Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-12
BURLESQUE, MUSIC,
AND FARCE IN CITY
"MIIe. Modiste's" Tuneful Plot
Keeps Olympic Park Au-
dience EnthraIled.

The ever tuneful and always de-
| lightful two-act opera, Mile Mo
| diste." is the bill for the eleventh
/ week of the summer season of the
| Olympic Park Opera Company, and
II the reception accorded it last night
is any criterion, the pretty little
French piece is sure to make big
hit. as Madame Sherry did couple
of weeks tgo
The cast provided by the Franklin
Baggott Company for the opera fits
= nerfectly. and all the performers
wore 1etter-perfect in their parts last
nigbt so much so that the production
went as well as though 1t had been
PLAYED by the same people all season
instead of being put on for the hrst
time. The management had as It's
gnests last night the members of the
Newark and Rochester ball clubs,
who occupied seats in the body of
the house.
Stellar honors were divided by
Miss Laura Jaffray. Arthur Burckly
and Madison Smith, all of whom
were in splendid voice last night, and
got deserved encores for their fine
work. Thomas Burton, as Hiram
Bent, a newcomer to the company,
also deserves credit for his capable
work as the big-hearted American
millionaire, whose Americanlsms
supply much of the comedy of the
performance.
Miss Jaffray, as Fiji, the milliner's
salesgirl who aspires to be an ac-
tress and finally succeeds, was at her
very best and was especially good In
the scenes where she fights against
marrying the son of her employer,
Nine. Cecile, the marriage being de-
sired by the latter so she can retain
Fiji in her hat shop.
Fiji is in love and is loved by Cap
tain Etienne De Bouvray, played by
Mr.. Burckly, and, of course, in the
end all things are smoothed away,
and she marries him despite the OBJ
jections of the equity old uncle of De
Bouvray, played most acceptably last
night by Madison Smith.
Mr.. Burckly was at his very best
in mile Modesto" he having the adj
vantage of playing the role for sew
eral seasons as leading man with
FRITZ Scheff when she was using the
piece as starring vehicle. Mr..
Burckly's splendid tenor voice was
used to advantage in number of
solos, while Mr.. Smith scored dis
tinct hit with his singing of that
quaint little song, Il Want What L
Want When I Want It. in the sec
ond act.
Miss Tillie Sallinger, an old favor
lite at the park, returned to play the
role of Madame Cecile, and was re-
ceived with high favor. So were Miss
Ida Carroll and Miss Anna White, as
her daughters, while Miss Meade
Foster contributed a neat bit of
work as Marie Louise, sister of De |
Bouvray. Miss Foster has a win
some winning way that catches the
audience at once.
Miss Edith Carlisle, another new
conner, played Mrs. Hiram Bent, the
wife of the Americtn millionaire, in
the true American spirit, and made
a hit by her disdain of the Partisan
customs and fancies. John Flemings,
Jethro Warner, George Averill and |
Gustav Blum filed out a cast that |
produced most capable performance
of the Victor Herbert-Henry M. Bios |
som opera that has been on the |
stage for a number of seasons but
never grows old. In fact, it stood
second In the recent voting contest
held at Olympic Park, where the pa
irons were allowed to name their own
productions for performances during
the month of August
On Wednesday night the company
will celebrate its one hundredth per-
Torrance of the season at the park
and will hold a reception for the pa
irons on the stage after the perform
ance. Next week 1.-THE Girl From
Paris which stood third in the vot-
ing contest, and which contains a
wealth of beautiful and catchy mu-
sic, written by Ivan Caryll ia nm
derlined for production,