Show the theater a war ton c can you imagine the state the nerves of the country would be in but for the necessary mind recreation provided by the theaters the london chronicle asks in calling attention to the fact that the war has been prolonged for more than eighteen months in 0 and that the end la not yet in sight A weekly evening at one of the theaters it goes on Is a safeguard against nervous breakdown it la Is a tonic more effective than doctor doctors a medicine all the senses are quickened and instead of depression we have alertness optimism instead ot 0 P pessimism gladstone went to the theater thep for mind relief in a time of national strain so did abraham lincoln and the late lord roberts advocated showing a cheerful countenance to the world vai |