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Show YANKEE CONSUL I OPERA AGAIN (1 ON THURSDAY I I ' H College Opeui Will Conclude Engage-. f) ,H nieiits Follow Iiii ApiH'nriuico At I 'H Xlliley Hall. J 'H According to announcement by j JH Harold S. Alvord, business mnnagor 'J H of tho II. Y. Opera Company, Logan ! j will ho given tho privilege of seolng l the college studonts In their musical 11 offort again Thursday evening whon i tho "Yankee Consul" will bo staged f H for tho last timo at Nlbley Hall. A H nuinbor of towns havo boon given tha lfl privilege of seeing this opera and all )' 11 along tho line nothing but prnlso has M H been heard for tho excellence of tha -' performance. Prof. W. O. Robinson, under jH whoso direction tho opera has been j stngod ami presented, has tho happy ' J faculty of selecting just tho right I ( character to suit tho part. In tho " Yankee Consul" many local peoplo M who havo attended tho B. Y. Operas , ) for years, say that ho has boon moro i M successful than ever before In tho so- H lection of leading characters. Tho , M B. Y. studont tnlout has always been M abovo tho average found In similar , schools, which goes far toward mak- M Ing tho operas tho success which thoy ' 1 M aro and bring prnlso to tho director I l as well as tho students and tho . school. i - H Tho talent exhibited by Miss Luna Fnrrell, tho leading lady of tho must- ,1 M cal, was far beyond tho expectations j M of hor closest acquaintances and on ' V M many occasions during tho perform- M nnco Friday night tho curtain was '' M forced to raise two and throo times M following her charming solos. Her ! grnco and ease of dancing, together ', with her woll tralnod volco, easily i M mako Miss Farroll tho peer of any if leading lady of recont years In local jf M opora work. Tho dancing of Miss r M Mnry Dalnes was perhaps tho host of t i , tho ovenlng, nnd showed Miss Dalnes ! to ho a real artist In this' lino. Tho f ," largo nudlonco did not fall to ap- I; tl plnud heartily for Miss Dlta Petorson ' as Blancn, tho bar maid, and Miss ' !, M Dolva Haycock, tho flower girl, both H of whom dnnco nnd sing woll. At- ( tentlon wns directed moro to MIsa ' fl Fanny Jordan, tho wealthy widow, t ! than any of tho rest, no doubt for hor , kM great wealth and tho attentions paid I Ba hor by tho American Consul, who a Gf J was sure bent on getting hor half $ MH million. K H Tho parts of Norman D. Salisbury fj M ns tho American Consul; J, Morris ! Christiansen ns tho Lieut. Command- (j fl er of the U. S. Gunboat; Wlllard Jen- wij son, Georgo D. Proston, Georgo E. J j9 Smith nnd tho other loading charact- , I" Qm ors wero as equally woll sustained ' fljM Friday night ns at tho opening per- ) ffiW formnnco. The drills, singing nnd J 5 Bb dancing wero unusually good and re- S IW fleeted tha palnstnklng work of thoso ' S who had tho training In chnrgo. j H Any person In Logan who hns not ' M attended olther of tho previous per- formnnccs of "Ynnkeo Consul," j M should do so Thursday night If they ' M aro at all npproclatlvo of musical of- M forts, for thoro hnanjt been anything ' M happen In this town In a long timo M that begins to equal this performance ' H |