The evening world., 1919-02-12

her failure to impress one with her
conception Of Egypt's wanton Queen
may be forgiven her. She tried hard
too hard. perhaps--to present q
picture Of the supreme harlot Of tho
worlds history, who took tribute to
her charms alike from emperor. or
slave. and killed thom. or had them
killed. at her whtm.
Miss Garden. inartistically, an
ticipated the tragedy by wearing
from the beginning what. to all in =
tent and purpose. was a death mask.
But my dear fellow" said my
brilliant colleague. Mr.. Hunoker. to
me- when | protested. such q faco
is the hall mark OF q degenerate" !"
But was Egypts Queen that7 Ben
Cable, once a statesman, now n
learned and erudite student Of men
and women. and OF books, and OF
manners, and OF music, whom left
at our mutual club TO go to the opera,
while he read the exceptionally clear
translation OF the text of the book
into English. insists that the lady Is
much maligned. Really. she was
choice in her taste for lovers, he
says, and she did not enticc slaves
and, after a brief hour OF enjoyment,
chuCk 'em down sewer to noat Oft
into the Nile and into oblivion. Be
that as 1t may, the interpreter of this
enchantless in stories of to-day that
have come down to US through the
centuries OF the ages. her liaSons OF
public notoriety. failed to charm, as
she has charmed. and will continue to
charm in other characters.
Basking in the glamor OF Miss
Gardens radiance one t1Itlld afford
TO overlook the tawdry scenery with
which Mr.. Campanlui has encased
the production, or for that matter
anything else which distracts atten-
ton from her. Yet there Was a cast
of distinction In support OF her. Al-
fred Maguenat as Marc Antoine
Charles Montaine as Spakos. Huber
deau az Ennius. and Nlcolay as
Amnhes were excellent. Anna Fitziu
never looked more virginia. or sang
better than she did as the bride
Octavie deserted at the altar. Emma
Noe was an effective Charmion, and
the dances we're we'll done by An
dreas Pavlcy. Serge Oukrainsky.
Mile. Karalli and the efficient ballet,
almost as we'll done as when Morris
Gest. away back In 1911. put Cleo
patre" on as a ballet at the Winter
Garden, but to music by Russian
composers instead of as last night
by Massenet
OLGA Samarofr was the so!o!st with
'he Philadelphia Orchestra at Car
ncgc Hall yesterday afternoon. She
p,ayed the piano part. with the band,
In Brahms's great concerto In r nat,
under the direction OF her husband
Leopold Stokowski. 1t was an ad.
miraible and a convincing playing that
she bestowed upon the work. too: and
she deserved the applause that was
bestowed upon hey by the largo audi
cDCc and nv the musicians In the or
chestra. For the rest, Mr.. Stokowskis $
programme consisted ~. a conyen-
tional rendering OF the "Leonoro"
overture No. 3, with tho outside
trumpet player not distinguishing
himself, and OF Skryabin's Poem de
rENtase," more portcntous than I'm.
portan'.
The Lett Quartet gave its second
concert of the season At Aeolian Hall
last night. The assisting artist was
Louis SvccenslSi, viola, who joined
the quartet in playing the Brahms
quintet in @ minor, opus Ill. The
opening number was Haydn's quartet
IN ID minor. and the closing one was
! Griegs quartet in G minor, opus ~.
Tho excellent qualities OF the ind!vld-
ual musicians and OF the ensemble
were made manifest throughout the
programme. Mr.. Lct2. perhaps being
a little too asscrtivc Of the prcdom
nance Of the FIRST violin.
Thomas Egan, tho Irish tenor. who
has served during the war as Genera
Director OF War Camp EntertlIn-
mcnts for the knights OF Columbus.
Is returning % the concert stage He
Is now making a voluntary tour OF
the cantonmonts under the auspices
Of the same knights OF Columbus.