The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-13

a wigwam. It is I'm a comic ditty. Of
the kind that has verses enough to sat
isfy all possible encore demands, that
Bulger is quite himself. standing side
reason finds herself under social taboo
when she returns to her home village.
/ The nature of her Offense is not dis
closed. further than a vague hint that
1t may have been q mOrganatic mar
riage with a continental duke. 1T may
have been a careless fault. a flagrant
sin. or nothing at all blameworthy.
wise to the audience, as ever. and rat
Ting off rhymed anecdotes to prove
that IL is well to always leave them
laughing when you say good bye" He
is alone in that. But as a Mr.. Jay who
tells Of his prettily rustic daughter be-
Ing aggressively admired in Broadway,
he IS backed by a row of chorus girls,
who wear straw hats and jean over
alls, and fasten b'gOsh whiskers under
their smooth chins.
In London these annual plays are still
called Christmas pantOmimes, though
the barlequinade has been reduced to
about fifteen minutes Immediately aft
er the rising of the curtain. so that
people who no longer care for the adj
ventures OF Clown and Pantalocn. Har-
lequin and COlumbine, may miss them
by arriving late. For many years
these pieces were deemed worthless for
Importation to America. as our liking,
for pantOmime died long ago with
George L Fox, a wonderful artist in
that line, and we require an abund-
ance Of our own native humor to make
us take to a stage Spectacle. The
scheme Of bringing over the costly
quantity Of scenery and costumes
which are Obtainable on reasonable
terms after they have served their pur-
pose in England-and rewriting the
play which they have embellished. has
been found to work we'll In Mother
Goose the very good fairy and the
very bad devil reappear to contest for
and against the happiness Of certain
mOrtals-in the present case Mother
Goose and her children the Jack and
Jill Of another nursery tale-and into
it is woven an Illustration Of the adj
age that it Is foolish to drive away a
goose that is laying golden eggs for
you
Birds and beasts have been active
creatures in extravaganza of late, and
this one is like a farmyard with its
dancing horses, team of kicking dom
keys, pack of f0XhOunds and a goose
that lays gold eggs. Each animal
has an operative man or boy inside,
and the goose Is made 20 tell I'm pan
tOWime much that relates to the plot.
She is sent by a good fairy to enrich
a poor family with her auriferous out
put. though the phenomena is not ex-
hibited. The object OF most amused
and spontaneous attention. however. is
q mite Of girl so naive with her
4-year-Old talent among the forty mine
less precOciOus children who march and
pose In the ballets. that she is The UNI
conscious focus Of an eyes-or was UNI
conscious of 1T during the first per-
Torrance. but Z suppose she was told
Of her success Immediately afterward.
and that by this time her dear little
head is swelling. The ballots crowd
the stage and one OF them gives a
comic relief from the bounteous beau
ties. The three antic comedians of
the company CuWthDrue. McCart and
Bulger-travesty last seasons aerial
flights, substituting awkwardness
for grace as they dangle and
swing from wires. and getting into coll
iisions which end I'm a mid-air eight.
A rule commonly obeyed by play
wrights is that the audience shall