The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-13
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acknowledgements Forbidden Land"

MetropoIltan-"The Forbidden Land"
1.-The Forbidden Land" the latest
Dearborn theater. production from
Chicago, affords a, very enjoyable
evenings entertainments partlyag.due
no doubt, to the fact that .a@the scene
is laid in Tibet, until recently an unex-
plored and unknown, country, and now
much in the public. eye The SCENIC eff
fects have been prepared with more or
less reference to the architecture and
natural features of that country. The
costuming is advertised to conform close
ly to that of Tibet, and is certainly odd
enough to make the statement plausible.
The customs and rites of the priest-rid-
den people are in evidence in the first
act and give added interest to the pre-
sentation, which was received by the au-
dience last night with frequent applause.
AS musical entertainment, by cour-
tesy called comic opera, THE Forbid
den Land will hardly rank with many
of the tuneful productions that have pre-
ceded it. Its melodies are, with one, or
two, notable exceptions, neither catchy
nor overly interesting; and it's CHOIR
uses are scarcely up to the mark
However, the book is bright and enter
tanning, Astounding in sprightly quips and
merry filings, most of which fall to the
lot of Doctor Ferdinand Klotz, a health
II,
whose genius has produced a system of
wireless politics. ~
The mounting of the production Is at
tractive and bright and it's success is as
sured by the clever people who have been
| secured to exploit the comedy element,
and by the remarkably good chorus with
it's attractive and fresh-voiced girls The
specialties are in the hands of very COM
petent people, who contribute by far. the
! greatest share of the evenings entertain
1 ment., The solo work is not SO salts
1 factory. ..... f.. = g.
Gus Weinburg, as the purveyor OF
health foods, who sees in every person
he meets one who needs a Diet is clev-
erly funny and enjoyable. Kinkaboo, CHIEF
of the Amalgamated Beggars of Asia, is
played by William Cameron. His proof
| Of the assertion that he was "all kinds Of
4 q wrestler was overwhelmingly funny anG
4 was. repeatedly encored. ABDUL, a Hi11dl
fakir, taken by Hugh Flaherty, afforded
i much amusement in his treadmill turn il
/ the prison scene, while W.. H. Clark a:
Barca Tarjum, Tibetan .potentate wo1
j the musical honors of the evening Hi
i voice is a fine, resonant bass of grea
I strength and effectiveness Thomas WI
kinson, the English artist, by Joseph "A
I Phillips, was too perfunctory and sstereo
/ typed to be interesting . $st. {
OF the women; Ethel Johnson as*TIulda
i the Swedish maid, easily won first houors
| which were further enhanced by her dog
Deuteronomy, who apparently had no OBJ
jections to being ''toted' in a shawlstrap
Miss Johnson, while not blessed with q,
i overly tuneful voice, was a bright am
clever eccentric dancer and won: man,
recalls in her pantomime and dance wifi
/ Mr.. Flaherty. Miss Alma Youlin has ;
voice of pleasing tilnbre and richness ii
the upper register which is not given AIDE
quate opportunity in the character O
Nina Donna, the Tarjun's daughter TIL
Dorothy Fairfax Klotzs niece Of Mani
u Ryan was a pretty and vivacious bit O
characterization. The other parts wer
/ Well taken. Howard Boardman.