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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

~IACOMO PUCCINI, the gifted
Italian composer of "Tbe Girl
r of the Golden Vest the first
American grand opera ever
written By composer of distinction,
which will be given in this city in Eng
lish for the first time by Mr.. Henry
w. Savage's English Grand Opera COM
pany. first became known in American
musical circles through the medium OF
his "La Bohcme, 'Tosca' and
"Madam Butterfly all of which have
been III the repertoire of the Savage
pro iuced by him for the first time IN
English.
Puccini was born in Lncca, Italy. In
1888, and is one of long line of
musicians. For five generations the
members Of his family have been fam
GUS as composers of operas and church
music Puccini s father was held in
such high esteem by his countrymen
that his dearh was regarded as ma
tional calamity.
Puccini began his musical education
at an early age, and was assisted III
his studies by great uncle. After
learning all there was to be learned IN
Lucca, q pension from the queen of
Italy enabled him to enter the Milan
conservatory The pension lasted but n
year, and at the end Of that time his
uncle again came to his assistance, and
he continued his studies under Pom
chielli composing some orchestral mus
ic on completing his course that met
with moro than ordinary success.
Pncrini s debut as a composer of
opcrntic music was made in competI.
tion for the first prize Offered by Son.
zogno. His opera was written on Il
subject suggested by Ponchieli. and
was entitled "Lc Will - 1t consisted
Of but ono act. aud dealt with one of
the familiar Italian folk-tales. While
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

THE comedy in question was in
Il appropriately ana very unin-
ventively called 1.-The Right 20
Happiness; why did not Madame
+. c. Fay, who translated 1T from
the French Of Gustave GuIche and
p. B. Gheusi, try for an English
rendering Of the happy first name
"Chacun Sa Eie2' However. as
the piece is understood 10 have
gained marked success at no less
difficult theater than the Comedle
Francaise, Madame Fay mus OBJ
viously- have dropped many more
good things than the titular phrase
into the Atlantic on the passage
over A self-made mau is married
to a frivolous, eXtravagant, heart
less butterfly. who bears him DO
love at all, Discovering she pur-
poses a clan1estine journey with
Young nobleman. the husband offers
TO allow her divorce. But the
to spend a few weeks with his
proposition to marry d,vorcee,
The husband, however. finally over
comes his scruplcs; and that, with
the suggestion that the great
hearted bourgeois will ultimately
tiud marital congeniality and hap
piuess with his secretary, is the
whole affair. Presumably a keen
sense Of character and much wit of
dialogue were what carried off this
trite and slender story to Partisan
success. With neither sugar coating
in its English form, the comedy
proved quite too unpalatablc pill
TO swallow. Cards Of coincidence
may he addressed to Wilton Lack
ave. Adelaide Keim. Muriel Starr
and Wedgewood Howell, who, by
PLAYING the only roles of any con.
sequence. may be regarded as chief
sufferers from the collapse,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

it failed to win the prize, it was pro
duced in Milan in 1884, and its lndis-
putable success induced the Records TO
purchase and produce 1t. amplified into
two acts, at Le Scala in 1880. His
second opera, Edgar, was produced
at La Scala iu 1889. where it met with
decisive failure
Puccini regards ''The Girl Of the
Golden West as his masterpiece, and
his interest In it's first production in
English was great. He devoted con-
siderable time during the past summer
to assisting the agents of Mr. Savage
in the selection of voices and condue.
tors for the opera S first production
in English. Nine. Luisa VILLAIN, Nine
lrma Dolossy two of the pri'na don
mas. and Maestro Giorgio Polacco. the
distinguished conductor, being his own
personal selections for Mr.. Savage.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

