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Show 9 I ij XOitb the Fir4rt- fighter? m I li , H 8 11 ll "THE SULTAN OF SULU." i! H I m The sweet and unforgettable melodies of "The D j I ! Sultan of Sulu" will ring in the ears and the hearts H I of those who listened to the airs of the sprightly M i opera for many days to come. Salt Lake has been H 1 ; a patient sufferer from bread-basket brigade com- HI I panies every few nights during the present season, Hi I ' an(1 In consequence Mr. George Ade's Philippine H m opera, original, refreshing, glowing with whole- m m some aria happily expressed humor, was greeted B I with salvos of joy by an audience satiated with 8 comic opera travesties which w.ere as much like H m i tne New York production as a Tyrolean quartette Hi f m competition with a circus caliope. HI ' "" jHHHHMI.. H Thomas Whlftln in "Sultan of Sulu." H Everybody in the kingdom of the Sultan was H entirely satisfactory, from the secretary of the H ' aforesaid, admirably done by Mr. Fred Prear, to H the most diminutive songstress in the fair and H ! ; lithe-limbed chorus. Thomas Whiff en grapples H ! . with the role of the Sultan with more skill than BBBBl the liveliest optimism could have predicted and D ; J only shows signs of weakness in the "Remorse" H ' ' song, in which he might have shown a little more H ' ; vim and enterprise. Still that is a mere item, and Hj ' ' the remainder of his humorous offering stands out Hl ' luminously distinct. H ': ' Joy expanded in the most sordid human breast K ! in looking upon the chorus girls, who, in tho main, H m looked like the florid offering from an enchanted Hf f ' garden, and who succeeded in adding to their nat- Hf 8 ural graces some equipment in the way of well Hf m trained voices. The voice of Walter A. Lawrence W X as Lieutenant Hardy will also linger in the mem- K M ory of those who heard him, and Mr. Fred Froar's H m performance as the secretary of the Sultan was a K m really rare achievement. In passing, the Chiquita Hf I of Miss Nellie V. Nichols may not be overlooked, Hf ' as 8ne was always clever and vivacious, and her 1 ! coon song made every one clamor for more, an f f J invitation, however, to which she did pot see fit to S I i respond. K , But after all it is the fresh, candid, wholesome 1 f '1 humor of Mr. George Ade that makes the "Sultan Hi ?: of Sulu" one of the most unique comic operas of Kit modern days. It is inexpressibly pleasing to listen flf ' to vocalized stanzas which display all the handi- Hff ' work of a master architect, and which are utterly H. devoid of the sham and clumsily expressed senti- wKt ment of the ordinary comic opera ballad. |