The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-04-11


seen them have been pleased. To-mor-
row night, Saturday, an elegant bicycle
will be given away at the close of the
performance.
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The bill at the Grand Opera House
next Tuesday, April l4th, will be Amy
Lee and Frank Doane supported by a
capable company of play ers, who
will be seen in the new Dramatic
comedy success Miss Harum Scarum"
from the pen of Mr.. +. j. Swartz a well
known author. Mr.: Swartz hesitatcd a
production, bnt after seeing the work Of
Miss Lee and Mr.. Doane, he willingly
handed them the manuscript, feeling
sure that in their hands Miss iarum
Scarum" would receive full Justice.
His confidence WAS not misplaced and
the play and stars have been one en-
phatic success from the start and have
received high ccOniums Of praise from
all the Eastern papers and public az
we'll The play is said to be admirably
suited to the stars well known abilities
and is pronounced the strongest III
which they have appeared. The sup
porting company Is said to be unusually
strong and the costumes and scenic en-
vironment particularly attractive. The
play abOunds III pure, wholesome Jun,
and the story of the life and all the
ventures OF the hovdCnish "Cissy', or
Miss Harum Scarum" is repleted with
Dramatic interest, striking situations,
human pathos and sentiment, and told
in an admirable manner by the gifted
author. The comedy opens with q
realistic view of Mrs Mars tavern
with racetrack in the distance. The
plot concerns the efforts of schemlnG
adventurer, Jack Kimberly, the hostess
of the inn, modern Mrs. MalaprOp
and an outcast named Monks, to impose
girl upon 4 rich old Judge as the
grand daughter he mOurns as lost. 1hI'
is rendered possible, because Monks re
veals himself to his associates as the de
graded s0n-in-laW of the judge, wht
had taken the daughter away to hel
death and abandoned the child Il
strangers. The web of intrigue Is pene
trated by Nisch, fakIr, whose donkey
cart follows In the wake OF the races
and bis protege Sisseratte, alias Mis-
Harum Scarum. These character
are quaint, original and dramatic. IL
/ them comedy and sentiment are con
/ stantly alternating, and upon them TIT
/ entire structure Of the play i plVOted
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conceal the passion, fearing she Will &C
I cept him under the simple impulse o
gratitude The gradual development
E. of her affection for him constitutes ON
of the most affective elements of tn
i play. Two strong factors of interes
appear when the takir discovers il
Monks the father of SIsseretta-who !
really the last grandchild-and whom
honor impcls him to place in he
proper station, which is far beyond hi
own: while Monk who IL ignorant Q
his patcrnal relation To Sisseretta, see
only in her an obstacle to the consplr
acv and in his rage strikes her down a
he did the mother. Through all tn
moments OF the intrigue Miss iarun
Scarum dances like Il sum beam, am
unw1ttingly brings each dramatic stag
of the play to 4 climax. The suhordl
nate plot follows the fortunes Of Mar
Mari, the Girl who il eager to escap
from her downtrodden Ii e, and per
mits herself to lie imposed a. the CRANE
daughter, and Greg IIether, the squar
out and ont sport, who loves her. III
scene is transferred from Mrs. Mari
road house to the palaual home an
grounds Of the Judge. and the efforts c
Mrs. Mari to fill her station as
natural born ed lady, constitute som
Of the best comedy of the play, especial
" where she poses as the Ne'
Woman on wheel.