All actresses with the divine spark.
otherwise dramatic tcmpera ment. may
not have rcd hair, but all the great
teuperamental or emotional arrists OF
tho past and present were crowned
with sunset locks.
This can hardly be a colncIdeni: 1t
must be fact. IS much Of fact as
that when the birds hY south cold
wave is coming or that when the sun
flower turns its head from tho san.
/ II stra ghtway withcrs and dies. Ma
ture is devious and unaccountablc IN
its wavs. auI such manifestations are
mysteries that we need not try TO
fathom but must except.
Mrs. Leslie Carter is supposed to
have been responsible for introducing
aurora. borealis hair and making it
popular on the stage. This is true IN
sense but tho tact Is that auburn
trosscs have always been popular and
ever Il badge aud Indicator Of emo
tioual genius.
Mrs. Carter. therefore, has done
nothing more than IN establish beyond
peradycnturc OF doubt that high
tension cmotiouallsm and blood rcd, ia
cSrnedine hair arc Synonymous.
While the blonde has often heli the
| top notch place in popular favor. II
has never been for long. The rage tor
the blonde wig came in with the ar
/ rival OF lydia Thompson and her
| troupe of % British Burlesaue Blondes.
and so prevalent did the craze become
! that blonde wigs were at a premium
! and actresses bleaehed their hair IN
! perfectly heedleSs and amazing man
ncr.
Then came Rosina Vokes and her
! blonde curls: but whether they were
part of a wig or her own, history
does not reveal. Then came ibe
| l, 4 l.. Il.
Young aud OH short and tall pretty
AMI ugly. fat and thin--with reek'
! less belief that il was becoming.
Women, It has been remarked: have
| q beautiful wav OF fondlv believing
they look well in ANYTHING and every
thing that is fashionable, An actress
named Gcnevieve Lytton started the
craze of the "Psyche knot which
has happily vanished
II the blonde wig. like the Psyche
knot has had us day. the same can,
not be said of brick k-dus5 hair. But II
is not so much the matter of popu
| larity that concerns US here as tha'
the actress with whitehorse red locks
in her own right is the one who l.
generally possessed with dramatic. nrt
and intensity Titan emotjona
spirit" as ii has been called
When one comes TO think of it, onf
finds that there has not been one first
class emotional, temperamental actress
OF the pas: or present, who was or Il
not a sorrel-top. Mrs. fiskc is emo
tionaI and Mrs. Fiske is n Titan The
same is true OF Margaret Anglin, ano
in as glowing a sense. Olga Neither
sole. Mrs. James Brown Potter is
rcd-head. and we recall the same M
being true of Lolita and Maggie
Mitchell.
Taking a look abroad Que finds tha
the Divine Sarah and Reiane have hall
as red rs bottle of ruling ink,
i Mrs. Carter has her prototypes il
the dear old days dead and gone. The
adorable Kitty Give. as well AS th'
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lonial for four DAYS. starting Sunday,
February 4, with matinee Wednesday
Excuse Me- which was called by
John Corbn in the Saturday Evening
Post the greatest farce success IN
twenty wears, owes its popularity to
the humorous types and the oddity of
the scenic settings. The scenes all take
place on board the Overland Limited
train leaving Chicago on Monday
night, and the people who are seen on
the train are the types that one might
meet on such a transcontinental jour
new,
There is an Englishman who has so
much hand luggage that the Pullman
porter suggests that there is a bag
gage car ahead. There is an eloping
couple who have failed to get a min
lister in their hurry to catch train,
and there Is minister on board with
his wife who will not divulge his
identity because he is on his first va
cation in thirty years. There is an IN
ebriated Chicagoan who conhdes to
everybody that he is a broken hearted
man He is on his way TO Reno TO get
divorce and his wife catches the
There are many widely contrasting
types. The people of Excuse Me -
are human and the situations are en-.
tirely plausible. The first act shows
an interior of Pullman sleeping car
with berths which are made down IN
sight Of the audience. The second act
shows combination buffet and ob.
servation car The third act shows the
exterior of the rapidly moving train
and then the interior of the San Frau
cisco sleeper,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

FEW YORK. Jan. 2I.-Io
do away immediately with
the essential questions in
rerar,l to the American
+ premiere of Sumurun, that is
10 say, with the degrees of prom
lee and fulfilment, great deal
Has forthcoming. | should sum up
The presentation AS an artistic trl-
ufnph were not the word ''arJls-
fic' terrifying to the average play
coer, and "triumph'' blunted unto
utter uselessness by its application
10 the historical thirdacts of the
latest star or the jovial turkey
|trotting of the newest vaudevlllian
who has heard something about the
Barbary coast. Obviously, my self
respect demands that ! go on some
how without either word. But
please remember that both are al
ways in my mind.
To begin, then, with the matter
I'd its 4. B. Cs, Max Reinhardt
Is the reigning idol of Berlin. Like
most IDOLS, he accepts in silence
' tie eytravagant things that are
said about him. It is difficult to
Believe. for instance, that a man
tnpable of imagining aud eXccut-
Ing worlless play so beauti-
fnl, SO novel and so memorable as
<tSumurun, would miugie his
voice with those Of the ecstatics
rho hail il as the dawn OF hlstri.
mic revoluthion. Prof. Rem
|ardt, director of the Deutscbes
heater and the kammerspjelc IN
Berlin. has discovered what II
1reat number of artists have al
rays known-tbat imaginative
<nggestion is far more potent than
detailed reproduction; that una.
dorned expanscs may. if lighted
Irpperly, be counted upon to throw
he essential figures into valuable
felief: that few bold, graphic
kestures can convey far more than
he infiu,t esimal ella boratlons
of the mid Victorian comedian.
3dhereuee TO an appreciation of
{hese principles, BY Winthrop
3mes and his assistants in the
New theaTcr production of the
Wueterlinck Sister Beatrice,
oSemrlifie,i their potency. No;
ttSumurun is no more ''reNolu-
|ipnary than the work of Claude
Debnssv. or of Whistler. But it is
4e striking, gorgeous. quaint and
,pdividual; and. therefore, its rev
elntion, at n time when the drama
Is not nearly so degenerate as cul-
.fure clubs would have MS think, IS
still a notable and rare event,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

