The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-22
EOREIGN OPERA
| SEEN BY LAYMAN
rtorv of Aida as Trans
lated by Fer
guson.
No WORD UNDERSTOOD
attire On People Who Pre-
tend to Enjoy Opera Sung
in Foreign Tongue.

mon whose wives insist on
SJrg igrm attend every opera
l'''ls ,. ln,l,4 TO town, will appreciate
a..,I.w that Walter Ferguson
..s sfter he had seen Aida"
O, 5urIng a recent grand opera
,.or I'm oklahoma City.
r'rs,,s., OF oklahoma City, who
.Jl,n- ~ the Employer and for
,r EDITOR Of the Cherokee Republi-
IL Ir Tulsa this week on busi-
~, Us is noted for his humorous
.,cles ard feature stories.
in reviewing the opera, Ferguson
The affuir was entirely Italian,
.,,ordlrg tp Ed Boyle, who occu-
Ge5a b0N seat and who took con-
k5erable pains to explain the plot.
IN was entirely obvious, to at least
bs first Is rows in the parquet, that
,ps sccng II the affair was laid in
he country where the names of most
,arets originate. II may have been
Hedilz
with s, few italian students in
.hs vast audience there was a possi-
My that many things might have
Nsen topical. 1t fact there was one
M, in th. proceedings when few
gomanesQue sentences sounded as II
H. king was declaring himself
+ favor Of the recall of Mayor wal
r and there was a time when 1t
g,s suspcrtcdNhat he was attacking
Shautung provision, but eggs are
cher I'm oklahoma City than In
,-dmoro and no damage resulted.
was almost certain that the hand
me captlin Of the guards was We
mently denouncing the award of
Emme but the crowd was gallant
ND no uprOar occurred.
The plot Of the affair was rather
Wcult to crap, but as nearly as
'ud be made out, and without
eng at all positive, 1t seemed a
chocolate colored dame whose ances-
rs invented crap shooting was do
BIZ some vamping among the white
koks Of that day any age. She
4semed - be putting 1t over much
H. the disgust of white crown
incess who had the captain half
Fay grabbed.
The saddle -colored girl was
korking for her board and room in
lhe palace Of the king, while the
fhite princess had parlor with
bath and used mik-weed cream for
Der cor.-ieXion. The captain was of
SOtty station and in the match with
he princess would have gotten bon
heir pictures on. the society page.
fhe chocolate girl put on some fast
knd furious stuff and the captain
ell FOR IT, IL was the course of true
oye for one so exalted, TO pour out
bis passionate soul on the servant.
rhe white girl, who was very much
rterested in the captains heart, sus-
ected the clandestine affair and
ghtly concluded that Captain
%llames was meeting Ada in the
farien after she washed the supper
shes She either got hold of some
ID! her mail or bribed one of the
l,lers to tip off the exact condi-
H0ns. when she learned that she
pc being dOuble-crcs she was
NITROUS and she could not have ex-
pressed herself In English without
Esng some pretty tough language.
rs i was all in italian and no one
resent had an italian cuss-word
Flossary she put II over In great
#hape but her flow Of words would
kft great relief to an enthusiastic
&foter who has sliced into the rough
~ 10 2 duck hunter whose gun
Fflosged with the first shot.
A The Princess Amneris was so
trad about her captain high-toning
ME- for the hasher that II looked as
ftAoush she might drop some powder
" his tea or slip q stillctto between
ribs Aida apparently did not
Ekiow her danger and went right
Hshead vampng the captain. when
ne captain was away from her he
Efemed 10 hesitate between true
Z o'e and a big roll, hut the minute
ne dark-skinned maid lamped him
,e went into high and hiked for the
eolleyard, There was every indi-
i won that both the captain and his
Ihlopian lover would get bumped
VI out a convenient war came
tonr and Rsdames' serial and order
Plumbers were drawn.
Haoamos came thru the conflict
one piece and returned to make
ans ~ clone with his saffron
k'' he got word 10 her to meet
.m IN The uark whore plans were To
II made for the set et-awav. He was
n fIg 10 r""ounce his high title and
-Wh" '#ko his love to some far
EN to"r set union card. and
'n'r f" started to leave In
"a car h"' neglected to put up his
Il 'I0''."s and one of tho mounted
a 'e came "'orr end overheard the
~ The city hall got somo nlain
~ ~" mon an tho ioh ard "ra hhed
"A "rs '"~ violating the Jim Crow
Ho d.d not have n police card
MN and had IN 20 70 tho sta
event created quite
,'al '"7 m account Of tho color
"A ~ 'h0. '0vo, Radames was called
N,,.t mo 7"mocratic committee He
b.. '' ~onounCe her and was
o., 'u' ~ he partv.
h-''r r"t " 10 likeiv that the
oo. 'oin lake Hamon.
9s-,- '.f hole the onara was most
STt. II not undnrsta n dahle.
H., "'s one chan hV the name of
tur,N who would mako a great
L., s'0'E Eer. what he got ofs
/ so,L. lte-'v urfAtelligihlr hut II
po, 'no"rh he was making a
l,s.,' 1n0eal <or tho ticket He
p's,r,t. gathering shafts ~
s,t,,i. N'h' from the r'slr~ sun.
~o.s n'7rs FROM the harves.
.a,,..t, Wrestling nerfu,ne from the
$r,s.,u ',70s and tho general I'M
NL,, was that he was telling
.Vss n' would do whom his old fac,
' 'Fl-FNcd To cOrpraeo