The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-08
FUN At THE THEATRES.
"Tar and Tartar's" Good Music
and singing" Wilkinson's
Widows"

The sTar and the Tartar" filed the
New Opera House last night with an au-
dience that applauded every number of
tnat tuneful opera, which abounds in
clever acting and catchy songs. The
plot IF the ''Tar and tho Tarta"" is
quickly told. Moket, Sultan of Morocco.
wearing of state troubles. resolves to
drown himself. leaving upon the bank a
document couferr1nR the throue to the
first sailor shipwrecked upon Morocco's
shores. Thereupon cutters Muley Hassan,
u shipwrecked tar, is at ouce haliei as
Sultan, and succeeds TO the throne, and
all appurtenauces, ncludln a harem
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 Sulian's
harem, Alpaca, his quondam wife. such a
tartar that he had fled from her years be-
fore. Cardamon adores Farina, a Circas-
sian professional beauty n latest adj
junct to the Sultan's harem, aud to win
ner, forces Muley into a compromise
whereby the two reign as Sultan In al
ternate hours. On this slight foundation
are based all manner OF droil adventures,
ending with the temperance OF Moket.
whose drowning was only q hoax, ana
who confers the throne upon Cardamon,
Wn1l0 MuJey ID dppOlubCO Lulu Lux n
miral aud forbidden to take his wife on
board.
No one can touch DiRby Bell as Muley
Hassan. In the midst of the most roiiick-
ing fun-making he never descends to
~buffoonery, ana his songs captivate his
audience as much as II ne had a voice,
which he hasn't. The first notes of Il
Want a Situation assured his reception.
and how many times he W s recalled for
..Oh, What a Difference in the Morning"
deponent saith not-at any rate there
were enougn verses to touch on every
known topic. from Jersey mosquitoes to
recent ~nou-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 Farjna her
mellow soprano was at it's best in Sing
Again, Nightingale" and IF IT'S a Dream
SO Fair"
The contralto of Laura Joyce Bell. If a
trifie 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 rippling laugh
warranted entirely original. Fred Fre1r's
good work as PajAma, the court physic-
ian, stood second to the star alone in point
of merit and the trio, "Nothing is Like it
Used to Be-" between Pajtma, Charles
Wayne, as the acrobatic Khartoon and
Charles Meyer as Yussuf, brought down
the house.
Ar especially praiseworthy feature wa
the good work of the chorus which
reached a climax in the last act, where
aoropos of nothing, the national airs of
every civilized country are transcribed to
form one harmonious chorus. The young
est members of the company, II tiny
African baby girl, and her chocolate co..
ored four-year old brother, Won tnmult-
uous applause by a somewhat limited ao-
nearance.