Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-16
HAS BLUE-RIBBoN CHORUS.
mayor of Toxic" Prides Itself on Its
Beautiful Girls.

Richard Carries most successful
farcical opera, THE Mayor of Toxic"
has been secured, and will open for a
special engagement on Sept. IS at the
Temple theater,
This excellent farcical opera enjoy
ed a run of ITO performances in Chi
cago, where it played throughout the
summer season of 1905 and subse-
quently made a run of seven weeks as
special attraction in the New York
theater, The company also played
/ highly successful and prolonged en-
! gagements in Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington. 1t is said
! that during the season of 1867 it was
one of the best farcical operate pro-
/ auctions that was en- route.
/ The newspaper reports throughout
! the United States are highly favora-
1 bic, and it might be said were all full
of praise of this latest and best sue
cess of Richard Carries. 1.-THE Tender
| foot" and 1.-THE Maid and the Mummy
as well as 1.-THE Mayor of Toxic" are
! Gil IIOIL bflG pen VI llllS SiIlcu duluOAs
which to a large majority of theater-
goers is quite enough to guarantee to
! them the character of the fun and
amusement for any evenings enter
tainment. The music was composed
by William Frederick Peters, and it is
said that it captured Broadway in
New York.
The scene of 1.-THE Mayor of Toxic
is laid in Japan and deals with the
adventures of a comic opera organiza-
ton stranded in the Nippon metropo-
lis. Marcus Orlando Kidder, impress
sario of the luckless troupe, is played
by Mr.. John l.. Kearney, who is fam
Gus for his successful comedy, singing
and dancing in "The Chinese Honey
moon," 1.-THE Tenderfoot," etc. Mr..
Kearney was especially selected out of
a large number of comedians by Mr.
earle to take this part
Mr.. Kidder and the remnants of his
Komiques have arrived in Toxic with
sadly depleted treasury and wardrobe
In addition to Kidder himself, all that
remains of troupe that left San
! Francisco so members strong for the
} tour of the far East are sour-visag-
ed wardrobe mistress, lovesck song
book boy, a soubrette with Shake
} spearean ambitions and nine little
girls called the peanut ballet.
J At the time of his arrival the May
or of Toxic is unfortunately entangled
} in a plot with a Russian spy, Ivan
Orfulitch, and General Satake, con-
agreement with Ivan to betray impor.
tant secrets of the Japanese govern
ment. The mayor has the unfortunate
habit of talking in his sleep and Sa-
take persuades him that during one o,
his somnambulistic conversations he
ity Satake has told to Russia'E
. agents. Furthermore, Satake inform.
the mayor that unless the latter force;
his daughter, Oloto. to wed the con.
spirator he will report the mayor.
supposed treason to the mikado, will
hari-kari as result.
Oloto, however, falls in love will
Julian Lincoln, the tenor in Kidderl
Komiques, and with ardor characters
tic of tenors Julian returns the maid
affection. Complicating matters to
further degree, the mayor mistake
Kidder's Komiques for a royal part
n of princes and Processes who are mo
g mentarily expected in Toxic. Kow
: Tow gives the royal welcome an
o hands the key of the city to Kiddei
: who unlocks Toxic and keeps 1t wild
i open until his identity is discovere
: and he is thrown in jail.
d In the company are Will H. Whit
.. who plays the part of the Mayor {
= Toxic, and Jesse Game. who is til
5. stage director Of the earle show; Dor
e. aid Mckenzie. the famous dancers L
Fevre and ST. john Jane Grifit
Jeanette Mayhem and host of othel
= of the best comedy operate perform
= ers that could be obtained. A speci
n feature on which the company prid'
al itself is the beautiful chorus christer
ed by the Boston papers as the Blu
N ribbon chorus of America"
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