The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-26

mons temple ~ Jerusalem. Everything
is in readiness and everybody expecsant
except Hiram. the chief builder Of the
temple, who Is sad aud melancholy. Sol
ONION, rot understanding his mood. offers
20 reward han riehly for his great
work, which Is being admired By
all the world He. however. re-
fuses everything. bas beseeches the
king to make him the possessor Of the
miniature of woman which he knows the
king possesses solomon finally yields To
his opportunities on one condition,
namely. that he leave the city st once, not
to return for four days The queen ar
rives and is greeted by the king and Jabez.
Prince OF Ophir, to whom the Queen Of
leave the hail Baikis calls TO HIM. She
also il Syrian and has loved Hiram since
her childhood. He greets her rather coIdly.
She resents 1t and is informed that he Is in
love with picture. When he shows it to
her she recognizes the queen. and as lamar
IL being led into the palace she leads Hiram
of into an anteroom- When, by a mistake.
few moments later, in answer 20 the
queens call for Balkis, the door opens
and Hiram sees the original of his picture,
he causes great CONSERVATION IN the as
semblage by falling on his knees and cry
ing. II love thee" The indignant queen
orders Jabez to resent the Insult for her,
and after q short passage OF arms he lies
wounded upon the floor. The queen, how
ever, in the following act. realizes that she
is in love with the audacious young build
er. Jabex and Balkis also make the same
discovery, and the former seeks to kill
Hiram by giving him poison which he
tells him was sent by the queen.
Balkis, however, had substituted
. sleeping draught. Hiram falls into
deep sleep and is placed in the tomb for
dead, where he is visited by both the
queen and Balkis The latter gives Hiram
something that rouses him, and in the
scene which follows Hiram decides to
forego his happiness for dutv's sake. News
arrives Of the death of Jabez, and the
climax is one in which the principals rise
to their opportunity and display their
great dramatic ability. The cast of char
acters is as follows:
Hiram, descendant of Tubal Cain, chief
builder of the temple. M; ". :. Hart
kSg orncs Of Mr. so Jo.epa Meafs
zeboim, the king's scribe Mr.. Edwin PHILIPPE
Talmai. officer OF the guard of the Six Hun
dred ..-............M r. Benson ID. Plerce
Abiathar, physician $500. Mr.. James schuyler
.' $500 Mr.. Richard Ridgeley
Aishar, grand master OF tbs household 80.
..........ME Mr.. b c. Jones
Baal- Hsmon, chief Of the PhilIstines.
Mr. w. T. Tssker
Taglath rhanor ;..-.-...Mr. NJ. c. B9 psss
lamar, queen OF SHEDS: go. 1890. .hhsa
Baikis, first handmade 70 the queen
Observation-Disclosures. Miss Edith Meek
Nahams. daush liter of Aishar: .............
Observation-Disclosures Miss Minnie Bowen
Ziliah, young giel at the court OF Jeru.
salem ......M Miss Fannie Hunt
Micah. dancer to the queen. .-,.-......-..
.................. Miss Annie Fording
Nephte, attendant to Tamar. Miss Alice MCGEE
Diarada, atten dant to lamar
.......-..........M Miss Minnie Goodfellow
Anaitis, priestess ...-. Miss Marie Coolidge
Elders OF Israel. Princes OF Tribes, Officers of
the Guard of the s. Hundred aud of the Phil
istne-, etc.
Tamar's Suite, Guards, Slaves of the Queen,
Mae and Female Musicians Dancers, etc.
Choruses led by the Queen of Sneba Quartetie.
synopsis-Act L A Hall in Solomons Temple.
Act H. A Terrace 0verloosing Jerusalem. Act
III. The Sepuicher. Act Nv. The Inauguration
of the Temple.
Scene-Jarusaiem. Time-99o B. c.