The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27

CreuiDie, SITS the terlple OF beauty Dream
| maidens, dripping with wet flowers.
run among the rocks. and then slowly
climbing the steep ascent come worship
pers Of Beauty. dream pilgrims, lovers.
| and at last Julien, with Louise clasped
| In his arms. They chant the ecstasy Of
love. The second scene shows US a place
half way UP the mount. voice from the
abyss sings Of lost dreams. Chimeras
waving mystic wells sing Of lying dreams.
Hapless poets stretch their arms toward
the mount and pray for the resurrec
ton Of dead hopes. Julien suddenly
knows that II 10 his mission to help hts
! brothers.
He will lay his soul upon the altar of
beauty and love. Louise rapturousiy
| echoes. Love" The scene changes to
| the great hall OF the temple Of Beauty.
! Worshippers, the High Prtest. dream
maidens. the Hapless Poets all are there,
Juitsw Is there. with Louise stiii In his
! arms. The Priest questions and warns
| the poet. WIN he sacrifice every
thing for the ideal? Alas. he will never
| realize It, But he remains deter
, mined.
The frightened Louise takes refuge with
the dream maidens. From that hour she
IL one. There 10 much ceremony. This
perhaps is Carpenter rejecting upon the
mummeries OF Shikaneder In Die Zauber-
hoete." The two scenes are strangely
similar. yet pointedly different Julien
becomes praying neophyte before the
altar Of Beauty. Presently. behold.
Beauty herself Eiows above the al
tar in a wondrous light Julien gases
at her enraptured. and. marvel of marvels.
she Is Louise! Through the scene appear
Bell Ringer and an Acolvte. They scorn
the whole ceremony and proclaim the
Priest a pretender. These hollow voices
nnal episode OF the dream. Charpentier
calls this hrst AT Enthusiasm
Jslien's Soul vexed.
The second. the pastoral. Is called
| doubt" The place 10 q smiling coun-
| tryside before q peasant cottage. Julien
sleeps on q mound. He has wandered
far: he 10 weary and a dream haunts
him. q dream within q dream. Peasants
work and sing. The old woman who lives
in the cot declares that Julte~'s soul 10
vexed by the dream Her child strangely
resembles his lost. Loutse She asks lis
he perchance unhappy Julien awakes
and hears the chorus. coming from all
the land. even a. the cries Of Paris came
to him In the earlier opera. "All pain.
all SORROW" he murmurs. from the
cradle to the grave" Here he had sought
for peace. but even here came the walls
Of misery. The old peasant offers kind
words. The girl caresses him with her
eyes.
but OOuOt, imptaC2Ule OOuOt, tOTturea
him. The illusions OF life are gone will
the illusion Of his lovely dream survive
Presently he IL alone In the moonlight
and the girl wooes him timidly. She
looks like his lost love. Her name. too
10 Louise. But he turns from her. He
cannot daily with light love, and he has
nothing else now to offer.
The old peasant reappears and says
my door 10 open. but no love affairs
outside here" yultem's dreaming mind
tells him that this same voice In the Holy
Temple warned him Of lightly treating
beauty. Yes. out Of such stun as dream,
are made of the peasant Is born Of the
priest and sings with the same voice
Again comes the warning to beware OF
pride. Of ambition.
The third act 10 called impotence" Fly,
Ing clouds and storm swept sea make
background for another cottage and Q
church Voices. voices, always voices
and now he demands of them their rea.
son for once. long ago. deluding him with
\ splendid dream which has been proved
hideous lie. The cottage holds an old
woman. . grandmother. She caressei
julien and begs him to remain.
Strange persistence OF dream faces
Even this venerable mother OF men look
with the eyes and sings with the voics
Of Louise. who are thoser' she asks ~
hating figures creep upon the highway
"Hapless poets" answers JvItsw. He pray
, before shrine. The old woman bids hin
bswars OF pride. That 10 his reef; hi
reason y his poison. The thought Of tn,
lpriegt againi WHO told you thatr' ask
, JvJlsA. moment later In his Impotence
. ~ raves and curses God.
Hass ssasss DssssAatis..
Last stage Of all. intoxication. A Dc
serted space In the outer boulsvards o
. the soul Of the world. Paris At the rea
all u blscknees. yvltsw PUSHES In a.
pusoued by the yuriss. He falls Into
; seat and heaSe volces of msrrymakers
I Thsn thsre comes b him from IL Gaia
. ~ Of The 1uses bold srisstts. Drink
i1ovsi foeSstw che sAys She locks Will
he syss and slnes with the veios o
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