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his vanity is on par with his bad bowling.
One song, decsively delivered by Hons
a young Bursch, clings to the memory
o Zitterbart, o Zittcrbart,
q Franz Xavehus ZtterDaru
Du trlffst ia NIGHT del La lea msir
Die KuRel Lst FUR Dich zu Schwer.

But he outbowls them all in one wild
effort The light it fades and night ap-
proaches as the CHEEKY crew departs Tor
home mother being also in the company
After some rough by-play the moon. IN
once more at their game Of signing Ihey
retire into an embrasure that LOOKS IKE
the door of the smoke house. There.
taking advantage OF the darkness, they
sing the duo from sTristan and Isolde.
lo! the wicked brother. The smoke mousse
he thinks! HIM! I'll make them smoke
for all those erotios; and he does. Flames
ascend. The lovers are not unduly sur
prised-- perhaps their heated vows fired
the trelis The town Waterman. awake,
for wonder, yells fire, and the chorus
does the rest IL is very exciting Herr
Kienzl's orchestra, which hitherto has
been softly humning and caterwauling
on the strings the Tristan music, now
bursts, unafraid, into the Fire music from
pie Walktire" What "a system! what a
memory!
need hardly add that Matthias is de-
nounCed as the firebug-perhaps in GER
tain sense, rightly and carried on TO prison.
The curtain falls and every one goes chas.
ing into the corridors for underheat ed
long stretch of time to traverse sym
pathetically. We do it, for It means that
the end OF the work is in sight Matthias
has spent two decades in Jail, He is now
a white haired, venerable beggar and street
exhorter, psalm singer, hrdngelimdnn. He
ia fatter than ever--for he ~ Herr hrause,
on the house bilis-and he means psalm
tree whose spreading branches quite eclipse
the background Since the time when
that enhancing vision Of chrome art ap-
peared. depicting tiny George Kill the Cats
at.ired in angel white and with CELESTIAL
expression in his cruel, blue eyes and saying
his evening prayers as he kneels In a crip
a world too wide for him, his minds eye
gratefully picturing the tortured cat OF his
great aunt, | have never been 80 touched
az by this picture at the Berlin opera, In
real life little boys are usually little demons:
when they are not, their wings sprout
and they are soon translated to better
shores where they no longer shoot at passers-
by with pea shooters or sing Now lay me
down to sauirm'' Luckily for the popula-
ton of the globe, few Of them do fly heaven
wsrd-there are 40 many left behind. On
the boards, however, the small boy is
nuisance, and we sympathize with the Eng
lish law which allows him to work twelve
hours in phosphorus match factory
getting sour bones. but which prohibits his
appearance for ten minutes in farce.
III Lei EfhbBSihLehAA
in evidence To the quavering tones OF
hand-organ such grandeur oil reallsm'-
the young ones dance, or else IN an access
Of perfectly inhuman pity, fetcn not soup
in a bowl 20 the hungry but proud-stom-
ached Matthias. He eats the smoking
liquid (perhaps, HIrdolIe dictu IL Is beer
soup) and gurges his thanks' me con
fralto. who was formerly the friend Of the
lovers, recognizes the wanderer She com
miserates his condition; ne true Irlah
Heep AZ far as demeanor, tells her that II
is the will OF the etceterds lhen peiis toll
voices chant and the scene closes
The last scene shows US another repent
ance- the wicked brother, ieetnE me
approach OF DEATH and tobacco no longer
soothing his conscience besihs a meio-
dious whine suddenly voice singing
the street, The singer is sent for; II is
Matthias ha Your DrotheT " was VINO
ruined your ne Mofh'ds lorSives ne
is oily and mean enough 70 forgive the
swiftest personal Kick' ana 10 'he QUO, OF
pastille music and oElciaI evangelical
sanctity ne curtain ehus '"'s parody OF
art and NE.
There Is everything IN NE score and
libretto for the German phlIistlhe, moon
light and freWorKs' Deer aha oo"!s' soup
and sentiment; repentance and forgiveness
/ felt 80 meek when left my sian tnat
lifted my nat 10 tue hople usher VINO
overcharged me tor tne programme,
Herr kienzl Is really an accomplished
musician. he has every ,rlcR on lhstrn
mentation, every trait OF moduIatlon and
progressive musical narrative az MS nhger
ends As have already Indicated he owns
an admirable memory, ana one no never
ceases exercising hehce ms cothHllnge-
ment in his score OF every COMPOSER from
Bach TO Mascogni he writes nuehtiy
and aEreeably Tor the voice shd IN purely
lyric episodes Ii more successful IMAM WIN
tragic moments, where he leans 700 heavily
on Wagner. lou can near almost ths en-,
tire Ring parts OF tristan ana Isolde and
much Of Die Mesterslnger lVr the price
Of one admission. That may nave helped
to make the opera so popular IN nerlh
ance Kraus was in much better voice
than In London. and he has the waist for
tha raie When Mr.. Conried engaged this
,anor Tor New York he told him that few
Eat of his girth would vastly increase his
cLarcss 81 Success In America after all,
wa can never become accustomed to cask
H. ,rchi,ecture In our tsnor singers Kraus
nron,ised faithfully 10 train down several
b,ndrad pounds. and he evidently began
Tnsnt was chiefly Noticeable In his VOICE,
wbicb had some OF the old, resonant fresh
raas va Moved ten wears ago. He did no.,
s .,osT bimssIF and in the second duo, Act
ga Srst solo Act II he sang with rncom-
,,1,r "a nower Emmy Destinn' a great favor
;, to1, -, an ort;stio Martha She sings hri,-
antIv,omalitv Of voice and style are hrii-
i la' Rarger was a viriie johannes the
v viIIain Of he opera, and FIJI schroter The