The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-15
SOL AND NOSE IN RUSH
TO HEAR GAELIC SONGS
lmpresario Mosche pronounced Morris) Gest First in
Race for Palace Theatre Box Office to Celebrate
Seventeenth of Ireland.

1mprcsario Mosche pronounced Nor
ris) Gest was tho very first Of u band
OF excited Gaelic scholars to race up
to the box office of the Palace Theatre
last week when the news leaked out
that this glorious week Of the Seven
teenth Of ireland will be exceptionally
celebrated by tho noted Irish songster
Thomas Egan. beginning to-day at the
Palace, with selections from the only
grand opera in Gaelic. "Murgheis," by
o'Bricn Butler.
The moment the box office man had
assured the throng that Mr.. Egan in
addition to his Tom Moore ballads Will
render c0elsc songs from "Murghels'
there was unbounded joy in the hearts
of Mosche Gest. Sol Bloom. Nose Gum.
Booking Offices and other Gaelic en-
tnusiasts clamoring for box seats.
Indeed 1t was Yankele Muckenfuss
who first slid down eNcitedly from the
hooking offices. s<idded out into Broad
way ana ran up and down the big
street To tell everybody about Mr..
Egau's intention to sing sone solos
from "Murgheis.' And the only one
who could pronounce the Gaelic name
OF the opera properly until the other
Gaelic scholars had arrived in the lobby
was Naukele MIckenfu~s. whose own
ranc l. pronounced simply Nankele
MuckcnfuSs.
Then Us the Non. Nj che Itzck
Schmuhl pronounced Eugene Kelley
Alleu) also took his place m the line
OF students of Gaelic to grab of a
box = general discussion of a learned
nature was begun by the Gaelic fans
IN line who follow Mr.. Egan and John
Mccormack from concert to concert and
discuss the Irish National Theatre IN
between times.
From = discussion Of tho correct Eng
lish' pronunciation of Gaelic proper
names such a. Mosche Itzek nm
and the opera "Mureheis'' the line took
up the pronunciation not only OF their
own nnnes but NJ several other Gaels
who either came running up later 20 nuv
boxes for Mr. Es,n's ,rformance or
would haV" don. 81 had they been in
town.
While ~" discussion Ni under way
tho tdl"niei Mis- cohen came down
from a Winter Gard.n rehearsal IN per-
son To- buy a box for the Egar songs
and II WIS learned from Miss Cohen
/ UPN~'II ny inc plll'F tifl' ilIb'lA
gathered around her that the proper
pronunciation Of her maine is Nora
Bayes.
Mr. Kurt Eisteldt pronounced May
IrwinI also wedge through the crowd
and nailed = box to hear her faNorltc
,aclir ouGs. Miss Elsie BicrhoUcr
pronounced 1anisl, another daughter
Of the old sod. could no, he present he
cause Elsie IS acting in the ais In
England.
The list OF ,iael. represented in the
lin" either In person. by messenger or IN
spirit Included Edgar. Arch and Mike
NappStak pronounced ~Selwyn). Emil"
kitt.l pronounced Emmy DsStiunl. NJ
Herman pronounced \ II. Woods.
Mime. Cuillaum" Stengel pronounced
Narcella Semhrichl. 'ecile Pircolo pro
uounced Mime. Thso) and a line OF
Others that extended TO tho curb.
i. B'Gee Humphreys pronounced 1o~
HumphreysI. the eight cylinder an
noun.e AZ Madison square Ngh'-. viii
he presented with a box ny tho Palace
management for the opening ! Roie'
Humphreys not only owns the only eight
cylird.red lungs IN IN. known world hut
he Is the only person west Of .Achil'
II.ad who ran give three rousing cheer.
in the Gaellr tongue. II !. E'Goe make
good a the NrS' matinee TO-DAY h|ll
prohahly hav" thu box for his very own
a. every appearance of Mr.. Egsn this
week. except during tho matinee and
ught performance on IN" 18th. wh"r
even ! BGcc'S cheers ar" expected 70
be drowned out.
\ catastrophe that ~hanpcued in N,
Lambs club on = recent night has jus
h.come no sod about Frank Daniels
was all his art. II seems. int,