New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
Miss Garden Gives
Her Own Peculiar
Version of 'Salome
Rushes About Waving Arms
in Meaningless Posiurings
of Dance: Shr;eks and
Chatiers i'm Vocal Portions
By II. f. krchbiel

Wien the owners Of the Metropolitan
Opera House commanded Nj Conried
70 remove "Salome" from the repertoire
of his company The Tribune, reviewer
expressed regret at their action Their
}oasou was shat they did not want
inc atmosphere OF the establishment
polluted by .he moral stencil emitted
hy the degenerate drama. In that
wish The Tribune's reviewer sym
NHthlzcd. bu, K was his conviction that
ne malocorou~ drama would quickly
lave been do.c to death by popular
rd3helenee and once dead II would
nlieni the p0o'ic's nostrils no more.
But Mr. Hammerstein took advantage
o. the notorie.v which the action of
me metropolitan people gave II ana,
seeing IN it an opportunity for an ox-
n bition o. Mary Garden. put it into his
st X had vogu" for one season
and dlcd Of hamilton in the next.
Meanwhile Philadelphia aud Boston
protested effectively against Il and
we heard no more Of the drama TIL
Miss Garden revived it in Chicago only
20 have the directors OF the company
o. which she is managing director put
qUietus upon it,
act which = obvious to even the most
asua, observer. tina: the patrons Of
ne Manhattan Opera House are singu-
ar.y IKE those o. dozen years ago
n taste. and So we are Witnessing u
repetition OF Mr.. Hammer,tcin ex-
uerimcnt O. which the first phase was
,uccessfUl As Tor the outcome. We
fancy fhat history VIII repeat itself
ana Vl.i move more eXpedi'iousiy than
when ( was first made Tie opera will
de a. = heroine used to dc crushed
beneath the shield OF public dis
approval.
Miss Gardens Sa.ome did not get
ner come uppaence. as the simple folk
a. Down East, IN accordance with the
Instructions of ,he dramatist. but in %
v'ay t~ar may be called. characteristi-
ally tnicagocso. When IIcrod gave
he orcef XIII that woman' the
military guards stuck their swords into
.cr.
Dance Meaningless prancing
A li'tle variation Ike that is not
peculiarly oisconcerting in the pres
nee OF other things III the drama
which had their origin in Miss Gar
der's slngr'avly and concrrtratedly in
NiN dual mind. The dance which cost
John the Baptist'S head is rot the
dance OF seven vols. wAich makes our
thoughts turn to lstar's enforced per
ofnanco when she descended into the
other world. .opt a meaeningless prano-
ne. and marching. aNc posturing TO
me waving Of one Veil and two little
scarves detached from her belt. What
al -hi svmhollzed we can scarcely
1uefs al: it certainly did not suggest
the cast the dance which is Is
= HHnan ius.. and whose gestures
'--r frankly invited by Mr. Strauss s
muz Il Mss Froehiicn gave us such
vaaee at the Metropolitan Opera
'i-Hsr an@ though 1t was startling
rn ugn n such place. 1T was not
t4at winch caused moral and even
nhTsical refchinas but Miss Frcm-
siSf's exhibition OF lust of the liv-
M heey and The dead head CT the
III Is s'l as much to marvel at
y STRAUSS musical Illustration Of the
NAV ere ever wa. even though
s'''ns TO haze Lost some Of It's ccm-
'e lrr-r FORCE. That tie wonder which
'N0 '~s till 10 be feit despite the
fsc' that hundred composers have
IN ~a;ei tnc'r orchestral pa.ettes with
SlEao pigments may be cited as
p7 Q OF tac great superiority Of his
powere over those of his initat9rs
an.i ~ouic-t re- successors He is not
only more seeund IN his reflective in
eceg en- il rs creative only in re
str.cted sentel t1an they ho is braver.
fcw ei them darc. as he dare. to
ignore melodic song in vocal work.
tiarincts Preferred to Singers
they arc not brave enough t. say. aS
af oHee sand about .his or another OF
ms dramas. II do not caro- to have the
singer sing. For song have my cla~i-
H"i Nhen oYora,ic folk SGriok and
CHAT er as MaiE Garden and the rest Of
no' companions did. we would rather
th'F Gid not ing at all Let us cA
copt Mr.. Npfs.Hnc. for. thanks To
Sfrat. rnestrd love fer the horns
and his eonccii I'M associatjag their
mp WITH tho prophet and tho sing
CO. nj vle he dld woo thc esr
occaslonall. last night Niiss Garden
a,.. nor d she declaim her
p, SHE uttered words. rushed about
'f. STAGE and waved hcr arms almost
cert|ouousiy. but with less meaning
tim 'is. Folacco. who conducted. Tha;