Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-24

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gent of the. east, headed by Mrs. Mari
gold, of the smart set throng in
search of green silk dress, which
Mrs. Marfgold gave to her maid, who
sold it to the secondhand dealer,
who in turn gave it to his pretty
daughter Sally, as a present. Unfor-
tunately. in the pocket of this dress
are some love letters which the am
orous and usually discreet natron
would not have anyone read for the
world. This is but a sample of the.
humorous incidents of the play, which
Mr.. Lederer has worked into the pref
ty and jolly piece of nonsense set in
as brilliant a Kaleidoscope of color
as ever marked his old-time day when
fun and frolic ran riot at the Casino.
One of the many scenes included in
the two acts of Sally in Our Alley"
is laid in a fashionable Fifth avenue,
drawing room, where all the beauti-
full chorus girls are given an oppor-
tunity to display their family heir
looms i'll the way of diamond tiaras
and ropes of pearls. The company
will include IS people, among them
being Junie McCree, Richard +. Car
roll. George Schiller, Frank Earring
ton, Harry Fairleigh, Trixie Friganza,.
Catherine Lewis, Caroline Houstis and
Jessie Mooney. 81
Maurice Grau's Farewell.
The farewell season in. Chicago of
the Maurice Grau Opera company
from the Metropolitan Opera house,
New York, will include thirteen. per-
fermanees beginning Tuesday evening
April z. There will be eleven evenings
and two matinees Saturday, April II
and 1S, Mn. Grau has given the en-
tire charge of the Chicago opera sea-
son to c. H. Wilson, of Pittsbnrg
manager of the Pittsburg orchestra.
Mr.. Wilson arranged for his Chicago
season six months ago, and has dePo-
ted almost the entire time since the
first of the year to the perfection of
the arrangements. The prospectus
received surely carries ont the prom
Uses of the most brilliant season of
opera known in Chicago. The com
pany this year has as its principal
artists. Mines. Sembrich, Nordica, Cad
Bauermeister, MiariIly. Van eau
tere, Schumann-Heink, Bridewell, Ho-
mer. The more important men, art
lists are tenors: Albert Alvarez, from
he Paris Grand opera house; Alois
Burgstaller, his first appearance in
Chicago, direct from. Bayreuth and
Madame Wagner; George Antilles,
long the favorite of the Dresden Roy
al opera and great Wagner singer;
Carlo DAM, the matinee favorite this
year in New York; Emilio DeMarchi,
the best dramatic Italian tenor now
before the public; Thomas Salignac,
jacques Bars and Robert Nanni. The
baritone and bass list is superb: David
Bispham, G. Campanari. Charles Gill
bert, Adolphe Muhlmann, Antonio
Scott, Anton Van Rooy. Robert
Blaas, job. Elmblad, Marcel Gourmet
and Edouard DeReszke. There is a
new German conductors this year. Al
fred Hertz. who is said in New York
to be the best Wagner conductor
since Anton Seidl. The other con-
ductors are Luigi MancineHi and Phil
| ippe Flon, well known through their
! participation in previous Chicago
seasons. Mr.. Wilson promises more
complete ensemble during the Chiea-
go season than has ever been the
case. All the operas win be staged
with the scenery used i'm New York:
there will be a chorus of 100, corps
of dancers numbering 30, and an aug
| mented orchestra, about seventy-five
players. The 13 performances include
no repetitions and the works are so
chosen as to give opera lovers of all
schools most interesting anticipa-
ton. The performances are sched-
uled as follows: April z, at S p. m,
double bill, Daughter of the Regi-
ment'' and 'Pagliacci; April s, at
1880 p. m, Die Walkure; April 0,
at 7:45 p. m. die Meistersingen; y
April 10. at s p. m, Faust" April II,
at las p. m. Tristan and Isolde;
April II, at p. m, Aida" April 13,
at p. m., don Giovanni" April IA,
at p. m. 1.-The Masked Ball." April
Is, at p. M. "Siegfried;" April 16,
at p m, double bill, Don Pasquale''
and "Cavalleria Rusticana;" April II,
at p. m, "The Prophet" April Is,
at p m, ''The Magic Flute" April
49,, at 7:3O p. M, 'Gotterdammer-
ung" The season ticket sale for the
entire 13 performances begins at the