The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-07
4uE rLArs AND rHE PLUERs.
"Yon Ycnson" ON the Metropolitan Lyric
Eoards-Cus Hcego Makes Hit

fHE PLATs AND THE PLATERS.
lyon yonson" ON the Metropolitan Lyric
Boards-Cus Hcego Makes iiit.
New YORK. Jan. C-The lyric stage has
seldom been more prolific in novelties than
it has been during the present week at the
Metropolitan Opera House. where Nerdis
AIDA Glucks "Orfe0' and MOsca2ni s
"Cavalleria Rusticana' followed each other,
and while all these performances were not
absolutely ilaWless. they were SO fuu OF eA-
celences and rendered 80 spirited that the
standard OF achievements ~ OF the very
highest. and 10 looks as If Mr.. Abbey ana
Mr.. Grau are endeayorlng 10 hold up 10 tAis
elevated point. ii La Grippe proves NOT
too formidable an enemy. On Monday
'Aon louson' the only novelty IN the
metropolis. was introduced by Manager JACOB
Lit at Manager DunlevY Park Theatre. ana
with II "A character entirely new 10 sew ORR.
The play. which pictures lie IN the hOrthWesJ,
is both instructive and interesting. but Mr..
Gus Heege the author OF the play, VINO also
enacted the central character. was probably
watched closer than any star that has ever ap-
peared in this city Tie reasons were prob
ably the claim made by Manager Lit that
lOn NOnsOn was q new creation on the ORA
matte stage. and that the star had been
warmly received wherever seen. All the
headed bv William Winter. were on hand
early. and before the first fall Of the curtain
Gus Heege had been recognized as an aole
actor. and his on 0ns0n rs something new
Ii is somewhat of pity that but few Ameri-
cans. mostly descendent OF the An
glO-Sax0n race. recognized IN MI
Heege's Swedish dialect the root OF their
own tongue. great many of the audience
on Monday could have. without much dill
Guilty. understood G. sar from Jalla est om-
mis- diNisa IN parties tres, 20 the bitter end.
without pony but on oneons largon.
which. alter al. is not s. very much unllAe
the English of FIVE or SIX centuries ago. Ie-l
not ON their ear as mothers tongue. Tho
Hellenic speech that in the iliad has rolled
its course uulindered for three thousand
wears and that old Italian speech thaJ
murmurs in Iucretus "a ceaselesc, solemn
monotone of sea-sheN sound. that flows
in Virgil. Quivers ia Catuilus, wimpies ln
Ovid. COOS in 'lituiius and sparAes ia Horace,
are more fashionable, and hence the root OF
some other fellows language Is studied III
preference 10 our own. Mr. Gus heege task
I'M studying and mastering the swedish
+ American dialect has been moro alincult than
had he taken up German or rench. because
the dialect of these are all Of one KIND. WAle
in the Northwest where the scandinavian
hive-and metlme- not one word OK En--
lsh is spoken IN "a whole colony tine Sweoes
themselves diner very much IN their Own
tongue the \, Orlander, OF those oil tie Alpine
region and at some places within the
polar circle. speaking M lang 3a3e
hard to be understood boy the miners oi
Gotland. or those of the lake regions OF
Sweden proper In Minnesota the vast num-
Der OF Swedes that ha e left their native land
| through the seapor's If GOteburg and 1laimo
are from OsstergOtand, esternanland and
S0dermanland and native OF either of
those provinces would claim MI Heege n'
"nnH .HH.|a. N.HH
also from the construction OF his sentences
/ The forest, of Sweden cover more than one
quarter of It's entire surface, aud some OIL then
/ are s. 900 feet above the level Of the sea. iol
/ dramatic purposes. Mr. lfeege makesf on on
/ sons manners Ike ono OF these waG bach
| foresters and ID this he Is quite as forum
/ ate us he IS with the dialect. Mr. Heege
work ls. In fact. highly artistic ami quite as
finished as was Mckee Kankln's 'Canuck.
the very best dialect part ever seen on the
stage and IN fathfu.ness head and shoulder
] above any theatrical freshman, German oil
! FrenchUan seen III New } Ork tins genera
ton. Mr. Lit has surrounded his star with .
competent company and some very PRETTY
! stare pictures of the far West. and ! on on
som; has proved as big q success in New lorE
as it has been elsewhere. Dn Tuesday Charles
/ barnard The County Circus was seen al
the Academy of Music. 10 may be called q
drarfa-circus for IL is both, and 1t made h.'
that will assure il long run. Frames W Asoi
on Wednesday produced bis new comic op
era, The Lion Tanner
~
Dunl0p's state News reports the following
/ Johann Strauss now sixty-slx years old. bat
with his hair and beard dyed jet black aut
/ striving 10 look thirty. on New ear S da,
/ conducted his first grand opera 10 Vienna
/ IL is called Hitter lasnan.' The last act ]
/ at the court OF q young king, Robert OK fun
gary. and tie composer is SAID 10 have writ
+ ten wh.r.wind OF whites and Hungarian
music that Is sure q turn the Slddy heaus o
musc-lOying Jenna.
A stone representing J seph has Just bee'
found in Egypt It's mead and feet resembi
+ George Washington Lcderer. and the sayal
/ are in q ouaudarY % find why the trall beaut
+ ~ anfilritv fell in love with her young slave
/ me Joseph referred o. is tie young man yer
/ roneh afraid of pOtiuhlrs wife. whose name
/ ~, tine way. was Mrs La.eike lolphar. ST.
! iaderor is not 10 the TemOlost degree relate.
/ 20 SIR. Joseph.
The Jim Dandy Of theatrical manager
La. been found he lives IA Penis and is @
/ be prosecuted lor ewing exhibitions ina
outrare Partisan morals a man that ca
/ do that must be the wlcEeiest man on earth
band of Texas cowboys and tang.e-foc
whisky saws "a dispatch tho other DAY t. o
| m ssession of "a Pullman coach. near san Al
/ tonic. and had good deal o. sport with th
/ res-enoers. I'm advance agent. the dispatc
s,id was thrown oil, because he wore h =
/ Lat and q red tie." an tho Theatrical peopi
\ i'm New York have been wondering WHO "a
advance man could be- ana in counting up
vas found that just u round dozen OF thei
nre now IN the Lone star state WIN sA4A
/ tiles and red neckwear.