The Republican journal., 1910-01-27


trip around the stage singing: Next enter
| the Peers from Westminster Hall and give {
chorus from which it appears that Strephon il
carryingmatters with high hand nParliament.
Then enter Mountararat and Lord Tollollel
from Westminster Hall, and Celia remarks that
they seem much annoyed. Mountararat ad.
mits that they are; that Strephon is carrying
everything Leila says that is their fault, anc
Celia says they influence the members anC
compel them to vote just as he wishes them to-
The matter is further discussed and Mountara-
rat sings solo, with chorus, land Leila and Celia
express to each other their admiration for the
Peers and in a duet implore them not to go
The Fairies sing
You break our laws,
You are our foe:
We cry because
We hate you so!
You know!
You very wicked Peers!
Don't go!
Mountararat and Tolloller sing:
We break their laws,
They are our foe:
They cry because
They hate US so!
Oh, no!
If that's the case, my dears,
Well go!
Mountararat Tolloller and the Peers depart
and the Fairies gaze wistfully after them. The
Fairy Queen enters and cries shame on her
followers, telling them that it is death to
marry mortal. Leila answers: eyes, but it's
not death to wish to marry mortal" and
Fleta says: "If it were you'd have to execute
US all" The Queen replies that this is weak
ness and they must subdue it; but when Leila
says they are not all as tough as she is the
Queen declares she is not insensible to manly
beauty, and turns to the sentry and addressing
him tells him he is a fine fellow, and remarks
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worship that man, but she wrestles with the
inclination and it lies beneath her feet Then
comes another of the gems Of this opera, a solo
by the Queen, with chorus. The Fairies and
Fairy Queen then depart sorrowfully.
Phyllis enters half crying and wonders why,
as she is engaged to two noblemen at once, she
is not in better spirits. She says she hates
Strephon, for mo girl could care for man
who goes about with a mother considerably
younger than himself" Earl Mountararat and
Lord Tololler enter and both claim Phyllis and
are about to fight duel over her when Phyllis
interferes and tells them it's really not worth
while, and they seem quite ready to agree with
her. After a quartet, which includes Willis,
Mountararat and Tololer depart in one direc-
ticn and Phyllis in another. The Lord Chan
celor then enters and is very miserable, the
victim of unrequited love. He depicts his sor-
rows in song, at the close of which he would
have fallen exhausted had not Mountararat
esHd 1O1lOilSl dppedISA diu hCiu ilil up, OHS
on each side. They condole with him and he
resolves to nerve himself to another effort and
if that fails he will abandon himself to his
fate. Then follows trio, after which they
dance and exit arm-in-arm together.
Strephon enters in very low spirits; says he
is miserable, and sighs, Phyllis, Phyllis!'
Phyllis enters and answers, ''Yes," taking
Strephon by surprise He exclaims, "Phyllis!"
but corrects himself, saying he supposes he
should say My Lady, but has not been inform
ed what title she had selected. Phyllis replies
that she has not quite decided; that she has no
mother to advise her. Then Strephon explains
that his mother is fairy; that he is fairy
down to his waistcoat and that he did not tell
her this before, because he thought she would
take dislike to him. Phyllis, crying, says:
"I'd rather have half a mortal do love- than
half dozen l don't" She asks Strephon to
forgive her, which he does; they embrace and
decide to marry, and duet follows. Phyllis
asks Strephon if his mother knows of his en-
gagement and Iolanthe entering says she does,
and welcomes her daughter-in-law with kiss.
They both urge lolanthe to go to the Lord
Chancellor and plead for them; but she says it
is impossihle-that the Lord Chancellor is her
husband, and Strephons father. Phyllis sug
gests that when the Lord Chancellor learns
that Strephon is his son, all objections to their
marriage will be removed; but Iolanthe says:
"No, he must never know, he believes me to
have died chldless, and, dearly as l love him,
| am bound, under penalty of death, not to un-
deceive him. But see-he comes! Quick--my
VEIL
They retire up the stage as Iolanthe wells
herself ,and enter the Lord Chancellor, who an
nounces that success has crowned his efforts,
that he has decided in his own favor and may
consider himself engaged to Phyllis. Iolanthe
comes to him veiled, and Phyllis and Strephon
go off on tiptoe. Iolanthe makes an appeal, in
recitative and ballad, for her son, but the
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be so, for Phyllis is his promised bride. Iolanthe
is then compelled to reveal herself as his wife.
Enter the Fairy Queen and Fairies, and Iolan-
the kneels to the Queen who declares that once
again her VOWS are broken and death is her
doom. The Peers and Strephon enter and as
the Queen raises her spear, Leila exclaims
"Hold! If 1olanthe most die, SO must we all,
for, as she has sinned so have We.' The Peers
and Fairies kneel to the Queen, and it appears
that the Fairies have all married mortals and
are duchesses, marchionesses countesses, Wis
countesses and baronesses. The Queen is in
quandary for the law says that every fairy
must die who marres mortal. Then the
Lord Chancellor comes to the rescue, and says:
"Allow me- an old equity draughtsman, to
make a suggestion The subleties of the legal
mind are equal to the emergency. The thing
is really quite simple-the insertion of single
word will do it. Let it stand that every fairy
shall die who don't marry mortal, and there
you are, out OF your d1mculty at once Inc
Queen accepts the suggestion and amends the
law She then turns to Private Willis, says
that to save her life she must marry at once,
and asks how he would like to be fairy
guardsman. Willis accepts and wings spring
from his shoulders. She then invites the Peers
to join the fairy ranks, and the Fairies kneel
to the Peers and implore them to do so. They
consent and wings spring from their shoulders
and, singing, they all go to Fairyland.
THORNDIKE.
Mrs. Lydia E. Parsons of Westbrook and
Rev. Wilber Mafit of Northport were in town