The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
ANOTHER WEEK OF OPERA.


 labor Day Matinee and "BelIe of New
 York" Monday Night.
 The Olumpia Opera Company closed Is second week at the Pickett Springs Casino last night with very clever Sroduction of "Olivette," and the agree ible announcement is made the com pany will play another week at Pickett Springs, putting on an entirely new liat of musical pieces.
 Al Labor Day matinee will be given tomorrow afternoon, when said Pasha" will be produced with MT. Eagieton as Hodad and Miss Kendall as Serena. It will be remembered that little Miss Young was the Serena of s.aafd Pasha" when it was played by fine Olympians two weeks ago. The fact that Miss Kendall is to play the part tomorrow afternoon adds interest to the matinee performances.
 Few actresses have so completely won their way to the hearts of Mont ronery theatre goers as has Miss Ken dafl. she is a strikingly handsome wo- man whose voice is superior to the or dtnary repertoire opera company prima donnas Besides these accomplishments, Miss Kendall Is a finished actress and har dark brunette beauty Is set of by her stunning costumes which she wears we'll
 Monday and Tuesday nights the DIvmpians will produce ''The Belle of New York" which, 1t is claimed. is the best bill in their repertoire. It gives every one of the clever singers, actors and dancers opportunity and thereby brings out the full strength of the or 1anization. Miss Kendall will, of course, play Violet Grey, the Salvation Army lassie; Mir. Pitkin will be Ichabod Bronson, in which he has won much praise; MT Eagleton will play the po- lite iunatic. and Miss DuVal, the pretty young woman, whose fine voice has ade such a good impression here. will fav Kissie Fitzgarter. Other members pfhe company will be cast as follows: fies Barker, as Angehque; Miss Coul- sr, as Fifi; Miss Null. as the tougn irl. Mamie Clancey; MT. Adde, as the rugilist, Blinky Bill; Mir. Watson, as oung Bronson.
 Musical Director Reynolds has inter- ,oiated some new music in the plece' and 1t Is guaranteed to be an entertain Snent par excellence.
 Wednesday and Thursday nights the company will play "Boccaccio;" Friday and Saturday nights and for week. end matinee Saturday, the bill will b" "Fra Diavolo
 T,he manner in which this company presents the operas and musical come . sIies has been a happy surprise to the | Montromery public, and their patronage Ahag been measured by the capacity of sthe summer playhouse.
 1Srhe CIansman' in Japan.
 Japan was the first foreign country to translate Thomas Dixon, Jr.'s, pow erful novel, '"The Clansman," and a dramatization has just been completed for the Japanese stage. The marvellous up-to -dateness of Japan is impressively illustrated by this interesting item of Information Although arrangements have been completed for the presenta- ton of this play In England and Ger many in the future, The Clansnlan" will be produced on the Tokio stage al- most simultaneously with the American premier at Norfolk, Va.
 Yuichi Masaoka. who translated The Clansman" into Japanese, is not only the most distinguished newspaper cor respondent at the peace conference at Portsmouth, but he also holds high rank in the literature of the Island Empire Although but 25 years of age. he is the author of about forty books, including treatises on philosophy, nov els, essays and translations. Born in the province of Satsuma. the cradle of Ghe warriors Of Nippon, his ambition is e tepch modern philosophy to his coun-