The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . a:ii ti:i;i;\ , Ai;Li:r iimieunkl few weeks later the family surprisesthe eloping pair in a neighbouringtown, and there the discovers of themissing symbol is made. Thedaughter, alreadv awakened to the 378 THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE deception, is easily persuaded to flyhome, and, when a day or two latera providential train wreck crushes outthe life of the gay deceiver, the mem-bers of the family resume their inter-rupted village life, unhaunted by fearof the scandal. John Westly, last seen in TheThree of us, p
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . a:ii ti:i;i;\ , Ai;Li:r iimieunkl few weeks later the family surprisesthe eloping pair in a neighbouringtown, and there the discovers of themissing symbol is made. Thedaughter, alreadv awakened to the 378 THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE deception, is easily persuaded to flyhome, and, when a day or two latera providential train wreck crushes outthe life of the gay deceiver, the mem-bers of the family resume their inter-rupted village life, unhaunted by fearof the scandal. John Westly, last seen in TheThree of us, played the boy, and inthe one opportunity he had (the dis-covery of the deception practised on verted a considerable portion of thefamily income, leaving the wife anddaughters in obviously straightenedcircumstances. The ostensible purposeof the family effort at concealment isa prospective judgeship for the phil-andering husband and the social andmarital ambitions of the play had plenty of incident andthe observation was far from ordin-ary, but a hopeless disproportion in D. U .MISS .lULIA XEILSON. WITH FRKD TERKV, IN -THE SCARLET his sister), made evident once morea considerable talent for the portrayalof strong emotion. Keeping Up Appearances, byButler Davenport, concerned itselfwith the efforts of another unhappyfamily to preserve appearances in theface of rather disagreeable facts. Abrutally selfish husband has desertedhis wife and family for the societyof another woman. He has also di- character-drawing and the lack of anydefinite dramatic purpose foredoomedit to failure. This play did suggest, although itwas not within its purpose, the dram-atic possibilities of a development ofthe theme of the profession of author at least made us awareof such a profession, and he wasalso at some pains to have us be-lieve it a noble one. especially in PLAYS OF THE SEASON 379 contrast to the profession of fact, his evident and almost savagebias
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