Evening journal., 1902-04-14
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Inc mere announcement OF the en-
gagement OF that famous humorist.
Dan Daily. and the entire George Led
lerer Company. consisting OF four score
brilliant farceurs and singers in the
presentation of the one great big musi-
cal comedy success OF New Yorks
present season. 1.-The New Workers"
at the Opera House tonight should be
Sufficient to crowd the house. Dan
Dalys production is being described as
being the high tide of enervescing
lwit. rollicking fun, tuneful melody.
brilliant cOlOring and all the grace and
beauty that sweet femininity can add
TO an entertainment OF this class. In
it Mr. DAILY is the star. and has scored
his greatest personal triumph,
and that is saying mucm
for the man who has been
tho main factor OF more musical COM
edy successes produced within the past
decade than any other now before the
American public.
"The most amusing audience 7 ever
played to-" said Kyrle Bellew, who
comes to the Grand Opera House on
April 21, in his dressing room at Wal
lacks Theatre. New York. recently,
was the audience of two people. in
Hydrobad. India. One of these indi-
viduals was the Nizan himself Per-
haps IL should be explained paren-
thetically that the Nizan is the chief
native prince of India. Prompted by
his English secretary, the Nizan sent
train Of elephants nearly fifty miles
to meet Mrs. Potter and myself, and
bear us in state to his marble palace at
HydrObad. Desiring us to interpret
our greatest English playwright, we
delivered scenes from Shakespearean
tragedies and comedies (Which he did
not understand completely until we
nearly dropped in our tracks from ex-
haustion. The funniest part of it all
was the Nizan's superb attention, a
most remarkable circumstance we
lthought-for he was a potentate who
was absolute in his dominions. We
did not learn until the performance
was nearly over that the Nizan had
been sleeping peacefully throughout
our efforts.
The magnificent theatre in which
We appeared before the Nizan would
be an ornament to almost any capital
of the world. and differed from the
conventional theatre of our acquaint-
ance only in its shape, and the mass
i've elegance of its entire furnishings.
The feature Of the temple which at
tracted our attention was the series of
heavy green portieres of exquisite tap
estry that. separated by alabaster pill
lars, swept three sides of the marble
auditorium, and it was not until the
day of our departure from the
Nizan's demesne that we learned
that the harem had been secreted be-
hind these hangings throughout our
performance At the conclusion of our
eight consecutive hours of Shakes
lpearean rendition. we were hidden TO
seats on either sides Of His Serene
lHighness, TO witness the native dances
of his slave women. Despite our ex-
haustion. we were quietly advised not
TO stir until the Nizan rose. When
the gray streaks Of dawn broke through
the long slender windows Of the court
theatre / called my British nerve to
the test and broke all court precedence
lby begging the rulers leave TO retire,
both for myself and Mrs Potter. who
reclined in unconscious sleep beside
me. The Nizan proved himself a
trump. however. by responding at once
with gracious aequiesence. The next
day he presented me with a sandal
wood box filled with gold coin, and
Mrs Potter with a string of magnif-
cent emeIalds of enormous size"
The actress who has risen to the
great fest aoofal and nrofpccfOual i,rofuf-