The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-09
George AIDES New Opera.
A Satirical Effort.
Denver Post,)

ADenFer Eost--
George AIDE, the Chicago humorist, "no
ranks second IN popularity only 10 +.
Dunno the creator Of the inniol'Nl
Dooley has taken his pen in mana al'G
has written an opera. II must pc d -
opera. for il is 10 be produced a. Us ~
Studebakcr theatre in chicago Wei -
b,- "A special corapanv. Moreover II i tg
be produced as written. not hlaii-te u -
INITIATED to suit the ca9rlces ~ -.
ages and grima donnas, ioI 49, Sood-
manager. after reading the lpretlp1 t',liN
ed the manuscript back to Ade VIII
humble request that certain chaH-e9
made Ade drew himself up haughtily anu
exclaimed in an awful voice .,-,-,.r
sir, VINO am / that sHoulu
with g masterpiece &c.
II is not a buriesQue. Darooy OF "a
but a clever. witty satire Win CllH te'ss3},.
humorous situations IN 1t 10 De ger III 81
funny He has called il kl-hdils 81
tan of SuIu. The large company OF
some sixty people Is in daily Eepeai a. 3,l,
and Waiter Burridge Is [iniss'ii1 -, ~
scenery Alfred C. Watnau o. 800 -
ton Chicago's classic suburb, mas 49,
ten Tire music for AIDES words, ana Jonn
q. McCutcheon. the Chicago RSSoLH
ist-CCrTcspOudent. VINO w. -
Dewey Ia Manila bay, and VINO Wa ~ -
first newspaper man TO see Suiu 49,
that island had been gathered uhue' Inv
lag. designed all the cost TUNES. ..f,,,
This combination of writer muslSise.t
artist and scene painter is utilto 17,,.;t
Ace. in 1890, spent some time ~ IN +te
pplues, BurridEe was some wees ..li..t III
stands of the Pacific ocean ana " d 'il ~,
has had Oriental experiences. Iu9 ny Wy
comic opera viii have the lust'ai ~
cinctiOn Of being built uD IilsS 10 ~
The result is that "Ki-Ram- sultan "a
Sulu" is fun of real local color Nc
-utche0n brought back with MN non ~
zulu scores Of finished sketches oL -
| cal sultan, Of his soldiers, the pildSe -
he town. This material was useo rely
9y the scene painters and caFpeutetS 80
he COstumers. The opera Is alIoseOllrL
/ original, for II is unlike anything Oh 'i's
| stage. ...-,.. -
/ When in the course of Philippine az
airs the sultan Of Suiu Decauie 80
/ iact Of the United States ana the Aiil t5I-
/ lean flag was raised over aafeul' W
/ .ncongruous situation uchIeu 49, tS-s;(
! AIDES receptive fancy, he saw the Co t5l
/ ODeTa possibilities and when ne met W
4 utcheon in Manila and was tolQ OF Lle
! Oriental warmth. rich cOlOTs 2nc atInES
/ phere of Suiu. he began TO Wofk, n n
1 doesn't call his efforts q comic opera ile
| saws il is a musical play in Whlch ne
| shows what happened to the polygamous
/ sultan when ki-Ram ran uD dsdln9'
/ American laws and the things Whlch iol-
| lowed the flag into the Philippines.
| The opera has three acts anG mort
| WORK for the chorus than is usually slE-
en- that moderated aggregation A slaIlC'
| lhrou-h the book indicates Ihal soihc
thing will happen every minute Jhe cur
! lain is uD. II would seem thaI WI :
| IF this kind by AIDE would be fuli OF lh'
! slang which ne employs so cleVerly IN M
! fables, but slang is conspicuously aDseh
| n the orera. AIDE however, has utllize'
| hat talent which has been his diNldeh1
| producing capital of giving humoIou
| twists witty kinks and funny angles Z
simple direct English to such good pun
| pose that his characters in the saUfica
musical play will need no slansy gass
or forced machine made Jokes 10 SISS
! grins and raise laughs.
