Show BACK TO NAPOLI S STORY TOR Y op OF A A OF 1 HIE eife AS PORTRAYED IN A NEW STAGE PLAY operations Opera tlona of the himml law us as it affects those who attempt to anter tile the american portals an hour at kills island in now york harbor Is full of smiles and tears the newly newl arrived arrild immigrant mccou he has changed his native nathe garl gaib with his outlandish boxes and bundles still hilll about him la Is eternally ills meetings and partings are air full or of a childish exuberance and abandon al ile Is never n or so bo picturesque alt 01 so 0 pathetic as when ft lion lie he his has just doubt fully In trusted to alio great machinery of a new mw m w land and law ile iio been much on the stage this immigrant but a fragment ut of ills 1114 life finds its way there lit in a ono act play called ahe the land of the diee by 1 W 0 J do mille shiell was recently at a vassar aid society bocci ty anul net nee it Is described by bi the alio times Li llUll in a simple little story ator oue one that happens till after lay day in ili a room of the big imn immigration I 1 gration building with itu its desk a and nd it inq s lluc bille coated official il an italian orliean workman or Linan billits excitedly up and down domi ills clothes tire aro cheap and poor but they are aio plainly piling not ills his working garb ind and 1 a I bright holiday handkerchief Is iq it knot lot tod about ills his throat ills eyes ecy tire aio keell and expectant I 1 it la is a groat day for litin liliu it needs little 1 encouragement front the good natured officer to bring out tho the whole liole story stor A big mediterranean ste steamer anier Is 14 just 1 hiding anding its steerage p passengers luigi I ulal it lio lie peers through the gates tit at tile ili crowd Is 14 almost beside him self with v etli deliK bt 1 I walta malta three year conr lie ho V rp liln breathlessly 1 I borka vorm hard haid and 1111 I 1 savil do money to bring to mo ino nn iny marl i and my two little ones ile iio etin can hardly vat tilt for tile gate to ha bt opened hut but tile tho lias has ili moio ore tu to lind out ills questioning bringa out fort fint lier r det tills earns 9 it a week eek vv alth tit ills pick and bli broel ovel tile wife afu Is not strong 4 it a little 1 chig ilg imi fish ulio looks doubtful but says ras nothing then alion till all at once tho the boat 1 Is 13 3 1 in 11 the italian atchis a sight bight of the bliem through thu the gates na ua na she pho cornea conion last she rho getti getta llo laino back arid two baby ah dlo maybe mabo sho she missa da boat ali ah maria mla ecco occo ali ah mla ala mo ife cocol in another instant tho the frail lettic wife ifo in tier neapolitan costume and the two to children their bags and bundles aro are all lit in their fat father bers H arins while alle the officer goes off to make ills report with her head on her lius husbands bands shoulder der afalla mirla breathes lit in italian ali ah my husbands lius hus bandl I 1 see BOO you ou ngali thank gott god to which hah the AmerIcan americanized izea luigi responds spoil ds P S sl si carris slina but now talka english wo we all good americans till imd ive live in mulberry Mulbe iry street I 1 gotta da d i little room for my marla maria tin an fablo bablo an all tessa marli marla marvels man els tit nt groit great sal ary 15 45 lire until luigi Is forced to explain yes yea yes in fit it Is 45 lire but in new kew york it la Is only 9 not so mucho then in quick excited phrase lie ho draws roseate pictures of a future in which alch peanut stands and prosperity wall walk hand lit in liand presently the officer returns ilo iio draws dias luigi aside ills fate face Is kind but ills words tire aio terrible it appears that tile the little wife does not come collie up to the requirements sim she Is not healthy she pho his has no lioney and luigi lias ins only that 0 9 a week it Is not enough to support a family the iho wife must g back bach to aples navies it Is hard to inake luggi lull understand marl marin i hearing nothing plays happily with tile iho ahll iron the poor floor husband husban tl is stunned Na NaP poll she KO go back to kapoll no sa no all ali dlo dio allo you don under stand it ho ROCS goes on wistfully 1 I work three year nn an sava ila da money anoney to bring tier her to in inc your boss boas he bo can nota solid send ber lr back wo live all right on oil nine dollar week I 1 take tier her away lou 1011 leta lie 1110 go oil ell its hard on oil you sou says the fulcer 1 I but mt its tile the law luigi econn the notion law you talta taka my wife away 3 ou ott my iny littlee boy bay tind girl back to kapoll till nil you ou say it la Is da law lav NI na na n Ain america erlea Is a free country I 1 pay for her to cornea to tilt me I 1 dont 9 steal so bo do law got to say hut but threats tears are arc all in vain luigi at last stealthily offers the blue coated official 7 his till nil wrapped up tit in a handkerchief as aa a bribe the frowns aud and says fir 1 I cannot I 1 matte make tin the law I 1 cant help you wo we have to do this every iny day 11 lvery d day ay lulola oyos eyes grow wide wath pain you doa this every day all ali diet every day you bleaka da heart 1 then lie goes to maria takes her in ills his arms and explains brokenly what it till nil maani in varig they will not leta you stay laria nila we have waited long wo we atilia walt wait in ili tit alio face of tier her tearful dismay he be oven tries to be a cheerful say looka hero here he cries you ten god goa back to kapoll now an all I 1 gotta III da moro diore money I 1 make mayho maybe twelve fifteen dollar then I 1 sonda for you an all fablo bablo an tessa till an thoa the letta you stay tilt hut marla maria 1 Is overcome alack to kapoll alone she sobs A soulden thought conics to luigi no no not alone I 1 goa too it if they selida you I 1 goa too iio rushes over to the officer with til 3 poor seven olivor dollar dollars i only to bo be met with the cruel truth not half enough for 31 your our ticket 11 meanwhile the boat if 19 returning the rho allicer lays hia 1113 liand hand kindly on marlat shoulder the children look wonderingly on painfully the little trio plok pick up ill their bundles and turn back to llio ahe great gates luigi em bracca 91 thein between his sobs donta cry carris slina bouta cry I 1 soon mako make twelve fifteen dollar week nuil and buya da peanut stand aw an I 1 keep da little homo then you come again to stay donta cry you goa to the mader in INt poil all ali bt wy we have wal walan ta three year an I 1 must senda you back maybe next year I 1 send for you As they pass out of hla his sight nh his voice falls him and lo he falls sobbing against the gate the author Is said to have got his tile idea for the piece front from a newspaper paper paragraph read at tile breakfast table tabla describing in three lines a case of the sort art 4 robert paton gibbs who played lulal studied ills his type with the help of a neapolitan who has been long enough awny front from home to know the salient allent characteristics of ills hla own people the extra bomp who fit so well into the picture are caretakers of tilt hudson theater we used to rehearse the piece every now and then down in ill the coal cellar explained mr fr gibbs and chefe two women voi tien used to como come and weep over IU it |