The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
AT THE THEATERS.

That there was any delay at all
after George Bernard Shaw's famous
play, Arms and the Man., first ap-
peared In book form before German
librettists developed it for the light
opera stage seems to have been be-
cause of the possibility Shaw himself
would accomplish the work.
But upon his grudging permission
to others, Der Tapfere Soldat"-
The Brave Soldier, as it was first
named, came quickly to Oscar Straus,
the composer. from the hands of
Rudolph Bernauer and Leopold ia
cobson.
The fears Of the listener at the end
light rhythm cannot be sustained are
not realized and Straus has given pro-
digally to the very end.
In 1.-THE Chocolate Soldier Strauss
is considered to have reached the
highest point of his career and to
have taken the last upward step in
buoyant humor The big waltz theme
for the tremendous finales might
have descended straight from Straus.
the elder, the composer of that old
grandfather of all waltzes, 1.-The Blue
Danube"
Lehar, Kalmar, Eysler and Straus
vitalizing spark and led the desir-
rhythms of opera bouffe, but in 1.-The
Chocolate Soldier" Straus has given
us more typieally Viennese operetta
than the other works so advertised
because its construction possesses ar
tistic entirety and integrity Of story.
The chocolate Soldier will be at
the Lyceum for five days, commencing
next Sunday night with a matinee on
Wednesday,.
Now that Baby Mine" is estab-
lished as one Of the most successful
farces ever written by an American,
arrangements are being made to pre-
sent it on the continent and in Eng
land, quite reversing the process
which made it imperative for us
to look to the foreign marts for
our play material.
Henry w. Savage. who is consid-
cred as astute an individual as can
be found in the entire list Of produc-
ing managers, is the man who is now
on his way to Germany to arrange for
production there of the very en-
joyable Margaret Mayo farce, which
Duluth will see at the Lyceum this
month. In addition to securing the
German rights, he secured the French
rights from Miss Mayo, and in as
ISOLATION with Felix, Block and Err
ben, the best known play brokers
on the continent, will present the
farce in one Of the Berlin theaters
controlled by the firm.
VIM A. Brady, who has the Ameri-
can rights, is about to make Lon
don production of the farce and ne
gotiations are pending with a lead
ing actress to play the role in which
Consuelo Baily will be seen at the
Lyceum on Dec. IA to IS. It is very
probable that several members of the
company that is to be seen here may
be drafted for the English produc-
ton.
Pictures of notable men, rulers or
to all, but to see the kings, sons OF
kings. and potentates all in animated
array and robed in all the splendour
the mind can conceive may be wit
messed only at Lyman Fl. Howe's
Travel Festival at the Lyceum or
Dec. lila They are shown in at
tendance at the late King Edwards
funeral in London and Windsor.
The eruption of Mt. Etna; Jap.
anese jubilee; the fiords of Norway;
through wintry Switzerland; thrilling
artillery manoeuvers in Italy; an al.
most human track laying machine; 6
ride up the Eiffel tower and man,
others of the humorous kind are al
included in Mr.. Howe's new program
The master minds Of stage. Graf
has been employed in the construction
| Of Mort H. Singers new song comedy
THE Genius which he will presen
at the Lyceum with Henry Woodruff
in the title role. The book of the pla!
Is by two famous authors, VIM. ant
Cecil DeMille. the music is furnished
by Paul Reubens and the lyrics b,
Vincent Bryant. With such writer's q,
| these interested in the composition
of a play. it is approximately i'm
! possible for it to be anything shor
Of triumphal. .,.-.4... !
+ The delights and attending hard
ships OF extended travel will be Mis-
Maxine Elliott's this season for. til,
first time In some years. The beau
tiful actress-manager will pack tn,
scenery and properties Of her joll,
nautical comedy II tsI,ha Inf rfnr Gay I