The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-08-07

turn lot JOuln duu love, Out ~ uG sun
hesitates Mephisto says, See how fair
!. youth invites you'll Lookl" Faust sees
vision Of the fair Marguerite and inn
mediately the compact is signed in let
tiers of fire. Faust drains the magic
potion and is transformed into a youth.
AcT II.
The scene shows Fair in progress in
the public square OF a German town.
A motley crowd of students, soldiers,
: old men, young women and matrons
; are drinking, talking, flirting. quarrel
ing. Valentine, the brother of Mar
guerite, is found among the crowd OF
soldiers just about to depart for the war,
. and he sings farewell song to his sis
ter and his home. He sings of his fears
ia leaving his sister alone and contem-
plates with affection the amulet she has
given him TO bring good fortune. We
are now ia the full hustle of the Fai.
scene, where, in front of an inn, crowd
OF drinkers are listening to one OF their
number, Wagner, singing somewhat
coarse ditty. Mephistopheles breaks in
upon the jewellers and offers to sing a
song OF his own, The Song Of the Col
den Cali" Mephistopheles proceeds
now to astonish the company by his
feats OF magic. first reading their palms
and then drawing wine from the barrel
OF Bacchus - each man drawing the
wine he likes the best. After an invo-
cation to Bacchus by Mephistopheles,
Mephistopheles affronts Valentine by
proposing the health Of Marguerite and
Valentine draws his sword only to find
that some unforeseen force has made it
powerless in his hand. He, however,
turns the handle upward, thus making !
the Sign OF the Cross, the soldiers doing |
likewise, and they now face the tempter {
with confidence. Mephistopheles is dis 1
comfited and covers in terror.
4
Faust now observes Marguerite. and /
approaching her, greets her respectfully
offering her escort. She modestly de- v
cines. A waltz now commences and b
the act ends in wild and exciting scene. g
AcT III-GARDEN SCENE. \
The Flower Song" by siebel ushers !,
in the act. The gentle boy enters Mar :
guerite's garden, thinking OF the dark
prophecy OF Mephistopheles, who had =
told him q
Each flower you touch,
Every beauty you dote on CT
Shall rot and shall wither." N
Siebel now thinks to put this curse to
test and prepares to send a message to M
Marguerite by means OF flower. He IL
gathers blossom and it withers. The
bought occurs to him to dip his fingers CT
n the font Of holy water by the side Of %
he cottage. He does so and finds the IS
peIl broken. to
Mephistopheles and Faust, who have la
zen secretly watching SiebeI, now APP to
ear. The tempter being in high spirits TOT
t the apparent success OF his scheme, Sh
'hile Faust gazes in rapture at the gar m,
en- where his loved one is wont to walk mi
nd he sings love song in which he sh
napsodizes the modest dwelling Of Mar
uerite. While he is singing Mephis- 9
'pheles has replaced Siebel's humble
osegay with splendid bouquet, more
ting accompaniment to the casket OF -"
wells with which Marguerite is to be -
mpted. Marguerite enters the gar on'
IN, dreaming Of the handsome stran- p
,r she had met in the market place. :"
ne seats herself at the spinning wheel. .o''
hen she rebukes herself for her idle =
ncies and applies herself to her spin -"
ng, but her mind wanders to the stran- au'
If, and finding herself ia no mood to o"'
in she moves toward the house and SUI
es the flowers, thinking them from wa
ebeI. The box Of jewels then catches mrs
If eye and she opens it after some mis- ren
wing Then follows the bright and ra'
arkling Jewel Song" cap
Martha, a susceptible matron who is ga
to the motherless girl, enters. 'ea'
q is astonished at sight Of the jewels an0
d begins to question Marguerite when 'ne
0 is interrupted by MephistopheIes, 7 I
10 appears with Faust, and to excuse ~,
] entrance tells Martha her husband POS
dead. There are cries Of grief and 'ns'
mpathy from the women. Mephis- "n'
oheles then begins to fiatter the vain Jug
stron and pay her mock attentions so 2
It Faust may have an opportunity to = :
,ad his cause. The dialogue with the ''0'
'ceptible matron is the only touch of pea'
NEEDY 10 the opera. saw