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Show "Tie Blue Bit A" Is an Exquisite :- Drama; Is Splendidly Produced "The Blue Bird's" Beautiful . Tribute to Material Love i Tyltyl to M-Urnal Lore Afld tht bf autif ul druw of yourt i what is it mads if t . . . . Ia H nlk, silver or parUT Maternal Ixrva Ko, it ia made of kiwirg and caraaa and I loving looks. . . Each kias you give me add a ray of moonlight moon-light or aunahine to it. Tyltyl Whera used you to hide itt Waa it in the cupboard of which Daddy baa the key! - - Maternal Love No, no, I always wear it, tint people do do not ae it, because people aee nothing when their eyea are closed. , . ... All mothers are rich when they love their ehil-' ehil-' . dren- -. . . There are no poor mothers, no ugly onea, no old ones..' Their love ia always the most beautiful of the Joya. . . . And, when they seem most sad, it needs but a kiss which they receive or give to torn all their tears into stars in tba depths of their eyes. . . . You believe yourself in Heaven) Heav-en) but Heaven ia wherever you and I kins each other. . . . There are not two mothers; and you have no other,- .... Evwry ehild has only one; and it ia always the aarae one and always the moat beautiful ; but you have to know her and to know how to look. Tyltyl, wood ruttar'a aoa, married throng-a tba Laad of Mastery, tba rhnrcbyard, tba Kingdom of tba Psat, tha Kingdom of tba Futura, tba PsUm of Klabt and tba Land of Happlceaa for tha blua bird of bappiaaaa, and all tba time ba bad it witbin roar ia bin humble Hula borne. He didat know it, though, mntU ba did biad. jranoroos dead and mad as naaalftah gilt ta ana lean fortunate tbss himoelf. Wbn ba went la rira bis bird to a little girl who waa ill sad who longed tor tbo pot, Tyltyl found that it waa blue; ba bad found bappiaaaa in tha simple home of a laborer, where tore routu not be provided eve at Christmas time, and cakes ware rare. It made oae foal good to see aurti a r large nudienee present at aueh a glori-nii glori-nii production as Maurice Maeterliaak's "The Klua Bird" is. Thera were practically so empty arats dowaatatrs, in the balcony or ia the family sirelo of the bait Lais thaatra laat Bight when the last curtain waa lowered, bat there were many empty when the Brat curtain was raised, and it waa aa tn-justire tn-justire that the management permitted late eomere to go to tbam during tha nee tie. For the drama was not started until 8:25 o'clock, giving all tea nun-utee' nun-utee' grace after the advertised time - of starting shows at tba Bait Lake. Let it be said at the start. If you ar st, unfortunate aa to lack imagination, love for poetie beavntv nnd allegorr, ya will not appreciate "The Blue Bird." Vou will or joy venraelf more at a variety va-riety abow or a moving picture program; pro-gram; there ia not much illusion a those places; so strain on the imagination. If . vou never And nay delight in a fairy About every handicap possible wsp placed oa the enjoyment ol "The Blue Bird" last sight. In the irst place the curtain waa aot rajaod until ten min utee after the advertised time for b Rinsing ahowa at the Halt Lake, but at Mat a Ifth of those who witneseed the performance wore seated sifter the curtain waa raised. It is not so bsd to seat people during a cheap musiral comedy when it is not necessarr te get the thread of the plot, but if say production pro-duction deserves respectful attoatioa "The Blue Bird" does. The early scenes were spoiled bv rode late comers. People who saa 't get te the theatre by twenty Sve minutes min-utes after o'clock have no right to diaturb othera who make apodal ef forte ta be there en time people who go really to anjoy the show and not to be seen. And the theatre management is aot joat to tba latter whea it allowa the careless eaes to spoil the prod actio. ac-tio. The Orpbeom theatre will sot allow a peraou to be seated during the first act, even if it ia a knock about stunt, but laat night la the leading theatre of the eity, with am artistic drama in S regress, the ushers did not hold ths its comers even until a seene eeuld be aaished. Tha heat la the pipes under tba (eats had the audience fanning like mad with programa and maay were baked dry. There were boys to go up and down the aisles