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The Magic Kiss and Brian Boru, as on'
of the foremost American composers.
How do our native composers rank will
their European brethren? Very favorably
especially at present, when the foreigners
are doing absolutely nothing. What have
VIC had of late from Audran, whose Mascot
enthralled the world? Nothing but trash
What from Milloecker the author of Beg
gar StudentT What from Planquette who
wrote The Chimes OF Normandy or from
Won Suppe, the composer OF Fatinitza, ,
or Jacobowski. the writer OF 'Ermine {?
Nothing, nothing, unless it is something
beneath contempt. On the other hand. show
me a popular light opera that has not the
trademark OF an American composer blown
on the bottle. 1t will be either Julian Ed
wards. Victor Herbert, De Koven, Englander
! or Sousa'
JEFF reads about fifty comic opera libret-
| tos a year; about forty eight are hopeless.
His advice to that assorted portion OF hui
| manity who write, or think they write, Ii
| brettos is:
| Write your libretto just as you would a
| play. II you know a man or woman who
thinks he could set 1t to music avoid him
or her as you would deadhead looking for
| DIN lIuuL TOW Sedls. IL your nDTetIO Is dC-
ceptablo to Dewolf Hopper, Francis Wilson
or myself we'll find the music. You needn't
worry about that. The American composers
whom 1 have mentioned are crazy to find
good librettos. It's case OF a composer
seeking the libretto; the latter doesn't need
| to do any searching
After reading the different New York
criticisms, Conan Doyle's Sherlock
Holiness" as produced by William Gillette a
week ago, SO far as one is able to decide. has
| scored a triumph He seems to have made
an interesting play out OF a lot Of stories
which, while interesting enough to read did
not at first seem suitable for conversion
into drama possessing a continuity of plot.
One OF the New York critics writing in the
World says:
William Gillette, who as both actor and
author has long and wonderful record OF
triumphs. was the Sherlock Holmes in flesh
and blood who emphasized the moral set
down in the first sentence OF this article. He
furnished a surprise at the very beginning
OF the play by appearing without his Gus
tomary moustache and kept up the surprises
In one way or another, and all to the eminent
qualification Of the splendid and fashionable
audience that greeted him to the end of the
performance. Mr.. Gillette, with his smooth,
studious features. whose pale cast of
thought was enhanced by his very black
hair; his calm, unrippled manner; his easy
logical movements; his quiet, unaffected
fluctuations OF the elementary rudiments OF
his science; his alert observation and con-
stant scrutiny against deception or surprise.
realized in a most satisfactory degree the
hero OF the Conan Doyle tales and conveyed
complete impression OF what such mar
velous man would look and act and talk like
were he real being instead OF the fgment
OF clever romancer's brain. Mr.. Gillette
may indeed be said to have lifted the char
acter OF the detective out OF the domain of
fancy and placed it in the realm of reality.
for his impersonation was a human and con-
vincing type whose improbable feats, for
that reason were quite readily accepted az
actual and genuine"
With two performances TODAY NJ "Tbe |
Merry War the Trocadero Opera comnanv
will terminate its existence. 1t is with n |
feeling of regret that the announcement ia |
made. Every effort has been made to inter |
est music lovers in stock opera productions.
which have all been given as nearly perfect |
as possible, but without. avail Therefore
after struggle OF fourteen weeks the COM |
pany VIII close Its engagement. But four
other cities in the United States are able tn
boast OF stock operatic organizations, namely
Boston. New York, Chicago and San Fran
CISCO, and in each Of these cities the ven
ture is meeting with tremendous success
and the failure to promote such an organiza-
tion In Omaha and maintain it upon a pay
ing basis is to be regretted
The name Of Dewey continues to be the
chief resource Of the professional joke maker.
One OF the latest Dewey jokes is perpetrated
In the new opera, THE Bride Elect" given
In Omaha last week. One of the actors says,
'All THE girls in New York go to Central
park every morning and getting down on
heir hands and knees ktss the grass"
why do they do that?'' he is asked, and
the reply is, Because it is Dewey" A
bright little 5-year-old girl seemed to en-
Joy the joke as much as any one but in
telling 1t to her grandmother she twisted
he point out of sight. She said: Grandma,
heard funny joke at the matinee A
nan said all the girls go out to Central park
every morning and kiss the grass and when
some one asked him why he answered be-
tauses there was dew on it,"
Here's another joke which was sprung by !
/ vaudeville performer. An actor appears ,
IN the stage with his trousers reaching |
'nly to his knees. They are high water |
rousers. His partner" pert soubrette, |
surveys him for moment two and then
'emarks: 1T must be raining in London,
h?" mo, it isn't raining in London, but it
s Dewey in New York" Is the reply OF I
he short trousered individual /
Coming Events.
The distinguished actor and playwright
,harles Coghlan, will present his successful (,
lay, THE Royal Box" at Boyds COM !
nencing Monday, November 90 and con-
inuing until Wednesday evening, including I
Wednesday matinee
THE Royal Box" is said to be strongly
ramatic and very novel in the manner OF t
is presentation. 1t is an episode in tho )
ife of distinguished English actor called
n the drama James Clarence. It's scenes I
ange through diplomatic halls, taverns, I
heatrical dressing rooms and the stage !
the Drury Lane theater. While its charac-
ers embrace all classes from the prince OF i