The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1903, Page 11

THE SUNDAY CALTL. AZZ ZArzZ, ro cZ ks heater the six mances ntil there was more notable wa was sems owing the lines of Sar- édou’s , showed Cleopatra's . yal ba § = b t y and wonder- r nose of bulbous P e and 2 Roman to a French eopatra her- elf in this case, was h with earls and is flirtation scene, ng of love was a long list « them modern—which to please the ca- y executed eda, where they putation for their ¢ ty. Attired as t i the powd Roman pagea ZORAT FOoOros’ B LT surrounded, hardly more Incongruous having returned er e with the ardent Roman in her , all of the elements made up of children re 1t be called a grand sym- requiring tne the whole of the evolution to for its complete morning as the sun grew brighter. represented by Barten, a premier dancer who had for his ms twelve girls a little larger than the dewdrops, all attired in glittering gold and scindilated ing effect in the calcium light. danced about f the curtain the scene e at early dawn with ng and glittering shows a forest g 3 ) ional cleverness, in, the rays of the Tepresented sed and vanished like the mist of early advanced the, THE FINE ART w ver watches urtship, even o . the object of it, with- al who s c nd watc - She has to bite her ng him about tears over men profess to of courtship ts a choice of ¢ € s 1o win a e b m and the c sieg bot ys work storm. There & elemental and barbarie in r it, E r lls 2 woman that he going her, whether she will ends by a The te wooln, s gone capture a woman's fancy key to the citadel, and may w you please. The fort has Nol less successful, however, is the pa- fent waiter. The man who camp on orstep ycar after ar rches with her to the altar, sleeping flowers until they had 1 the dewdrops away and awakened flowers themselves and sway about in the sun and his OF COURTS For one thing, being alway: the ground. he gradua blishes a qu: right beams. Of the flowers there were five little girls ) represent pipks in costumes to match welNas the peculiar construc- These came to life first and then followed the buttercups, represinted by five more chic little danc- the buttercups the . modest violets arose to greet the red Then the poppies, great gold- en flowers, represented by five more dainty and impercept- ntine around he b3 flower itself. gets used to him and depe dent on him, and when, last, he dis- withdraw himself, y zes that it will a gap in her life nothing can fill. and she weeps on his collar and begs him not to leave her. e of having good staying nnot be insisted orb of day. petals to the rising sun, swaying gently to and fro in the gentle b: little forget-me-nots and joined the other flowers in glad in a courtship upon too much, if particular peach Only over-ripe frdit A man wh> " as final is a faint-hearted craven who would fire one sun and then run up a white tes change a man a woman lked yesterday wouldn’t have to-day, and man) given time, is glad to embrace - opportunity she rejected with s highest on his rcses lifted up their heads, unfolded their to the broad light and moved about in stately cadence to the forest music un- til the storm witches burst suddenly upon them all low in fear the scene and laid und trembling. And then, oh! what sad havoc did those tiny storm witches create. Where every thing blossomed and bloomed resplendent before, all the beauty of the forest now vanished and in its Place the storm held for any woman's love on this side of The most vital point of a courtship is proposal, and many men lose at the because they have to seize the psychological moment when a4 woman s ready to say there are men who propose to women on the street car. and worder that the wo- But o1ce again the sun asserted his su- the storm wit¢hes vanished as as the dewdrops had done before them, the sunbeams returned again and with them brought the rainbows in'the persons of eight more little girls, who spell over the whole forest glade and lighted it up anew with the not wit enough cast a magic A COLONIAL DANCE To FEGUZ, ANTOIT 222,705 7T ZOLEER AsS i =ZZE o.'PArJrA S AN CLYG : GILEZ most brilliant colors imaginable. Once more under. this' kindly. warmth the tlowers revived taid “gbse to render homage o the lord ol'au&n on 1h one. grand ballet of all the flowets“When; as is most fitting in such a bower of beauty, six little tupids suddenly appeared ; and. personally attested the grandeur of love in a final tableau that was a ‘mass pf. brilliant color and striking electrical &- fects, and the storm was over. 3 The last act showed Cleopatra discon- solately. awalting.Antonyis .return . from. Rome, whither he has gone to oppose the THE BOMAIN -HooST CAPIUVRES CrREEN SZAVES acme very dreamy gyrations, and a ballet the “widows and undertakers,” in thé performers, funereal black, danced and sang with a gayety that utterly belled their solemn appearance. s And then Cleopatra, having tired of the strain of walting and watching in vain, ordered a series of biblical “The Way Cross,” “'Rock of . Ages,” etc., in which the famous queen -herself took.the lead- g part, until, weary of this, she at- tempted to commit suicide when the news Is brought of Antony’s via, the Roman Empero At the royal command in this case a huge, fer dragon, Is brought in, when has arrived unexpectedly, f patra’s desperate effort shooting the dragon whereupon the head of cleft in twain and out steps a petite da ing girl, who leads the E b a last grand frolic, w company of 10 takes part. All of which sounds a T lghtful as a chapter from a but If you doubt the reality of should have seen Professo weil Browne at the first rehearsals 4 this elfiike spectacle. Or, better s you might try the exBerim t teaching 150 children the art of actin and dancing all at one and the same time. OW few of the phrases that we in- troduce into our dally conversation have we ever Take, for instance, sion “As good as a play.” us has realized that its parent was none ofher than Charles II, who used it while sttending the House of Lords during the passing of the divorce bill? from my friends!” the expres- ‘Which among “Defend me Again, how rarely it 1s remembered that this was the witty re- quest of Marshal Villars to Louls XIV; or that “Eureka” was the exclamation of when he had solved an anx- fous problem. It was Talleyrand who sald “Surtout, point de zele,” .and Chateau- briand’s were those, “I have wept and * so often misquoted. The words, *‘Let the cobbler stick to his last.” have been attributed to many a wrong man, instead of to the right person, the painter really uttered day without its line.” s ““The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties” and “The schooimaster ir abrcad” are famillar Indeed, but not always credited to him. About Welling- “The Government of carried on” there is rarely a mis- ‘Rich beyond the dreams of avar- was, bequeathed to us by Dr. John- acked the phrase on to Messrs. Barclay and Perkins at the sale of their Aichimedes To begulle away the weary. hours more speciaities were notably a series of tableaux, in which the made prisoners of the beau- a Gelsha girl ballet, in the native tiful Grecian slave: v costume of .the Mikado TRACING FAMILIAR PHRASES brewery. Lamb claims th ¥ “Brilliant flas 1 burton “Ortho erodcxy is The. French of their art. oui ne change Barthelemy to) com battalions, duced by Ta was put lized form by Voltaire also who exclaimed, *Si pas, il faudrait I'inventer!” vent Saint-Simon we owe “The golden age is before us, r ? us.” *“Let him who loves me follow me was spoken by brilliant soldier, Comte de aroche-jaque- lin, addressed to his men the well knowa words, “If I advance, follow me: if 1 withdraw, slay me: if I fall, avenge me The French revolution brought forih many memorable phrases. “Do you think revelutions are made with was asked by Chamfort eon’s is table felicity of Napol is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.” Another such victory and we are undone,” sometimes attributed to Napoleon, was in reality sald by Pyrrhus of Epirus That a person Is “Indebted to his memory for his jests and his imaginu~ tion for his facts” Is due to Sheridaas, who of happy phsases has left his coun= try a peculiarly rich legacy.