The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-15
THE MOL OBBIN.
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And MS lllCIGSltu pCllCA III OACA7
AS possibilities was as loyal as Stud
helms
8, the new play and cast her for an
;r,nortant part. Not that it was long
4or II was very short. but the greatest
interest Of the story centered around it
md il held out an opportunity to make
a raa hit. which minor roles seldom do
the part was Vesta. in the good old
western melodrama, "Eldorado Pete,
and portrayed the character of an I'M
eonbisticated girl unconsciously in love
with the gentlemanly villain who has
no seruples about playing upon that
sentiment to secure his own freedom
v-beD i'm a tight place. Eldorado Pete
IONS the fancy to a flame, escapes by
her aid. and leaves her-forever, as the
audience knows-at the moment when
sbe awakens TO comprehension Of the
fact that she loves.
During rehearsals all went well up to
the point where Xesta makes her psy-
choIOgical discovery. Brenda's icicled
unemotion was no bar to the progress
Of the situation, easily passing for
maidenly alOofness. and, indeed, adding
a charm to the Characterization; but.
for the one brief moment when she held
the stage alone. and was to show by her
allied her love for the unprincipled
pete. it was fatally unfit Despairingly,
Studheim and Kelly worked over her by
turns. the one 1.-THE and passionate as
a black puma, his eyes flashing, his
face intense. the other. patient and
buIl-like, relying on weight rather than
agility; and between them, the I'M
moved. ractably-lnclined snow-gOd-
. dess, who rather pitied them for their
wastefui persistence.
Brenda, try TO follow me-" implored
Studheim for the thousandth time.
Here's the scene. You are in your own
room alone
81 am"
You have had Pete concealed there.
TO save him. and, though you know he
is worthless. you have just aided him
to escape"
Il have"
You are good girl"
Am u" Brenda cheered under the
rare tribute of praise.
In the play. in the play!-yOu are a
good girl"
Il am"
and you are greatly worried TO
know why you should have cheated the
law out Of its just victim"
II am greatly worried"
You can't understand It,"
Il can't" That was true anyhow.
You turn to the glass-it is night. per-
haps you are going to let down your
hair. or something like that-and you
see your face"
7 see my face"
In it you read the terrible secret"
II read the terrible secret"
You see that you love him hopeless
ly. You can't stand it,
Il can't stand it,. Why can't u"
Hold your tongue and listen. You
say, What is this that has come to
me- Then you hide your face in your
hands-it is passionate gesture of be-
travail Of protection and of anguish.
Then the curtain"
Then the curtain" Her relief at
the curtain was patent.
Now try it,"
After a methodicaI. unabashed stare
at an imaginary mirror. a few imper-
sonai glances toward the fly-heaven,
Brenda hissingly took in air for her
great speech and in the melodious
tones Of Bread. please" said:
What is this that has come to me ?''
Then she acted as if it were soap that
had come, lathered her hands in it once
or twice. and plastered them to her
lace. preparatory to a wash
CUNT" mOurned Kelly. 1t was aw-
full.
As for the high-strung Morris. he
really was in pain. His olive face
went white
Dare We risk it d" he asked dazedly
Of Kelly
This latter had an inspiration.
Cut out the hand act" he said
Let her take the things out of her
hair and hide her face in that, when
il comes down."
We all saw the picture and approved.
II Brenda was short on soul, she was
long ON hair; and why lead from
snort suit? Moreover. an audience is
always wakeful over the heroines tot
let. Morris was too refined an artist
10 countenance anything in the way of
hosiery or lace skirts. but this hair
business could not possibly outrage his
sensibilities. so he consented.
Try it," he briefly ordered her.
Round-eyed. but obedient. she began
to take out hairpins. There seemed to
be seventy million of them and they
commenced TO bulge out in her hand
like a sausage. Then Nina Leavitt in
terfered and skewered Brenda's tresses
temporarily with four small daggers.
showing her how to pull them swiftly
from her head all at once. Brenda
NVpleC 1althIuHy, except IN the swift
ness-being slower than the second ad-
yent-but at any rate the hair came
down. II was great. That much hair
IN a store window on a hook instead
OF a head would have drawn a crowd
anywhere AS she pulled the skewers,
II teH. slowly writhing live thing,
nrst IN tight bundle to her shoulders,
next. IN an immense knotted coil 10 her
waist and finally dropped sheer to the
mem or her dress. shivered out into a
ven and spread around her in a moon
mist
Ah,' we all breathed devotionally.
IhatH CO. said Morris. with sad
ness He hated to take hair for soul
II saved his scene. however: for he was
Pete.
Wen, we rehearsed ii 10 finish and
put 1t on. 1t went with shouts, being
made up Of splendid scenery. lots of in
cidents, few shots, a little blood.
means OF thrills and bushel baskets full
OF high-class gallery morality. About
me best that can be said of Brenda is
uhat she did not ruin the performance;
ana when the curtain rang down on
ner scene. she got limp hand. That
s. her hair got it. The hair certainly
was glorious when the spotlight moon
Ilt II up. As for the part. Brenda sim
ply Killed II and put it on ice for the