The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-06
!" KALOMA, THE HOODOO.'
The Entertainment at the
Grand Opera House.
BUrTE,S
! Give a Very Acceptable Rendition O
the Two Local Operas by
Professor Speck.


la tnlued by the best people u Gue CACy' dAO
the members Of the league had every lncen
Give to give a good performance. Int
overture, by Prof ,ssor . 8 splendid
orchestra, put the audience IN a gooc
humOr and lii a proper frame VI nina I"
enjoy the performances.
The performances were a most agreeabl.
disappointlnent to the audience. lnstea.
of being wearisoine, %slovenly, I'M
interesting and painful, the per
were just the reverse
They were excellent. Nearly ali the prin-
were letter-perfect, the singing was
very good and eXcellently sustained, the
movements graceful, the c%ostun,ing superb,
the stage settin; beautiful and the chorus
large, we'll trained and eminently salts
factory. The performances were superior
to many given by so-called professionals.
"A FORTUNE IN PORK"
TIL curtain rose on "a Fortune il
Pork" q musical comedy in one act, hy a
local musician, Prof. Samuel Fl Speck. 1t
IS more an extravaganza than a coined!
and deals with life in Chicago. Peter Hard
having acquired Il fortune in pork,
ecomes ambitious to marry his daughter
Isabella, to q foreign nobleman. Isabella
however, falls in love with her fathers
Patrick O'COnnor, who, by h
which furnishes the motif OF thu
play, wins the consent OF the Pork Kingtt
the marriage. The characters named ar.
the principals and the deception practicet.
by Hardcastle, in pdlming off Isabella IL
Adeiina Patti, OConnor as Signor Mizwin-
ski and himself as Signor Gallasi, three
ia singers, the threat to expose which,
gives O'COnnor the hand OF Isabella, pre-
opportunities for solos. duets and
trios, OF which the composer has taken
abundant advantage. The libretto
is trashy; the music is excel
lent and very taking Several
of the solos are very fine, and a credit to
the author Miss Clara NJ. Wilcox person
ated the dual character of Isabella Hard
castle and AdeLina Patti. She has a sweet
voice, which she uses to excellent
effect. She made a splendid impression on
the audience and received numerous merited
Mr.. Akers' Peter HardcastR was
very good. He possesses a fine bass voice.
Mr.. Lansing acted and sang nicely, and
gave evidence of tho possession of consider
able comedy ability. Mrs. Sadie Monteaih,
as Samantha Green, an old maid, left high
and dry upon the shoals of matrimony,
kept the house in perpetual good humor.
She possesses q fine alto voice, but her
SUdS0 DuSluc6o az LII III " u0 VSOAAuks
She has decided dramatic talent, which, if
would rive her y, pood nlac 20 in
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the proiesslon. M 1onn nam
tina NJ. Shaw made a comely, yet energetic,
Mrs. Jones. The balance of the caste was
as follows, and all did remarkably well:
Susie Jones..... , S(...Miss Irene Morsehead
Amsnas Zones Jones' e. = :::::::::Hi1s M Iams B phfg
Uscarii ah y 1ones &c r : Master TbomaS Id Kon1
Tommy Jones. E MIR. j. B. Titzgibbon
Little jones'. s 5...-.....Baby Thornton
.nanias Boodlepopster OF Waikerv1lie
poodiononstnn a I; fa.ters1 u
LIZ A""'i Ms Emma + schatz1nin
Butler Socrates Petoskey, of Centerville,
Henry Kroegel
Mrs. Butler Socrates Petosky, OF GenterVllie,
10. p;nIIos of1noconSo * H. T. M WH
aIeyander Pickles. of Anaconda.
Miss Lulu schere1
Whangdoodle, of Dude Hi,
Grant Smith
MIS- BAKER "h""sooo't Mis- 90 wi III = Tbornto,
B;ngie Hayfoot. Of Helena,
Observation-Disclosures. Mr.. E. W. Hyde
Mrs. Samuel Bangle Hayfoot, of Helena,
Eliza Ci Sdk
si'i Wasi hno" S SNOW ! Of R%yr1iinotnn
Allie Waraeld
Mcsinnerty, a relic of Alder Gulch,
cnt;n uHoaIo:d ~ Mi" MI " " & I n1td9as
ohepherd' OF MeAlco".Dr W.. II. dudley
..x,rou, THU ~uoonoo"
"a Fortune In Pork a given the audi
ence a zest for the final performance, an
operetta IN one act, entitled as above. 1t
also Is from the pen OF Professor Speck,
Is a more ambltlous piece ofwork than
he former. 1t is a very creditable piece
Vi composition, OF which any OF the MOD
school OF como opera producers might
be proud. Ihe h6retto Is what one looks
IOr In COME opera, words set to jingle to
he music. yet carry the thread OF a story
md amuse. The music Is frst-class and
the audience. 'kaloma' de-
serves to live: 1t is almost sure to live
:" W 10 q s;n"ie ono " Sot amtort nalv
out. Place, the Cannibal Indians;
time, immaterial. The King loses in
and the cause is attributed to the
act that his daughter, Kalona is a Hoo
1t is a family faint and car beeradi-
;ated only by joining Kaloma in marriage
With q man who has never told a lie. Tor
III wishes to marry KaIOma, between
whom there exists a bond OF love, but,
llas! he has in his life told one lie. He
lved in a mining camp, once upon a time,
I'D hoy he came to fall from grace he ex-
ond ' ut out prospecting one
hat showed trac es ~ silva H. ~" rfz
When 7 ratnrned rs w. 1t te,d n ~
,oys that T had fornd q 1aopa e ttnu t tne
lido and rock that won't 2en o,snoas 49,
on.n The Kino Informs him thot ho hns
lied noblv. that NO man can hlam mo b;m'
,r that: still it was a lie. Ind Won ran
ever marry Kaloma." Abont This time
elk O'HooIohan. a native of the Emerald
sic, as his name might imply. is shin.
rocked and washed on the Island. He is
to be roasted for a royal feast.
hen it is discovered that he has never |
I'D a lie. Perforce he marries Kaloma. the
and everything is lovely
LIE
pens with a full chorus, made up as dusky |
ms and maidens, in oriental costumes.
axe up and costumes were magnificent
st evening, and the house broke into
applause as the curtain rose.
was a great compliment to the perform
S and the stage manager, and a deserved
lie. Without desiring to draw invidious
'mparlsons, common Justice. it seems to
}, compels us to give the place OF honor
the evening to Miss Ollie Wright. She
natural and artistic rorfas
he a a charming soprano voice, full and
'xible, apparently underexcellent control,
I'd is admirably fitted nm for tho n.rt