The evening world., 1919-01-04

musical art Of one NJ Americas hesi, oro
known symphonic conductors and his. =
orchestra Uhe strand symphony or ~
,hcgtroJ. yro1eisq
M acts must meet cventuaNIabnU
That watch Mrs. Florence Fleming
Noycs achieved with THE Fairy" and
"rho Fa!ry's Hand Maldcns" In tiboeos
Land - Nod went hand In hand wf1i j
that O., Mr.. Edouardc. One depended - .
srct'ly upon the other. And how per-
feet was each! VIII you ever forg-SISse
Che FAIRY when she lost the star ANA - nj
sine and her little playfcilow searched
and searched and found 1t aga.n7
Attcr ,htt came the blow falrfrs.H %
They Wniricd in as rapidly as the
north wlnl wh!r!s dried leaves along
the ground. Nv pleased was every
ono with their gay dance! How THE
Roy and "Thc orr. and Fellow
Spirit" stood away 20 one side whllo
the wide World CnI'dren" grouHT.
themselves 'ar into tho twilight 30
Ds not Co disturb the kury dance! Z s-w-(
There wHs no twilight In the scene u
when She hlJ't APPEARED The ten
haH"t!nus ANA their premiere nuttercd -
hE" white and pink moths in a flame
ot iE.I Nile. GIlI who is premiere
dausousc a. the Metropolitan optrf 20
House, came expressly to sec thsm srt
eleven little dancers IN whom she had =.
taken such 70 keen interest. Miss
NJrsalct CurI.s OF the metropolitan -
I'htioi school, wno actually trained
| 'he ballet, rs well as tho daneers II X
| themselves deserves the applause. OF
| 'nus" who enjoyed the fuffy- skirted' "
cousins who twIrlCd round on tip
toe; and that means ;hc applause OF
every one on the stage and in tnc
house.
To Nj Winthrop Anfcs, who lent lis
Tine beautiful gray curtain. and to M'h -
S.'d"I aud Mr.. Frederick Hosli of tpc
Metropolitan Opera House and to My.i.
william Hanna we are Indebted foE
the stage platforms and drops whicirSSG
added % much in effect and beauty Lo
the settings
And has L. ever occurred TO you how
much depends upon the stage carpn-
ter, the property man and the stage
electrician in Il production? Do you
realize that II Mr.. Joseph SandforI
and his crew Of carpenters. and Nj.
George Castcllane and his assistant.
Mr. Kelley. and Mr. Louis Dunocq and -
his electricians had not been expert in
+ their business and as eager TO m,fl,p III
the play perfect as YOU or | that il -
would not have been. could not have
pecn' the production 1t was? The
spirit and the kindness Of the Man
"3ttdn Opera House folk back-staco
was eNcmplIhcd in Mr.. Graham, tho
d"orman, who stood in the stage en-
trance as the kiddie actors left. saying
10 each; "Goodby; see you nsNt
Christmas"
There Is only one regret connected
with that ktddie KIub holiday pls,.
II was in having to refuse ent-anca
10 thousands of people. The Eveniny
World and | wish to express o0tJb! Z.
very deep regret over the fact tA,t., =.
the Opera House could only accom-
modatc about one-half Of the Cousi5s ~"
and friends who came hoping to selh'u %
the performance. Thousands, easily
four thousands, Of people were unable
to enter the house which was Gllcd
to the limit OF the tlre law by tenSh'.
o'clock. We hope that those VIM : :,
were unable to obtain admission wI.!.--.
accept our sincerest apologies and -
assured that no such occurrence VII
take place IN the future IL IL is IN
our power to avoid It; we had rbL.,",,.
anticipated such an attendance. -
No. there was another regret. Il.
was that at no time did the plctuTc.
OF thu Premiere Danseuse OF the balfsI1 ,
appear in print and Cousin VictoTlI
never so much as mentioned it. AM"
making up for that to-day. -
Wishing that all the love and ha3i
pircss that can come to folks IN a
year viii come to you and 20 all wbsT
'oyr you, | am g1ieA
Yours Loyalty, ig uo
COUSIN ELEANorSr,Il,.s