The sun., 1900-12-04
Every o7sra must begin
With chorus al an I'M.
Dr.nsiug draughtS Of air,
B'ayintAge rare.
From golden mugs Of pu-,s, tin

From goliCa mugs Of pur'Stin
A-Veber A field-s every night Lillian Russell
sting. that verse in which Edgar Smith LAYS
down comic opera r6A Nr Smith was true
70 his own directions when he vro'e, in coab-
Grafton with Louis de Lsnge. the book q
sweet Anne Page comic opera which w.
produced for the first time IN New York a. the
Manhattan last night The liftinE Of the cur
tain revealed the sane merry chorus drink
IN. e. Cfaerily a. m the old Mascot day,
and many YEAR before and after They waved
lhsir mugs about with the same carelessne~-
IS of old not needing the danger ~ spilling
the contents. perhap- knowing that nothing
,ouId fan out ~ empty tankards In due
cour-e the small part man entered and relieved
himself 81 a drinking song Then one o; 'he
merry merry 'ripped out Of tie rauAs and
shading her ewes from the glare 4 The calcium
turned on for the entrance Of the star. sang
Here comes sweet Anne Page
III, careful adherence "a conviction marx ed
everything in the book Here is fair eN-
ample 81 the dialogue Fir; soprano. entering
and signing / have not seen him for IL
months ard don't know whether hall eyer .ee
him again. but I viii wait patiently Willie
waiting viii sIng a neat little ballad This
che did with a frequency that was appalling
Tho story of the opera concerned a young
Gfl VINO Wa dbfll 10 'I''lf WIN i'l IbN'I
in order "a escape marrying a man she hated
The love- WAS called away on a secret mission
70 AID In the plot 10 bring william of Orange
10 rule England Thus left alone anne Pogs
joireI hand OF stroliinE PLAYERS and met
many fnishau- in al array oi disgIiSes that
proved her T,o-itiyely 70 he comic opera stsr
"Svee, Auus Page MADE two Iatroductions
Es well ~ acgL aiming us VAL herself Il
presented Lulu rlssar az A star for the fr-t
time ard " II NsldIng.f r. a conlO,er
olau entire score. MI-- t,s-rT aas long rogard-
ID herself A. 4 star and t'l~d y trirg the public
q her way Of Thinking. 20 her position lat
night seemed quite natlra! 7hs onv change
in twas that she didn't iavH y crowd Francs
Wilson from the centre ~ the stage. IL was
hers by night Of q wealthy 'sngel" Instead
OF bv main force People who Ike Miss Chaser
Will admire her more in this than ever before.
and any that dout will disike her more than
trey1ously There Is very much oi Mss
Glsser Not single rolling "r'ol the West i
sLgttnd nor /. the Olaser seli-sstSfGclpn
.trikingly noticeable by it absence. Judged
on IT, rnerts her performance l. sdInIrsbi"
animated and vivacious. She slnes vel AID
Ior.s Yre,ty. though more rnstrOnly than for
merry
Al-rander Clarke is the chief comedian. and
a funny ou@ as he has frequently proved here
tn'pre ne mos LiI>lI lllns j ilS isF-
forrlAnc. A. that he i.as les. than ten comic
falls, ara mas have been altn"s' free from
black and hlIs warks Al las even. ~ end.
Really. "a franCis Wilson dlpTlns INTO CI-r-
auC AT via ',rrasD ce Bercei a. and AleN-
andsr Clarke saving on hi- feet through a
whole J'er' pru44roe. the future - Ar.rioaN
como oI~ra ~s--rns 20 rsS' entirely On 'ie
shoulders o. j.-er- IN Do Angel. Mis> Gla.,r
has s"ne good Singers with h"r. rriu~iraiv
Arthur Igla.1~a-, Ha'ul1 blaka. Gre'a EI~Iay
and FRED rrea- ~ here are any oihe- 'ore.
dians In the 0CrIErv than AI.Jaudar Clarke
we ays,logl.e far r.' mentioning thsfn bur
really. " hey wanted ro'Ic,.. they should hav.
worn Labels reviewer cant t- syps-.'.y!
20 know Corrio oI'@'a comedian simply ~
looking ~ him
Some interest WAS 'eit ~ NJ, Neili-rers :
score ~ ms good r"iH'1' on ~ ~p' Z writ.r
had given hOIs- ~ son. atnlrF interest ~ %, 4
l-rger NSid Ihere VS. ~ d,sqrIairt tI1pr'
lIis muse wAs adrrIra'.". r,' la'sirs 10 me-. .pdr
h.oau-e u gained ~ th. = vaf - i,. lfl.'If,.
II seriously lacked 'IFi. - 4rr sNara, tar
though u never .-..-''-d 're 'r,orrt Old
England ~ f"@ TIAV.- i--Eri Nnyarr fo'cs-
y vas pinaSlr. sr7 -.'I4rIE Al ''t' I.
very vol hU' ~" rI-ufor Ht. -. ta ~fIr-'..
Tell Nj H-.'-v Made Ir .H-pC,rf
would d. U."r' - rnr'..a-f-. '~u.-,t Ann.
Page fiar al ''o cor fI.ard d4lta h..' -. '..g
e~lrts - Mr. N'id,Iuge- arr r,,Gr... now
,his nov p'av rs--ds al ~ ls'r = rrr -,
dirnifed or otherwise
R,chsrd Mansfield moved into the Harlem
cpera House last nieht with -Heury V &C
oompanied by the same numerous actors who