The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-25
Cleopatra Makes Audience Gasp
BalletExemplifies Tragedy nHaren.
San Francisco Chorus Girl Becomes Successful mpressaro
and Shocks Cayest Gotham With Classic Dances

from the Imperial opera house in
Moscow was rather disappointing,
owing probably 10 a lack of light
rehcarsals, But the dancing was
so airy. graceful and refreshing
that the climax was the cue for
loud and long applause
IT.. however, the less crotIc.
minded Of us were refreshed by the
1ntcrIude Of Chopin and fresh air.
moonlight, green trees aud white
gauzc, the change was not a last
ing one, For the third and final
ballet of tho evening found us in
harem, 1T was called "Schera-
Zade and musically and in plot,
was Of Russian make
The king Of India and China was
tricky old soul in black whiskers
and harem skirt. He and his
brother said they were going hunt
ing, but they were not They only
wanted TO get an idea what
harem-full of wives would do if
left alone.
The odaIisques bothered and bat.
tered the grand cuuuch about un-
tt they got gold key from him.
With II they let in-or out: the
point is immateriaI-a lot of dark.
skinned slaves. who thrrcupon
treated them with considerable
more violence and impetuosity
than seems prudent to describe.
Then the favorite wife admitted
An Arab she especially admired.
And my. oh my! Anyway: there
was n dance. it was gorgeous
riot of color, Of clashing cymhals
and of whirlwind dancing. In
the midst Of it the king of India
and his brother returned At first
the former was inclined to pardon
his fayorite wife-Gertrude Hoff.
man. need | say; but changed his
mind AT sight Of the young Arab.
He ordered her stranglcd. but
rather than die so painfully. the
woman unsheathcd a vicious look.
ing knife and plunged it into her
heart.
Then the clitterinc throng Of
auditors poured out into Broadway
with something new 20 talk about.
Music Hall
\ monkeys music hall is the
oddest new thing at Coney Island.
Not a man is in the orchestra. An
ape sits high in the conductors
chair and wields baton; but in
stead Of waving il in the air. he
marks the time by drawing it's end
across a section of zylophouc Some
Of the instruments may be silent.
like flutes, violIns and corncts;
but the drums are noisy, and the
trombones blow out sounds. \ big
piano In corner, strummed by an
iron fingered Paderewski, emits the
holding portion Of the music, but
the monkeys, although weak on
tunes, are strong on tempo; and
when an instrument is supposed 10
60 wrong, the leader whacks the
player soundly.
This IS ten.cent, twenty minute
show in Luna Park, the separate
section that didn I burn up two
weeks ago, a fat little monk wad.
dies out on the stage with pla
card, hangs it, surveys il critically,
:ish EmonkSeite' tbat sae eVer @ss WOre SSaee!
soubrette gown or picture hat. She
dances like prima donna; and if
she cases her legs by hanging
gracefully by a super prehensiIe
tail. IT is an additional activity
that doesn t interfere with her
duplication of a human danseuse.
And she tries TO get 10 parquet
Johnnies who enticc her with pea
nuts. Trapeze swlngers. wire walk.
ers. Ieapers and other performers
are not as handsome as humans,
but seem 10 have requisite
amount of talent.
Concy Island is no place for
nervous people. They can I help