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Show Charles H. Yale's "Devil's Auction" Co. Provided with new seonery and accessories ac-cessories and equipped with a capital company, the raro old spectacular piece comes Into Its own again, and the' lightening change scenic effects ahd rapid tire Individual actlotare maintained without a falter. Comely choru supplement the efforts ef-forts or the principals, and tuneful music abounds throughout the production pro-duction Familiar hv name, 'The Volcano of Hades" spouts fourth flames, and the transformation Into the Healmsof Mephlsto accomplished with a smoothness smooth-ness that precludes susolcion of rust'-ness rust'-ness The Manic Picture Oallery" keeps the audience In a alc of lauch ler, and "Thelleastof Lanterns" h-troduces h-troduces Frauleln Prayer as premiere danseuse, with a capital iorps de ballet. Although traveling under the same name as that which It has been known for almost a generation, "The Devil's Auction" which will play an engage-ment engage-ment at the opera house on Monday Mon-day evening of December 23, Is practically practi-cally a new production, and furnishes even more fun for the crowded houses which welcome It than It did adecade ago. Or all the old reliable pieces, "The Devil's Auction" alone retains Its pristine pris-tine popularity. "Evangeline" is gone; "The Black Crook," has passed Into the far beyond; "Eight Hells" still remain 'tis true, but "The Devll.s Auction" holds its own. The plot of the piece Is, familiar to all, dealing with the struggle between the powers of Mephlsto, the evil one, and Chlrstaline, the fairy protector-ess, protector-ess, through which the love affairs of Carlos, the shepherd, and Madeline, the Flemish farmer's daughter, are Intertwined. The good, of course, triumphs and Mephlsto and his minions min-ions are put to confusion. |