The daily sentinel., 1906-10-16
DELIGHTED EVERYBODY
Immense Audience Enjoys splen-
did Performance of THE Girl
and the Bandit" at the
Park Opera House
Last Night.


more pleasing and satisfactory per-
formance has been given at the Park
opera house than that on last night
when Viola Gillette and her big com
pany of comedians and singers were
seen in the immensely popular comic
opera. THE Girl and the Bandit"
The audience was as big as the
proportions of the opera house would
allow It to be, every seat was occupie
and not n single feature of the musi-
cal piece failed to call forth enthus-
lastic applause.
The Girl and the Bandit" is all
that is claimed for 1t. 1t is a musi
cal vehicle with many comedy at
tachments. that is hard to beat.
Viola Gillette is beautiful woman
with voice that is truly charming.
The handsome comic opera star won
high favor with the Grand Junction
amusement lovers last night.
Miss Gillette is supported by a
strong company of principals and one
of the largest and best looking Choir
uses ever seen in the city The 80
or more girls were all pretty. grace
full and their voices were excellent.
C. ]. McFarlane as Count Di Rom
ano, has a voice that is remarkable
in its beauty and wonderful in its
strength, one of the finest ever heard
in the city. He was easily the lead
Ing male singer. f. Knight as Ango
10 has a most attractive voice.
That funny little creature. Quer
essa. the maid. as played by Miss
Pam was the soul of the evenings
merriment. She was great Her
makeup was certainly original and
there was ample cause for laughter
in every movement she made. As
sisted by Sam Mylie as Daniel
Clancy. William SellaIy as Spaghet.
tint. Karl Kuhn as Allessandro. and
Josephine Baird as Arbella, Miss Pam
provided the rarest comedy skits and
sketches.
1t is almost impossible to pick out
the best musical numbers of the %
or more rendered. All were good
Each was n regular dessert in itself
The Venetian Rose Song" by Mr.. |
McFarlane was one of the star num-
bers. 1t was really enchanting.
'Dreamland" by Miss Gillette and
chorus was one of the sweetest num-
bers rendered by the star. Miss Pam
and Mr.. Mylie made a great hit in
Court Etiquette" and so did Mr.. Sell |
lery and Miss Pam in "The Goblin
Man
THE March Song and PATROL in |
the second act lead by Miss Gillet-
te was beautifully sung and carried
ont. 1t is really unfair to name
few of the numbers without mention
ing the whole number. for not a
single one failed to please. The Choir
uses were delightfully."- sung in every
instance.
The two acts were handsomely |
staged and the costumes were lovely
and varied.
Miss Madeline Anderson. the Eng
lish solo dancer. aroused great ad-
miratlon by her marvellous dances
executed at different times during |
the evening.
The songs were all new. catchy and
the program of musical events was
splendidly arranged.
Little Eden" In A Garden one
Day" Half the World Laughs"
Seven little Crows" Love Me Trust
Me" Berry and the Brook" may be
classed as among the biggest song
hits.
For sweet mixture of music and
fun and pretty girls "The Girl and
the Bandit" is hard to beat. 1t was
one of the most successful and salts
factory pleasure carrying vehicles
ever seen in the city. May Viola |
Gillette and her company of singers
and fun makers come again.
Peggy from Paris" on Saturday
evening will be the next Offering at