The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-15

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Terry down.
The Pollard Opera Company of more
than fifty children from Australia has
just landed in San Francisco and are
about to embark on a tour of America.
The manager is 10 years old. All the
rest are under Is. They sing such
operas as "A Gaity Girl" I'm Town."
The Belle of New York" 1.-THE Mika-
do" Paul Jones'" and THE Chimes
of Normandy" They have played en-
gagements in China, Japan, the Philip
pines, South Africa. Java, New Zea-
land and Honolulu.
Human Hearts," a story dealing
with Arkansas life, will be the at
traction Christmas matinee and night
Sorrows mark the play; there are tears
in plenty, but there is a supply of in
cidents which provoke hearty laugh
ter. All who have seen the play will
welcome its coming.
THE Casino Girl" will be the attrac-
ton at the theater at an early date
The Casino Girl has gained recogni-
ton as a great Lederer effort. 1t has
been presented, within the two years
since its creation, in England and Scot
land, France, Germany, Hungary and
AeA0SAd anu III AuSlTdHa ana lnQla. In
every instance the production has met
with cordial reception. The cast will
include the following we'll known ar
lists: Frank Bernard, Ben Grinnell,
Harry A. Smith. R. E. Warren, Harry
Short, Miss Clara Palmer Nellie Nc
Naughton, Carrie Reynolds and Hattie
Arnold. In addition there is a big
chorus contingent of Casino beauties.
the musical wiseacres of Great Britain
to discover that an American musician
could teach them something new, but
there was no doubt in their minds at
ter the first performance of Sousa's
Band in London that a revelation of
the possibilities of the military band
had been accorded them. The general
and generous praise that followed the
surprise was a great tribute to the
American conductor and composer.
Sousa's success In Great Britain has
never been equaled by any other for
eign conductor; his band has been ac-
corded popularity and financial and
artistic success such as no band has
ever before known. Music hall per-
formers are giving limitations of the
March King" at every hall in Lon
don, and the American musician is
clearly the man of the hour in must
cal circles. Sousa has just returned to
London for a second series of concerts,
so general has been the desire to hear
him again. The band returns to Amer
lea in time for their Christmas dinner,
and in the forepart of January will be-
gin the regular winter tour, in the
course of which they will appear at
the theater at an early date.
When little more than a girl Nine.
Nordica, who appears Jan. 10, then
Lillian Norton, made an appearance at
Madison Square Garden with the fam
Gus Pat Gilmore's Band, then in the
zenith of its success. So brilliant was
her triumph that she was engaged as
soloist with that organization for a
tour of this country and afterward of
England. The warm-hearted conduc-
tor one day exclaimed, after her song:
You will yet be crowned Queen OF
Song in your own country" The pro-
phecy was fulfilled not so many years
afterwards, when her admirers pre-
sented her with a diamond crown on
the stage of the Metropolitan Opera
House, New York. This gift of jewels
Is but one of a large number of very
beautiful tokens of admiration and re-
gard bestowed upon Nine. Nordica in
all parts of the world. After singing
before Queen Victoria once, upon the
latter's birthday, Mime. Nordica was in
vited by request, instead of the usual
regal command, to join the royal party
when the Queen as a souvenir of the
occasion presented Nine. Nordica with
a decoration in the form of a circle of
diamonds surrounding a disc of enam-
eled gold bearing the royal monogram
in diamonds and suspended a crown Of
the same jewels. Among other jew
eled orders from royalty the great
American soprano received from the
Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
that of ARTS and Sciences" and also
the title of "Kammersangerin."