F HE Henry w. Savage production
of Puccini s sensational grand
opera, 1.-The Girl of the Golden
West, which takes place at
the Colonial for two lays, starting Fri
dav. February >, with matinee Sat
urdav, promises to be one of the most
important music events staged here
within the last decade. the work is
probably the most discussed opera in
the world, and is founded on Davil
Bclasco s drama. 1t will occupy the
boards for two DAYS.
The story, which is of the thrilling
llfe OF California III pioneer davs. cen
ters around three haractcrs-Minuie.
the owner of miners saloon: Jack
Rance, the sheriff. and Dick johnson.
who is in reality Ramcrrez, n notorious
highway man The rising curtain
shows tho interior of ~ loon. There
is gambling going on and much meTri-
mcnt, soon interrupted by camp min
strel singing melodies of home Dur.
,ug this song Rance makes love 10 Min.
ME, and is repulscd, Ashbvs, the
Ne!ls-Fargo agent, enters AMI inquiries
for Minnie, and the montion OF the
girl causes n quarrel between Rance
and Sonora. n miner.
Sonora tries TO shoot the sheriff, but
Minnie rnshes ~. seizes the pistol and
saves Rance, Immediately the ''Polka 4"
is quiet. Minnic opens her Bible apd
gives the miners q lesson from tbe
Psalms. Soon Johnson enters. Minnie
has mct him previously on the trail,
and he has given her a bunch OF flow.
ers. The girl IL puamo-ed Of the stran9-
er, and thew unfold their hopes and
dreams az the end of he act
The closing act takes place in the 81.
eTras, Men on horseback bring IN
Johnson, now known as Bamerrea. He
makes no appeal for mercy, but when
lthev arc about TO lynch him Minnie S
pleas and prayers win his life.
Puccini is recognized q one al the
world 3 create composers. aud his
genius has never been more illum.nat.
i've than in this score The close of the
last part OF tbc second act is thought
bv some critics 20 bc one of the finest
finales in opera, It is musical novel
tv, free from sensatioDsGsm, The en-.
tire score is rich in melodic and har-
monic effects which do not require the
technical knowledge cf music to be
understood
The mounting Of the ouera shows
California N the days of 40 One act
paints the evening glow softly settling
over a ruggc0lv picturesque mountain
range, each peak ard rv1g hatheI in
red lish golden flGme.hke light The
whole work is finely atmospheric aud
couvinciuGlv correct.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

When buying congh medicine fo7
children bear in mind that Chamber
lain q Cough Remedy is most cfsectual
for colds. Group and whoopipg cough
and that it contains 10 harmful drug.
For sale by all dealers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

