Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-04-30
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maiden who shall be his. The COM
pact is signed--the devil Is to serve
Faust here, but the relations are
to be reversed below.
Valentine, a soldier who is about
to go to the wars, commends his
sister, Margarita, to the care of Sic
bel, who loves her. Wagner, stu
dent, attempts to sing the Song of
the Rat" but is interrupted by Me-
phistophles, who volunteers song
of his own, the Song of the Gold
ell Calf" He accepts a cup of wine,
| but it is not to his taste, and he mir
aculously causes a better vintage to
flow from the carved sign of the tay-
ern. He proposes the health of
| Margarita, and when Valentine at
tempts to resent the insult with his
sword, draws a magic circle around
himself which protects him from the
rapiers of the soldier and his friends. |
They now suspect his true charac- |
ter and turn their cruciform sword |
hits against him. The merriment is |
resumed, and in the midst of it Mar |
garita passes on her way home from |
church. She declines Faust's offer |
to escort her, and Faust becomes |
more enamored of her whom he had |
seen in the vision conjured by Me-
phistopheles. The two conceal them
selves in the garden of her home, |
having first placed a casket of jewels |
beside a modest boquet of flowers |
left on her Threshold by Siebel. Mar
garita enters, and, seated at a spin
ning-wheel, alternately sings a stan
"a of the King of Thule" ballad |
and speaks her amazed curiosity |
touching the handsome stranger who |
had addressed her in the market |
place. She finds the jewels, orna-
ments herself with them, carolling |
her delight the while, and is inter-
rupted in her pleasure by the en-
trance of Faust and his companion. |
The latter draws away Marcia, the |
neighborhood gossip, and Faust woos |
the maiden with successful ardor.
The deceived maiden is jeered at |
and Knocked by her erstwhile COM
panions, and comforted by Siebel. |
She has become the talk of the town,
and evil reports reach the ears of |
her brother on his return with the |
victorious soldiery. Valentine con-
fronts Faust and Mephistopheles |
while the latter is singing a ribald |
senenade at his sisters door. The |
men fight, and through the machin-
ations of Mephistopheles, Valentine |
Is mortally wounded. He dies, de- |
nouncing the conduct of Margarita, |
and cursing her for having brought |
death upon him. Margarita seeks
consolation in religious worship; butt
the fiend is at her elbow even in
the cathedral and his taunts and the
accusing chant of a choir of demons
interrupts her prayers. The devil
reveals himself in his proper person
at the last and she falls in a swoon.
The distraught maiden now lies in
prison awaiting death. Faust enters
and attempts to persuade her to fly
with him. Her poor mind is all |
awry and occupies itself only with
the scenes of the first meeting and /
the love-making in the garden. She I
turns with horror from her lover
when she sees his companion, falls
upon her knees, and in an agony of |
duplication implores the pardon or
heaven. She sinks lifeless to the
floor; Mephistopheles pronounces
her damned, but a voice from on
high proclaims her saved. Celestial |
voices chant the Easter hymn,
Christ is Risen!' and a band of an
gels bear the soul of Margarita |
heavenward.
Tickets to the concert by the or
chestra and band will be 35 cents
each, to the opera 81; season tick
cts to the three attractions 1925.
Seats are now on sale and can be |
reserved at Watts pharmacy. Res
ervations for out of town people will
be promptly made in the order re-
ceived.