The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-21

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head dresses which compose her lord.
wardrobe. Faithful Iitte brown mate.
she hoycrS over his gorgeous raiment.
and humby tries to satisfy his endless
fostdious requirements, takes his orders
as 10 tho tying OF sash or tho planting
Of n hnlrpin-ahdcatos her very woman
hood TO minister to tho perfect womanl-
ness Of his art Is anything impossible to
japanese Wife,
Adopt Transformations.
The lnto E[illugoro WAS an adept at
these transformations. did not sec him
i'm the character OF M0sook5, tho nurse
Of the heir Ia the Lord of Sendal. but |
am told that the terror OF tho moment
when the devoted woman. detecting the
poison prepared Tor her prlncely charge,
resolves TO sacrifice her own son In his
stead was SO thrilling that none who saw
can ever forget H. EilSugoro's cast of
| face earnest, strong, melancholy, made
such serious parts well adapted 20 him.
especially I'm his later days. lie was an
expert i'm all bodily exercises, and eN-
cecdingly graceful in his movements. Tho
old photographer lady took his portrait
as the fairy woman, In The Robe Of
Feathers told me. between q laugh and
a sigh, that the taking Of that photo
graph was a most terrible business. y
should think So said !. what on earth
she replied; when everything was ready
for the camera they were gone But. nh,
the arranging OF those GAUGES was Job.
lNtkogoro San made such n 'yakamaShi
0usSJ about it-but he was satisfied when
he saw the picture"
Here" she went on. lis one of him in
III" captive .balloon,' please take II
away ] cried. and the old lady laughed
/ at my horror She Is very old has black
CnCd t"pth and almost no hair. and her
lttc den near tho EHbuklza has the por-
traits, most artslically taken OF at least
three generations OF motors. I asked II
she had any portraits OF the new school
OF artstsH an the great ones arc here"
she replied II know nothing Of people
Who do not belong Ia the Kabultlza"
Perhaps she was right The cNponents
to set against such constellation. nor
such renowned authors 10 write their
plays True. the work for the classic
stage can be fairly original In treatment
but must always turn on the old plots
Inc piaywrightS. who are permanently
engaged and form part OF the stan of
the establishment. cast and rccast the
ancient stories, adapting them TO tho
eCIor OF the moment Thus the writer
yNngekio is the central figure OF some
twenty plays, six OF which are being act
I'd i'm different Toxic the0terS at this mo-
mtnt IIc was Tara hero, and one OF
tho episodes OF his career Is so subtle
and so Japanese that II Is worth descrlb-
ing; The scene is in KIoto where the op-
posltc party, the Gen, are supreme for
the moment. Kagckio, hunted and pur-
sued. takes refuge I'm the house of his
mistress Akoya, who Is a public singer
No sooner has she concealed him than tho
Gen soldiers break In and command her
to give him up. on her refusal she is
tortured In various terrible ways to make
her reveal his hiding-place, but the faith
iul woman Is mute, and hSr will never
Waycrs.
a Japanese Solomon.
Then comes the great Judge. Shlgetado.
the solomon Of Japan He bids her tor
mentors desiSt and says that he knows a
better method OF obtaining the desired in
lormauon from Akoya He commands
her TO bring her koto and play FOR him
her IdNorlte air Wondering she obeys;
and as she plays. the music thrills her
With Its sensuous sweetness, her tears min
down, her fortitude is put to q far great
or test than that inflicted by the nhyeJcSl
torturcs she has undergone. That i1dge
watches her with a kindly smile. know
ing that he win prevail She feels hcr
ser breaking down, the agony of her
mIhu SHOWS In her countenance Then
hagckio. who. from his hiding-plnce had
watched her other torturcs unmoyed
Eushes out crying that she shall not en-
cure inns awiul suffering for his sake. and
gives himself Up To his enemies The
whole scene furnishes a curious study I'm
japanese psychology,
FROM the use OF all this splendid ma
terlal the new school Is practically de-
barred by It's axiom that the thoater
should show tho life OF today. Yet 1t
was Mt the Hongo theatcr the fortress OF
tho moderns' that "Othello" was pro-
duccd- The play was given In its entirety
the only alteration being I'm the scene.
which which vas was laid In Japan, It was en-
been some dramatizations of popular
novels arranged by Mr. MatsuI shove.
the daring young writer who leads tho
new movement He IS perhaps best
known through n play written around
the incidents OF the war the scenes be-
Ing laid In Korea. The work is frag-
mentary In construction, consisting OF
very slightly connected scenes, enhanced
by such varied and expensive settings as
rev EuropGan managers would consent TO
produce. There is a naval battle. ~ Won
ward, Korean palace OF great splendor
a most exquisite lake surrounded hy
forest; fore and finally; a torchlIght process
Guiding Marquis Ito and the Emperor OF
horea Inc author told me, with sigh. |
that the censorship had lnterfered and
ages, but still the play had gone we'll
II had run for twenty-five nights"
What" l cried; you call that good
"oh. yes. 90 was the reply. three weeks
IS the best that successful play usually
has. After that our people want a new
! began TO understand why the position
Of playwright to a theater Is an aII-the-
Near-round Job.
A Great War Drama,
Seldom can IL be possible to bestow
as much labor on these short-lved pro-
auctions as was given TO this particular
play. 1t was called The First Report
enthus uslasms OF tho moment when nothing
seemed TO splendid for japanese achieve
ment too ferocious or abominable as the
action OF the enemy. KawakamI the |
husband OF Soda Kakko. and tho founder
OF the Hongo modern school, went over
to Korea at the time OF Marquis Itos !
visit 09oD TO study scenery and costumes
on the spot. The mounting OF the piece |
cost 10000 yen, ulOC0). IT is aracterIstic |
OF the national love OF formal regulations |
that this sum should have been fixed as !
the maximum which may be sent on any |
one production, 1000 yen being always de |
voted 10 tho costumes. The salaries of |
the actors arc not Included In the outlay |
The sum seems small when we consider |
that the first scene OF Shoyos play repre- |
sents two Russian battloships pursued |
and destroyed by tho Japanese fleet"
The engagement is witnessed from the |
windows OF the Japanese Consulate In |
Seoul, where a band OF Japanese ladies'. |
headed by the Consuls wife. are making |
bandagcs for the hospital receiving !
meanwhile many charming compliments
from Mr.. Lee the British Consul who is
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