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opera at the Broadway theater, New York
City, last season, its stirring marches and
delicious melodies have been repeatedly
played. whistlcd and sung on every side,
and now our theater-gOerS are soon. to have
its original orchestration, as well as its
complete production.
"At the present time" said John w. Nc
Kinney, the business manager of the or
ganization, yesterday, 81 know of only one
man excepting myself who has grown tired
Of the SOusa marches and melodies. lie
now bitterly realizes how the late General
Sherman must have felt every time he heard
Marching Through Georgia. He is haunted
in exactly the same way as the great SOL
der. He is a tall man of great good humor
and Chesterfeldian politeness. but neither
could prevent him from swearing roundly
at his i'll luck when he missed the train
for Newark at the Jersey City station the
other evening, nor did the presence of a
pretty little woman by his side restrain his
rOtund inyective. A natty young man be-
hind the couple was a companion in mis-
fortune, but he forgot his disappointment
when he recognized the tall man as DeWolf
Hopper. and his companion as Edna Wallace
Hopper. A performance of lei Captain was
to take place in Newark that evening, and
both the players werela anxious to be on hand
in good time so that the curtain could rise
promptly. 1t does not pay to dlsappoint a
first night audience. Their anxiety reached
fever heat when they discovered that the
next train did not leave for forty minutes.
The vision OF a disappointed audience, a de-
layed performance and the prospect of miss
ing the last train at midnight back to New
York arose in Hopper's- mind. Then his
anxiety to reach his destination exceeded all
bounds. The natty young man meanwhile
had taken a mental measure of the comedian
and determined to be, recognized, In order
to attract attention he began whistling the
Ell Captain march, which is the great fea-
ture OF the finale at the close of the second
act of the opera. Hopper and his spouse
patiently heard the inspiriting melody
through once, but whenpthe whistler began
was quickly decided upon. 1t was all to no
purpose. The natty young man and his
shrill rendition OF the tune pursued them.
After several shifts had been made Hopper
suddenly turned upon their prosecutor and
in his bland manner very politely requested
that he whistle Sweet Violets,' or some
other equally messy tune, explaining that in
his present state Of mind anything would
be preferable, as he had already sung the
march 500 times, and that he expected to
sing 1t at least 1000 times moro before the
end OF the present season. On the train to
Newark the comedian seated himself in the
smoker. While extracting solace and salts
faction from a cigar he was again compelled
to listen TO the march, which was sung in
unison by three fellow passengers, The
short trip from station to theater was
quickly made. and as Mr.. Hopper passed into
his dressing room the strains Of the lively
march fOated softly through the passageway
from the orchestra He knew that he would