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Show Babcocls: Beading Promises Treat. "A Blot on the Scutcheon," by Robert Browning to be read by Professor Maude May Babcock at the Hotel Utah parlors on March 5, was written for McC'ready, the great English actor, and intimate friend of Browning; however, it was never played by him because of an unfortunate un-fortunate misunderstanding between these two great men, but was later produced in London under his management, Mr. Phreps playing Trecham. Lawrence Barrett Bar-rett produced the play in this country and played Lord Trecham. Mr. Barrett says of the play, "While I was at once arrested by the majesty of the verse my mind was more attracted by the dramatic quality of the story, which stamped the author at once as a master of theatric form of narration the oldest and greatest great-est of all forms." Of Mildred, "more sinned against than sinning," she is, as her brother describes her: "She has never known A mother's care; I stand for father, too. Her beauty is not strange to you, it seems You cann'ot know the good and tender heart. Its girl's trust and Hs woman's constancy. con-stancy. How pure yet passionate, how calm yet kind. ' How grave yet joyous, how revered yet free." Every word she speaks comes from her heart, and nowhere do we find so pathetlo a portrait of a woman. Of Miss Babcock's reading of this great play the press says: "It is doubtful if her fine a,i"t ever appeared to better advantage." advan-tage." "Miss Babcock's interpretation of the play was splendid. Especially effective was she in reading the sad and beautiful lines of the last act." "Each character was portrayed with remarkable intelligence intelli-gence and strength, requiring rare versatility." |