Word: forgetting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...relations, however, between Harpagon and Cleante and Mariane, his son and daughter the comedy merges into real tragedy. From an eccentricity, Harpagon's closeness becomes a vice which strains his family ties, and threatens to ruin the lives of his children. Neglected by their father they in turn forget their duty toward him. Finally, in spite of this fatal evil which is the heart of the story, the play is brought to the usual happy ending by devices no less artificial than illogical...
...before. It is greatly to be hoped, therefore, that the intercollegiate games into which it now enters will be well contested from beginning to end. Where the name of the University is associated with a team, the latter has a responsibility which it must not forget. The University, in turn, will look with much interest on the contest and hope for a successful outcome...
...Persee was never in better voice and his solos were evenly given-the tower scene, "Do Not Forget Me," being imperatively demanded. Miss Leighton's Azucena, the old witch hag who deals in flames and torture, was a rugged picture that one cannot easily forget. Her music was superbly rendered. Mr. Wolff filled the role of Fernando. Mr. Wooley made his reappearance in Rinz...
Though we are held responsible for past deeds and actions, and though their memories and, still more, their consequences have become parts of our characters, we must not allow ourselves to be crushed by this weight. Paul says: to forget the past, to look forward with hope, and to press on toward the goal ahead...
Miss Lane was a charming Marguerite. From her first entrance to her lonely prison cell, where her life goes out, she realized fully the sweetness and dramatic strength of the role. No one will soon forget the picture she made at the close of the opera, when the bare prison walls opened and Marguerite is seen amid the clouds, her face picturing the rapture she has lost on earth...