The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30


John was the original Olivette, and Bettina
in "The Mascot" and Neil Gwynne and a
dozen other characters in prominent En-
glish comic opera productions, and they well
coined her charming acting and singing In
1.-The Chieftain' tonight with the most
enthusiastic ardor and applause
Miss St. John has two or three especially
lovely numbers, and two duets with Mr..
Courtice Pounds-onc, half in French, half
in English. that gained several encores, be-
ing among the best things have heard in
many a day. The count and Rita, during
their honeymoon, recall the time they first
met in Paris, where Rita was at school,
and as she was ENGLISH and the count Span
ish, they hit upon the happy idea of con-
versing in French, SO that "none of the
Parisians about them could understand
what they were saying" Mr.. Burnand re-
minds one in a footnote in the nbretto that
il must be borne in mind this French duet
is sung by girl whose French education
was not completed, and a Spanish officer
with equally limited command of the
French language. AS Miss ST. John Is
the language in question, and to speak 1t
fuently, her pronounced British accent was
all the more laughable. AS for the duet
here it is:
Rita All, oui, Jetais,
Jetaris une pensfonnaire,
yasquez-Toujours 81 gale,
Joyeuse ct debonnaire!
Rita And yet -
vasquez-And yet
Rita When first we met
Twas pas un mot
Cetait au convent 'des oiseaux.
Both Cetait au convent "des oiseaux''
vasquez-Et encore je t'entends
la meSSe
Avec Ia douce voix en-
chanteresse.
Rita Eft j'al dit
Pour moi" -
All! il NY a que tot!
Par tot mon occur est pris!
Vasquez-I Came with some friends
To your school for a fete
Rita And / was a girl
But 81 gauche ct 81 betei
vasquez-I stammered: How dye doc''
Comment vouS p0rtez-vouS?'
Rita I was so shy,
/ could barely reply:
"Merci! tresbien. mossoo!
Both / was
You were, etc.
Rita lou gave me a sweet little lollipop,
You won my young heart with
For convent girls it's the best of
To give them a beautiful box of
sweets.
vasquez-Et quand TAI dit 'Je t'aime!'
Rita Then 1 did much the same-e!
Vasquez-Et parlant a mon aise-
Voicii
La langue quite franchise
J'ai dit,
"Que veux-tu, 0 ma chere,
TIL peux prier ia mere,
Tu peux prier ton pere,
Eft nous nous marieronsr'
Rita Eft je tai dit, "Que fairer'
Mais sans prier ma mere,
EFT sans prier mon pere,
Oui! nous nous marieronsi
Both Et tn mas dit, "Que faire?"
Eft je tai dit. Que faire?''
Mails sans prier ia (ma) mere,
EFT sans prier ton (mon) pere,
All! nous nous marierons!
1t is impossible to give you any idea of
the droll manner in which two such good
French scholars as Miss st. John and Cor
tice Pounds delivered the above lines. Lit
tie wonder their efforts gained them three
There are any number OF good songs for
hussar song that forms the finale to the
first act, with a refrain full of spirit, as
follows:
Hey,- boys! drink bout with me, boysl
Hey, boys jolly let US be, boys!
Till we go
~ To meet the foe
With a dash and loud hurrah!
a Drink drink military measure!
l. Clink! clink! lead a life OF pleasure!
Sing and drink,
Our glasses clink
80 % To the life of the gay hussar!
s There is a. solo for Miss st. John in the
beginning of the second act about
Two happy gods, gay Mars and Jove,
Z Came down TO Spain. a bet to prove,
9 For Mars had vowed men work to live,
And some may sell, but none will give
:, The courier, Ferdinand ii. e., the ex-
chieftain), has capital number in La
Criada," which he sings in a gay and de-
Eghtful manner, and another less exacting
song in which he tells you:
Pll see you to Paris and drive you about,
To every cafe and show, e
To Homberg, or Baden, or AK for the govt;
a
take sweet pair on their honeymoon trip,
OF course they like being alone.
A flirt and a youth who's been rather rip.
Reduced to be Darby or Joan.
They gaze on a lake with a Baedeker book,
Three men in a boat over-oard,
They travel through France with trust
worthy Cook,
And every one says from their much Muir
ray'd look,
Mark! Innocent Twain all abroad!
Pretty Miss Florence Perry, who is the
Inez, the would-be second Mrs. Grigg, and
an entrance song explaining why she set
out in search of her husband.
ITO SPAIN, said my husband, I'm forced,
Said I, "I go with you, that's flat"
Which doubles expenses" said he, ''as
I owned. "There is something in that"
Financially something in that.
He started, and wrote to me every day;
his lelleTS-iONc, lTdEel anu cuat--
They suddenly ceased, then a week passed
away,
thought. 'sThere is something in that"
Ira la la
A feminine something in that,
knew his hotel and / followed to Spain,
We met at the door, on the mat,
Then he said, I'm the train there'll be time
to explain"
There seemed to be something in that
Ira la la
A feasible something in that!
But in the compartment he slept all the
way,
His head in his wide-awake hat.
Was he taking his time to invent what to
saw?
I think there was something in that.
Ira la la
cunning, sly something in that
The young lady who sings this song so
agreeably has been on the stage compar-.
atvely but short time, her first hit being
made as one of the model twins in "Uto-
pia, Limited" She is pretty and petite and
sings with good deal Of taste and re-
finement.
LincOln's Wonderful Memory.
Noah Brooks, in the Century.
One of my cousins. John Holmes Goode-
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