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Knight, beckoned thither by tho Speilmann, who impersonatos Fato. The Knight is enamoured of her beauty: Soving him, the Tho Miracle, a wordless Nun conses to dance and tries to mystory spectacle, now being shut out his searching amorous porformed at Olyinpin," has glances. The agol Abbess, with produced a mixed impression. two supporting sisters, finds her Amid the chorus of praise at this in this equivocal position. Motion- prosentation of one of the mani-less and impressive the Knight fold phases of lilo's eternal remains at the portal as the Nun | draum, there have not been olosos the doors. But it is to wanting dissentient notes of lute. The stern Abbess imposes disapproval due chiefly to the punishment for forgotten duties. Puritanic spirit still so prevalent The Nun must remain kucoling ia this country, which objects to all through the night before the any theatrical prosentment of miraculous image alone. It is acred subjects. One nead not night now. Tho vespor ball delve into the archivos.of the rings elour, the voices of the sing past to discover the reason for ing Nuns como aweetly through the existence in England of the cloisten, Moonlight stream temperamental différenun from in through the rose window; mo the tolorant spirit in which re-tionless at the fest of the image ligious plays are accepted by Con-lies the Nan A knocking on tinental peoples. But whatever the great door uses hor. She the origin, there is little doubt hears the call of the world with- thot Puritanism, if it did not fout. The koy of the door Leget, bus certainly helped to keep is placed in the lock, Tut it will

great alive the mitional distaste for all not turn. The knocking is ro spectacular displays respecting peated. An appealing glance at the subject of the Christian faith the hinge avails her nothing. and the symbols of its worship. She prays to the Virgin to give Beyond its outward setting, its her freedom-nay she demands, wrenic accessories, and the han: she takes it. The song of the gory, which employs the nightingale is mingled with the symbolism of Catholic worship music of the Speilmann's shala.

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connected with the essentials of she passionately snatches the Ju-is stifled with passion. A fire the Christian va ities in Max Reinfant Saviour from the arms of brenks out and the assembly is hardt's Miracle." The sun the image. A mulle poal of enveloped in nines. The mob story has often been told ontirely thunder-as of Godly anger-from the streets raid the hall, and apart from all excleainstical booms forth. A Hash of holy sosing the Nun and the King accompaniments, But the night stroaks the darkness, and immune to the effects of fire, they troduction of the Madura and the Infant Saviour, is whisked raise the cry of "witchcraft." the trappings of the cloister from her hands, to be horin The Nan is dragged forth from although intended obviously to above on a shaft of wondrous imong the dead, while the Spoil- Barve only as accessories, has uidance. The big portal umbes mann pipes again the mournful Supply the highest ality Wines, Spirits, Cigars given offence to corain minds, open of its own accord. The melody of Donth. The Nun is and Cigarettes obtaina.le, consistent with price. All Who associato roverengo only Nim has her. freedom. The arraigned before the Inquisitor, with eacdotalism. It is sing of turo, a tale of wonders that are the headsman raises his axo. Bai with religion and merenoss Knight is at hand; his tale is one who is the Speilmann in disguise, lar that the English Catholic beyond the distant hills. The it never falls.. For tho Nan's should leave any such sentimental Nun hositatos and, thou violds. bonity seizes on the crowd slie is objection to the religions dramps. They prny, kneeling togother be carried off iriumphantly mounted The cycle of sentiment has com-fore the mirneulous imago. The on a white horse, while the crowd -pletely turned upon itsoll. The Nan drops her veil, her mantle make night hideous in an orgy of |

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playa. Even before the middle on the same stood and 18d by the It is winter time on the fairy ages, the Church appealed to the Speilmann-the spirit of their mount. Soldiers filo past on the dramatic instinget by scenie ropro- lovil Fate.

march. One of the cantp-followers ́sentatious of seriptural subjects, In the Cathedral the Madonna is tho Nun, with a babent hor such as the Creation, the Delage comes to life Whore the image breast. She stumbles by the and especially the Crucifixion, as had stood sumpty space; where wayside. The troops pass on.. an educatimal means for the en tho erring sister was there now The snow fails. Through the deep lightenment of her adherents, lies the miraculous imago vastel stillness comes faintly the sound Hor laborato ritual and liturgy in the Nan's garments, awaiting of children's voices raised in find their justification in the help hei senenging. Great is the con- song. The convent bells gently Will open on MARCH, 13TH, with fulness of the tensions as an aid sternation at the disappearance toll their call. The air is pierced to worship. So far from objecting, of the image. But suun the aged by the Speilmann's piping, as he one would suppose that the true Abbess recognises the Madonna's loads a shadowy procession of the Catholic world welcome even the assumption of the Nun's office fallen woman's dead lovers. They pictorial prosentiment of the truth and soon the whole company pro- pass and then from out the that repontinco and romissionstrate themselves in adoration Cathedral comos a beam of light. of sin can be obtamed by the before the divine image. The Clasping her Labe still tighter to sinner's supplication to the Madonna rising loads the chant her breast, she casts horself bo- Virgin Mother of tind and her ing company into the cloisters, fore the respated Madonna and cllective intercession. Professor that in the world on the hillside places her dead chill at her feot. Max Reinhardt's "Miracle" is is seen the Nun full of the joy of The miraculous image bonds patterned after the manner of the life and dancing for her Knight down and lifts the lifeless infant, "Moralities" rather than after to the tuneful piping of the Spoil-restoring at once its life and the "Passion" plays pure and mann. They are surprised by a graciously absolving the sinful simple. The former, named so marauding Count and his hunts mother in one great miracle bi because they were dramatic remen, who promptly, kill the mercy. The agel Abboss comes presentations of the abstract Knight and tako possession of the into the Cathedral with the othor qualities of virtue and vico, aun. Beside the corpse the Nuns and welcomes the forgiven distinguished from impersona. Speilmann stands erect in the ponitent, who is restored to her tions of historic scriptural mask of death piping the melody sisterhood and her service. characters, wero, commonly proof Death. In the castle of the

The Nun, the Spicilmann and durod in England after the BhCount a sumptuous banquet is the Madonna are the principal contury by the London Trading aid. At the Speilmann's belost parts taken respectively by Mallo. Guilds, as also at Townsley, the Nun dances before the carous Natacha Tronhanowa, famed for Chester and Coventry. These ing rowdies. Thus is she seen her grout beauty and hor great representations allegoried the eternal human conflict betweenoted by the King's son, who talent at a mimie and danseuse in comes on the scene and chal St. Petersburg and Paris; Max lenges the Count for possession Pallenborg, Austria's greatest of the woman. They wrangle comedian, and Maria Carini, a to no purpose and finally agree beautiful Italian lady, with a to abide by a throw of the dico. Botticelli" faco, an almost por-

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