The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-08
FUN AT THE THEATRES.
"Tar and T~artar's" Good Music
and Singing" W~ilkinson's
Widows"

The 'Tar and the Tartar" filled the
New Opera House last night with an au-
dience that appiauded every number OF
that tuneful opera. which bound In
clever acting and catchy songs. n
plot of the ''Tar and the Tartar" is
quickly told. Moket, Sultan Of Morocco.
wearing of state troubles. resolves to
drown himself. leaving upon the bank a
document comforting the throne TO the
first sailor shipwrecked upon Morocco's
shores. Thereupon enters Muley Hassan,
u shipwrecked tar, is at once hailed as
Sultan, and succeeds TO the throne, and
all appurtenances, including a haren
with a population of four hundred,
taking precedence of Cardamon, a Be-
douin Chief and heir-presumptive to the
crown. Muley Hnssen. TO mis- despair,
recognizes in the queen of the Suilan's
harem, Alpaca, his quondam wife. such a
tartar that he had fled from her years be-
fore. Car.amon adores Farina, a Circas-
sian professional beauty and latest adj
jnnct to the Sultan's harem, and to win
her, forces Muley into a compromise
whereby the two reign as Sultan In al
terpate hours. On this slight foundation
are based all manner of droll adventures,
ending with the reappearance of Moket:
who's drowning was only a hoax, and
who confers the throne upon Cardamon,
while Muley is appointed Lord High Ad-
miral and forbidden to take his wife on
board.
No one can touch Digby Bell MS Muley
Hassan. In the midst of the most roilick-
ing f~un-making he never descends to
~buffoonery, n his songs captlvate his
audience as much as If he had a voice,
which he hasn't. Tue first notes of II
Want a Situation" assured his reception,
and how mauy times he W s recalled for
ss(Nb What a nfffnranCa i'm the MnrniDOV
deponent saith not-at any rate there
were enough verses to touch on every
known topic. from Jersey mosquitoes to
recent ~non-voters in President CIeve-
lands household.
The much advertised Marion Manola is
remarkable for being a comic opera prima
donna who can sing This is sufficiently
rare to be noteworthy. As Farina her
mellow soprano was at its best in "Sing
Again, Nightingale" and If lisa Dream
so Fair"
The contralto of Laura Joyce Bell. if a
trife heavy, is yet well above the average
and as Alpaca, she rendered delightful an
exaggerated role. Hubert Wilke, as Car
damon, displayed to advantage an excel
lent baritone voice, a vast expanse OF
white of the eye. and a ripping laugh
warranted entirely original. Fred Frear's
good work as Pajtma, the court physic-
ian, stood second TO the star alone in point
OIL merlC duu tuc lriO, NotutuS 10 Aikc IL
Used to Be-" between Pajama. Charles
Wayne, as the acrobatic Khartoon and
Charles Meyer as Yussuf, brought down
the house.
An especially praiseworthy feature was
the good work of the chorus which
reached a climax in the last act, where
apropos of nothing. the national airs of
every civilized country are transcribed to
form one harmonious chorus. The young
est members of the company, a tiny
African baby girl, and her chocolate co.-
ored four-year old brother, won tumult-
uous applause by a somewhat limited ap-
nearance.