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Show The Theater a War Tonic. M "Can you lmagino tho stnto the. H norvos of tho country would bo in H but for tho necessary mind recreation H provided by tho theaters?" tho Lon- H don Chronlclo asks in calling attcn- H lion to tho fact Unit tho war has boon. H prolonged for moro than olghtoen H months and that tho ond Ib not yot H in sight. H "A weekly ovenlng at ono of tho H theaters," it goes on, "Is a snfeguard H against norvous breakdown. It ia H a tonic moro effoctivo than doctor's) H modiclno. All tho senses aro quick M onod, and Instead of doprossion wo M havo alertness; optimism Instead of H pessimism. Gladstono went to tha tho- .H ater for mind relief in a timo of no- "UH tionnl strain; bo did Abraham Lincoln, H and tho lato Lord Roberts advocated H showing a cheerful countennnco to tho H world." M |