The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13
AMI 81 MEMS.



BAyiey angie-.-..--.--.-.-..- Frank Dav.d
Rose bE39 -.................B ertle Crzwf5r3
Barney BIngte- -..-.-.-...+ CH1s. E0Stsl.s
Proprlstors q the Greatest SHOW on Or
or The Earth
Richard GrenTllle, ths Earl Of Rev
eriy..---.... ..-...-..-.-- Owen Fitzgerald
Marian Firenza- an Oriental Woman.
--.-..--...-.-...----...M Miss Octave Barbe
Prince Schwepps ar aged sutton for
the hard q Gabrielle. II. X Adams
Count Babo. aide-de-eanap 20 PRINCE
Lord ~ tt,firs = oFft e 51aIs
4 pair u JohnnIes.
Dotfte NEHef. ......--. Miss Fannie Farrts
Tottte Bopeer ..-- Miss Lillian Stewart
Two Casino Girls.
Baroness PerkdIey, woman Of fash
Miss Grace Gresham
Iaa,ts.--- --....-.--.---- -Charles Fhon Dson
''-A H. T,c,,, -,,,-, Ai'''ft !" 'ls'
Key Eisenstein. 4 money lender .......
....--...- -..---.----.... William Krause
Gabrielle Dalmont. IAN American
beauty .+---.--.--.-.-. ----, .IITlrns
The charming Corinne. with her curves
and dtmples and diamonds. has returned
30 Seattle. after IN absence II a year. for
9 two nights engagement opening n the
Seattle lheater last night IN Morton &
Klgkers three-sei opera. An American
Beauty" made famous during long
Casino enga cement IN New York By the
ponderoas and statuesque Lillian Rus
sell
The personal popularity Of Corsnne
among theater-going people OF this city
Ras attested by an outpouring Of her zi-
mirers. and there vas not much spare
room IN the way 81 vacant seats 10 blink
az the brilliant scene presented under the
proscenlun arch. The work Of the
clever little woman Is decidedly better this
year than last. when she strained 10 make
me moth eaten ~Hendrick Hudson Jr.'
90. she wisely eschews dancing in An
American Beauty" and works entirely
within her capabilities.
The book 81 the opera IL not particular
Is ingenious bat some OF Kirker's music
Is snappY ard brilliant. The story deals
with the adventures, amorous and other
wise. OF an eccentric widow. and IL Is
years since Corinne has appeared 20 such
advantage. The FIRST act introduces all
concerned In conventional afternoon COS
tune the occasion being what had been
intended as an al fresco matrimonial az
fair. liz which Mrs. Dalm0nt and Prince
schwepps were billed as the nigh con-
tracing parties" The eccentric wide
insisted on putting the ceremony Of for
the twelfth time and the delay resulted in
the eventual undoing of the plans of the
prince. The Earl 81 Beverly disguised as
a gardener. is IN love with her. and wtth
the assistance % Miriam Flrenza. friend
q Mrs. Dalmont. works an East Indian
charm upon her and wins her. An
estrangenent follows which is finally ai-
iusted at the Casino at Monte Carlo. ana
all ends happily.
The second act is a eeircus han"
given by Mrs. Dalmont az which
besides her friends there appear
some circus people. with whose STRANGE
llfe he dashinE widow has become cram
ored. Her own entrance IN the second
act. mounted on an elephant. IS effective
and K.raGvesque n 4 degree The same
act introduces CorInne in her mar
dolln solos, arrayed IN a costume that
exhibited the ample endowments Of nature
tn a perfectly stunning way
The burden OF comedy work was cana
bly, carried by Frank David Rerrie Craw-
forl ard CfaTles Forstsll- rs Bangle Buad
ana B.ngie. proprietors OF .the creates.
snow on or OF the earth" The speciality
work ~ Messrs. Oracle and Reynolds as q
Dair of Johnries and az Misses Fannie
Farris ard Lillian Stewart as two thin
h.tie Casino girls was rooa. The cho-
FUSES were Well sung. and the stage set
.ines q the three acts were effective Mr.
Fltzgevald sang the numbers ail1tted 70
him IN good voice. but lacks stage pres
encs and action.
An American Beauty viii be repeated
tonight.