is I permissible for tor a n ad dramatist r d to delude his hil audience anti these will wil be he b awaited with wih Interest Inter t at leant Ial t by ii h those t who were present t nt at n t nn fn in that historic first night of if Little Litie Mary Mar tar and wore weT the ear earliest ar host liest victims of or Mr Ir Barrios hoax Meanwhile I the un play pil In is I doing big business performance haying hl Just passed Its 18 |