The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-14
Nos GRANDEST
P[AYKOUSE CLOSED
Gorgeous Theater in
I. Comes to Grief for
Lack of Cash.
ECESS RECITES WOES
d Duchess Found Titled
sband Too Dull to En-
;oy Life With Him.
. GEORGES DUFRESNE.

KS, Decs 1o.-OuL IolSilOoL LuSel.
em TO be having a streak Of bad
I The beautiful home Of drama as
ID opera, Astruc g Theatre des
81 Elysees, the most gorgeous
mac the world has ever seen and
4 and pride of Paris, was some
90 forced TO close its doors be-
Il had been started on insufficient
and although there is some
Z reopening, 1t will hardly come
the present season.
il is the great opera which is
Ious trouble. Preparing to begin
ID of ParsIfal" performances
/tw Years day, practically the
moment when the Bayreuth copy.
n expires, the managers Of the
| Messenger and Bronssau, sudden
knd themselves confronted with a
Of the whole chorus, who com.
II OF too frequent and too
rehearsals, and who declared
bless they were given weekly
rehearsals scheduled they would
&heane at all. AS result the
smsnt fined all members Of the
three days pay.
us May Submit.
| present operations are at a
Iiill, the chorus being undecided
|er TO give in or not, but the man
/nt Is drilling an extra army of
i, which is ready to step in at
|nsnt g notice. 1t Is reasonable to
10 that the chorus will ultimately
b. Ordinarily they have an easy
It, are well paid and know
|In city as musical as Paris it
very difficult to get all the voices
q in practically no time.
|is is crowded with Russian grand
and grand duchesses at present,
gay and democratic set they are.
|leet them everywhere, in all our
DnRbla cafes and places Of the
J forms OF amusement, and there
y people more easy OF access. A
Sme looking crowd, too, tho men
kroad shouldered, athletic, of mill.
bearing, the women dazzling and
rather sensuous type.
Epugh Grand Duchess Anastia of
lenburg -SchweriD, an old resident
~ enthusiastic admirer Of Paris,
by tho way, is one Of our most
ful tango dancers, and who may
<en almost any night at Cafe de
unable to keep quiet as soon as
Lusic starts, l received q letter of
lnction to the most beautiful of
pslan grand duchesses, Princess
I'm of Sweden, who, since she
ner husband, has been staying in
inning villa overlooking the most
lful part Of the Bois de Boulogne,
ner with her father, Grand Duke
ssd Der brother, DimitriI.
Z grand duchess, who is one Of
uost beautiful and charmingly
women I ever met, received
the most cordial manner, and
lately conducted me into her
boudoir, the only place, che
Fnere we were sure not to be
upted by her brother Dimitrix.
)uts With Brother.
~ is one Of the many points on
D1mitri1 and I disagree" she
nth a smile; Gin fact If IL had
pen for the Swedish journalists
sre always been exceedingly nice
doubt If l should have beer
stay In Stockholm even as long
ssre, you see," she said, Hyou
nave me where you want me
course you are going to inter
ne about Stockholm. l am the
person IN the world to inter
and | don t dislike it a bit, TO!
ntervlewers have always treated
splendidly. Even the Stockholm
nave been as nice about me al
Jared to since I ran away"
pking at her girlish figure ant
10 being under the magnetic
OF her bewitching personalit,
5ne merry twinkle In her eyes,
II small wonder that my Swedish
pres had been nice TO her.
na now you want to know, O.
she went on, "why I raj
naturally you don t believe an,
nasty stories told about me Ii
papers, that | acted as q spy an,
nad love affair with that poo
esador Of ours.D
sured uis her that nothing was fur
ION my mind, A girl with he
guio never do anything as meal
Ping on her husband 8 country
lnll Of mischief, but there Is no
'Aeo thought in her soul.
oand Too Dull"
,t alst let me say then, that I hav
Slt 10 find with my husband. Poo
m is the best Of fellows and b
ways been the soul of kiudnes
out hike all the rest of his fam
- dfeadfully dull, II is not pos
~ imagine two greater contrast
" and |, and the divorce wi
ge as great n relief to him as t
1sfefything that I liked, h
ii ! am fond of pleasure, I low
ana dancing, lie cares nothin
y Pleasures Of life at all. Th
~ court is as gloomy as tomb
y'n the first moment ! felt as
Soen buried alive. Look at III
~ me if you think I look lils
an who would enjoy continue
and praying, was SURROUND
sototalers and ascetics tb
goAs OF whom made mo Ill and
US long as 1 could, but I a
new that il could not last
nag to break away and I did 4
y nave made a man out Of m
II | had had him to myeeI
IN Russia. for he really love
.ar as II is possible for a ma
s temperament, or rather lac
perament, to love q woman, br
as wax In the hands of til
Sna the king No, I won t So
think about him, except tbs
ao most narrow.minded and BIZ
seFson | ever met. Everythin
IA his eyes, but he is q dy
and his views Of life are co
MS poor digestion-that is IL
euse I can find for him r
sincore sympathy, for he WI
y only when death releases hi
4 us miserable and sinful world