The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05
REVIVAL OF "HHE GKADO'
Az ON FiIORITE WINES I
NEH ~ CcESS.

sino calls up a host Of reoolleotinns almost
oil delightful and invites not a few I'M
availing regrets Although tho Casino
stage has ds-c,ndod from itR once ele-
yAted position ion the aecond hOorl i ID
stiu an interesting Institution. The house
= 90 same that the singular mind
o. Rud1lph Aronson conceived and Is
very roof garden demands recognition 81
the fact that 90 wa the first of it, species
Ia the town Who recalls the uncr famous
topical sung hil
sOh. IA. l,ttle Arou-cns, Aronsons,
Arpusous'
Oh the little Arunson- up on the roof.
Ts~--'s Daly and Palmer.
Thee's FFrnch and Jhers's Abbey;
Bi, Oh. he little Aronsons up ON the
roof"
Ehsu MgaCes amt But night or
two tack IHE SUN observer wandered
Into a restaurant whore am unusually
good dinner hour orchestra was iust
launching into the ola Strauss waltz
eRosen aus den n den It, melodies
belonged n the orcretta The Queen :
LaCp HaRierkerchiet With which John
A Nccnail. unce a famous comic opera
meta 90. opened the cazino while it,
Wslle were yet vet Francis Wilson
oDuld ts.l things about that performance
end many others on the same stage
We had most eNorllant operettas in
lhose davs. and they needed no star casts
n excite tho town Nc, aull discovered
two young men Nho had fashioned an
operetta called The Begun. and he
made snccc-s With H. The names N
these tao young men wre Harry B.
Smith and Reginald fe foyen This
york vas not part Of IN Casino series
II vas produced ~ tho Fifth AveRue The
IRE. where The Nhkad0- had its first
great run IN this t0Wn and Geraldine
Ulmar made hit a. Ium-Igm 10y utter
lnga pianissimp scream when Courtice
Pounds. the ydnki-Poo. apparently kissed
Der too hard
1hose werp brave days. and the town
has not sen another such K0-KO az George
Thoue. though Harry Dircy made a close
second u was a the American 1hratre
m The Misado' that Raymond Hitch
cork hal die siccsss which laid the
foundation Of his present theatrical
popula1ty,
Christie Mcdonald captivated the house
the other night a. Pmi-SiHg because only
Grass incapacIty could fail 10 make For
He's Going 10 Marry YumiIum- a nit
Does any ons remember Geraldine 81
MauF. who sang tho part IN D'Oyly Cares
cnmpany az tho Fifih Avcnuey she was
not bigger than a minute and she had 10
sing that blested little bic Just a. often
a. Miss Mcdonald did last Monday
One thing however. ought 20 he said
and Il y that no one has given a better
performances u the titls role In the operetta
than Mr. Danforth did the other evening
He was real delight Il Is said that he
got his training IN the Gilbert and Sullivan
opergtta style IN ono oi those juvenile
COMPANIES that uted 20 iniest the land
And there Is a Gdlbert and sullivan style
which most % the operetta performers
NJ the present. do not understand Mr.
ne Angels sinned against IL when h. fell
Fat upon his back after saying Married
men Reyer airL- Tbs proper way 10
interpret Gilbert is 70 deal with his alb
surditics - II hey were tha most serious
uttera noes iu the world
The old standard Theatre company,
which gave -Pinafore -iolanthe- and
'PaiienUr was especially praised for it,
performance. tho one sct opsrvtta Trial
BY Jury because or the portsntous
earnestness With which 10 delivered 10 -
audiences this merry jest.
The temptation 20 revel in tho records
81 the past miSt not ha permitted ~ dis
tract or atientiouW~niircly from the
present. for b. is In the present that We
live. and with all irfer'ncn % tho dead
and gon" yo-rs Ee do most things On the
stage better upW than our iur-'aihsrs did
them
Therefore u 10 not essential % compare
the doings y thi- an star c.,st with those
n tho Fifth Avenue Thee TIE aggregation
under WOvly Carte II h only Fair IN say
that Oh" EnFNa cnmpanv hsd tho h.-us-
NJ " long training in this particular line
~ performance and that ~ members
vsre ohu--r with special regard Tor The
ants biliiy ~ aac'h 10 h- part. This lat
br could hardly have been tho case with
the ~ star cast. which was arranged
rather from the b.i II stars under en-
gagpunnt tD tho nauager- who made the
nr'Nhicti0n
u must frankly b. admitted then that,
Withour nnfPr"noe a. any 0thrr imper-
senator u N" charming role ~ Yum Yum,
the Interesting FIRTH schrf. always
charming Wa ny mo- msar- az her best
Yum-i ~ wa not such drradrully
serious lou,ug person a. Miss schcn
mpda ior Thore is not tho slightest
rra-uu why r'H. I't'a Japguasa maid from
school should not have Js much piqunury
A. well IT. ~ say FIRTH Schan.
The truth Is thai a. times you might
have fanrisd ttat the pnma donna thought
no wps rupnr.onziIzg tho unhappy
MadSms Bsnr4y. ~ doubt Miss scheh
would re- excellent m the role 81 Coco
San. but me doe, not belong IN The
Nhkado
The only thing that the soprano did IN
a really capt yatug style was her sing
ing % The Moon and Then sha showed
Gtouch Of that spice which used 10 make
her husftid the JOY II The second act q
la Bohema
Andrew Mack had aad time IN the
shoes ~ NaHjl Poo There was pun
gent point % Yum Ysm'- remark There.
] always said you were ~ musician:
hut Mr. Mack must b. credited with
IN intelligent delivery ~ the lines. Many
tenors cannot provide that but then.
Ar Mack 10 psrIlaps not exactly q tenor