'HOWEVER. let me do my
~ best to suggest to you the
things that | have seen, that
|Va nay discuss together my con
cipsion. Unquestionably the most
Qftlliant audience assembled IN 4
New York PLAYHOUSE, since the
abandonment Of the New theater
Enterprise. gathered to see "Sum-
|urun. - People who do not take
nterature. society or the drama as
m enl. or ms "showyh asset,
alled the orchestra and boxes aud
the balcony, shedding upon the oc-
casion. such a luster as suffused
The Pnccini night at tic opera,
Vhen ''La Fanciulla del West -
Vhs sung for the first time.
The tribute was ,lue partially 10
direct knowledge OF Professor
'<einhardt accomplishment and
partinllv 10 the fame of them; hnt
~ the most part, to a confidence
III the iustice Of that reputation.
nasmuch rs Wiuthrop Ames had
nfongt the rommpany from Berlin
ma given II the authority nf his
Wame. However. the appreciation Of
his specialized audience argues
|,ttle as TO the financial fate OF
-tch an euterprisc, and. therefore,
of the longevity OF the "ruu. = In.
j1eed leaving the thc3trr | was
J Hecosfeh bv cicr; in Jhc empiny
of thn institution where | hank. lie
WAS troubled by a confusion of
IDEAS about the entertainment; and
peing in n WAY 10 know how poor |
nm, and, therefore. assuming me to
1pp q man OF high artistic taste he
Ncmapdcd my opinion. asking me.
NJ last, whether | really thought
! IL Srmurun would 'takc. To
mis- last, the oulv rational answer
III could give was that | found The
poreI charm Of UricHtnl color. mvs.
fefv aud music peculiarly insiiiors.
DJbviouslv dissatisfied with the 70.
Ny. he nevertheless retired with IL
&c his companion waiting IN the
& <Ffiag.
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M7ILToN LAcKEYE's com

M/ lD1ON LAIN l. l. > COM
w mendable endeavor 10 estab-
lIsh metropolitan stock company
of the first class made bad start
with "The Straneer;i' but. with
philosophic perseverance. he put
second play Immediately into re-
hearsal 1t is therefore especially
rcgrettable that. noticing its pro-
duction. one can do nothing but
record another dismal failure. In
Il bland, witty, genial speech, after
"The Right to Happiness had
dragged itself TO the climax of its
chief act. Mr.. Lackaye engagingiy
and manfully indicated his appre-
citation of the failure OF the com
cdv by remarking that he only
hoped the piece might attract
enough patronage TO a low HIM"
self and associates sufficient time
to prepare a substitute. Even so
modest desire, however. proved
too great, for after four perform.
ances the new play was abandoned
and "The Stranger put back IN
its place.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

4uT long ago ! promised TO re.
"a port the oddities 10 you.
;pwp the center of tho auditorium
y the Casino theater. the audituri-
'n Of which, not innppropria.. ely.
OF Moorish design. q long path
<sv has been constructed. II is tho
.tath OF two orchestra chairs and
D 1nPir height; is Incl with arti-
'Slhl nowers; and is lighted. on oc-
'4siou. with double row Of pale.
<rntle, Nulsh' green. foorlights
..vwn tnis, from the far rear of the
-.snestra, the hrst Oriental figure
eensses solemnlv 10 the stage. A
-enosome, we'll set-up Young man.
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I'D with tcrpsichorean abandon.
XXTHEN the curtain falls on the
w mad, glad, and rather bad
that is. Daughty-first act
aud one has regained one 8
breathing. the problem is: How
can such pace be maintained? II
is. however. for cover the River y
is really II. y. In Souchet's very
laughable old farce. THE Man
from Mexico in which Willie
Collier used 10 be so funny. done
over for a musical setting by John
l.. Golden, by the original author
in collaboration with George Y.
Hobart. The second and third acts
adhere more nearly TO the old play
though vaudeville specialists
seem 10 have no difficulty what
ever in breaking into the jail at
Blackwell s Island and singing and
dancing to their heart S content.
The farce. rou may recall, shows
how respected citizen gets caught
in raid; is sentenced TO thirty
days on ''the lsland;f narrowly
escapes discovery there by his wife
and relatives, on charity bent; and
finally tells them on his return
that lie has been on a trip to
Mexico. To welcome him the en-
tire household don the drcss-and
discuss the customs-of Mexico,
which. of course. simply adds TO his
confusion. In all this whirl and
uproar, Eddie Foy is his familiar
quiet and grotesquc self; ''mug-
gino." iDdulgiug in his own sub
stitute for dancing; singing in his
quivering voice; Tipping his hat,
collar, knees. etc. in rhythm to the
music: and, in short, keeping ey-
eryonc eleeful with lot of darned-
fool antics that would probably
strike us as unbearable fRm any
one but this same Foy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

~ OMlNG direct from three
Studetakcr thcater, Chicago. and
a season IS run at the Gaiety
theater, New York, Henry W. Savage s
production OF the great farce success
- Excuse Me- will be seen at the %
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

