The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

le association, and Miss Betty Middle gely responsible for its success. orchestra could not take care of the music. but by another year we hope to have our orchestra of symphonic pro portions, which will be capable of do- ing all our accompaniment.
 ''Mamzelle Taps" is an Anglo-Amer- ican-French opera, composed and writ ten by Arthur A. Penn, writer of numerous other charming operas such as The Yokahama Maid" which was presented by the Euterpean club last year.
 Our cast shows exceptional dramatic ability as we'll as excellent voice train ing.
 CAST
 Col. Piquit. retired, who owns
 chateau ............S Shelby Patton Marie. his daughter,
 Mary Elizabeth Mcclure Lieut.. Billy. Brown of A F. F. ............ John McVay Lieut.. Jean Piquet, Marie's cousin
 ................. Roy Carlisle Lieut.. Frederick Buel of British
 Army ........... George Nealeans Peggy captain of "Tommywaacs'
 .EVelyn Kinney OudIiOlto, IbeO SIpSS nurse
 ................ Elizabeth shannon. Aunt Josephine, Colonel Piquet's
 housekeeper .IneZ Patton Sir Edmund Pompous, Shakes
 pearean tragedian. Luther Reynolds Duchess of Dorchester, a sui
 fragette ........ Malinna Coleman Lewis Potter, motion picture
 photographer ....... Ludwig Smith Captain Gringo. German spy
 .................E .Easley Blackwood
 Chorus of French girls and soldiers.
 SCENES
 Act I: Garden and terrace of the Chateau Piquet. The summer of 1918. Evening.
 pital near Paris. Two weeks later.
 SYNOPSIS
 "NIamzelIe Taps;o the story.
 Act 1 takes place after American sol- diers have landed in France. One after the other we are introduced to de. lightful series of characters, chief among whom are Jean, Frederick and Alonzo, soldier boys who represent res specitively France, Great Britain and America. Marie Is much talked of, but nobody seems to know where she Is or what she is doing. She has disap- peared. In reality, she has become a bugler in the French army, and is known and beloved by all as Nam zelle Taps" It is Mamzelle Taps with whom Jean, Frederick and Alonzo are in love, but they are not aware that she is the missing Marie. Captain Gringo arrives in search of Marie, who pl esently bursts on the scene and ex- plains to her father just what she has been doing. From this point on, the efforts of the three soldier boys and Captain Gringo to claim the hand of 'Mamzelle Taps" are redoubled. The three boys resolve to expose Gringo as spy. In this they are not very successful, despite the fact that they have agreed that the one who succeeds shall win Mamelle Taps, he. mean time, with the aid of an American motion picture photographer, com pletes the details of a plot for Gringo's undoing. In order to throw him off the scent, she pretends she will marry him, and the finale of this act finds Gringo off on his doubtful errand at Maries behest, and the whole compan, dismayed at what they consider the shocking decision of Mam'zelle Taps.
 The second act carries the action along. finds Captain Gringo becoming more and more unconsciously em- DrOlled In the net Marie has been weaving. and clearly indicates that the American soldier boy has the best of chances for eventually winning Marie. How Gringo walks into the trap his perfidy has made, how Jean and Fred [ Ierick find consolation in the arms of two charming young women whose wa work has made them heroines, and how Alonzo and Marie hear the bells of peace as well as the wedding bells in their dreams So soon to be realized. The comedy element is supplied by the three soldiers, as well as an old school tragedian and feather brained duchess.
 There will be several delightful spe> cial numbers in the operetta. Among these will be the dancers. Thelma Meager, and the girls who entertain the soldier boys at the hospital with their songs and dancing. One especial ly attractive dance will be that of lit- tls Muriel Debardeleben. who Is Cupid. he comes in and plays with the five little lovers" Like true soldiers the Glee club will entertain the audience xytf fIof-