Show NEUTRALITY PLEA ON STAGE STIRS AUDIENCE NEW EW YORK May flY 1 Seldom I-Seldom Seldom docs does docsa a n. speech from tho the stage arouse so eo much enthusiasm aa as tho the declaration of tho the retired manufacturer o of Greman Greman Gre- Gre man descent HeinrIch Brandt In Tho Hyphen at tho the tho Knickerbocker Knicker hocker bocker that ho lie will win not turn against America his now new although th the th agents I of the fatherland urge urse him to The speech Is rea really the tho turning point In Justus Miles Formans Forman's pla pia play Heinrich Brandt capitally b h bV V v. H. H Thompson felt elt the ca call of or the fatherland when hostilities broke out and In his enthusiasm he lie sent a check for tor to the war chest SubsequentlY he regretted this breach of or neutrality as his homo soon oon became the tho center of ot a committee com com- o of hyphenated Americans German Germ sentiment trying to arouse In this country COUltry into in m active force Plea for America Robert T T. as ason von on Arndt tries to persuade Brandt to enroll In Inthe Inthe inthe the German cau cause p But Hut the old manufacturer meets his hla nr arguments by a n. declaration of oC neutrality lIt and a plea for tor America that has given him c cr c everything ho hc has In the world Ho lie aae H liar Her r please I 1 was born in Deutschland i AR As a n ayoung young joung chemist I worked In the Iron Ironworks Ironworks ironworks works where thc they make mike big guns I saw a n. wa way how steel can be he made hotter botter so 80 I 1 took m my formulas to the big ble professors and the government officials And the tho professors proCessors they said Oh go awa away you ou arc a 0 young youn- I man How can cnn you ou know anything And the tho government officials tile thc took my papers and hid them away In pigeonholes and the they would not listen to me me or give me back hack my 01 pa papers papers papers pa- pa pers so 80 I J was discouraged acid ami sad but I was ambitious I worked mv my wa way on a n. ship making fires and I I came camo to America Would Not Listen Lieten Germany German would not listen to mr mt I said I will ask America to listen And It did herr HelT It did When hen I J was a n oung joung man on only 22 years ear old who could scarcely speak two twenty words of or tho the English language lan Ian guage I J took my formulas and my 01 notes to the owners of the steel works and tho they thoy mado made trials and nd they saw MV I could do what I said and they gave gae I me money the they helped me to tako out patents thc the the- built big new works to make m my steel and after aCter a awhile awhile awhile while the make of oC me mo a n. partner and soon I am nm a rich man Protection and Fortune I tell you ou something more Later on when m my name and my steel was known everywhere e the government officials In Berlin who would not L Ivi L II iu LV U me IlIe Hie LuCY 11 icy Inoue maue capias O 01 ot my process without paying any mone money Then this my m my new country Country- It fought for or me In the courts and It make them stop and It made them pay and the they have ha been paying ever since That Is what tills thin countr country coUntr has done lone for me rae Herr It 11 has given me freedom and protection and fortune All I 1 have and all I am amI I owe to America I 1 cannot turn my back on her now herr I cannot At tho the conclusion of oC this speech at atthe tho the first performance of or the play last Monday nl night ht the audience applauded for several minutes M. M DESIGNED SECOND ACT SCENE FOR SARI In Sari the operetta Henr W Savage age will offer at the tho Salt Lake theatre theatre the the- atre alto tomorrow nl night ht a great deal of ot admiration has hae been called forth b bj by tho the second act stage setting netting In n th the first place this setting Is not like the one used in the productions of Sari Sari In Vienna Budapest Berlin and elsewhere re In Europe It was wall shown first In n the American production of or Sari Sari and It is s another Instance of the Improvement made b by some American Amen Ameri can managers notably Henry W W. Savage Savage Sav Sa age over the tho wn way they stage things on the other side Bide Savage was leaving heaving Paris a n year ago last summer on his return to America to make the Sew New cW York production of Sari Sirl M M. the famous artist and designer and Sa a Savages Savage's friend accompanied the manager man man- ager nger to the steamship and presented to l him him n a n drawing co colored li ird ored and nl scaled n n to toU the measurements e of r a stage ii Here Is ls a mu little thing the artist artisti said i yoU ou m ma may he able to use as asa a de design de- de sign for tor or the second act of ot Sari Ac- Ac pt It with my compliments compliments' f AC 0 Of course coune S Savage age was both gratified and pleased It was walt something worth while to receive as a present a n design de- de I HoT sign even een If It lt should not prove proe cat cal ca for stage use fn On i reaching America Savage go con- con suited the heads of ot hl his production d de e And It l wa was decided to make mako a 1 stage for Sari after the Ron Ron- sin design And that is the tho one now Used wIth the operetta It Is the first example shown In this of a German Germait method of ot scenic design that is coming into vogue ogue In Europe Europ Europe or or or was until the war put a n check upon things Is theatrical The Tho de in Sari Sara banut a slight of the German plied Idea but ut the broader touches are arc op- op here nere tn the I duce duco they serve best and produce pro- pro a more striking c effect ct The scene represents n a ballroom m Arching the tho back ck backwith of ot the with r room i I is a aK great at dome of cerise rise center r P panels n 6 j s of ot 1 k d with i i Y gras gras' rn picked D c 6 out gold old Gold stripes n leadinG from tho the tho top too of ih the ball wall to 10 summit of or th the tile dome divide dl The sides It Into six parts part are set itt In gold lattIce worle with n a strip ot of and gold formal black tot separating a gray Kray portal Tho around the fireplace wainscoting In reality a lattice work and poet There for Is Ie lamps are ar In gold I a circular seat at tile the back Which I is high with cushions In strong colors and Is rd also o flanked b by them which forms I to the general Rener a contrast effect is III or of a a. dom domed d e Th The whole a room In a frame ot of black WI with h gray deep bor border rr I |