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here during the summer months to
profitable business. 1t is an Indication
that the public will support a high
class attraction during the heated
months. The success of the Davis
Moulton Company at the Clunie Opera
house is due to combination of events,
the enterprise of Manager Todd, the
excellence of the players and plays,
and the appreciation of the same by
the public. A charm of the perform
ances of the Davis Moulton Company
Is the even balance preserved by the
organization. Often we see good
play spoiled because a penurious man
ager, relying upon the strength of two
or three stars, intrustS good parts to
Incompetent people. With the Davis
Moulton Company it may be said that
every member of the company is
star. They are one and all thoroughly
conscientious in their work, artistic
and clever in their Individuality the
men gentlemanly in bearing and dress,
the ladies graceful and fine dressers.
The company has captured this city,
and judging by the generous support
accorded them, they are destined to
remain here for an indefinite period.
Commencing tomorrow (Monday)
the London success, Lords of Crea-
tion, or Pink Dominos." This play
shows the company to good advantage,
for the individuality of every mem
Der is thoroughly displayed. The play
is built on bright, cheerful lines. 1t
deals with the adventures of a newly
married man who desires for one night
to spend a few hours with some jolly
companions. His wife's suspicious are
aroused by his conduct. and she puts
her husband to the test by sending
him an anonymous letter asking him
to meet the writer ait a masked ball
The wife's own chum lays a similar
trap for her own husband. The result
may be imagined. Lords of Creation,
or Pink Doninos," is bright and efferves
cent. 1t ran for over 500 nights in
London, was played 200 nights in New
York, and has been given here with
success several times. In the hands
CT the Davis -Moulton Company it will
be well rendered. Arthur Moulton will
be seen as Charles Graythorne, the hus-
band whose business cares keep him
awake day and night Mr. Moulton's
great forte is light comedy, and in this
character he will be seen at his best
OF course, a comedy without songs by
MIR. Moulton would be incomplete.
Moulton has a new budget for this
week, and they are right up to date.
Clever Myra Davis has an excellent
part in the cute waiting maid Who
causes all the trouble, and her artistic
talent Will have a better opportunity
in this character than those in which
she has been seen heretofore. Charles
Gibney. who seems able to play every
anxious old man who has a penchant
for pretty girls. Lester Lonergan has
a part calling for clever work. Will
lam Sellery, whose fine basso voice
wins him rounds of applause, will pre-
sent an ideal picture of an Italian type
to be found in the fashionable quarters
Of London. Henry Stockbridge, whose
work indicates bright future, will be
seen as a young boy who is also deter
mined to have some fun, and his drunk
en- scene will be one of the hits Of the
play. Helen Harrington will act as
foil to all the trouble in the portrayal
of an innocent old lady, who against
her will is made to believe that she,
too, has been to the masquerade ball.
Clever little Fannie Yantes will be
seen as the trusting wife of Charles
Graythorne. Rose Stewart has
strong character part, and this talent
ed and beautiful woman will add to her
laurels by her work. The comedy
should certainly keep things going at
a lively rate at the Clunie during its
run. Tonight for the last time, Nat
Goodwin's extravagant comedy, Turn
ed Up"
"The Gentleman's Magazine" says:
In strange contrast to the present time,
when as many as fifty-six concerts Of
different kinds have been performed in
a. single week of the London season, is
the obscure beginning Of these enter
tainments Music was a luxury beyond
the reach of all but a favored few in the
days when John Evelyn was invited by
Roger IiEstrange to hear BaltZar, the
uncomfortable Lubicer," on the violin,
or dined at Arundel House, to listen to
"excellent musiq perform by the
ablest masters, both French and Eng
lish. on the orbos, viols, organs and
voices"-composed purposely for the
Queens Chapel. But the general public
had little opportunity OF listening to
music of a high class. Half a dozen
of fddlers." says Sir John Hawkins, in
his History of Music" would scrape
'Sellenger's Round or John, Come
Kfsse Me- or old Sir Simon the King,
with divisions, till themselves and their
audience were tired; after which as
many players on the hautboy would in
the most harsh and discordant tones
CRATE forth Green Sleeves, yellow
Stockings Gillian of Croydon or some
such common dance tune, and the peo-
ple thought it fair music
At a much later period we are assured
that one of these songs-"Old Sir Simon
the King"-with others such as Bob
hing Joan" and Sir George, He Was
for England" amused Squire Western
in his cups-for he never relished any
music but what was light and airy The
numerous foreign musicians who vis-
tied this country at the Restoration,
though they may have hindered the de-
velopment of a school or genuine Brit
ish music. undoubtedly did much to
raise the tone of the performances then
thought good enough for the public.
Years. however, were to elapse before
the art freed itself from the associa-
tions of the tavern, and vocal and in
strumental music could be heard with
out the fumes of tobacco smoke or an
accompanying clatter of pewter pots
John Ranister a son Of one of the
.swaits" Of the parish of st. Giles-in-the
Fields, was probably the first TO set on
foot concerts to which the pubic were
admitted on payment. King Charles
Ii. following the example of the French
court. possessed a band composed of