The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
tr,buted a character rortraiture tina,

MISS lJlNd NttlTOlut dNOi'ICN NAaO
role of Virginia Blaine with a fer
mime restraint. born Of long service
at n hotel telephone exchange. In
facial expression and general stage
appearance. she portrayed tho suffer.
ing she had gone through. In the
reading Of her lines. however, she
showed Il weakness. In the climax
scene she simulated a scream tina
prevented clear enunciat;on. and it
robbed that particular feature Of the
play of much OF its appeal.
The roles Of Fanny Blaine and
Jimmy Gillie were in the hands Of
Josephine Drake and Hobart j.
Cavanaugh. ard more capable actors
for the parts could not he imagined.
The roles We're portrayed with a co:-
Stunning pleasure that added much tn
apparently had parts after their own
hearts. and did them remarkably
we'll.
Adrian Rosley must be given credit
for a remarkable character interpret
tation in the part of Oku. 1t was a
mastery visualization, and made the
role of Oku a vital part. Miss Helen
MacEllen played Josephine, the
French maid. acceptably..
Mr.. Brady, the scenes in the million
aires home being particularly goo"
"The Chocolate Soldier.
Laden with the spells of two theat-
rical seasons and the victor in hun
dreds of encounters with critics and
audiences north, east, south and west.
1.-THE Chocolate Soldier" oscar
Strauss peerless musical version OF
George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the
Man." and the Whitney Opera COM
-n-,, 80 h@441oSN oolH{oNo mud rhhon.
late soldieresses, will march into this
city on Saturday, September %, to
gain the allegiance of the th~eatergoers
Of Grand Forks with the blandish-
ments of their songs and the claims of
their adventure.
Coming unheralded from Europe
two years ago, The Chocolate Sol
der" gained an instantaneous victory
over the hearts of theatregoers weary
of the worthlessness of cheap musical
shows, redeemed the cause Of light OPP
era in this country, and is still dissern-
mating its rapturous melodies far and
wide throughout the land. The for
tunes and misfortunes of the warrior
who lives on chocolate drops makes
himself the hero of all the Bulgarian
women and the bane Of his fellow
warriors, is the theme of the libretto,
while the Strauss music changes con-
stantly in mood to reflect and inter-
pref the dramatic value of each situa-
ton. The lyric humor of 1.-THE Tale of
a Coat" the vibrating passion of my
Hero the recurring theme Of the
score, the satiric playfulness of "The
Chocolate Soldier" and the insiduous
beauty of the surrounding melodies
have elevated this flower Of Viennese
operas above all its fellows Of a de-
cade.
Every establishment. every ele-
vividness and picturesqueness of the
scenes has been included In the pro-
duction by Mr.. Whitney. A special
orchestra of picked musicians accom-
panies the organization to negotiate
the in~tricacies of the score. The cast
Of characters include Rena Vivienne.
lion Bergere, Lucille Saunders. Chas.
Purcell, J. Russell Powell. Olive Ran
dolph, Sylvan Langlois, ]. F. McDon-
nough and George Ogle.
The Rosary.
Sometimes the song an artist loves
to sing is not the song the public cares
to hear. That Is unfortunate because
an audience has much to do with how
we'll or badly. the artist sings. I wish
every audience could get that idea into
it's collective head. The ideal condi-
ton is realized when the current of
sympathey between listeners and sing
ers IL established through q song that
the one loves to hear and the other
loves to sing. So. when I am asked
about my favorite song, I must take
refuge in qualifications. The one song
I love best of all in the great song
literature is Schubert Die Allmacht.'
But there is another o the public
loves better to hear. me sing-the
drinking song" from Donizetti's
"Lucretia Borgia." And there is still
another song that I love and which
the public delights to hear. I call 1t
my favorite American song. 1t is
Ethelbert Nevin's Rosary"
Why do ! like to sing the Rosary"
Because 1t is a perfect song. The crit
ics may not agree with me there. But
the public is the best critic after all
and the public likes "the Rosary: not
only tho American public, but the Ger
man public as well. for the kaiserin
requested me to sing 1t when l appear.
ed before the royal family In Germany
two years agO
Madame 'Schumann-Fieink is to ap-
pear at the Metropolitan theatre on
Monday. September 80. The mail or
ders have been coming in in good
shape and the prospect is for one of
the biggest houses hat any Of the
world renowned singers have been
greeted within Grand Forks in the
last few years.
LINEMAN SAVED BY BELT.
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