Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-28
THE RED MILL
ATT THE GRAND
ON SATURDAY
ONE OF THE FINEST MUSICAL
COMEDIES EVER SEEN ON THE
AMERICAN STAGE WILL BIZ
PRESENTED BY SPLENDID
COMPANY.

Messrs. Victor Herbert and Henry
Blossom are again to the fore with
a comic opera which is said to far
outshine their latest collaboration,
"The Prima Donna" which was
written expressly for Nine. Frltzi
Scheff. THE Red Mill has un-
doubtedly proved the most important
success that has been on Broadway
for many years, as it continued 10
play to capacity audiences for one
entire year at the Knickerbocker
theatre and duplicated the great sue
cess in Chicago and Boston, where
engagements of three months each
were played So its presentation
here will surely prove of more than
passing interest. The advance re-
ports of the piece, the sort that
comes from the privileged ones who
have been to New York and Witness
ed it. indicate that "The Red Mill
will certainly be presented here TO
capacity audience on next Saturday
night at the Grand, when 1t Will be
seen for the first time here.
The story is simple: Con KID
der and Kid Connor, two Americans
are stranded in a small Dutch inn
In little Holland village. They
have come to the end Of their imam
ciaI resources and are in debt for
weeks board They are about to
make their escape by means OF a
blanket rope from an upstairs win
dow. when they are detected by the
burgomaster and only saved from
imprisonment when they offer TO
work out their Indebtedness. klo-
der. who processes TO be somewhat
of \ linguist. is made Interpreter at
tha inn and Connor becomes waiter.
Kidder has but scant knowledge
of French, and when he Is CONFRONT
ed by an irate French countess VINO
does not understand English his at
tennis at conversation are laugh
able. ..ou,.
daughter. is betrothed to the COVER
nor of ICELAND, an old fop and roue'
and to escape this marriage she
plans an elopement with Doris Van
Damn. a young sea captain. Tho
Americans promise to aid the elop-
ers In return for a passage to Amerl-
ca. However, the plans are discoV-
cred by the burgomaster, and the
nrospective bride is locked in the red
mill until the arrival of the governor.
Connor and Kidder rescue Gretchen
by bringing her down on the sails of
the windmill. :,
The second act is placed in the hall
at the burgomaster's house. The
governor has arrived, but his bride
is missing. The father offers large
reward for the return of the girl, and
on the advice of the sheriff sends to
The Hague for Sherlock Holmes and
DR.. Watson. Connor and Kidder in
tercept the wire and present them
selves as the detective and his friend,
and in a clever burlesque scene they
take off the Gillette play. At the OPP
perfume moment Gretchen is returned
as the bride of Doris, and the re-
ward enables the Americans to return
home.
hne music is by Victor Herbert, far
aud away the best of the composers
OF light music in the country; the
book Is by Mr.. Blossom who has
written celever dialogue in the past,
and the company engaged is. from all
accounts, said to be a mighty fine one
Ii includes Bert o. Swor as Con Kid
der, Franker Woods as Kid Connor,
Otto Koerner, Alvin Laughlin Carl
Hartberg, s. W. Stott, Harry r. Nc
CLAIM, Cecil Summers and the Misses
Agnes Major, Vernice Martyr, Ade-
line Stern, Georgia Harvey and a
chorus of so, including the six little
Dutch Riddles. An augmented or
chestra, which is carried by the COM
pany will also be an important fea-
ture.