The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
OPERA BOUFFE IN CANADA.
OFFENBACH oUTDoNE ny THE no
MINTON POLITICIINS.

I've fNiNis y =. ~ Al' INV - 8 WI
ada were ouly two months shorter II would n
n most cnioyabie country. Life on this sIL
of the boundary line Is one pcruetunl opcr
bouffc. The players act their pnrts To pcrf.o
ton. and the stage properties are complete
Ofrenbach never set to music anything NOR
deliberately comic than what passes for -cri
Gus life In Canada. The "Grnnde Duchcssc Il
Gcrolstein" Is nowhere in comparison. h,an
Bpum is surpassed. and the sabre dc mos
pere," was u mere. toy in comparison with TIA
weapon welded IN defence of the cmpirc" IL
the Generals Canadian counterfeits. tbs
chorus Of conspirntors in La File de Madany
Angot" or OF pirates In "Girorc Girofa" is "A
insignificant performance alongside of a cloru
Of Canadian politicians at Ottawa dcscrihiu
the prosperity OF Canada. willie nj, the SAM
time the population is pouring out ~ the doc
Mt the back OF the stage to escape from til
scene of their prosperity" These Cuuudip
politicians, in the tinscl of the Windsor UNI
form. with their titles and decorations. urtu
ally imagine themselves to lie imperial states
men engaged in building up a great empirs
ard the amusing part Of it is that there NJ
some peopIc who think, or say they think, then
so; and there are newspapers that say tlo,
are. This ln.t. OF course, for d consideration
we'll understood.
bodies of men dressed in red organize 10
social gatherings, smoking concerts. picnics
md the Ike. and think themselves soldier
bee ausc thcy sometimes perform, more or les
badly. certain elementary military manuu
yrcs with guns In their hands. Some mau
nurrade as HIvhlanders .in the garb of Oh
Gaul from the heather-clnd mountains q
Scotia others don the fantastic uniform o
the Hungarian Pandour, and think they ar
hussars. They duo themselves Queens Own
Princess Louisc's Royal Scots, and the rest
and Imagine themselves I'm anticipation march
inr In triumph on Washington over the pro,
trate bodies of the despised Yankees. 1t neve
s,cns 70 enter their yacuous tntellIpences thu
s'c'hS othter 'heii ,aeuou' W."
a few handfuls OF skilled gray or brown coates
rincmen with smokeless powder cartriisu
to the ground. Everything in Canada I
III, rn,a, anthor nrohoh,v hecanse tbev ~,
lsh fosai an'nen' p.oD"ps "."u'. ne' az
was God Save the Queen and the othe
wasn't. BY so doing, the partlclpators in thu
vocal exercise imagine they are making a dis
play of their loyalty and patriotism. A goo,
many think they are making a display OF an
other Kind.
. hTm axr,nGins Conndian i've cot,is frnm ~,
q ~, ou unaan u. Wv
English market, thereby inf,asinE q serious
Ince ~ ontario A few davs later the on,ari,
n Ir ua, endod it, session b vv the 's sin p+'r' q
'.God Save the Queen" Not yithstanding tn,
kick they received from John Bull. thrir lnyal,,
remained unshaken. What did it matte,
that the Ontario farmer might suffer in hit
-. IL, ~. ..t-. :.
purse, that the depreciation IN the price OF i'm
cattle may mean the foreclosing of a mort
nsnd inmes,oa AI , me- pa, I"SI les, tut ,in OF a r%e ,1 aras OF 1ar ''
the road leading out into The wide. blanl
world, he will Undoubtedly sing "Gol Snw
the Queen Wit. this secoui-rate melody
the Canadian swashhuckler stimulate, hi
vaior: with il also the willy Canada borrower
serensdes the easily taken IN Emglish inve.tor,
s siates .n,a1 IN wb ltnp thinks cT tbinss in t Cana EdhsIj nn
what they seem.
madam people seriously. The greater part q
the present generation has grown up wi3Aou'
TTPhdier,tanding what + regular q ,hr Ensiish w%rk is
Canadian. From the highest to the lowest III
has been living on money, NOT earned, but boz
ments. municipnlities individuals, have Dor
F2Wed and mortgages; until now HSSr6 here is Aer,
loyaIty they boast is largely the outcome l
their necessity. They hope it may be nego
yertible into solid gold. II for any reason
John Bull buttons up bis trousers pockets TIL
seriously speaking, Canadian loyalty vii
not be worth a continental il they find there i
bouffe bnssars In one Of the maritime prov
incos offered their services TO the English Gov
| eminent to 90 To the SOullI AGAINST n peOulI
who had never done then any harm. Witt
clumsy cunning they intimatod that the Ene
fish Goyernment would be expected TO furnish
the horses. AS good horses are going dir
cIeap in Canada since electric traction hA
come so much into use, and the English aim
regulation price ranges from thirty to t5rtTS
pnInds sterlinS for good troop horses. some
BODY meant 10 make loyalty pay. The achcm,
was knocked ON the head NV England de
cljnipg their services. So that fake did moi WORK
To Turn to another subject. In spite OF tL(
muzzlinv of the press In the interest of the no
litical PARTIES, the talk everywhere is OF Tia
future of Canada, There are hut two alterua
tiyes. according to the opinions Of the great ma
iority-nnnexation 10 the United States or in
dependence. Imperial Federation with nrrr
erentiai trade is put forward nv some, hut IN,
arguments In favor of il do not hold water. anc
| are only advanced to distract attention from
Ihe more serious issues. Canadians have h,rt
So long accustomed to a condition OF depeIi
ence that the idea OF striking out for tl.em
selves inspires n Kind OF drea3 The host yut
most energetic spirits have gone across til
| boundary Inc aud left the weaker behind: liz
conseuueuce Of this manifesis itsrIr in lie