The sun., 1907-08-13
1 GOLD FIELD OPERETTA
.THE iLtsklN" PRODUCED At
THE kNTCkERBOCkER.

r.ars Ilc Near TO Laughter AMI Flannel
shirts close 10 Honest Hearts There's
\ a Totem Pole Song which Every One
Ouxht 10 Hear Some Esauimau Dogs.
( There vas formerly man who habituslIy
announced that IL was fourteen miles from
schen,ctady 10 Troy, and when you had
srrvel AZ that point II was q nlentionable
rrornendde 10 the interesting route OF the
siuhtseoing autos In New York. But far
a. q, uss. IL was hut a hands breadth as
ccronared with the distance from Seattle
~ Proadway success. Nothing daunted by
,b,s long distance outlook Seattle thought
!, had found a popular airship which could
ID ,he distance in less than a second. and
,bo result struck the Knickerbockef Theatre
las night.
Ihp mans Of the result is The Alaskan"
desSr,hei IA an original comic opera In
nr-I,cua ani two acts. book by Joseph
Rla'han an1 Max ~ gman and music by
g,rry Gira-t The ice broke at $40 o clock
sn4 ,noltoI iNto lyric tears about ten minutes
ls,o. The audience began to melt away
bei IRE the 81 &of the second act. The pathos
az tho story was enough to melt an audience
AZ plaster images and IL was a hot night
for A odd storage story, anyhow. Z.
Comic opera has had a long and varied
career but not until this season has il set
NJ, - 10 pathetic. Now 10 is 80 comic
il mikes Won cry. and your only chance
fer good laugh il to GO and see Mrs Fiske
a. Hejdq G1Ner or Ma1fsld as Richard
W s,n, other dainty bi OF Old world farce
~nno ~. But rumDr has IL that the next
com.c opera will he all about the Polaris
sSpa htrn II is II lsugl. II you cant
sIeh cry
snvhow, despite the young miner whose
riro ans out empty pans and the devoted
foreman who leads him nelanchoiiously
N ,he deserted stage IA the curtain de-
ecarj ~ requieIl music NJ the end OF the
frsl act and the cheerful young woman
uho inherits hr,f the mine from papa and
qrestothe III iggings n blue silk gown only
70 rs' her her ideals and her ear for pitch
h1geesslv mixed up. thcrs are moments Of
hope and even NJ co'nfcrt in The Alaskan" >"
Some Of the music ia really pretty and
! so-ra = the stage pictures are new, bright
\ mi worth seeing The gem OF the first act
y pss the totem pole song, capitally sung by
Edward Niartndcll as the foreman and
rounded out by remarkably effective
cnorus # animated totem poles about nine
feet high The audience did not literally
rlIs at It. but sat up and took lot OF notice
and would have liked hear il four or five
1 times more. but the tear fountain had to be
turned on gain and the ruined hero hal 10
r. ont on the cold cold trail with his be-
loved theodolite over his shoulder and his
faithful foreman by his side to hunt FOR the
second act
In that same second act there were also
some good features among them being
the dances. tie : retty scene and the fact
that " ended this dolcfully comic or era.
Hsrry G:rard. the comp oser. i'm ersonated d
II the young miner he vas Gne figure
II Of a man. acted Pleasantly and Fang dis
Il creerly Agnes Cain Brown was the herese,
and her singing was Of the real hand made
Il comic oTeTa sort.
NJ There vas good chorus Of singers ana
N dancers. all well drilled in their duties. and
N there was pack Of sledge dogs thaf looked
a. il they would give all their hair to he
hack in snowland. The orchestra but
why sreak of the orchestra. which spoke
louder than words. even the words of the
text Let the record close with the advice
TO all persons who wish TO see a tragi-comic
orera in which tears lie near to laughter
! and blue flannel shirts to honest hearts
70 hasten TO the Knickerbocker Theatre
% The Alaskan"