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The Judgmsnt
Domino
The Judgment
By Richard V. Spencer and Thomas H. Ince. Nov. 6, 1913.
In "The Judgment," the Domino has given lovers of historical romance an elaborate scenic and dramatic production. It is con-> cerned with certain legends pertaining to the Carver family, the governors of New Plymouth — and is staged with infinite detail, and exceeding picturesqueness.
The plot suggests Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter." The play opens with the coming to New Plymouth of the governor's profligate sdn, Henry — and portrays the development of his intrigue with the beautiful daughter of Jeremiah Cole, a cobbler. Mercy, the shy Puritan girl, is won over, body and soul, by the dazzling qualities of the brilliant young English gentleman, so much above her in station— only to be deserted by him in the hour of her need. When ner child is born, she is driven from the settlement— finding refuge in Salem.
Meanwhile, Governor Carver, suspecting the origin of Mercy's child, adopts him. Forty years later, the grandson is governor of New Plymouth. A strong dramatic climax is the trial of the aged Mercy Cole for witchcraft, and her condemnation by the Chief Magistrate of the colony. After her hanging, he learns, by a letter in her hand, that the woman he has condemned to death is his own mother.
He Trained Her
Nellie was usually a very good-littlegirland her mother was horrified to see her stick out her tongue to a passerb.v. "What
made you do that ?" exclaimed her mother. "It's all right, mother,' Nellie calmly answered; "It was only the doctor." — Exchange.
BroEclio
The Veteran
By Wm. H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince. Nov. 5, 1913.
"The Veteran" is a play certain to endear itself to many hearts. How often we hear the older generation regretting that young people to-day know so little about the Civil War! To persons past middle life, it is still a vivid reality — for they have listened to the old soldiers tell thrilling stories of their adventures in the camp and on the battlefield — they have heard them in school on Memorial Day — or sat on their knees at home, drinking in tales of Gettysburg, and "Uncle Abe" and Sherman's March to the Sea. But to the chldren and young people growing up in our country, all this is mere "history," and Memorial Day is just a holiday — for picnicing and baseball. The spirit of the sixties doesn't exist for them.
This homely drama of Mr. Clififord and Mr. Ince brings back and makes vivid all the pathos and heroism of the Civil War days. It will help to keep the sentiment of those stirring times alive m the hearts of young and old. The play really has a mission. No characters could be more typical, truer to life, or more lovable, than old Amos Hood and Martha, his wife — and their plaintive romance — interwoven with the devoted tribute of the old veteran's comrades— cut short only by death — affords us a lingering look back into a period of affectionate home life and patriotic selfsacrifice that is fast passing with the thinning out of the ranks of the old veterans, year by year.