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entrusted the infant to a friend for a
few minutes while she went to speak
to her husband, who is a soldier in the
Twenty regiment, and when she
returned both her friend and the baby
had disappeared. This ends the first
act with a rollicking, rousing, light
opera finale, and the father, accOmpa-
MED by the three would-be godfathers,
starts out on search for the baby.
They visit the barracks Of the Twenty
second regiment, and in order to es-
cape punishment for an unauthorized
visit to to a military encampment are
obliged to assume ill-fitting uniforms
and pass as an awkward squad. They
next find themselves in the boudoir of
a light opera prima donna, where they
are mistaken by a jealous Cuban lover
for admirers of the queen of song, and,
in order to escape his vengeance, are
obliged to disguise themselves as work
men and pass themselves off as such
to their great discontinue and the
amusement of the audience. After I'M
dergoing almost every possible incOn-
venience and being made the victims Of
many screamingly comical misunder-
standings they finally reach the gar
dens of the LuXumburg In the fourth
and last act, where they encounter the
christening party, and all ends hap
PLY.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan Opera
house for the first half of this week,
commencing tonight. The engagement
is for four nights with a popular price
Wednesday matinee.
The avidity with which prominent
stage celebrities are kept before the
public is again amply illustrated by
the latest jewelers. fad, which is called
the Lillian Russell ring. 1t is a most
unique affair. In the middle is the
head of Lillian Russell cut in Cameo
surrounded by a laurel wreath of dia-
monds. The ring is so arranged that
it can be made to fit any sized finger,
as the center enters underneath the
setting, thereby charging or decreas-
ing it's size.
Della Fox, in speaking Of what spoiIs
many actresses, says: IF a woman is
bright, clever and agreea bic, the
women spoil her, not the men. An ac-
tress who is an artist does not care
half as much for the adulation of men
as for the worship of women. The idol
OF the "JOhnnes," the idol of the men
without brains, is never more than y
curiosity to women. The women on
the stage who have self respect and
brains get more ardent admiration
from their sisters than men are capable
of, and it pleases them. Patti always
liked to capture the female portion Of
her audiences. She never spoke of the
flowers and jewels even kings and
princes sent her. But she never missed
once the corsage bouquet torn from
the bosom of one of her sex in the
auditorium and thrown impulsively at
her feet
If Della wears a bonnet it must be
but perhaps it would be real mean to
say any more.
Frank Murray, who directed the last
American tour of Wilson Barrett, IS
managing THE Wedding Day.
The great event OF the week will be the
appearance of Lillian Russell Della Fox and
Jefferson De Angels at the Metro
politan theater, who will present STANCE
and Edwards latest comic opera, 1.-The
Wedding Day Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings and Saturday matt
nee. The trinity of stars will naturally
call forth large audiences at every perform
opera luminaries for the same performance is
big undertaking, but 1t has proved to be
the most undeniable success. 1t can readily
be imagined it is most difficult matter to Sc
cure vehicle which would give equal OPP
portunities to three such stars, but in the
Wedding Day., the composer. Julian Ed
wards, and the librettist Stanislaus STANCE
IL reports are true-have done their work re-
marlably well.
The story the opera tells is an amusing one.
dealing with the complications which arise
from the endeayor to steal a treaty during the
Frondist outbreak in France, but around this
there gathers all kinds of plots and intrigues
and the librettist has contrived to make the
situations extremely humorous. The mar
riage OF baker to Normandy girl, the fact
that the latter saves the life OF female spy
who DISCUSSES herself as bakers wife, and
the tangled incidents which follow are eiab-
GRATED after the manner OF comic opera. Mr..
Edwards has composed music OF light lid
airy type which Immediately becomes popular
The production is said to be OF unusual
magnifcence, surprising any of the latter
day presentations.
The supporting company includes such
artists as William Pruette, Lucille Saunders,
uel Slade and Albert McGuckin, and a sup
porting chorus Of seventy people. This is
positively the last appearance of these artists
together as next season they will again head
organizations of their own The advance sale
begins Monday at a. m. at the box office.
Farce comedy of that breezy, satiric order,
for which Charles H. Hoyt is noted, is the
dramatic diversion that will entertain the