Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-11
local TALENT tn OPERA
ROLES.
operetta By the Choral
Union.
A Marked Success.

a mdrh0O OUCC0SS.
Missouri Valley individually and
collectively is proud Vt the musical
talent of the town. Possibly few
towns of its size would be able to give
two such enjoyable evenings enter
tainments by local talent as has been
given by our people during this week.
A very tlattering audience greeted
the Choral Union in Its initial public
performance. Surely no amateur en-
tertainment has ever before enjoyed q
larger or more brilliant reception than
was accorded to the Union at the
opera house last evening as they gave
the operetta "Paullne' by Chas. II.
GaDrl-l.
Clean, pure, sparkling from begin
ming TO tinlsn With lis symmetrical
adjustment of paris and careful at
tentlon 10 detail 1T proved very
forth unstinted praise from the audi
ence, which during the entire evening
were very responsive and heartily APP
plauded the performers.
The scene of the play is purely
American. A number of gay lads and
lassies are bent upon having merry
day in the woods ana they find the
Freedom of Woodland and sunniest
bower, kindly to MS is extended" so
with merry chorus, which it was q
delight to hear they open the evening
A city reporter with an idea he has
only to smile on the rural maidens and
all will be ready to fall at his feet, puts
in his appearance, but alas like many
another of his kind, he finds himself q
laughing stock of all the girls and
their lovers. A poor unsophisticated
college professor comes to the country
to rest and is at once besat with over
lures of love from q maiden of un
certain years, to his great discomfort,
and an aboriginal swell from traglo-
dytical folks" tries to win the heart
of the pretty sewing maid. Three
tums put in their appearance, and we
will say If those upon the stage were
not buns of pure water, then the
genuine article would be hard to find.
] hey took the house by storm, while
the happy, genial landlord was an i'll.
sp,ration.
The. scene where poor old Uncle Joe
finds his long lost mistress and her
child and RECEIVERS his long lost son,
Shady, who was quite conspicuous dur
ing all the evening, was very pretty
and touching.
The usual occurrence at picnic,
much love-making, a fortune teller,
the browning of the queen, and the
singing of merry and patriotic songs
were all there and everything was done
with such perfect conception of the
writer's idea tEa. it was realistic and
ENJOYABLE to the extreme.
From Pauline, the crowned queen,
to the messenger boy everyone did his
or her part with such excellence that
it would be unfair to discriminate or
to make special mention of the several
parts and performers. Not one jar or
failure occurred. The performance
will always be pleasantly remembered
and commented upon with approval,
and the play will take its place among
our music loving people as one with
very pretty choruses, with enough
humor and fun to content the normal
mind, with genial and sunny quality
and with no artificialties or contra
dictory situations. There was no at
tempt at high art in the play but each
part was perfect in It's performance.
This perhaps after all is true high art.
Mrs q Green has all day been the
recipient of compliments and congrat-
ulations from every quarter the success
of theentertsinment has been wholly
due to her patience. her dramatic con-
ception and her controlling hand coup
led with the interesting work she has
done during the winter months. The
members of the Choral Union are
pleased to see the recognition of Mrs.
Green's talent az we'll as the hearty
support rendered them by their time.
lily expressed appreciation. Prof.
Adams accompanied Mrs. Green at
the piano with the violin.
1t might only be fair to add that the
Choral Union is the youngest of the
musical organization of our town. 1T
is composed of forty voices some of
them of exceptionally fine quality.
The Union was organized by Mrs.
Green last November and meets in the
Presbyterian church on Monday even
ing Of each week