The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-10
Old Heidelberg

What appeals to the heart more than
college life2 What man does not look
back upon the dear dream days at col
lege; the undefinable love and pride Of
class? How many thousands of men
feel the chill of excitement and pride
when they hear the name of yale, -
Harvard. - princeton" and other well
known institutions of learning2 What
Englishman's chest does not swell with
pride at the mention of Oxford and
Cambridge? But for the German there
is but one UniveTsity-Hei deIberg-Old
Heidelberg, where royalty and peas
ants share the same joys and drink the
same brew. It is in this famous in
stitutiOn of learning that WilIer Myer
Foster places the sweet story of Karl
Heinrich and his love for Kathie Karl
Heinrich, heir-appaTent to the throne
of Sachen-kaTlSburg, having finished
his primitive education under the tu-
forage of DR.. JUttner. is sent to HeideI-
berg to learn the higher branches
There he drops the robes of ROYALTY
becomes a boy free to exercise his own
prerOgative of freedom He enters
with pent Up zest into all the JOYS OF
college life. he becomes the leader Of
all the students, the fOrmuIatOr of all
their plans Of pleasure, he falls in love
with the tavern keepers daughter. the
pride of Heidelberg. he becomes intox-
1cated with the joy of living, plans to
see more Of the world. He will take
kathie with him, he will live the sweet
life of social freedom, and then when
all the world seems bright. when life
IS one soft sweet song, the power of
state places its cruel grasp upon his
heart and says he must return to rule
his country The dream days are over
and with one last appeal for freedom.
one last look at old Heidelberg. one kiss
from kathie, he goes back to Karls-
burg to the dismal duty Of being a
monarch. But the love of the college
days never dies and even when he
wears crown of Sachean-K arIsb burg
the old longing for HeideIberg. still lies
smOldeTing in his breast. until a visit
from his old waiter there revives old
memories He hears Of his fellow STU
dents, hears Of the sad empty life of
kathle, throws aside for a moment his
rank and cries Back to Heidelberg"
But there all Is changed, his com
rades are his subjects. the old freedom
Is buried in pOmp, the old fellowship
smOthered IN ceremony. he is greeted
not as Karl Heinrich their dearly
loved fellow student but as his males
". Those who slapped him on the
back and initiated him into their secret
sOciefes now stOOD before him bowed
with awe The old tutor had PASSED to
the Great Beyond. his grave neglected
and forgotten. None gave him the ole
welcome save Katbie and she with A
cry Of joy rushes TO him and cries Karl
Heinz, YOU did come back" For mo-
ment the old love, the old Joy. over
came the monarch, and with one sigh
Of cOntentmeEt he folds his sweetheart
TO mis- arms. and then the greatness of
royalty rises before him and he sees
how helpless is his dream Of happiness.
kathle must live / or life and he must
I've his With a promise 10 return he
hastily leaves her But the country gjrI
knows only too well; and with a cry Of
anguish falls moaning Kari Heinz
You never VIII come back"
It Is beautiful story. beautifully told.
and VIII be beautifully played by the
OrpheUm stock company
Manage Mclean IS having some
beautiful crops and scenes Of odd He
delbUrg' painted. The carefuIness of de-
;ail which the OrDheum director has
SHOWN VIII be more than ever apparent
in this production this week. The COM
paEy has been augmented by an addi-
ton Of eight additional players, and the
college scenes VIII be strengthened by a
chorus Of eighteen male voices; Mr..
Mayall viii be seen at his best in the
part OF the young prince, and Miss
Stuart in the sweet part Of Kathie
These players, who. of course. ore good
II everything, win be best in these two
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