The daily critic., 1890-07-01
ADJUSTMENTS



Had any doubt existed as TO the
ability and versatility Of our summer
opera company, il must have been very
tIccuolly dispellei 10y their admirable
performance Of Johann Strauss most
clever and amusing little musical
comedy last night Anything further
removed from the line Of light opera
I'm which we have been accustomed
90 see them 90 would be difficult To
imagine And yet 90 is not too much 10
saw ihat. despite the rather eVi-ent de-
maud of c0niemp0raucous costume ord
manners in conjunction with ths NitT
the rHo etc llera WIS sca~.ely Nom
| tcruf lhc cast lut lpeared 20 pe.ler
.avarirg. fIat ,a anything wherein we
/ have rre,.s JsIy seen them.
VIi uDfcttu has q pcrCeptbIc and
| e-loivahlc if NOT too substantial plot
as Coutf8siCl with the tissue of ah.
urlily which is so often made 70 serve
as the f1toH efTe Of p comic opera.
The situations are French if The name
Is German. though, indeed as the
somewhat demOrali2ed dr0uubg persona
one by one put in an appearance at the
BEGINNING Of the last act, there can be
little doubt that f not "Der Fielder.
mans at least its English equivalent,
The Bat is an entirely appropriate
title for the production. The dialogue
rs as bright as the incidents are anus.
ing, and The music is the brightest and
best of all
In a work Of this character Ct should
not be surprising If u first nights per.
fOrmanCe were here and there a triiie
ragged IN consequence, perhaps, of in
adequate rehearsals. But the general
result was Uratifyiugly artistic and
highly Creiitable 10 an the partici.
pants. Miss Lamont looked and sang
as charfninQly as usual. Miss Baker
made a very imposing young nobleman
and received q meriiod encore for her
clever rendition of the very cleverly
scored song in the second act, and Mr..
Wilson found at least one number in
which his strong ahd mclodious
baritone was heard 70 the best
advantage. As for Mr.. De Lange and
Miss Hanley, they very successfully
demonstrated what we have never
doubted, their capacity for work Of a
higher order than mere burlesque and
extravaganza. The Ton EiseHacia Of
the former was q genuine comedy crea
ton Of no little merit, and the Adele Of
Miss Hanley, rs competent a little sing
ing soubretie as it Is reasonable to de
mand. The cast was greatly strength.
encd BY the appearance Of Mr.. Hern
don Morsell and Mr. Joseph Herbert
as the music teacher" and the "prison
director" Of the comedy.
Mr. Morsell was greeted on his all.
vance to the footlights with rounds OF
applause and huge Templar cross of
flowers, In evidence Of the esteem I'm
which this popular young singer Is held
In his native city. His voice has lost
none Of its sweetness, while it has seem
ingly gained breadth and power in
his retirement from the operate boards.
and II was as much Of a pleasure as of
O novelty 10 once more hear a legitimate
tenor IN The lines Of light opera.
Mr. HcrhCu's Hgr director was 70
graceful and easy bit OF comedy, as the
FfDsch and Blind Of Messrs. Clark aud
Frederick were amusing ch tructer
studies. The chorus sang admirably
and the kiss and dance choral NJ the finale
n act second was given with electric
effect. Altogether our summer opera
blessings very decidedly brighten as they
take their flight, and we shall wish them
as they scatter 10 the soashore or the
mountains a hearty God speed and a
speedy aH rergiF.
The Omnipotence OF the spoiIs System.
Walter w. Ffyis ia ne ya'g Forum.
From the second election Of Jackson,
In 1882, down 10 the present time, the
doctrine that public office Is a Marty
In the administration of the National
Government The limited and imper.
fectly executed civil service act, so far
as It's effect on the great body of the
common people Is concerned. constitutes
no exception. Every boy Of fifteen who
hurrahed because his father voted for
Jackson in 1882, had, II alive at the cleo
lion In 1883, passed the age of three
score and ten. Every voter who cast a
ballot In 1892 aud lived 10 cast one In
1888 was then n or more years old.
Even among this little band of aged men
the administration Of government upon
any other plan was but a dim remin-
iscenee Of boyhOod. Practically they
were ia the same condition as their
younger fellow-eitizens The people of
the United States, then, have no praeti-
cal knowledge Of any other method of
administering government The spOils
system Is Ike one Of those customs
which the common law declares equiya-
lent 10 a statute, "a custom so old that
the memory Of man runneth not 10 the
contrary" II Is a part Of the unWritten
law, an unexpressed but understood pro
vision Of the Constitution. II Is inter
woven with all their modes Of political
thoughts II intermingles with all their
motives Of political action.