The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-19
THE PULSATION OF PILSEN.
IMPRESSIONS LEFT ny 4 VERY
PLEASING NEW OPERETTA.
,uyar and spice All Through-seems to
Have settled nj the broadway for
Long Run-Two Versions OF "Iris"
and Why Miss Harned's II the Better.

Did YOU ever Pilsef 1t Is the art Of pour
ing Pilsner into the proper receptacle with
on, spillng a drop-outside. During Ian
euorous spring days, when the heart panteth
after liquid joys. to Piise is to be at ease
with yourself and the world. Yesterday
afternoon a fat. thirsty person passed the
Broadway Theatre. The announcement OF
=. matinee attracted his eve and the allitera-
tive title Prince Of Pilsen' allured.
Here's theatre; let us Piise." he said,
after the manner Of Mr. -Wemmick.' and
then went within. He was dry. but the
show was not. This comic opera. or musical
comedy, or what Is it, as Hons Wagner
asks. proved TO be extremely palatable to
a ;as,e not depraved by the music Of the
other Wagner. Give the Luders his due
We have heard, and not so many moons
ago less melodious music In New York
Frank pixley's book il perfectly re-
spectacle. There is not . line In 1t that
lars ono by its originality. The story fol-
lows with reverence the lines laid out by the
srandfathers Of operetta, and. as we know
by this time, librettists are conservative
persons. Far be It from them to upset
conventions by the exclusion Of jests and
iapes touching upon the drink habit,
women's fckleness and the naushtiness
o, politicians. Far be 1t, we repeat, any
attempt at remodelling the ground plan
ana suppressiug the bizarre potentate OF
realms uncharted, Of impossible Germans,
frenchmen and English lords And why
.houd a comic opera book be original
WY should II contain noveltieei Why
should it make us think3 An intellectual
libre;to would be contradiction in terms.
IN either comic or grand opera, There'
ws say S2 months. huTraS for on ahe merry
critic and his Trilogy.
This looks like an apology for Mr.. Pixley's
book 1t Is not. His work is old enough
to stand alone. 1t was born old. 1t Is
older than the music-and that Is saying
much. However, to be quite frank, the
story is respectfully incoherent 1t moves
Chilly along venerated, though slightly
inchoate tracks, and 1t seldom ohends.
The good lines you can count-and the bad
ones you needn't Mr.. Luders IA an ex-
ccllent musician. He believes in sugar
and spce-particularly spice. This latter
he supplies through the medium OF the
pulsatile instruments, cymbsls. drums and
various noise-breeding devices. He has
what the boys call ginger and -whoops'
things UP in his finales. Rhythmically he
ia in line: two-four with an occasional
waltz are his specialties -Artie' Ia great
hit. So IL the Stein song. well sung
a eapslld by male voices. They are actually
in tune and the balance OF tone Ia good
We did not care so much for the senti-
mental numbers, though they viii be popu-
lar. Such things as Pictures IN the
Smoke make the sensitive ear ~, mSs;
are sensitive ears 10 Luders or Luders 70
sAnstive earsp sBin- Bang Is rafting In
It's rhythm; so IL the finale to Act H.. And
the Shell song has s,, come tE stay dur,n urn,
from Maestro Mancinelli his Fro Leandro
laurels. II is Of the right shape to fit the
lips Of whistlers.
everybody In his soore-marches, topica
Songs, q hunters chorus--rather out OF
nlacs In Nioe--and oas two ys1s- Yss'
little things for them that chew gum IN
the stalls. The American Girl chorus.
with hs various .girles, IL an agreeable
variation, a slight one, TO be sure. II may
interest foreign visitors, for II is such req
picture Of the American Girl-particula
OF the girl from Gotham New York girl
whistle, do they not? Surely Mr.. Pixie,
was thinking Of West Bottoms Kan.
After a wear on the road the perform
snoe Of The Prince OF Pilsen' is quit
smooth. Yesterday the heavy work o.
an openine night was visible for a time
bu, /, soon wore OF in the general enthusi'
asm IL was good to zee Helen Bertran
Taste and intelligence. John Ransone
whose personality suggests a combination
NJ Freddy Solomon and Harold Bauer
the pianist. In funny in his own obese way
He now omits the Yarmouth sllusion
Albert Parr has LUSCIOUS organ. not to-
much -cravat;- Arthur Donaldson speak
hi music with eloquence. There are = 10
q clever, ood-lookins girls-tvs Mes,
cot, distinctly talented. Anna LacnteI
Ia Fd
w aS "a and the re., Edgar Norton hs
sonnet ming of Joe Herbert's methods
and sherman Wade 10 made OF rubber
'ae 1t psr,s' Herr Luders conduc,s ener
Tia, maddening Alteration has evidentl
sstled within the comfoftabis bfo~hSs,
Theatre for a long time
An anxious inquirer. evidently OF thu
uneasy ~, asks We N We really mean tina
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