The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-02

seeking public than adequate REVEALS OF
the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. That
aforesaid public fees from anything that
seems the least bit educational with all
the alacritv that a kid gets away from
school. There is much elementary
charm in the works of the two gifted
Englishmen that almost every one of
them provides = certain amount OF en-
toymcnt. greater or less in each lndiVld-
ual case. for even the most pin-headed
ratron Of the present day girl-and-music
show. He or sh" may not go into
ecstacies over any of these operettas,
and in fact may tind them entirely lack
ing in the punch which the vitiated or
unrefined taste demands. The tendency
OF these cola hOrations to set standard
still remains and although he may be
entirely unconscious of it the auditor Is
imhfhing a sririt Of dissatisfaction with
compositions of inferior merit.
The educational value of the Gilbert
and Sullivan operettas is not entirely
confined 10 showing lovers of light must
cal entertainment that it may consist of
something besides raCtimc and the over
generous Exposure of tho female figure
History repeats itself and the satire OF
"Pinafore'' Ievcled AZ political conditions
in England n third of a century ago has
a very fit application to the official con-
troll of the | nlted states navy To-Day
The fun Of Tho Nikado'' is perennial
and so long as foolish women worship
persons of shallow minds and intellec-
tiIaI pretense the ridiCuc Of Patience"
will likrn their heroes to Bunthornr and
GrosV enOr, and even if tho shafts of
C;ilhert's wit do not always exactly fiji
the time tn" music Of sullivan, written
III forms tina; survive tho ages and with
his wonderful mastery Of orchestral har-
Il. .ltrrhf 90 re
Of generations vino will never listen to
some Of tho caCoDhonous monStrosities
that gain a temporary vogue under the
name Of music.
.'Thr Nromrn of the Guard.''
The season Of spring revivals OF Gil
bort and Sullivan which has come to he
practically an annual event in New York
starts this year with The Yeomen of
The Guard This Was not among the
most rU,.uIa~ successes Of the English
authors mainly because il had no timely
apT'al and relied for appreciation almost
entirely on its intrinsic qualities in book
and score. To understand it requires no
familiarity Will. tho finer details of con-
ditiouS in any period. 1t is simply
humorous treatment of a romance Of the
Tower Of London with Just touch of
rathoS. Both writer g., composer ap-
preached their sUhje,I 18th less Of the
plaNfUlrrss that marks their other
works. 50 what The Yoomcn of the
Guard gains in dignity it loses in the
spirh 81 lHh. IL remains thoush a De
liShtful accomplishment, far from seri-
Gus. but with qualities that make the
ordinary musical show OF theatrical
commerce as il exists today seem trivial
and. in a way. degrading.
De Wolf HOpper's impersonation of
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