Daily globe., 1883-08-01
IOIanthe Tonight.

The engagement of the Chicago Ideal
Opera company, which is inaugurated at
the Opera house tonight, promises to be
an artistic success, and as the evenings are
pleasant there is no reason why an enter
! tainment Offering so many features of ex-
cellence should not draw out large and ap-
preciative audiences. The engagement
opens with the presentation of Iolanthe, in
| the rendition of which the company have
| achieved great success. The composition
| cantains number of bright and sparkling
melodies, the musical qualities of which
the company is well adapted to interpret
with feeling and expression. In speaking
of the rendition of Iolanthe, the Chicago
Tribune of q recent date has the following;
The tout-ensemble of the performance was
pleasing and satisfactory in the highest
degree. The costumes were pretty, the
stage setting skillful, and a great many of
| the scenes very effective. All the partici-
pants in the performance seemed to do
their share Of the work with evident pleas
ure, and there was in consequence spirit
of liveliness in the whole production max
ing up for defects which would have made
a production by merely mechanical pro-
| fessionals tedious and stupid.
4hES. COSS10 DdrloGL-DdV1S udQ0 d very
fine Fairy Queen. The warm quality of
her voice, both in speaking and singing,
| is well adapted to the part, and her acting
was quite unrestrained and intelligent.
She seemed to labor under a slight indis-
position, which made her voice sound a
little hard and worn at times, but this will
| doubtless wear off with the rest freedom
from the obligation of travel will bring.
Miss Ada Somers looked charming as
Phyllis, and did some fine singing. Her
voice also showed signs of wear,
but hardly enough to mar the
effect. Miss Mae st. John is probably the
| best Iolanthe seen here so far. Her sing
ing in the last act was worthy of praise,
and her acting, though capable of improve
ment, showed thorough understanding OF
the part.
Mr.. Cripps was very funny as the Chan
cellor, and all the more so because he
avoided every effort to be so. Mr.. McWade
was in splendid voice, and made a very
acceptably Mount Ararat. Mr.. G. Fl.
Clark, as Strephon, looked ''too sweet for
anything" and sang acceptably. The
singing of Mr.. W. Clark as Private Willis
was perfect treat, and the dignity with
which he presented this character was not
without effect. Mr.. W. G. Bridges made
passable Tolloller.
They Feared a Lynching.
| About IL o'clock last night a telephone
message was received from Officor Larson,
whose beat is out in East st. Paul, where
the killing of Mortimer Grogan occurred
last Saturday, stating that crowd of peo-
pie were gathering around in that vicinity
and it was feared that something serious
was about to transpire. Officer Morgan
took the patrol wagon and started for the
scene of the expected trouble. When he
reached the spot he found that those who
had gathered there and who
it was expected intended to do something
violent had gone away. On investigating
the matter he found that there had been
some talk of lynching young ssGundlach,
who did the killing, on Saturday; and it
seems that the relatives and friends Of
| Gundlach feared that violence of some
kind would be used, as he was taken from
| the house in which he lived and removed to
some other house, but what one no one
knew, where it was supposed he would be
more safe than he would be at his fathers
residence. The father remained in the
house and was unmolested. The sergeant
left one or two additional officers on duty
there to see to it that the peace of the city
was preserved and then returned.