The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-19
CLUBDOM
Brilliant Performance


and appropriate music combined 20
make The Butterfly" at the Lyric the
alter on Thursday evening one OF the
most brilliant performances given In
Memphis by local talent
The theme Of the allegorical play was
artistically worked out In six acts, and
showed the life Of a young girl In pur-
suit OF pleasure who rejected the at
tributes Of Service, Mercy, Charity and
Faith, which go TO make up perfect
life,
Miss Norma Ford as Butterfly was
charming, and her costumes were suit
ed to the various scenes She seemed to
grasp the nature Of the part she 80
cleverly played. $751;.
The play opened with Butterfly
asleep In Springs garden, surrounded
by flowers, birds and wood nymphs, be-
ing guarded by natures angel, the role
assumed by Miss Roseland Macay. The
fairy, dainty little Emmarie Smith, was
seen dancing In this beautiful garden,
followed by Pan, Starke Patteson, and
Ruth bartholomew, Mamie Shalnberg,
Marguerite Armour. Wilhemina Bar
tholOmew and Lucille Burke.
This dance was charming portraylng
foolish fllrtatlons. Cupid, played by
lovely little Virginia Jane Brown, came
as Spring knelt at Butterfly's feet and
sAot the tatal arrow.
In the second act Butterfly was called
upon to choose. Her choice was Beau
ty, Bernice Mathews; Grace, Mildred
McQuin; Youth, Lonnie Holland Mod
esty, Cleo Miller: Service, Leila Slough;
Mercy, Francis Reeves; Faith, Edna
FARMLAND; Charity, Louise Humphreys.
These characters were most effective in
Greeian costumes of gray, with NANTES
to match.
Following this, Spring and Butterfly
celebrated their wedding with a car
nival Of spring flowers: Crocus, Sylvia
RotchChild; buttercup, Inez Rothchild;
lilly Beatrice Dunbar; roses, Julia
Bensdorf Grace Collins. Mary o'Don-
mel, and Mary Lucia Hutchinson; but
terfles Mary Louise Buell. Catherine
Strehl, Jocelyn Beer Ine2 Rothchild
Helen Buchanan; bluebird, Gladys Mae
Reeves.
In the third act, Butterfly met Sum
mer at the seashore. Summer was
Charles Shannon. Here Butterfly and
her maid were mired in the marshes
in her gondola in the fullness Of lifes
pleasure. Summer wooed and won But
teriy, and the mermaids, Elizabeth
Convey, Anna StoltZ, Dolly kusnick, liza
Mae Dickey, Jetrue Tempkins. Annie
Laura Baker Marguerite CUNT, Louise
Keller Nora O'Neal Lonnie Holland,
Frances Miller, Mary Martha Foy, Theo-
dosia Sherrard, Carmen Gillett, Helen
Douglas, Iona Dudley, Mary Glllett,
AhHh hdinHonu, ana mary ROBINSON,
presented a dance drill which is most
beautiful, followed by the sea numph,
Mary Clay Tate; who gave a most
artistic pantomime, followed by Tostis
Goodbye Summer" rendered by Miss
Pauline Gaines.
The fourth act portrays Butterfly In
her boudolr where she dreams of her
wonderful beauty and grace which was
pantomimed by Mable Martin, wearing
a wonderful white peacock costume,
which was one of the celeverst features
of the play, On awakinR, Butterfly
meets Temptation, Richard Martin, and
Is won by him but soon discovers the
Soul OF the man which was cleverly
done by w. NJ Hammond.
The most elaborate scene was the
garden party In "Autumn's Kingdom"
Here Butterfly reaches the climax of
her career, Winter challenges Autumn
to duel, in which Autumn, who is
Butterfly's last love, Is killed by Win
ter. Here the cleaners bring their
trophies and panotomime-tne falling
leaves. Is
The cleaners were wihelmina Bar
tholomew Mary Eldreda Blake, Mamie
Shainberg, Lucille Burke, Marguerite Ar.
mour and Ruth Bartholomew.
As Autumn approaches Butterfly,
Cupid, Madaline Douglas, came and re-
| NAMED. When Butterfly was tempted
by Bachus and spurned him, he was so
| enraged he consoled himself with the
dance OF death. This was q work of
/ art, by Starke Patteson and Algine
| Pierotti, Playing In this act were
| Wealth. Mrs. C.. G. Miller; Fashion, Lo-
rene Downing; Luxury, Fora sHansen;
| Court Messenger, Albert Lee Long, and
| Garden Attendant, Benjamin Ham
| mond; the Goddess OF the season, Pearl
| hammond, and the Vampire Beauty,
| Virginia Skinner.
When butterfly reaches the snowy
realms of Winter, old, poor and alone,
| she Is met by Poverty, Frances Miller;
| Despair, Mary Burke; Hate, Grace Col
Inns, and Fear Mary Lucia Hutchin-
4 son.
Miss Leila Reynolds, in Pandoras
box holds but her hands to Butterfly
| and the discarded attributes return and
save her This scene is opened by
the snow bird jewellers! Dorothy Tur.
ner, Mary Clay Tate, Ruth Bartholo.
new, Mamie Shainberg, Mary Eldreda
Blake, Catherine Pendergrast and VIII
helmina Bartholomew.
Winding her way In and out is Ad,
| vice, followed by Prophecy, Advice
meets Butterfly at every stage in life
with the usual fate. Mrs r. l., Trout
played the part of Advice In yer,
professional way and won much APP
plause. Mrs. Bynum Early was espe
cially clever in the role Of Prophecy
The epilogue was a fitting finale ant
rendered most impressively by Bynun
EARLY.
As an lnterlude Mrs. r. B. Counts
and Miss Van Dyke Cleage sang a duet
and Gladys Coulter, Katherine Keppe
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