Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-06
THE RED MILL"
GRINOS OUT ITS
"CHOKEs" AGAIN
Once More the Aborns RegaIe
the Town at the
Olympic.
THE RED MILL"
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by
Henry NJ. Blossom.


Music by Victor Herbert. Book by
Henry NJ. Blossom.
kid" Conner. Walter s.. Wills
Con kidder ..............W s.. Swor
1.-TWO Americans doing Europe).
Jan Van Borkem, burgomaster of
Katwyk-am-Zee.... George Kunkel
Franz, sheriff of Katwyk-am-Zee
Tom Burton
Willem, keeper of the Red Mill Inn
Carl Hsrtberg
Captain Doris Van Damn, in love
with Gretchen. 49,. Steven Stotts
Governor of iceland, engaged to
Gretchen .......... Maurice Lavigne
Joshua Pennefeather. solicitor. Lin
coin Inn Fields, London, auto
MODELLING with his daughters
through Holland. bert Phoenix
Gretchen, the burgomaster's daugh-
Agnes Finlay
Bertha, the ~burgomaster's sister,
Lenore Butler
Tina, a barmaid, Willem's daugh-
r............. Dorothy Hutchinson
Countess de la Terre, a~utomobiling
with her sons through Holland,
Marguerite Dams
With h twinkle of pink and green
clad toes, and the twinkle of Not Be
cause You're Fair, Dear" etc, melo-
diously accompanying the large and
prosperous assemblage of shivers that
enjoyed %sprinting dashes up and down
ones spinal race track, with the me-
dulla ~oblongata as the g~oal-post, the
Aborn Opera Company returned TO
Olympic Park last night and made Its
initial bow of the season. The voice
of the ginger-pop man was not heard
In the land, and he who with business
acumen might have provided hot bricks
would have reaped a richer harvest
than the one who dispensed those of
the ice-creamy variety. But perhaps
the frost in the welcome of Mr..
Weather Man inspired the toes to
twinkle more nimbly. and there was
plenty of color, If not warmth. in the
music, and everyone was glad of being
there.
1t is good to know tina this organ
~ization, headed by Milton and Sargent
Aborn, is to be here all the summer
long, for it fills a need in the COM
munity-a need for amusement that Is
OF high order, clean, requiring no men,
tai effort, supplying excellent music,
appealing to all, and at small cost.
Success Due to Conscientfousness.
hat 1t has prospered In seasons past
ia u to the conscientiousness of Mil
ton Aborn in providing good singers,
careful staging and a maintenance of
interest throughout the engagement.
Interest is not allowed to lag, AMI
is held by the constant addition of
new productions that have made hig
successes on the light opera stage.
They never grow stale, the old familiar
ones, and repetition but strengthens
friendship fol, them,
And so anticipations of pleasure in
THE Red Mill' were not disappointed
last night, despite the handicap, and
the performance moved with the swing
and spirit of long rehearsing and con-
tinued familiarity. There were no idle
moments, and the "chokes" one and
all got over" In stage parlance.
THE Red Mill Is so old a friend of
us of Newark and the Oranges that
q narration of the story is a needless
waste of space. The old mill at Kat
wyk-am-Zee is a familiar landmark.
and it vas there last night, large as
life and as natural as paint and props
could make it. Rather large shoes to
fill are those shuffied off by Fred Stone
and David Montgomery, and that Wal
ter Wills and w. s.. Swor managed TO
keep them on was demonstrated by
the expressed good will and the laughs
they evoked
Did Everything Predecessor Did.
They did everything that their pre-
decessors did, from ~catapulting own
the ladder. which was badly in need
of some bridge work. to extracting
flies from the soup, and II they did
not do them as well-well. Is it possible
anyway? And comparisons are not
fair. Mr.. Wills showed signs of being
composed of broomstjcks, fastened to-
gether at the joints with elastic, that
ever threatened disastrous b~reakage,
and his feet twisted themselves in de-
lightful If hazardous knots. The team
work was such a comical."
Sharing honors with the principals
was Carl HartberR. who, as Willem,
the white-sproned innkeeper, was not
so Dutch that he could not enjoy a
Choke and whose infectious humor
and good makeup was a feature Of the
evening. Miss Finlay received a warm
welcome, and Miss Butler. who essayed
the role of Bertha, proved a welcome
addition to the company, displaying an
excellent voice and a pleasing pres
ence.
Miss Dorothy Hutchinson was nimble
Tina. and dance her way into instant
favor. But will the little lady who
swings off from the mill, taking
Gretchen's place, please wear a gown
like hers, to preserve the Illusion.
LOUISE X. HARDY.