trying; to sell candy for parched throate, but no water boy could be found. In spite of these ansoyaneag THE TELEGRAM '8 representative found delight and inspiration ia "Tba Blue Bird." I story, but demand plain, aavaraishsd facts, you will ba ia the way at the Salt Lake durine- the engagement ef "Tha Blua Bird." Fairy Appears. t A ad do not think it la a ehild 'a slay. A ehild will find some pleasure la the sceues, ths dog and eat will appeal te him, but the grandeur of the Belgian poet s theme, the exquisite thsughts se eloquently expressed, will escape aim. If it comes to a choice betweoa aa adult and. a ehild being allowed te see "Tha blue Bird," let tha grownup g. It will be good (or his soul. Tyltyl and Mvtyl, little brother and aister, are children ef a wood cutter.' Mummy Ty! puts them to bed, she and Daddy Tyl tiptoe out and a the lamp ia turned out the children are asleep. A light, gradually increasing in intensity, niters in through the ohuttsrs and the lamp lights itself. The children appear . to awake and ait up ia bed. They open the shutters snd see a Christmas party , in ths borne of a rich neighbor. A aaaa-v tiful brilliant light streams in through the window. Ths fairy Berylune, who looks like the neighbor Berlisgot, mother moth-er of the little girl who is ill and who longs for the bird la Lytyl's sage, appears, ap-pears, Ths fsirv teUs the children she waats the blue bird to make her little girl hsppy. .She gives Tyltyl a cap with a magic diamond ia it, which whea turned brings out the souls ofanimale and thiuge for him and reveals hidden serrate se-rrate to him and his sister. Then the fairy starta the children out on the search for tho blue bird of happiness. the diamond is turned out comae ths oul of bread and the souls of the little losves. Milk, Fire. Water, Sugar, the cat and Ike dog tnke human shape, each retaining re-taining characteristics of his dumb and inanimate life. The Hours come out of the clock twelve beautiful girls who dance merrily and gracefully. A aeise in the bell gives warning that - Mummy and Daddy Tyl have heard the racket and are coming to investigate. All who 'en get back into their proper places. But most of tksm have to hide best thsy can. The parents find ths children in bed and leave again. Then Lyltyl and htytyl begin their journey, accompanied bv Trio, the dog, Tylette, Ihe cat. Sugar, Milk, Bread, Kire and Water, with Light as their guide and guardian. In ths Laad of Memory they sea ta. heir departed grandmother, graad-rather graad-rather and little brothers and sis rers. The latter can't understand the word "dead" spokes bv the living -hildren. They tell Lvltvl and Mytvl thnt it requires oalv the thought of the living to awaken their loved ones who. save left the cares of mortal lifs. Ia the graveyard the children, lilts stoat people ia real life, eould see only tha horror of the mute tombstones and the slabs of marble. They could aot esc Seyaad the mound. But whea they horned thfe diamond tbev fouad the tceaa changed. Beautiful flowers fillsd he place. And Tyltyl announced, 'There are aa dead." Ia the Palace of Night the children leans that man's knowledge and modern science have robbed Mother Night of aost ef her terrors: superstitions bsve less basished, aad even most of ths -Ms, since the discovery of microbes save goaa to their eaves ia disgust; .he doctors will not let them be ia ,-ienee. The poetio drama reaches sublime laights ta the Land of the Future scene. There the bsbies yet to be bora are telK ag of the great work they are to do n earth, and as Fkther Time starts ths 7 ralley toward earth with the little enee who are to be bora that day the dis--ant chant ef tha expectant and waiting others is heard. It is an inspiring Irene. There are many beautiful ballets m he production, soras charming scenes tnd altugfther "The Blue Bird" is the I most exquisite offering. Bait Lakers have seen in a long time. Burford Hampden as Tyltyl is ths star. He id on It IS years old, bat is thoroughly capable for everv task aot before him. Little Edith Kelly as Mytvl My-tvl is a splendid actress and adds chsrm to every scene. Kerry l-amuart ns Trio, ths dog. aad ( ceil Vapp, a Tylette, the rat. are especially clever. But there are an poor atlors In this production, . |