The opera will be handsomely stage
and cOstumed. 1T is a foolish thing 20 pre-
| diet the success Of any new producLlo
play. but Henry ". Savage, head OF ~ IN
/ several Castle Square companies WI
: / has the reputation of never presenting
| failure has shown his confidence IN IN
| work of AIDE and Wathan by spending
/ large sum Of money on it-and' as 4Ao
E | nut IL that's q pretty straight UP
Ki-Ram, the sultan, is the princp'
| character. OF course, and the man WI
e | win carry the role viii have himself
blame If he does not make q hit. TT
9 | other principal male characters al
Colonel jefferson Budd of the volunteer
= from Arkansas; Lieutenant Villa
Hardy of the regulars; Hadu Ionton
= / the sUltans private secretary W ahel
o ~. Jones, an American tIaVellils M
and advance agent Of the trade which r.
g lows the flag: Didymos and Rastos, U
:. ! suItan's slaves, and DattO Mandi, q
/ sulsan'ss competitor. The female cna
y acters are Henrletta Budd. the colone
d daughter; Pamela Frances Jackson, Z
Judge advocate and the sultan s len
IL nine Nemesis; Cniqultai the sultan III
Z wife: seven other wives and tour scAe
J, ma ans. Then there are sQldlers, Amt
~ lean and Philippine, sailors natives, e
Trouble begins for the sultan the
II | slant the Americans land to take posse
sion of the island and he Is not sePaIs
> ed from IT. until a eG Cur . - "
court has decided that the consutntl
It, | follows the flag only on MOndays. W
IN | nesdavs and Fridays. But the intrOdl
= ton Of American laws and customs
= not altogether an unmiNed eFi' CoiG
y Rudd introduces ki-Ram 70 q cockJali
- Zone OF the first blessings of clViiizauol
NC The cocktail though, is the undolns
no the ruler Of Sulu. for under the lhIuel
-+ ! of several of them he proposes maIfis
- ! to Miss Jackson. the judge advocate "
IN / il on the point of accepting the nOmil
ton for sultana. when Ki-Ram Inopp
timely mentions his eight wives.
/ Boston lady. horror struck and Nlclou
As indignant iashes him with her TOM
and sets the American law on him.
IL tells the eight wives, who were the
err I willing brides of the sultan Tor ne
- captIIred them in a raid on the poss
ne sions of Datto Mandi. that the Ameri
as law permitted husbands to have but
on wife each. She initiates them into
mysteries of alimOny. and then as u
* / advocate. she rules that the sultan m
he / divorce seven OF his wives. Inc only
80 | book brought with the American pa
are the revised statutes OF Arkallsa
ION and according TO them divorced VII
an / entitled to One-half her husband me
( for aIimony. Ki-Ram figures II out III
iu- ilv that as he has eight wives ne II
led paw them four times MS income lot e
les is entitled to halt His CALCULATIONS
as close the en1barra ssing predtcament
ac- the more he has the deeper IN deot
the he be
The Judge advocate gives him a Ger
an number of hours to meet his Obligati
18th and when he fails she sends MN 70
for. 1 with his private secretary But Dc
! this happens Colonel Budd opposes mn
lew sultan but makes him a governor
an moves his crown and puts plug nat,
I emblem Of democracy, on the royal n
cen Whereupon the sultan breaks INTO
aid TO this effect.
evil ~ ,-on-, for mo Of ordinary gold.
A governor I'm to be, and I've .oeen
That this. which the colonel calls q
Is the proper gear for a democrat
Sc When the governor goes to jail the
itarr assumes the control of the Isl
AR' and the sultan's wives and American
ON dieTs fail i'm love with eacn otAef'
-s+o uuita, the first wife, becoming enaH
with the dashing colonel.
ONT Behind the bars the sultan ana al
light sourceful private secretary organl
dis me he .sArj,aTsavr'' law. learns that
d a can hut marry his wives or he VIII o
OF paving the alimony. The plan az
entity works. and he is about TO see a
troubles at an end when the judge
I 20 cate rounds out her revenge by ruling
divorced wives cannot Temarry within
dlS- wear But the decision Of the SUP
men court with an order from the war de
ago. mem I-te 70 ~ win Local Laws and Gus
lded comes in the nick of time; the sUita
..,-i ascends his throne. divorces al his
and takes nightly 10 cocktails
for through the opera runs a light love
&c ~ in which Lieutenant Hardy and the
Z neTs daughter figure
The musical play is fun OF songs
every song has its chorus
Tha chnrus Eirls ere eNpecten To