The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-25

Fred Frear, F. J. Mccarthy, Harold
 Blake, Ivy Scott and several others from the original company. MT. Savage takes pride in the fact that 'The Merry Widow" has not retrogressed since it's
 well remembered premiere In New York
 He announces that the present organize ton is the best of the numerous Ameri-
 can casts that have interpreted Lehar's masterpiece.
 Regarded from the viewpoint of the
 country at large, the great musical event of the season and of many seasons, for | that matter, is the organization of the Bessie Abott Opera company. The pur pose of this organization is to supply the l United States as a whole, and Canada as well, with a grand opera company of a
 magnitude comparable with that of the great companies that make their permt-
 nent homes in New York and Chicago. The scope of the company is manifested
 by it's plans for it's initial season. Pietro
 Mascagni, the world renowned compose- Of "Cavalleria Rusticana," has written for it's use a brand new opera, "Ysobel," reputed to be his masterwork. 'Ysobel is to be produced at the New theatre, New York in November, even before it | is heard in the old world-truly an epoch
 making event. Never before has a worx
 of such importance had it's premiere in | America Later ''Ysobel," with Maestro
 Mascagni himself conducting every per
 formance. will undertake a comprehensive tour of the continent. visiting Canada, the City of Mexico and perhaps even Ea- lvana The principal singer in the new organization will be Bessie Abott. who charmed Birmingham audience Decem- Der F in La Bohemie.", "Ysobel," with
 Mascagni, Bessie Abott and all is sched-
 uled for Birmingham in the near future. | The fine cast chosen to support. Walker
 whiteside in ,"The Melting Pot" at the
 Shubert theatre on January 2-3, recalls
 the splendid company that appeared in ,Mr Zangwills first play to be produced
 here, "rhe Children of the Ghetto" In
 that play Wilton. Lackaye played the old
 rabbi, Blanche Bates the heroine. and
 Frank Worthing and Robert Edeson in
 turn played the hero.
 | George Honey Boy Evans and his 1 famous minstrel show is an early booking
 at the Jefferson. It Is promised that this years entertainment is practically the
 same as last years, except for the pol
 ishig touches of new music, songs and | Jokes, with few new faces. When Co.,
 han and Harris surrounded George Evans
 with last years production they came
 pretty near reaching the pinnacle of min
 strel excellence and for this, the third | year of the organization, no better enter | tainment can be asked. In the company
 supporting George Evans, John King.
 Sam Lee Clarence Marks, Vaughn Com
 fort, Matt Keefe, Charles Hilliard, Tom
 my Hyde, Pierce Keegan. Tom Kane, James Meehan, Wilson Miller and and
 Leo Pagan are the principals. For this season an engagement of special inter- | est is announced James J. Corbett will
 act as the nterlocutor in the first part and later in the evening he will tell his | interesting story of the great Jeffries- Johnson contest of last July MT. Cor
 bett was the chief trainer in the Jeffries
 camp and gives a graphic narrative of
 the events which for eight weeks before
 the contest were the talk of the sporting
 world
 l rr'eAeri" H''Nr'rran received shoe
 '~ M sis Of The Spend thrift whtn a bill was handed to him
 for sl3s0 worth of gowns and millinery purchased by Doris Mitchell, who plays the leading role In The Spendthrift' :. During the rehearsals Miss Mitchell told MT. Thompson that she wished to order her frocks immediately as she was very
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