Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-10
AMUSEHfENTS

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So says the husband OF the Compt-
esse Coquette In the last act. and this
rs the whole story, Fond, kind. faith
tut Out SLOW TO the verge OF stupidity.
what could this husband expect than
that his mptesse-beautiful. soul
tul' emotional should look where she
could and would for the thrill th..
spice, the tingling life whose longing
Is IN every motion, every smile ana
sign. every glance OF the untamed
creature who Is his wife? she does n
really or makes you see that she
does 1t by absolute compulsion. FOR
the comptesse though "A cOQuette. loves
her husband and no one else. and IL
so sure OF her own integrity that she
threatens that II a thought OF her
iaithlessness ever comes 20 him she
VIII lose no time IN making lt true
Il am here. we are alone together
now tempt me- she says 70 the man
who has Induced her 20 come 10 HIS
mouse. II ~ no lure, no challenge
simply the expression Of a great curios-
ity. Let me see II there is anything
you can do TO give me an emotion
nr o. bmuse me. I am here 20 be en-
tertained.' And before this hopeless
attitude. the aplomb, the self-conh-
dence Of the blasse admirer Voes down
In ingnomlnious defeat.
And the poor husband! II one crlnges
invountarlly at the humiliation OF the
would be lover. absolute anguish OBJ
| talus FOR this ahieCt other one. when
after she has won him with indiner-
/ euce, and a thousand wiles Of coquetrv
| into torgetfulness, she taunts him with
! the weakness which has made him for
l give his fancied wrong
Why did you not kin hlm2" she
| asks. But 70 has all been told. even be-
fore his verbal confession; told In the
scene ia the frs act. whose one scene
/ consists In the play OF the comptesse's
/ shoulders, az she sits ON the divan
behind her husband and while he re-
mains outwardly insenHible 10 her
presence. IL Us told I'm the third
act when she beholds him pas
slonate FOR the FIRST time in his
fear lest he shall lose ner and tells
him that she has each day for two
weeks past pressed his foot with hers
| under the tea table. and ne has made
no response When she has revealed
I this secret, he monfuly takes heed and
/ carefully places his own foot IN a con-
l Veniout uUslf n for this coveted
/ coquetery. They are az the tea table
| and the comptesse observing this el-
| phantlnc play Tor her notice. Tits up
! the teapot and pours tea on The OUT
! stretched foot Aud 80 on through out
/ the play--which Is in reality made no
| almost entirely OF these bits on de-
/ iun I'm acting und stage business
I Without them the play is nothing
l Three quarters OF an hour would be-
! ample time FOR tho dialogue in tho
| three acts. INT this AN rebounds iu-
! cNitabIy OF course 90 the art OF the
! actress who with smile frOwn. res-
! turC. ana "a hundred eracca NJ act-
/ IuC and personality keeps ONES vivid
/ interest alive through all This art
/ personality or rather both together
/ makes Naz'mOya and she ls an She
/ would be This bon plays providing rivalry
/ lut IN dcrmrts nothing from her
] lln.IE That the suuuOTt with her "a
l only average. 90 make the hIUcnuefa
! cot plot and surrounding personalities
] blossom into breathless interest with
/ hUr uNiNI1"al art Is a. final test or
uuWer t0 which she resuonds with suu-
] ,ru satisfaction. aud the audience de-
lIlul. no more