The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-08

the further advantage of production
musical farce with verye and color
without sacrificing good taste for
them. The costuming in this piece
lives up 10 the ;1eale standard set in
Adele, whose dresses were sensa-
tional.
The Midnight Girl is a cabaret per-
former who purposes turning over
new leaf She is sincere and stanCh
at the stroke of midnight the call Of
the ca baret possesses her When we
first meet her, she has come from
Paris TO Chantilly TO secure a posi-
tion as trained nurse, a wealthy
bachelor has been wounded, Now.
YOU must know, that this Gustav
Criquet. while held in high repute
at home, has Il weakness for frivo
lous trips TO Paris To blind his Sis
ter and the other members of his
family 10 their true purpose. he has
made them believe he was member
OF the French chamber. BY chance,
there. is deputy OF the same name,
into brawl IN a Montmartre cafe
and was wounded. But by mlracu-
lous coincidence-in in short a Palais
Royal coincidence-the other Criuuet
litical fight in the chamber, How
ever. the Long Arm does not abash
Paul Herve. He resorts TO It still
again In making the nurse sent down
whose partner stabbed Crlquet be-
cause OF his attentions to her
Put into cold t5'pe, the story OF
French farce is OF small account And
In spite or their success. ] cannot say
] have found much TO laugh at in
any OF Paul Herve's pieces. They
arc so obvious and hackncycd. And
they go at being risquc so hat-ioot,,
cdly. However. alma and adele
have only to bc recalled TO prove
humor. In the second act. Cridnet.
who has married his tango nurse,
brings her To Honeymoon hall a ho-
tel In the Pyrenees much favored by
yond M. IIerve,s friend. the Long
Arm. For the other Criquet has mar
ried. also, and brings MS bride TO this
came hotel Tho time, i need hardly
say. is midnight and the scene a
foyer from which nothing, but bridal
chambers open. And In the last act.
lest we think M. Criauet has become
too plausible, he introduces third
Gustav Criouet
OF course, the music Is largely re-
spousibe for the success over here OF
a type of farce still popular I'm Paris,
hut become too trite and old-fash-
ioned for us dozen years ago And
The score OF "The Midnight Girl is
no less charming than those of It's
prsp"ihU' and "The . Midnight GITri'' viii be
hummed all over town In. no time
There arc more numbers" In this
piece than in the earlier ones, and a
good deal OF modern dancing has been
Introduced But then. the only thing
about the only play in months that
has not had its tango or maHiXe Is
have seen, lasted only three nights.
Mr. Faversham mignI bring II back
with Calpurnia prevailing on her hus-
ba nd not to venture out OF doors on
into a hesitation with her a home,
thus escaping the murderers In tho
senate and bringing the play 10 n
happy ending.
tice TO the delightful score of "The
Midnight Girl" II is led by George
MacTarlane who has made several
marked "hits" in the Casino revivals
of Gilbert and Sullivan OPERAS. dur
ing the last few years. lie is the
frivolous Criquet. and, il his acting
has nothing with Forbes Robertson g:
his really splendid singing more than
makes MP for IT, Eva F'allon, Frank
harrington. Viola Gillette. Dcnman
Malcy, Teddy Webb. George Schiller
and Paul Ker contribute to the gen.
cral merriment; and large part OF
the success Us due 10 MARGARET Ro-
maine. I'm tho title role. She comes
from the Paris Opera Comidue. but
was born in Utah. being a sister OF
Hazel Dawn Of Pink Lady mem
ory. Miss Romaine has beauty and
sings cNcellcntlY an uncommon COM
hina ton In modern musical farce.
THE fact Of two of President Wh-
sons daughters appearing in the
performance OF Sanctuary. given IN
connection with the congress for the
preservation of wild birds at which
the mayor Of New York has presided,
has rather eclipsed tho literary sig
nificancc of the masque itself II
was written by Percy MaclsAye, one
Of our few dramatic poets, and had
been acted only once previously. IN
tho open air at Cornish last summer.
when Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon Cox.
Maxfield Parrish and Paul and Mrs.
Louis Saint Gaudens as we'll AZ
Eleanor Wilson and Margaret WI
son. took part.
AS "A prelude Ia the masque in this
weeks performance. Margaret Wilson
sang a charming little poem written
by Mr.. Mackaye's daughter, Aryln,
when she was . years old, and set 10
music by Frederick s. Converse,
while walking through a lonely