JLAW 6 ERLANGER s famous
La production, '"Tbe Pink Lady,
will be one of the ultra ctions
of the current theatrical sea-
son in this city. This attractive comedy
with music ran for 500 nights at the
New Amsterdam theaser, New York
city, and will be staged this year not
only IL this city. but in Australia,
London. Paris. Berlin. Vienna and
Rome.
The story Of ''Tbe Pink Lady is
taken from the French farce q lie
Satvre'' Lv Georges Berr and Marcel
Guillemaud. {. ". s. Mcclellan wrote
the boof and lyrics and Ivan Csryll
the music.
The production was staged by Jullan
Mitchell and Herbert Gresham. 1t is
elahorately mounted in three acts The
FIRST is laid in the gardens of lie
Joli Coucou. restaurant 10 the for'
est of Compicene: the second in the
interior OF an antique shop iu the Rue
ST Honorc, Paris. anil the third at
.he ball Of the Nymphs aud Satyrs.
The pleasing musical numbers IN
cIudn 81 r, Going to BE Married in
Iune - When Love Goes AstrHylng.
9TH. Girl by The Saskatchewan.
",nonrv Did. Douuv Didn 7, = THE
Kiss Walt. Hide and Seek. - II
like II" and the wonderfully poru.
lar waltz number. - Beautiful Lady.
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UIU GLASEE IS announced for 4
brief engagement at the Salt
Lake theater soon, IN the new
operctta success Miss Dudel'
sack" with east of twenty principals,
chorus of 6fty aud IN orchestra OF
thirty Miss Glaser. under the direc-
ton Of Werba & Lnescher. whose " The
Spring Maid'' and Little Miss FIX
IT, have brought their uame into un-
usual prominence. is said to have in
:. Miss Dudclsack with its European
reputation an operetta Of ..he highest
class. charming in its Scotch story anu
filed with a!luripg musical numbers
which have charmed Boston aud Phila-
delphia.
It's recent engagement in Phiadel-
phia won from the dramatic writers un-
ssinted praise. Miss CHASER will be
surrounded by east of iwer.y prin
cipals. chorus of fifty aud special
crchestra.
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Plays and Players
Continued from preceding page.)

them will come Combs Brothers VIII,
are known as genuine Greciau gladi
ators, Phillips and Merritt are to b.
heard and seen in touch of vaudeville
and Art Adair is STYLED the merr,
musical comedian, New photoplay pic
lures will of course, he run.
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THE s1ccd Of the town has
u jumped M several notcbes
with the coming Eddie Fov
Foy IN cover tho River" IL
starts with whis and whirl
and doesn I LET Up at any point:
aud certainly such hreathlass
gaictr is not at all upwc!come in
these days Of lsnguid waItzes from
Vienna and scmi-opcrcttas that ap-
pear 10 have been composed bv A
Little Brother Of the late n. Wap-
ner, The rot opens up with
graphic reproduction of we'll
known cabaret. very near 20 Broad.
way anI Forty second street; and
the likeness amounts To more than
mere scenery. for several perform
ers, from the actual restaurant APP
pear in the make believe. For in
stance, there is Maurice the whirl
wind dancer who came over from
Maxim s in Paris. 10 fling Made.
line d 'Harville about in the most
violent, ungallant way Then. too.
the Marvellous Millers wipe UP the
stage with each other, Aud, if
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II came through Ann Arl'cr the other
d5y" said the Man from Broadway, and
s= the train stopped IT the university
town. an old friend Of mine got on and
rode i couple ~ hundred miles With me.
He told me of little story he had picked
up about Frank Mcintyre. while lie was
In the ran-rah neishboThood MoGp'yre
il an Ann Arbor boy. YOU know; he's
pIaying now In George Bronson -Howards
'Sncbs.' out al that time he was with
Robert Edesou.
''Fd.son is COED fellow, and w.llie
they were on tour they PLAYED Ann Ar
Dor: aud remembering that IL was Nc
Intyre's home town. he arranged 10 have
the front of the thcater decorated WITH
three sheets. announcing ibnt Frank j:
Mcintyre. would appear In Classmates
supported hy Robert Edeson and conf
panv.
THAT was pretty Ny sign to be
foaflng over tho quiet section OF dusty
old Nsin street where the theatsr stands.
and II attracted the attention of ell the
leisurely natives aho mhabit that part
OF rown Among them was an old Irish
man who had known Frank all his life.
And when he finished reading the sign
he turned 10 friend who was standing
near and said:
"'That bye Mcintyre niver would
work., But I'm glad TO see he's got
somebody supportin' him besides his poor
old father
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a grain Of dust still lies upon it,
the Eight Berlin Madcaps swish 1t
I'D with tcrpsichorean abandon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

: FEW YORK. Jan. 21.-Io
MI do away immediately with
I'M the essential questions IN
: regarl to the American