Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-30
believed he could continue to avoid
the commonplace.

the commonplace.
But with the opening Of the new
piece the principal point made by
theatre goers was hat Henry w. Sav-
age had again explored new fields for
novelties. Mitzi herself was reckoned
the first of these. She was likened 10
Lolita and Maggie Mitchell, the much
loved Of their time. anG lhcn. i was
generally Iacided .Msszi had methods
of l:cr cv'n that ciiafned men and
wcmrn. alike. and in tllat she WIS in
diyiGual to he.. artistic fingertips. f +
it is known that all stage favorites
before Save made theirsa ppeal to cre
or the other sex almosts entirely.
But t,osit.es Mithi .Pcm- Pom rs 4
play is almost continuously Of novel
ties. Its first stage picture is behind
the scenes" with it's ballet girls in
carleton skirts fluttering about the
green room: IT changes swiftly j., a
Sombre prison yard TO which the fa-
m":.s Joseph Tri;an has given a APP
pn,rance Of solid reality that makes
it seem incredible, prisoner might
escape. But an escape is made by
MitZi as the tronsercC urchin. Pom
Pom. Again The trained theatre goar
finds cause for surprise as one Of the
most striking and decidedly the most
Technically difficult soprano solo Of
| theaopera il sung by AIitzi while seal
Ting the high wall in the half darkness
In the second act Mr. Savage in
stead Of the gorgeous gardens or the
brilliant beach Of the tO-be- expected
comic-opera has had Mr.. Urban paint
for him a Thieves Den in a riot of
color, and here Mitzi encounters prob
ably the strangest chorus that ever
trod the boards. The irst-liners are
'T5londc shop-lifters.'' Directly behind
them romp row OF destitute motif
ers with; children" in arms, with next
Ia division +of heggars decorated
please Help the Blind" followed by
a rear-guard of "Wooden-legged Or
lilans.' ~I
In these surroundings Mitzi moves
with startling rapidity of incident to
entertain. An Apache Dance with
much of its native sayagery is in evil
depce. and a suggestion of Country
Circus, not easily forgotten after
wards, and when the awaited waltz
song comes it is given depth and pow
err by q baritone and mezzo soprano
Of note instead Of the usual tenor and
soprano. III
|, ''Pom- Pom" has been classed as the
first raelodramatic comic opera to
come With chain Of circumstances
that hats the heart action Of it's OBJ
servers as. frequently as any of the
crook plays Of recent years. yet i
would not be like the Henry w. Saw
age of oldsif duttering feminity that
could sing and dance. big stage pic
lures for a story Of much humOr had
been left out no matter how far his
hunt for novcity. and all these. too,
are found to uc promised in the word
, that has preceded Mitzi, smallest Of
prima donnas, in "Pom- Pom" which
comes to the Opera House Friday eve-
ming, April 12th.-Adv.
Picture Of What Happened in Russia
Captured by Pathe and The Co.
Ionial Theatre. -.-.-.-
Another big scoop for Pathe is re-
vealed in the announcement that this
company which has made such a
success with its Official War Films
will be sole distributors of the most
wonderful official picture that has vet
come from the war, The German
Curse in Russia" and that this Aim
is to be shown at the Colonial
theatre.
This remarkable motion picture
was brought back to the Iynited
States by captain Donald C. Thoinp-
fson. the young kansan known as The
worlds greatest war Photographic,