The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-08

In darkness. Marry in daylight.
Ask: ascertain: don't be put off with
marry an unclean man. Help, pity. if
you can: but don't marry him.
A FTER which the dark woman
IA yanishes and the play comes
rapidly to its end. The girl retires
TO her room in quite a "state OF
mind" though whether 10 ponder or
powder her burning cheeks. We shall
never know The son confesses his
shame and hints a lot about sal
vation,' And pop, who Is the only
member OF the cast who IS not likely ]
10 wake up the next morning with
terrifying realization OF having talked
too freely, sits down to finish Off the
Brahms internezzo where the drama
interrupted him.
FRITZ Scheff has rather tied my
hands. OF course. any attention
from such a fascinating woman is
agreeable; but she leaves me at a
loss for the right word TO designate
her temperance In mile Modiste."
Why she queries petulantly. will
people keep calling my engagement IN
Mi1 HIM Moaiste ID te Sr,n Teyiyal? Z, To n revive
That, means that 1t has been dead.
What an idea to say such a thing
OF this pretty opera II will live for
ever. 1t has made lasting mem
OiS SlClOT c1STDeTI, ItenrS BIOS
som and me. II is the best book ever
turned out by Americans 1t is 2
classic already l have kept IL In my
repertoire all the time Never has
IT been out of my mind. or my heart.
either. Now. please don't cali IL a
revival. 1t is simply my return TO
New York in my best opera. FRITZ
has returned to see her good friends
and she has brought with her that
best of friends, Mile Modiste And
hn y -
Dillingham; Globe theater. Isn't that
appropriate? The American stage
can thank him more than anyone
else for Mile Modiste' He always
insisted that American composers
and authors could do work of the
finer class In light opera: and then
he proved il with Mile Mod!ste' 1t
is not q revival: 1t is a continuutio
a repetition; and I shall keep re-
peating II as long as / am on the
stage. 1t is mine foreYer'
WHICH. you will admit. does not
w leave much for me to say. II
may add my humble word TO Frlt-
M's. Mile Modistc" is well up In the
front rank OF American operettas.
CAS- the small boy said, isn't il
funny how many French ladies are
named Millie?"D Victor Herbert
never turned out a more melodious
score: and. as has not been the case
with some OF his best work it Is
welded 10 cracking good libre,to.
Nothing could be at once more hu-
man and ludicrous than the expert
wealthy Mr.. and Mrs Hiram Bent
OF Keokuk. la, which bring them into
knowledge of the hopeless love OF
little hat-shop girl for an arlstocratlc
army officer, their discovery OF her
beautiful voice and their contribution
to the training OF 1t. so that she be-
comes a great opera singer, worthy
10 mate with the military nobleman
Al of which ADDS to the happiness OF
Mrs. Bent, president OF the Culture
ustlc circles" In this book the Wit
ty, keen, ohservant Mr.. Blossom has
turned out a genial criticism of
Americans abroad quite worthy Of
George Ade, and just about 40 per
cent better than ''The Man From
WJHEN Mile Modiste' was new.
w Miss scheff spent part Of
summer IN a quiet. staid New Eng
land fishing village. as guest OF
Richard Harding Davis and his fam
and Peter Dunno drove to the station
In cart large enough for two or
three trunks. But the train made
long stay while trunk after trunk
was dropped off. Finally. ton min
utes or SO late. IT pulled out, leaving
IN the midst OF them. "And which,.
said Davis. slancing at the small
cart and one horse, are Miss
Scheff's?"
Everything said Dunno. except.
perhaps, that barrel OF oysters"
A y evening or two later. at the
"A nabitually deserted country club,
Miss Scheff and Mr.. Davis got the
orchestra to play Mile Modesto, -
and sang IT, Only few persons out
side of their own party were there.
But they spread the news; and the
next night swarrns OF canny New
Englanders turned out 10 grab such a
star cast free of charge.
EDWARD PBPLE, to whom the
IL public is much indebted for
The Prince Chap" II less SO Tor his
later plays, was in a melodramauc
and tricky mood when he conceived
"the Girl" which serves admirably
to introduce John Mtltern and Al
bert Parker to vaudeville audiences.
The one Is designated simply as
the man, the other as the boy. The
girl OF the title, who causes all the
trouble, never shows herself The
man. Il wealthy roue, and the boy. an
ardent, strusgling. unsuecesstni
youth, IpN6 the sdtle SlIis Spp'h
wins. But crafty age frames up a
scheme, telling his valet that some
thing sensational is likely TO occur
in his apartment that evening". and
cautioniDg him never to breathe a
word about It, Presently the boy ar
rives. His unsuccessful rival points
out TO him that he has no money.
cannot possibly support wife. Now,
Il he win disappear, seek his fortune
in some lar-off land. the man Will
Il IL. vii rssltf fOh tn Un
a start. The boy Indignantly refuses
(applausel That. then. leaves but
one course. Going TO his desk. the
man produces two revolvers. 4 duel
to the death is the only way. Tho
rivals fire: the roue drops dead. Ter
rlfied. the hoy thinks only OF making
getaway. Gathering up the $1,000
which he previously spurned he
flees, the valet accompanying him.
LIVE hours are supposed to have
elapsed when the curtain rises