Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-21
The Merry Countess Plcascs ut thu
e ", veI,donle Opening.

e ~ veIldome Opening.
AS has been their custom for years,
the Infringement Of the Vendome
chose the most delectable of the
popular musical. gsla9ws available as
the season opener aid the large audi
ence which went to the Vendome We'd
nesday night music hungry and fairly
famished for an evening of high-class
entertainment came. away fully salts
fled with the feast of fun and pretty
scenes II which was served. la
Strauss strains of tuneful music, and
called 'sThe Merry Countess
After an amusement diet of rag
time Including some mighty poor
rag-Mme5 1.-The Merry Countess
brought to Nashville an assortment
Of tunes that were pleasing to the
ears Of !, the representative audience
present. Mixed with the, tunes We're
scenes and situations and clever
lines, all of which combined to make
The production most pleasing light
opera and an evening of entertain
melt Alluring dancing. dreamy
waltses and the ever-present farcial
tFiyialitles of the whole show, through
which Nm like a tiney scarlet thread
an atmosphere of naughtiness, were
the features to which the success and
popularity of The Merry Countess"
was largely due. in Nashville as we'll
as at all other places where. the pro-
duction has been offered. At times
the naughtiness cropped out in
whimsical whirl or daring ppose,
but always there was a delightful
delicacySof expression tht forcstalled
any possible objection and added to
the enjoyment of the scene.
Nashville has been looking tor-
ward to the coming of THE Merry
Countess" The playgoers expected
whole lot from the company-and
they got most of it. 1t was charac-
teristic Strauss opera, too light to give
anybody headache, and altogether
pleasing from the rise of the cur
taln, revealing the countess herself
IN her BOULDER. It'd. the finale, where
the countess vans back her tickle
husband and regulates her Hungari-
an affinity-to-be. The story concerns
y little love affair among the light
hearted, Austrains. in which court
ships. intrigue and unconventionality
are stressed in some instances ana
uurlesducd i'll others. 1t has pretty
plot Tor a foundation and upon 1t IS
quilt production that offers music,
INES and scenes pleasingly different
from the usual run Of such light
opera essentials. Probably the most
enjoyable act of the evening was the
third, in which the entire company
was comfortably housed in the, "'aew
age prison. where the prisoners
were afforded every luxury from
eilderdown pillows to champaign din
ners.
The music was distinctly of the
strauss variety. The airs of the Blue
danube waltz and "Must We Say
'oodbye' were ! the kind that
remain with the hearers and become
me popular whistled and hummed
tunes of3the season.
The dancing was good. There
wasn't SO much OF it, but its quality
easoily made UP for what is lacked in
A ballet led by a graceful
verta orenze, presented
. series ct graceful dances, Mile.
lorenzo was repeatedly encored.
mother pppular number was q dance
" two members Of the chorus.
The singers had good voices, Dale
winter was very popular with her
audience And crowded Mabel, Baker.
The Merfy Countess" mr. hpnors.
wednesday night. Miss .M'lSt4fe wss1
|ecldedH Scleyer and 4fJtlS hlsfs
'sersatiljfX ia many chef Ssya.
ne prdvSkeg many laughs ~ her
istroniS @p,lity. without the ~ of
pere wbf1s. Mabel Baker 80 t|le