The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-05
PRINCESS CHRYSANTHEMUM
A JAPANESE oPERETTA
To Be Given This Saturday Night
BY High School Glee Club.

Princess Chrysanthemum, a Japan
csc Operetta in three acts, the words
and music being by c. King Proctor,
will be given by the Pleasantville
High School Glee Club under the di.
rection of Miss Bertha K. Eckhardt,
assisted by Miss Mae Monahan, with
Miss Irma Stiles accompanist and Miss
Armenia Risley, assistant aceompan-
list, in the auditorium of the High
School this Saturday evening,
April 5th, at 8.15 o'clock. No tickets
will be sold, but instead the programs
will be sold at fifty cents each, and
they will serve as tickets of admis.
sion, consequently purchasers must re-
member to take the programs they
purchase with them.
Following is the cast of characters :
Princess Chrysanthemum, the En-
peror's daughter-Mary Baker.
Toto, Laura Doherty; Yum-Yum,
Virginia Anderson; Du-Du, Catherine
Sullivan; Tulip, Mary Banning
Maidens, attendant on the Princess.
Fairy Moonbeam, the Princess's
good genius-Frances Corsiglia.
The Emperor What-for-Whi, a mer-
. AAlOboi I'll IdSd1 DdhC1.
Prince So-Tru, Fred Woodruff;
Prince So-Sli, Charles Bowen-In love
with the Princess.
Top-Not, the Court Chamberlain
Ward Weaver.
Saucer-Eyes, the Wizard Cat-Otto
Harris.
Sprites of the night, courtiers, popu-
lace, attendants, fairies, etc.
E, Scene Act 1. The Emperor's
Garden.
A great fete is being held in honor
of the coming of age of the Emperor's
daughter, Princess Chrysanthemum.
She is loved by Prince So-Tru, and re-
turns his affection; but he has a rival
in the person of Prince So-Sli, who
seeks the aid of ~Saucer-Eyes, the Wiz
ard Cat, who carries off the Princess
to the Cave of Inky Night, leaving the
Emperor and Prince So-Tru distracted
at her strange disappearance.
Music.
Strike the gong and sound the Gym
bals-Chorus.
The golden butterfy-Solo, Top-Not.
Wave the flags and banners gay
March and Chorus.
Which shall it be?-Solo, Princess.
Wave the flags and banners gay
Chorus and exit.
Descriptive scene.
Entrance-march of the Emperor.
Long live the Emperori-Chorus.
I am the Emperor What-for-Whi-
Solo, Emperor.
Lullaby Land-Solo, Tulip.
Finale-Haste now away-Chorus.
Scene 2-Act 2. The Cave of Inky
Night.
Princess Chrysanthemum, imprison-
ed in the Cave of Inky Night, with the
aid of a magic ring summons the
Fairy Moonbeam, who is about to help
her when she drops the ring and can
not find it. Fairy Moonbeam disap-
pears at the loss of the ring and the
unhappy Princess is left to bewail her
fate. Prince So-Tru manages to OBJ
tain entrance to the cave, and finds
the ring, which at once cause Fairy
Moonbeam to return and aid him. At
this moment the Emperor arrives with
his attendants and takes Saucer-Eyes
prisoner, bearing him in triumph to
his palace.
Music.
Observation-Disclosures.
Sprites of the night-Chorus.
A kittens tale-Solo, Saucer-Eyes.
The path of love-Song, Fairy Moon
beam.
Loves kingdom-Solo, So-Tru.
Called by magic ring we come
The Sprites.
Finale-Home returning-Chorus.
Scene 3-Act 8. The same as Scene
1.
Threatened with torture, Saucer
Eyes %confesses the completely of
Prince So-Sli, whom the Emperor or
ders to instant execution. This is,
however, frustrated by the appearance
of Princess Chrysanthemum, accom-
panied by Prince So-Tru and Fairy
Moonbeam with her band. The EN-
peror pardons Saucer-Eyes and So-Sli