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Show 1 j i ' - ' : tOns of the most striking and beautiful features In the spectacle of "Parsifal." which comes to the Salt Lake theater next Monday, Is fthe flower garden scene, with It fascinating flower maidens. This garden, as we are told In the story, Is the creation of Kllngsor for the deliberate deliber-ate purpose 0t seducing , the Knights of the Holy Grail from their live of rectitude recti-tude and holiness. How well he succeeded,, suc-ceeded,, for a time at least, we are told in the story, and play. But it I in th attempted destruction of the soul of the hero himself. , Parsifal, ' that Kllngaor ?ui forthhI greateet effort. and the Krten and its occupants are made o Jr y..th?lr. most Important part. The ff- imI lTlf.18. f.?"-y-l'fce and enchanting. i1' luxuriant foliage and tropical plants and flowers of gorgeous and varied col-kILhT col-kILhT "fflc'nt to castle the eye and bewilder the sense with their splendor and penetrating perfume. Then again. In ma ?Ut mtn this sea of Oriental color w 'fxuriuness there appears a num- fJL.i" beauty .of face and flgure the magnificence and charm of iheir exqui! Ei2nnrWlth ,r!SW!?nt. fandeur in the brilliant sunlight.. It is into this vortex of sensuous creation that the innocerit and guileless Parsifal I- lured by Kng-sor, Kng-sor, Intent upon his moral downfall. And re. "?ow thl "Ob' youth Is eri-f.rt-M re ? th allurement and temptations that beeet him. How even when the arrh temptress, Kundry, tiw transformed Into an enchantress of won. drous beauty and voluptuousness, Is pow-Ir!" pow-Ir!" a attrt hfm. We see these two arcn. . demons, frustrated in their evil njachinations, at last resort to physical cape them. Kllngsor hurls the . sacred inS, the head of the valiant ?o?th rema n"- .?,.tr'if,nl,n' but "cuCsly ai"J? "uPnll over his head. , Pars I -fal grasps the holy relic and wUh t makes the sign of the cross A loud 2f thunaer I heard and.-as If an earthquake occurred, the malc castle EX".1?.?. ,nto. r.u,n": the nr garden and all It contains is turned Into an arid waste, and Klingsor disaprar forever Kundry is overwhelmed with frightand horror, while Parsifal, holding foft the tSl?!' ,p?itigB over th ruin, of the castle and ,1s lost to view. , j .see intJltr(,atr matnee and lsst even-ir'i even-ir'i B,st mad the experiment ?L,nAer""tln Jn orphestral selection at the Orpheum. The InnovaUon was such a success that it will now he a feature rfornAan.- T" number ren- tZZ.-:0!.."6 h,s ualdans this week Is "Echoes from the Metropol- ed the bill last night, and th favorite acts were the recipients of considerable applause. e e e "My Wife's Family" will be given for the last time tonight at th Grand the-ater. the-ater. e e e "Ten Nights In a Barroom." the favorite favor-ite old temperance drama, will be given a realistic production at the Grand theater the-ater opening tomorrow night, 1 - . see- ! The engagement of Madame Modjeska, now on her farewell tour, opens at the Salt Lake . theater tomorrow night In "Macbeth." "Mary Stuart" will be given Friday night and Saturday matinee, and "Macbeth" again Saturday night i .ess. "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" closes Its engagement at tho 8alt Lake theater tonight. e e 1 Watson's "Orientals" is the bill until Friday night at the Lyric theater, to be followed Saturday matinee by Miner's "Americans." |