The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

Through all my Ire Hs been my ann 10 make my
And when they seem quito happy. then no wonder
II you've not already Suessed It, l will tell you I'm n
Oh, there never was a meaner man than /.
CHORUS.
oh, zee. In rs mean as mean can be.
There never was a meaner man than I.
And for cussedness complete
All the world I can defeat.
oh, I'm Just as mean as ! can be.
When a tiny little baby. long before I'd learned to
Twas tue meanest little kid that ever lived.
Every night I'd wake poor father up. and round the
with the meanest little kid that ever lived.
Before I'd wake him up. though. and he was snug In
I'd strew the carpet all around with tacks set on their
80 when he promenaded 1 could hear the words he
To ths meanest little kid that ever lived.
lhave fourteen little children. whom I hate with all
For ,hee never was a msaner man thanL
ii go that sm they : NJ Ss grow to be- a'S as mean v as T. "sn'
Whenever they are hungry. then I give them such Q
lrut a little looking glass in front of every seat;
The rejection makes them think that they have twice
For there never was q meaner man than l..
During the song Mrs. Elisabeth Floppe, q
widow. appears, bringing her two daughters,
Katrina and Rosetta FIoppe. Ludtria is deeply
in love with Mrs. Floppe and does his best to DO
agreeable and gallant. The widow does not ap-
prove of this. She formerly kept a students
boarding house in Holland, but came to New
Amsterdam to better her fortunes. When she
failed to find the easy berth here that she had
had in Holland she became dissatisfied with
everything and everybody, and the Burger
meister in particular.
The Hoppe girls are soubrettes. Rosetta IL
very ambitious and wants to become a lady Of
quality. She rebels against being shut up in
New Amsterdam and having to go to church.
There are no new houses; everything is primi-
tive, and not what she was told she would sec.
She insists that the family go to some other
place. She is ably seconded in this by her sister,
and they sing:
As we wander up aud down the Bowerie-
It's most arlstoc: attic there
pos m sSd ; ;hs sr .sds, stately.
Blu. for them we do not care.
on the ,sSSrs the vrows are sitting in the sun.
VINEYARDS add their iustres-
Dulness and content around.
CHORUS.
Sisters wander to and fro,
Lovelight N our eyes;
seeking harpiness-heiSho
Al the corners Of the earth
RinS with music free;
Why this dearth Of honest mirth
on the bowerft?
Az the conclusion OF this song Munrnb. Mirit.
and Flute, the wandering musicians. arrive, hav-
81 Jueb haHicl lTOU u ydCnt. luclr entry Is
made with this trio:
W ja., here ss ~, We are a, last.
rte three fakis OF the cast;
We've come here to work a kind of nim fam game.
Aseech burgher is a lamb. so we to Amsterdam
CAme-damn shame.
CHORUS.
Wei w use them H., mot abuse them. but Amuse ourselves
And green them. not demean them, but we've
them With thS som ses !" golden TSn b a9sR .@'m' and 0'so'h
They'll wait for US,
Just wait for us.
The Burgermeister objects most emphatically
to the idea of the party going to any other city.
Ill.,! ILL., protests receive weight from 4. Irlllotn.
He claims to be . villain on general principles:
isef + ytE EsSS Pig S has has a n TilI p q IN and .hs thai sSoE is TSh at
MSH,rao, Mirit, and tYute; aud the musicians
iPsifipmont. W fh%fs"er' th nSey play hsye on q m iSis a
character appears that can set to right all griev.
4 Ms: pa X. mecfino, or the power o Of Tie
r =. she says there is no need Of any ex.
ffiS"s sSrsiiyt ihs kn sSe s Sf sas t 'Sst ss:v she ss
\ 10 some other place. Several cities are suggest.
as s' c cmH6s t Mas ' Gdnton ar They The can't = &C there,
pne closes with all starting for the university
rAct II. is laid in Harvard square. Cambridge.
the students crowd tho square, headed by a
Toss ennd. They are celebrating college vic
ury, Ihey open the act with n chorus which is
fssspeeialy good. having as . theme the renewed
q love and esteem in which Harvard is held by the
''u"ehtS' Here arc the last few lines:
Fair Harvard, fair Harvard, forever.
II Hall to thy mem'red name.
II SauSht shall our loyalty sever,
An proudly exuitinS In thy game.
Harvard, thy sons ever turning
III II thy beacon Of sovereign truth.
Rieh In the wealth Of thy learning.
Blesssed with eternal truth.
Fair Harvard. fair Harvard. forever.
Hail to thy nem'red name.
y This act Is cramlnGd full OF student %jollitIcs.
a nItsf the chorus the first thing that appears 10 q
" uo..ey car from Boston. This cur Is two feet
s%se and fifteen stuGents get out. All kinds OF
,gneee sports ore tried, but as each is started q
htbo ote appear. and stops II, on the ground
1nt mo students pay too much attention 10
sppesr snu Srq getting TOO athlete The villain
sDdh, the orangcmnn, and his donkey appear.
saa get places in the square. The. faculty DO.
gg4sied and t Decides toT rota sre to t Nov A 1SSStasdd ans.
,n dne third act finds the party back in tho big
pEs1,c square in New Amsterdam. The Bur;
- r. hSrshness, and gives them a royal reception.
r !, hrSt speciality Is q wooden shoe dance in
%S sEear w R% natsh s:ylSE; Then phss., the party ere
HOapeeGs ne Ei,lRin tCll Of Z book they aY1.!AInthon
ftaSss I Iintc a S SisYeF J giSso P pd 1Gs aaE, i9sS here %S rs
sshale q prrody on William Gillette's Secret
Service" There is a ballet in this act which
S%sigermeistor is in his glory, but breaks oveI
NAsionally. especially when no comes In con