The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-13

work. Some of the steps in the inter-
pretative dances she herself worked out,
and some she has adapted from the
old classic dances. She manages the
rehearsals with tact and cleverness.
When the curtain goes up on the
first act the orchestra is playing LISTS
Hungarian Rhapsodies, and a band OF
| heralds are waiting to come onto the
stage to announce the birth of an heir
to the throne. The heralds come dane
ing onto the stage in rich velvet cos
tunes of different colors. and give
lively dance that is unmistakable in its
meaning Of rejoicing. The king and
queen are seated on their throne, and
with them ia the infant princess. Miss
| Elizabeth Anderson will take the part
OF the king and Mrs. Robert Pierce,
Jr.. the queen. Mrs. Jack Campbell is
the princess.
AFTER the announcement by the her
! aids, four fairies, Love, Beauty, Wit
and Music. have a charming dance.
light and graceful, to the music of
Morning" from Peer Gynt. Each lays
her gift at the feet Of the princess,
and leave the stage. Then the good
fairy, who will be impersonated by Miss
J Clyde Bonebrake. dances onto the stage,
and all the court ladies bow low in
response to her salutation. Her dance
is swift and dainty, and her costume
of yellow and gold will be one of the
handsomest on the stage
After the good fairy. comes the
wicked witch. Uglyame. Her evil will
SHOWS in her face and as she limps
In with a heavy cane and her hands
raised in menacing gesture, she strikes
terror to every heart in the court. Mrs.
II. Strawn takes the part in a skillful
and understanding way. Then the
good fairy dances again to reassrire the
people In the royal circle, and to try
10 lit the curse pronounced by the
jealous and wicked witch. Then the
curtain goes down on the first act
The second act opens with Uglyame
| spinning in a room in the palace. The
princess, now beautiful young woman.
enters and asks to be taught to spin.
USlyame gives. her a place at the wheel,
and the spindle pricks the finger OF
the princess, who swoons away. The
scullery maids enter and discover the
princess apparently dead. Their dis
may is expressed in a short dance. and
then the witch summons the doctors.
The doctors are the clowns of the show.
They enter in caps and gowns, carrying
heavy volumes of medical books, peer
ing through them to find the nature of
the disorder and its remedy. One car
ries butcher knife and wants to oper-
| ate, another has the X-ray equipment,
and another a huge thermometer.
Those who will be the doctors are:
! Miss Helen Estey, Miss Ellie Dean and
| a remedy. they leave.
Then another secene opens with the
princess still sleeping. The scullery
maids are doing the busting, and the
court maids are sewing. The good fairy
dances in and puts them all to
sleep SO that the princess. when she
wakes, will find her old friends un-
changed. Then there is an interval to
indicate that the court has slept
| hundred years.
: The curtain goes I'D on the next act,
and the audience sees the prince enter.
He looks in amazement at all the peo-
pie in the sleeping circle, and then he
spies the princess.
He bends and kisses her, and the
spell is broken. The heralds, who had
been guarding the palace, resume their
walk as though they had but dozed
forty winks, ard the court ladies' take
up their sewing, and the maids their
cleaning operations, and the court is
astir again. Then there is some lively
music and a dance that indicates the
happiness OF the lovers. Presently the
i trumpets sound and the heralds enter.
| Then the princes father comes into the
and queen. He gives his consent to
the MARRIAGE; the orchestra plays
bridal music, and an arched aisle
formed by flowers held aloft by
| fa1r10S ana court laO1eS, Is the pain
way for the entrance Of the good fairy
followed by the bridal pair.
Miss Grace KoOntz is to be the prince,
and earlier in the play she dances with
the heralds. The first act contains a
minuet that is quite charming. in which
H the court ladies and the heralds take
II part. The low bows involve good deal
of difficulty at practice times. for the
Ii girls attend in their street suits which
II are a good yard too narrow for the
II perfect execution Of the stately old
dance.
|, Among the costumes will be some old
| gowns with interesting histories, that
are owned by women in Topeka and
will be lent to some OF the performers.
Miss Dorothy Horn entertained the
Sigma Epsilon club Thursday night at
her home in Elmhurst.
l At a recent meeting Of the Council
of the American Guild of OrEAnists, at
Trinity Place, N. T., Miss Mildred Haz-
elrigg of Topeka was elected to MEM
bership in the guild. OF the 81 persons
elected. four were from the west-three
from Pacific Coast states, and Miss
II Haxelrigr from Kansas. Miss HAzel-