Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-21

fore she would consent 70 sing the title
role IN his Elaine" Ills suit finally
won, the imperiOus prlma donna on.
dered an immediate production OF the
opera, and a was done. Last week
woman's opera was produced under
sun more powerful auspices The COM
poser, Ethel Smythe, Is the daughter
or an English general. She Is
me friend of King Edward, Emperor
William ana the Elk Empress Eugerie
These royalties brought their inhb-
ehce TO bear on English society, aGl
through that on fashionable New York
and through that or Maurice Grau, ami
at last Der WaiQ was yeGiuced at
the Metropolitan Ii Was put on as
q curtain raiser % "Il TrovatOre."
Fashionable society decrced that Miss
Smythe's work should come after the
Verdi opera for fashionable society
hates TO hurry lbs dinner. which ger.
orally onds AT O'Clock The prmu
'on00 Mime G0dsN however was 10.
bcllious. She declared that fashionable
society could go hang that the critics
were more important On her than
hundred mi!lonaires, that "Troy3-
tore would not be over until the hour
when tnc critics left their seats lo write
q reNioW OF the performance and-0dt-
~ and resOutely- Der Wald"
would not be produced unless It came
az the first part Of the evening The
prima donna won and society WeMlly
had Ia dine Il the vulgar and unheard
o. hour Of O'Clock In order to be pres.
en-, at the overture Of Der Wald" ut
I;l5 For IL would never do TO De abe
sent Miss Smythe. being on chummv
teens with their ma icsties of England
Rn@ Germany must bH paid court TO.
Previous TO that for months back the
grand danes had brought every
influence TO bean On the critics
q secure a favorable verdict for
the opera. one of them, CALI
ing your correspondent 10 her
toX said II have received letter from
Countess --- who wishes me 10 convey
To you a message from Emperor WI.
liam that his majesty trusts you win
approve the opera Of his friend Miss
Smythe,' Munchausen was undone by
cur grand danes In their effort to carry
Der Wald' into success I'M America
ana themselves into high lie I'm Europe.
When the great night at last arrive
TIE opera house was packed 10 sulfoca-
t!on-for the people In society wished to
prove their loyalty 20 the friend of two
emperors, the people who want TO Ec'
into society wished TO ngratiate them
selves with those in society and the
people who have no hope Of society
wanted TO be near those who have hope
o. society. Somewhat after fashion Of
Great heas have little neas
Upon their backs to bite EN-,
And little fleas have lesser heas,
And so ad indnitum.
The devotion of society to Miss
Hmythe and through her to the
royalties OF England and Germany
was pathetic. Originally our grand
O'clock on this occasion they were in
full assemblage at the appalling hour
Of i.i5, full pan0pied In Jewels and each
one Joyous over the knowledge that she
had captured a critic Applausel You
never heard such acclaim, Gloves were
split fans were broken and society,
usually languid, fell into fever OF
agitation. Meanwhile cavaliers from
the boxes visited the critics row 10
warn US that the royal eyes Of Europe
We're upon US and that society expected
every man TO do his duty. II we had
been bribable we might have carried
off diamond tlaras, cOronets parures
and necklaces OF priceless pearls. The
British ambassador was there TO awe
us, everybody who was anybody was
there 10 see that We stood by the friend
Of Edward and william The composer
was called out again and agaln--a little
thin, old maidsh woman Of distin-
rushcd air and couptenance intel
leCtua rather than beautiful. Miss
SnyJne was greeted with thunders of
applause ana certain of the grand
DANES almost fell out Of their boxes IN
their anxiety that she should see them
and carry their memory 10 the courts
OF England and Germany But she
could see nothing She was enveloped
wrapped crowned with flowers and IN
stead Of bowling she executed genufluX-
ions as II she were at court and bowling
out Of the royal presence. When the
curtain on her little opera fell the com
poser and society were alike overjoyed
and cable messages were Immediately
dispatched TO King tdward and Emper-
or William and eX~Empress Eugenit
that Miss Smythe had won a triumph
In the carriage lobby your correspond
ent came across the composer attended
by galaxy OF grand danes going "a
| supper ecstatIcally.
Alas, as Or. Johnson says, alas fol
the vanity Of human wishes! The crit
! ics-vlllains all whose boards will grlz.
| zle In Gehenna for it--proved reCreant
| 10 the trust repOsed IN them by society
Almost unanimously these false trai.
! tors fell upon Der Wald' and smota II
and slew 1t. When society opened the
! newspapers next morning II tainted
dead away As for Miss Smythe she
shut down her jaw hard and took the
first steamship for Germany and II IN,
kaiser does not declare war on as II
won't be her fault
Next day your correspondent received
letter from a grand dame withdraw
ing her Invitation to dinner 81 told
dear Ethel" It ran, that you, above al
the others. would be- faithful ! hay,
read your review II is horrid ] nevei
thought you had any brains Now
know that you are a perfect brute.
Since the melancholy episode OF "De
| Wald" society has become desperate
Il has taken up with negroes and dimes
wines and dances with the coloret
members 0f the Williams and Wake
theatrical troupe Scandal has ensued
but O. Miss Smythe bars them as sh
intends. out of England and Germany
! our grand DANES have nothing 10 Nv
for except another blast from Col Wat
terEon. HILLARY BELL.
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