Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-05
"MYNHEER JAN"
Cartoons Return TO the City of
the Angels.

Last night packed house of the mos
intelligent playgoers OF Los Angeles as
sembled to do honor to Mr.. VIM. T
Carleton's return. after an absence of 6
year. He appeared with his we'll
selected, artistically balance ed and highly
trained company in an opera new in this
city. 1t is comparatively new play
everywhere. The plot of Mynheer Jan
was given in the HERALD yesterday, and
need not be repeated here.
The opera is, from beginning to end, q
very sonorous one, full of solos for all
the leading voices, OF concerted bits
| from a duett to the ensembles, and
all very delightful music. 1t is also a
picturesque opera, with its lines of uni
| formed guards its pretty convivial scenes
where the daisy Club" meets, and
where the canican's clink, clink is heard
in mellow notes. There is the usual
| Amazon's march, beautiful garden
scene, and others which allow the stag.
ing of the piece to add the charm of gor-
geous color to that OF harmo onious sounds.
| All the old favorites of the company
are to the fore, except Miss Fanny
Rice. She is replaced by Miss
Clara Lane, of whom more
anon. Mr.. Carleton is in fine voice, bet
ter than he has ever been on any visit
heretofore. He has much opportunity
to display his powers in this opera and
be uses them to fine effect. Mr.. Murray
has not SO good an opportunity in this
play, but his fine voice is heard in many
places. Mr.. Taylor is up to his usual
standard of excellence, and his sweet
tenor notes sounded familiarly to the
habitues of the Grand.
Mr.. Carleton has quartette of as
handsome women as can be found
on the stage together. The Misses Clara
Wisdom, Alice Vincent, Rose Beaudet
and Clara Lanse form certainly galaxy
of really bright particular stars. The
first three divinely tall and fair are we'll
known here. They need neither intro
duction nor encomiums. Miss Lane is
not stately statuesque like her three
queenly sisters. She is petite and pretty.
She forms very agreeable contrast to
the others. In the masked battery of
her pretty blue eyes she need ask no ad-
vantage of any one. She has the novel
merit for one who usually takes soubret
parts, that she can sing. Her voice is
sweet and pure and we'll trained.
Myn1,eer Jan has great deal of very
fine comedy in its lines. Charlie Drew
shines to fine advantage in this. The
garden scene, where he takes the place
of the scare. crow in the part is an inim-
table bit of funny inspiration. Drew
makes the most of it.
Tonight the Queens Lace Handkerchief
will be produced. Some of the most
gorgeous dresses ever worn on the oper.
attic stage will be witnessed in the pro.
duction of the Queens Lace Handkerchief
tonight. One Of the dresses is salmon
pink moire, with nile green court train.
The front of the skirt is covered
with medallions of satin, which are
thickly embroidered with pearls, and
from each medallion hangs a heavy
pendant of pearls, the bodice and sleeves
being trimmed with the same. Another
dress is white moire of very heavy
quality, trimmed with jewels and thickly
embroidered with pearls. The train is
royal blue of the finest Lyons velvet,
trimmed with ermine fourteen inches
in width and elaborately embroidered in
gold and jewels. The entire production
will be on scale of magnifcence never
before euualled here