The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25

Even a slight acquaintance with the music shows 1t to be as spirited as a Mozart score. It rings with yaize and sarabande. with czardes and bizarre petites popinette and cancan. It abso- lutely giows with lovely soINss and brilliant dance music and is so beau tifuily written; has such splendid fun damental rhythm and unction of so much intellectuafity within it's feath- cry waves and winds that Waldteufel and Won Weber. Offenbaclx and Von Suppe seem lowing before youthful the very kind of much each one of these idols hase held unchalisnged un- til "The Merry Widow" created the lyrical sensation of this epoch.
 The production Is known to be most lavish and beautiful. The Maraovfan embassy shown in the first act is pros nounced unique and stunning la decor ation. and the gowns of the women dazzling. The garden of Sonia's coa- tune ball in the second act is lovely and the dresses bewildering in pie turesque license and theatricalism. When the curtain rolls up on that third act of fiery action---a veritabIe scene of Maxim's. with its long ta- bles and picturesque grizetes and cory phees. its cigarettes and cancan, it's whirr and cosmopolitan ab4ndcn-- SNCA <AtAGEkEau WHO 0A8FfD been there will sigh and smile and applaud as they did at some lively dance in the gay French resort itself. s.The Merry Widow comes to The Grand Thursday night.
 The Baldwin Melville Stock Company which will present Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week with matinee Wednesday at The Grand. l TARAFRh Aha.~ and European success, "Blue Jeans.
 The story of the play is filled with heart interest, set in a back ground of delightful comedy. Blue Jeans'' has atelined universal recognition. as that somewhat limited type of play in which there is, contained all that ap- pears to, the different hunan emotions. The play was written not only for the story which 1t tells. but purposely was the story laid among scenes which when produced upon the stage. would give to the story that air of environ ment so necessary to make the spec tator. feel that mot only is he listening to beautiful story Interestingly told. but that he is really living the story with the characers themselyes among the varied scenes wherein the plot has its action.
 The story Is that of a contemnorarv
 
 in its depletion of the various char aeters. The scenario might have been laid in Colorado, in Vermont, or in Georgia.
 The first act shows the barn ward Of the Tutwtler home. with all that goes to make natural life upon the farm.
 Espeoiali: and painted fo. this pro- duction by Mir. Louis Fell was the apple orchard scene of the second act. This reproduction of an apple orchard in full bloom will be feast to those who admire and appreciate artistic stage craft. For the third act there will be an exact reproduction of a blaming mill during the working hours. practical buzz saw will be in opera tten with all the machinery and Fac- coutrements which are generally found in the actual blaming mi1la..
 No stagecraft can possibly reproduce scene of this character. The only possible means by which this setting could be made realistic waa the use Rof the actual working blaming saw.
 The fourth and last act shows the home of the Tutwiler family, the sim plicty of this setting is its only fea- ture.
 The company is excelientiy cast many of them having appeared in the original. production which had such a tremendous run in New York City
 Manager Baldwin. assures perfect production. following in detail that which was produced originally ana which made Blue Jeans" one of fine greatest of contemporary successes.
 ''The Thief" the play that has ere. ated the greatest dramatic stir in a quarter century, which has been trans, lated from the French into five differ- ent tongues. and which in a year of financial depression and general re. trenchment ran for ten months In New York, will be the attraction at fba