The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
MISS GARDEN REVIVES 'SALOME'
IN AID OF DEYASTED FRANCE
Large Audience Pays $4,000
to Hear Strauss Opera by
Chicago Company.
By w. j. HENDERSON.

Ancients will remember that GilbertD
Bnnthorne "in aid of deserving char.
ity" put himself up to be rafied for
Miss Mary Garden, not venturing &c
challenge comparisons with Bunthorne,
but equally willing to sacrifice herself
upon the altar OF charity for the sake
Of the sufferers in devastated France.
last evening at the Manhattan Opera
House put herself up to be viewed in
the solemn ceremony of the dance of
the seven wells as performed in Rich
ard Strauss opera "Salome." The re-
suit was packed auditorium at greatly
advanced prices and substantial sum
for the admirable charity directed by
Miss Anne Morgan.
Upon this peaceful Sabbath morn II
is permissible to wrest to the moments
purpose legal phrase and enter plea
Of confession and avoidance. "Salome"
is not Sunday school matter, and Miss
Garden intends to present it again. II
at that future time renewed discussion
of this unsavory work seems worth while
it may be offered. At present a bare
record of last evenings proceedings is
sufficient unto a day when there should
be as little evil as possible.
The opera was produced at the Metro
politan Opera House In its original Ger
man In 1907 and at the request OF the
company controlling the building was
wlthd rawn after one performance. 1t
was generally pronounced unfit for
polite society. The fearless Oscar Ham
merstein restored 1t to the local stage
at the Manhattan Opera House on Janu-
airy %. 1909. when Miss Garden was the
2nTA Nr nj, he nd
Mr.. Dufranne the Jokdnddn, otherwise
John the Baptist, whose head on
charger is demanded by SGlon,e OF Herod
as the payment for her execution OF a
nude dance.
Miss Garden and Mr.. Dufranne and
the Hammerstein scenery were con-
cerned in last evenings revival. The
conductor was Giorgio Polacco. The
first performance at the Metropolitan
was conducted by Alfred Hertz, and the
liammersten production by Cleofonte
Campanini. Under Mr.. Polacco and
Miss Garden the opera had been care
fully restudied and assiduously re-
hearsed in Chicago.
The objections raised to 1t here in
1907 were not renewed In 1909, when II
was given several times to crowded
houses. 1t is not at all likely that any
one will object to 1t In these days. The
theater Of the spoken drama has trained
the most virtuous people to view with
out alarm dlsrobing acts. vanplng
processes and sex expositions without
las the expression goes) batting an
eyelid." In this day "Saloine" may pos
sibly be accepted as utterly occorous
and the monstrous falsity of the music
OF the final episode pass undetected. But
of this later.
After the performance it was said the
gross receipts were $4,000.
Miss Anne Morgan, the executive
power behind the American Committee
for Devastated France. watched the
performance from box at the left OF
the stage, accompanied by Miss Abby
Putnam Morrison and several French
officers.
Nine. Maria Jeritza, the Viennesc
diva, was q. member of box party that
Included Mrs. Otto II. Kahn and Mr..
Paul ID. Cravath In another box party.
also guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Kahn, were
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey
and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dougherty. Mr..
Gatti-Casazza, general manager OF the
Metropolitan Opera Company. joined
Mr.. Kahn at the Manhattan for part OF
the performance.
Among the spectators In the orchestra
seats was Miss Geraldine Farrar, whose
white wig. with outstanding plumes.
could be discerned. even through the
gloom OF the long performance without
ntermissions.
Others in the audience were Mr.. and
Mrs. Drelincourt Martin. Mrs. Charles
NJ Schwab. Mrs. John Adams. Nine. de
Weerth. DR.. and Mrs. Norman z. Dit
man. Mrs. William p. Douglas. Mrs.
Edward Van Ingen, Mrs. Arthur r.
Claflin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles T..
Greenough. Mrs. Egerton l.. Winthrop,
who was accompanied by Mrs. Rita
Lydig: Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic r. Cou-
dert, Mrs. NJ. Lawrence Keene. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade Hinshaw Miss Anna Case
and Mrs. William A. Jamison. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Garden and Mrs. Edward
Walsh. parents and sister OF Miss Mary
Garden. also attended the revival.
Others present were Mr.. and Mrs.
George Eusts Corcoran, Miss Pauline
Robinson. Mrs. Nellie Sands and her
daughter. Miss Alice A. de Lamar; Mrs.
Bernard M. Baruch. Frank voss and
Miss Hafan Phil