Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-10

Tho Little Minister" Ono Of the
Treats of the Seasonal Rival
For Maud Adams
The members of the big Italian opera
company arrived in town at noon today
over the Northwestern from the west
with car load of baggage. For few
moments after the arrival of the train
a stranger would have been led to the
belief that the city of Marshalltown
had been invaded by ferocious band
of foreigners. However, 1t was peace
full Invasion.
Outside of the principals, beauty can
not be said to be the chiefest charm of
these artists. They are not handsome,
but what boots it IL they are not hand
tsome-they can sing, and these roman
tic sons and daughters of sunny Italy
hold that an artistic rendering of the
masterpieces of the worlds greatest
thrilling details as personal appearance.
| the accommodation of the entire COM
pany, but many of the chorus We're not
satisfied with the quarters assigned
them and set out to find bonifaces who
could provide them with fare more
suited to their peculiar tastes. They
attracted considerable attention as
they trudged through the streets car
Trying their numerous bundles and jugs
None of them could speak English and
their gesticulations with heads and
hands and Struggling of shoulders i'm
| pressed those who saw them with a
sense SO foreign to accustomed sights
as to be both novel and refreshing.
After finally getting settled to suit
their individual tastes they all hocked
to the theater and in q few minutes
they had every attache about the house
at his wits end. They all talked at
once, waving their hands in every di-
rection and apparently We're all great
| ly excited about something, but no one
Icould understand them and above the
clatter one word seemed to predomi-
ate-"Intronacional." When It seemed
to the house property man that an aw-
full battle was almost on the verge oil
breaking loose Mr.. Bageard. the mana
4 ger of the company, appeared upon the
scene. When asked to explain what the
I difficulty was he said: "Oh, nothing
}. particular. Some of the members Were
u Just trying to inquire If the piano had
been tuned to international PITCH To
the American property mans eye These
; Italian singers We're in an awful state
LOT excitement about something. 1t was
simply their usual way of converSng
; While they sing with the same degree
of vigor. their music Is much more har
; monious
!. 1.-The Little Minister'S
With the popularity of the story from
. which the play is dramatized, it.
known success as the rage of last sea
son in the east, and with the stamp o.
excellence Mr.. Frohman's name at
. taches, THE Little Minister" was no
) expected to do otherwise than NEE
with. q liberal patronage and hearty ap
!. proval on its first appearance in Mar,
4 shutdown. For at least once Mar
!. shalltown theater patrons in large
numbers did not wait for second ap
: pearance" to display their confidence II
!. this wholesome and elevating comedy
!. but on the other hand filed nearl.
every seat at the Odeon.
> Although the audience forgot to ap
: plaud the star when she appeared. ant
, in the early part of the play few PEG
ple laughed at Bob Dow when h
should not have been laughed at, ever.
one got his bearings before the action
had progressed far and discriminate
with better taste between the humor
ous and the grave-between the every
day frivolities of humanity and tn
hard knocks of actually.
Many Of the characters of The Lit
tile Minister" in their Interpretation re
uuire naturalness that is artistic
lreal acting" if you please. They ar
character studies from the hills o
Scotland. ntermingled with a stor
land a plot that are novel and inter
esting. And those who have seen Maud
Adams, who won fame and fortune q
the original Lady Babbie. say tina
Adelaide Thurstons Babbie in tn
present company rivals Miss Adams
BE that as it may, 1t was as strong
character Interpretation as Marshall
town theater-goers have ever bee
treated to. She is the personifcation {
unrestrained and audacious Innocence
land no one in the audience blamed tn
young minister for loving her. Ira 4
lizards in the title role was acceptable
but there seemed to be something lack
y ing-some finishing touch that he ha
failed to discern. Frank Il. Aiken, VIII
played Lord Rintoul, is one of tn
grand old men of the stage, and wa
|Clay Clements cold man" when tha
favorite was here in "A Southern Ger
tleman.' Francis Powers as the chic
elder George Conway, Irving William
land William Henderson as elders {
Dishart's church. and Theodore e
vere's Bob Dow We're finished charat
terizations Frederick Summers Cap
Haliwell, Amy Meers' Felice and Mar
Henderson's Mamie Webster We're ais
!; excellent, especially the latter. and tt
balance of the cast was very accepts
BILE.
'e If there We're more of THE Lift
Ministers" and less trash on the stat
= the world would be the better for It.
: A POULTRY SHOW.
e Mnrshalltown to Have One Durin
s. the Holidays.
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