The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-19
s -Cho-ssn says in Madam.

| to the bin that opened the Orpheum sea-
| son yesterday. Seldom has vaudeville
| entertainment such variety. vcrve and
! piHusac;, Nc, all who desired seats we're
able 10 Obtain them. IN fact. scores were
disappointed In finding that the house
! had been sold out hours before each per
formance But there will be plenty OF
onportunitv 10 see the opening bill. az
| there viii be the usual afternoon and
evening performances every DAY In the
week
The audiences yesterday found that
the theater had been vivifed by new
paint and decorations and that every
thing was spcl and span. The orches-
fra, which has been enlarged, deserves
high praise for It's work of yesterday,
especially in its rendering of the quaint
and difficult numbers that intorsperse
the performance of Madame Butterfly"
The words quaint and difficult might
not ineptly be applied TO the play itself.
for IT IL suHuscd with the atmosphere OF
old Nippon, and the character OF Madame
Butterfly Is che most difficult to render
adequatcly
tions have been growing moro and more
elaborate. but perhaps in no piaylet pro-
duced in this city has so much attention
been devoted TO the large effects and the
minute details as we find lavisbcd upon
Madame Butterfly" As the curtain
rises on this act Immediately after the
intermission, a faint odor OF Japanese
incense Is waited through the house and
ushers the imagination instantly TO the
land Of cherry blossoms. OF daintIly clad
women, Of pagan priests, OF stilted lam
Guage and mysterious gods
The plot OF the play is simple and pa
thetic. Lieutenant 3. f. Pinkerton Of
the warship Connecticut, while on shore
leave in Japan. weds Cho-Cho-San, TAX
ing her according 10 the custom OF the
after a few months of idyllic happiness,
he departs. HIS trusting little wife asks
him when he will return, and he lightly
replies, When the robins nest again"
This response brings fond content to the
heart OF Cho-Cho- San, and believing that
she has been made the wife of Lieuten-
ant Pinkerton according to the American
custom, she is happy in the thought that
the coming spring win bring her husband
back to her. Two years pass and he does
not come. but she is still confident; she
still can find good excuses for the recre-
ant husband, and she frowns upon all
who tell her lie will never return. Woocd
by the rich and noble. she dsdains them
and proudly declares that she Is the wife
OF Lieutenant B. +. Pinkerton."
But finally the Connecticut does re-
turn to the japanese seaport and Lieu
tenant Pinkerton has arranged that his
wife shall meet him there--not Cho-
he has been married only four months.
OF course Cho- Cho- San Is In an ecstasy
and makes many pretty preparations to
welcome her husband home. The de-
no
quainted with the Iieutenant's past She
calls on Cho-Cho-San to condole with
her and to offer TO adopt the child, The
final scene shows Cho- Cho- San killing
herself with her fathers sword. on which
is written: 1T is good to die with honor
when you can no longer live with honor"
AS Lieutenant Pinkerron breaks Into the
house he sees his little boy waving,
tiny American flag while Cho- Cho- San
sinks dying to the floor,
The story on which the play is based
IS here transformed into one-act play
by David Belasco. whose staging is quite
as impressive as the lines
Clara Blandicls enacts the role OF Cho-
Cho- San, Throughout she is compelled
to speak sort OF pigeon English. and
she achieves a remarkable triumph, for
whether the scene be comic or tragic.
she employs the odd dialect with mar
Velous effect, There are nine other char
acters in the play. Japanese and Ameri-
can. but none Of them approaches that OF
Madame Butterfly In difficulty. All are
well presented. and there is not dis
cord from blithe beginning to tragic
end.
The bill opens with a. number, de-
serSef n.o as ." SfsPf iSs 're erts snd Bessie
Stryker the ''fHrtee." II they, are not
the most skliiul skaters In the world
then the world has an eighth wonder.
orange ana kings blue. and wears won
6erfil bird OF paradise In her hair. Be
ing OF tuneful disposition. she sings
as she skates-not quite as well: but ac.
ceptaplv Aside from the thiIlling feats
they perform oil skates, the pair waltz
two-step. rag and jig most gracefully.
John Redy and Elsie c1rrier are lie eX. X.
cellent singers and MISS (,d, Surrier, ,s;S p,aSs
comes nrst and thcn the aIuring rag
TING. They carry their own curtain
which is OF cadet blue spanslcd with sil-
yer 1cur-de-lis.
Novel and refreshing Is the work OF
Bert Terrell, the Dutch chalaci er vocalist
He dona the wooden shoes and the peas
ami costume of Holland In presenting his
ACT lie is a splendid singer and yooeler.
hI,t to sey that il like damning him Win
the proverpial faint praise. lhat ne ls
one Of the most popular enter,hiilcIs on
tho Sin was demonstrated Yesterday by
,hc enthusiasm with which he was re-
called Every motion he makes IN ms
d,ucing is q classic of grace tiis most
remarkable work is done In duet IN
which he represents child sweethearts
fin SINGS The soprano as nawlessly as
he SINGS the love notes of the peasant
boz. -, -. ,>r,
iaci, and Phil Kaufman. dark-facs com
cdians. who are hubbilng over win iun
aud Laughter. come immediately Aiier
"Madame Butterfly" and they enjoy WIZ.
tnrIr audiences several farcicai hings az
tno Japanese play. They evoked much
applause and responded TO many en-
,rbc fye original Plroscofris, three nlcn
ana Two women prescnt Juggling ac'
OF z very high order. - ,u.,try
The moving pictures are N heePin5
y,ItI, tl,s excellence Of the bill. SOM"
~ the more interesting scenes are pic
rurcs ~ tho Burlington wreck t9at va.
osusnd Dy an operators error q iG" WsIHe w.,
80. u;cturns nr q burning building VIII
,Lc ,,reynen lighting tho flames ano Lhe
rrnvds looking OH: pictures of the care
1a,.iI auto races AT Nincennes. FRANCE.
.-I njctnres OF the latest dresses worn
| by the, ladies OF Paris
,ocst.d In the fslryland 81 souihern
| ,,ai,sonnIn Of the early sos. The Rose oI
M 1s,"h"''' which had It's initial per-
/ s',,,an,c hv Willard Mack. Mer1o,,e
nnmi,cau and associate player, AZ the the
Y,s"tno,al SUNDAY night, wes perhaps tne
n'msf artistic production yet given by ,ns ne
| ln'S', y" cou,parN in Its Salt BdRe