Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-12-28
Turn of Switch Transforms the
Scenery, Costumes and Fig
urts in LontJn Theater.
WORRIED OUT BY A RUSSIAN
NJ. samoiloa AelefSs Is IS Merely
Utilizing tIarrcouy Between Light,
Line and Co,or--Principles
Are g9ot New.

Luudon--The wonders accomplished
IN transforming See4 costumes and
actual figures from one period OF his
tory 70 another by mere change OF
light on the stage OF the Iippodromt
has set all London talking IN o revue
now playing there il Il scene repre-
senting very modern damsei sighing
for her lover In a frowniug mountain
pass. She sings, the echo answers and
the audience Is beguiled by The SWEEP
sentimentality Of the situation.
Then behind the scenes somebody
does something and everything is
altered in Il flash. The grim noun
tains become Hindu temple, the
frownIng rocks melt into sands and
palms aud the tall, slender young
woman turns into stout Indian
maiden. Ii has all been brought about
by a change in light, by the manipu
lation Of more inan 100 different
switches u. the same Inoulents and the
audience Is carried back 1000 years
and from one continent to another.
Every detail is transmogrified, and the
girl, who was clad conventionally In
a yellow artificial silk blouse with blue
facings and rust red golf skirt, APP
pears now with her bust draped In
white, embroidered In BLACK and
brown, with her waist unclothed and
her trousers-skirt pale cream with a
graceful figured pattern.
Back Goes Everything.
AL Oriental scene follows, with the
customary dances. Men and women
In all the iinery of the Vast enter and
weave in and out in the maZes of the
ballet. The lover comes on, to all APP
pearances robed in the loose white gar
meDts and the trousers Of certain
castes of Hindus. The action grows
fast ana furious the heroine is threat
ened by a rival; she runs to the hero
for protection, and as he clasps her to
his arms some one throws those
switches again.
Back goes everything to the noun
tain gorge, ana very modern young
man in brown lounge suit of unex
ceptionable cut is seen embracing the
young woman in the Crowd OF equally
modernly dressed people.
How is it done? Only Adrian V.
SAmoilof, The Russian artist who has
worked the thing OH, and the Moss
Empires, who hold the patent, can tell
In detail, but 1t is possible to give a
general idea Of this startling new
stage effect. When NJ. SamoioT was
asked about it, he said:
"Its merely matter Of establish
ing and utilizing harmony between
light, line and color. Is it new? Well,
all the elements of it haze been been
known for years; have merely
brought them together and worked
them out scientifically and. systemati
cally. DO you remember, for instance,
the postcards We had as children,
which showed one inscription in one
light and another in another2 Well,
that's part OF it. Then during the
war he heard lot about dazzle and
camouflage, and how few apparently
random lines q paint would alter to
the distant observer the shape Of the
outline Of vessel. That's part of it,
too. | have merely worked along these
and similar lines until ] got the re-
suits | wanted"
"But tbs. girl's skirt and blouse In
the mountain scene seemed to be Of
solid color and heavy material while
in the Hindu scene they were quite
fiinsy and covered with embroidery.
How about thati'
Light Changes Costume.
THAT'S quite simple" replied Nd.
Samoilof. '.ro the celors | use in
/. the ,oosntaiA scene applied rive meth