The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-06-20
The Little Tycoon.

The Little Tycoon was rendered
/ ut SandoZ's Opera House last Friday
evening according TO programme. The
j play Is Il satire on the foreign title wor-
ship craze. Gen. knIckeE booker is de-
termlned thhb his beautiful daughter
Violet shall make brilliant match.
Violet is in love with ALVIN Barry, Il
young American at patrcian blood
whom she meets III Venice. Returning
from Europe, they meet Lord Dolphin
with his valet Teddy on board OF the
steamer. The General Is captlynted by
the lord S title, and he determines he
shall marry Violet. In order to get
Alvin ont Of the way, Lord Dolphin
causes the arrest OF Alvin for SNUG
Cling.
The second act finds Violet at her ia
TIERS villa at Newport ctevrrty guarded.
Alvin, disguised as Lord Dolphin, gains
distinguished entrance, but IS dlscov-
cred and has to beat Il hasty retreat.
As Il final rinse he plays on the Gene
rails great weakness-love of title wor-
aMp-personates the Great Tycoon of
Japan, thereby winning Violet and
making her tiie Little Tycoun.'
Tie cast Of characters was strong.
Miss Anita Doremus. "a Violet, ac-
qultted herself eXcellently. Her
voice was ut its best, tvlncing great
power, melody ANA thorough training.
The ntsiel parts were persGniteu lay
Miss Olympia LaaS, ls Miss Hurricane,
Miss Mamie l.. Casse, as Dolly Dimple.
Mr.. }. j. Thompson as lady Dolphin,
MIR. James J. Lewis rs Lord Dolphin,
Mr. Lucas Tonttnut as Gen. knlcker-
booker, Mr.. HenIy Roos ac Alvin
Barry, Mr.. ?. L. Asher rs Rufus Ready,
Mr., Mason Mcbride az Teddy. Mr.. j. j.
Thompson as CustOmhOuse Officer. and
Mr.. Frank G.. Shute IA Mr. Mont
gomery Each and every one Of them
executed their parts admirably, dis
playing rare talent in their various
roles. 1t IS safe to say that it would be
hard to find town in the State that
c"nId put up an equal amount of mu-
slcAl and hlstrionlc talent. We have
seen professionals vino did not equal The
performance nj these amateurs.
lht Chorus DID remarkably we'll. 1t
WAS composed of the following ladies
and gentlemen: Misses Annie Andrus,
Lucille EStorgr, MarceIine Estorgr,
Pearl Harnansou, Alice Labyche, Fan
ME Loeb, Regina Loeb, Malou Las
trapes, Ada Sandoz, Mabel Santioz, Mar
guerite Loder and Messrs. Lewis An
drus, Frl1z DietIein, Andre HaIphen. j.
Lewis. Ed. 14oeD, Leo Mayer, L.. DrauUS,
n. T. Roos. Gordon Sandoz and Frank
Stokes.
The music rendered by the Orchestra
was one of the delightful features Of
the evening. These skilled musicians
need no commentator ut our hands, AS
they are too Well known to the ST.
Landry music loving people Prof r.
Meyer was First violin, Miss Alice
Latnur Second violin, Nj. A. c. -Skiles,
cornet. Miss Stella Chretlen, arftnist.
Miss Ehretien is Il tine performer. H'his
young lady kindly consented to $ake
the place of The lady originally chosen,
bnt who had TO give np nn account of
sickness. The house was crnWRed
with an appreciative audience. who gre
queDtly arplauded. and in other1siays
manifested their pleasure aud ;Strnira-
tion 1T the splendid rendition of this
play. The scenery aud costumes were
gorgeous.
Prof. Silaffer is tn be commended for
his successful part as director of the
Opera. His intelligent management
contributed largly to the success of the
performance.