The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-23

just q bit more dsgnIfled Mss Meyers.
the contFaito. Is the best actress or the
Grau company and sings futeiligentiy.
The comedians this year. MeSsrs Clay
ton. Lett and Fetch are better than or
dinary ard 20 tbs first named much credit
Il due for the stage management Megsrs.
Pache and I.aagIosS. the tenor and hart-
tone. are cid Seattle favgrites .'ssasp
Alloy" includes little from many O. the
successes and the transition from cooa
songs TO the rnisereTie from III Trova-
tore" Is funny IN Itself, albeit bo.a are
well sung.
The story o. john D-ew's new NAV
One Summer Day produced In Boston
last week, IS follows:
MAJOR Rudyard. a man % g not By Env
means rich, IS IN love with young Ell.
Maysle. who returns his love. The rnaisr.
considering himself too Old to ask the cir.
to marry him. and not thinking that She
loves him. Is ready 10 sacrifice himself for
a young friend. who Ia also In love with
Aaysie- Some delightful comedy is pro-
vided by the attempts Of Mayse 70 open
the majors eyes 10 the fact that she really
loves him and not Phil
He does nor see this. however and
pleads the cause OF his friend He IL nat
successful until Maysie Is led 10 believe
that the major is the father OF a boy
whose mother Is a wandering Gypsy. The
hoy Is really the son OF the majors dead
brother Believing that the major Is not
the noble man she always thought him.
soTely stricken. she agrs IS to marry phil
At last Phi. too. has his moment OF hero
ism. and reveals the truth. and the maler
and Maysie are IN each others arms as the
curtain falls.
For months after Dewolf Hopper's ini-
tial presentation CT III Captain" In New
York city. everybody Oh the streets seemed
to have caught the Infection of Sousa de-
Hghtful music. for on every side could be
heard che more popular melodies OF the
score, OF which the topical song OF the
opera. 'rae Typical Tune OF Zanzibar"
seemed TO be the not fayorite. for every
man and boy seemed 10 be either whisgiing
or humEn!ng X. Few people know THAI the
words az well as the music Of this dainty
little number were written ard composed
by Dir. Sousa. who, IN fact. wrote quite
number of the lyrics OF III Captain" but
the Zanzibar number Is the most popular
Of his rhymes. The trio tells OF q pathetic
love tragedy in these juggling phrases:
Under the window he softly crept
While father and mother ana Towser
Then punking a tune on his light guitar.
lie wgrbled ballad of Zanzibar.
From ont OF her chamber emerged the
Begging the name Of the tune he played;
Said he az he plunlkcd his Hight guitar.
I" It's the Typical Tune o. Zanzibar"
Yours for aye. the maiden cried.
I'm ready 70 marry, 20 be your bride:
Only PUNK again on your light guitar.
The Typical Tune OF Zanzibar
Looking with love on his bride to be,
lie tuned the strings IN another Key;
Then piunked again on his light guitar,
The Typical Tune Of Zanzibar.
Quickly she ieaped from the easement
Into his arms. and ready to fly;
But Towser had board tho light guitar.
And the Typical Tune OF Zanzibar
They buried them down By the ocean
Where OF at night. so the neighhors say.
u heard the PUNK OF the light guitar,
And the Typical Tune az Zanzibar.
q
When Julia Arthur returns 10 New York
on April = she will presen. a new version
OF Camille. She has decided 10 give. dur
ting tho same engagement. new ;hrse-aet
Italian comedy. Iuiiaeie. by Roberto r}rac-
&C. which she has had translated lntu En-
glish for her. The piece Is a light one.
ana. will caH into play abilities exactly OPP
ros.te to those needed by the - t.nas
drama. A young man OF the world. in
banter with q clever woman asserts mat
her salthfulneSs IS not beyond storm. and
Inter
ruptlon. In hts apartments. for instance
be could destroy it. She answers that she.
VIII visit him there. He naturally suspects
something Ike Willingness On her part
but as she enters her FIRST words are. so
you think you can make me an unfaithfui
woman. DO yoa?" In tone which makes
bis position difficult enc. OF course he
fails.
r.Fs4 Il cod
Il WIS playing some years ago In a we'll
known managers 5heatcr ont OF New
York. The first act was over and we were
chatting in the wings with cur manager
when one Of the boys rushed in on the
stage 10 tell us that Gen. Grant and MS
family were in ono os the boxes Hush
or gratited pride mounted 20 the mana
gerial face. followed by look Of agonized
doubt, "a he evidently reflected that per-
haqs TIRE general had 'dead-heade,f' into
the box Did you send him a box. Rob-
SOAP he asked me-. and on my replying IN
TIE negative. he pulled out a earl from his
packet. AID scTlbblrg a ljae or IT, told
the boy - take Il 20 the box office and
bring back an answer The hoy rushed
OF. his head fun OF the general AMI re-
turned IN 4 few minutes With the came
card. which he handed 70 Mr.. Manager.
= ghastly look crossed his face rs he read
1t. and without a word handed T. 70 me.
20 NFSb me read III tNe rather Sf1kN
managerial e8ligraphy, 'D.d Gen. Grant
pay for his boxH' while underneath aD.
peared. No but my son Fred did. L. :
Grant Thc boy had taken i 10 the box
instead os the box Office"
90
While success came 10 Nine. NoGisska
early IN life. the story of her frst triumph
as an actress in Poland is enc Of severe
obstacles overcome and great dfscoura Ee-
Eneuts surmoanted. AZ the Imncrlal the-
ater IN Warsaw. when she FIRST went there,
was a cosaria of jealous actors and act
reSscss who resented any new additions -
the company iiSeiy 10 diminish their own
Story. Nine ModieSk1 vas locked up0n
with suspicion. aaa the clique set g work
"a make her debut a failure, Their deter
r.inafion 80 prevent her from >ecstv.uE
proper recognition VAS manifested IN nu-
uerous ways ara finally. becoming aware
tAa, she Nas surrounded hy enemies. she
scarcely knew What - d., and was ca tae
polat % retiring Al this time owe OF the
actors Who wss "a the Clique out " ID vas
moved ty -2ore generous impulses than
the Fvs{. went - her ard toId Gar that
they Thought she was not capable - as
cunning any great traEical rose. but al
xiseG her tnat i they proposed Adrsenfs
faRNHSrH nN~pT IL their rrAvnat ton.