Show the theater a war tonic can you imagine the state the nerves ot of the country would be la itil but tor 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 tor for more than eighteen m months n and that the end la is not yet in sight A weekly evening at one of the theaters it goes on li is a safeguard against nervous breakdown it Is ii a tonic more effective than doctors medicine all the senses are quickened and instead ot of depression wo have alertness optimism instead ot of pessimism gladstone went to the theater tor for mind relief in a time ot of national strain so aid did abraham lincoln and the late lord roberts advocated showing a cheerful countenance to the world 11 |