The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-01
ADJUSTMENTS.

Inc combination of song and adnce
has always ben particularly appealing
to peoples of all ages and climes. The
ancient Greeks and Romans brought
it even into their religious rites. The
senses of sight and hearing were, and
are today, under somewhat different
circumstances, thus equally satisfied
and delighted.
There was a period, however. when
the song and dance were more or less
appreciated. The great song birds,
like Jenny Lind for instance, did not
dance, and the great dancers, say Fan
ny Ellsler did not sing. To a great
extent, this has existed until very re-
cent times, but the twin arts,~as we
shall show presently, seem once more
to be on the way Of being ANAL
gamated.
For a long time the song and dance
so far as public entertainments were
concerned, meant simply what negro
minstrelsy could give us-a few bars
of vocal music, followed by a few
dance steps, and so on, the whole gen
orally ending up in frantic and not
particularly artistic dance.
Then came the musical comedies,
in which song and dance were sought,
more or less successfully, generally
less, to maintain their relative import
ance to one another.
It remained for 1.-THE Merry Wild
ow'' the most successful comic opera
that has ever been offered to the
American public, to bring the two to-
gether again in anartistic whole.
Prince Danilo and Sonia, the hero
and heroine Of this record breaking
bpera- notwithstanding not only by
singers Of the first rank, but dancers
of exceptional grace and ability.
The famous waltz has set the whole
country wild with enthusiasm because
of the perfect combination Of the two
arts. It marks a new era in the effort
to give entertainment and satisfaction
to the theatre-going public, and as
yet is without a rival in it's own par
tic4ar field.
1.-THE Merry Widow" will be the at
traction at the Lyceum the first of
next week, with Wednesday matinee.
One of the distinct novelties Of the
theatrical season will he seen when
Messrs Shubert present Clyde Fitch's
latest comedy ''Girls," at the Lyceum
! next week on Friday and Saturday
In this exceedingly humorous play
| which, by the way, played for one year
Fitch discusses in his own inimitahle
style, the proposition Of femininity
| in the primitive stages of independ-
ence. The author is a past master
| in the art Of depicting feminine foibles
which is probably one reason why
| he chose to treat this serious subject
humorously, knowing we'll that no ar
gument since the days of Adam has ir
the least affected the psychology OF
the sex. The play is written around
three pretty young girls, living in z
studio apartment in New York, who
| resolve among themselves that me1
are distinctly advantageous append
! ages, without which they can well af-
| ford to fight their own battles. Afte1
repeated humorous complications, thu
three girls go the way their heart:
dictate, and naturally enough, to thu
men they had affected to dispise. The
first and last scenes are laid in the
girls studio, while the second ac
shows a law office, where two Of thu
girls are employed. AS usual in Fitch
plays, there is a surprise scene an(
| this time it is so novel that the man
agement refuses to divulge it. The
"a ST is cOmnosod IF mot rOnO1itan NAV
ers and the production is complete
down to the smallest detail.
The cast contains the names of H
S. Northrup, Bessie Toner, Caroline
Locke, Ethel Terry, suzette jackson
'l"Merceita Esmonde, Charles Brandt
Hoelyn Renson, Karl Knapp, Pierr
Young, Fred Stanton and Il. A. Locke