Judge — September 12, 1885 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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AUGHTY BUT NIC) It is claimed for Mme. Judic, in advance of her coming hither, that she is of the French, Frenchy—* naughty but so nic Waiving the suspicion that this may be only an advertising dodge (and a very good one), we accept tentatively the assertion that sho is | one of the firsts artistes in her line, and that that line is of an order which in Paris no un- married woman is ever allowed to Mr. | Smalley, in saying this in his Tribune letter, adds that the better opinion of Frenchmen is that no young girl should be taken toany theatre whatever, so that the point to this warning against Mme. Judic’s performance is somewhat blunted. American girls do not receive, do not, in need to fact, receive the doll-treatment that is considered necessary for French or even English damse We think our American girls will, in large numbers, go to see Mme. Judic; ‘will enjoy and appre- ciate her art and will not. be corrupted by her Parisian plays. It will take. mach more | mical accentuation. This v | the time of the music he It might oppress and tire some persons; with | THE JUDGE. acceptable Japanese faces. ‘There is no violation of traditional unities in the make up, no burlesque on Japanese costumes or nalities. The required satire and ridi- ‘¢ allowed to come through the medium of the libretto only. Costumes, setting and tableaux are gorge- ous. The unusual costumes modify the usual stage gesture and action, It is not “rench, English, American nor wsthetic, und in its remoteness from any touch of the ordinary style of ucting, it indicates thorough training from authentic models, Except for the occasional funny action, the movements are slow, smooth and digni- fied. Fans, appropriately Japanese, are used as a medium of expression and of ryth- ible emphasis of a peculiar effect. others, it might serve to draw the attention to the music. It is true that ina performance of such spectacular interest, the music is apt to be “ borous” unless it is of the kind that is fre- quently interrupted to make room for solos. The Mikado music is not broken with “songs,” and for that reason is not catchy. But the songs are there if you can separate them from the mass of harmony in which they are smothered. The compli cated harmony destroys the ‘‘ catchines: as in the costumes one cannot be selected and analyzed because of the subduing rela- tion and effect of the others; so any distinc- | tiveness in the melody is subjected to the than an evening at the-theatre to make | | them French dolls or Englishdunces, read || for the wiles of the first rove, dude or sno || that comes along. THE MIKADO'S SHow. | The Mikado company at the Fifth Avenue || ‘Theatre is eminently *so English” in two respects—accent and looks. English fea- tures, however, work over into remarkably whole. ‘There is no situation in the action, no climax in the music. The whole is a mov- ing panorama and variation of chords and colors. The voices of the singers are ordinary. Mr. Federici, The Mikado, is the only one whose voice has sufficient volume for its | part. : Mr. Pounds, Nanki-Poo, has a sweet, though rather ‘‘stuffy” voice. He fails to reach certain high notes, but he is so gentle and careful in his attempts that we mentally congratulate him for his: discretion in not “tearing his voice to tatters.” His grace- ful acting makes the loss of a few high notes “<q matter of no consequence,” as Mr. Toots says. | "The frailities and absurdities of Mr. Geo. | the case is most touching. horne, are accessory to his business in the role of Ao- Ao. Mr. Billington and Mr. Browne as Pooh- Bah and Pish-Tush, are personitications of affected solemnity and dignity of official dis- tinction, | Of the * Three little maids from school,” Miss Ulmer as Vum- Yum, has the sweetest voice and the most spontanic She is natural or silly, as the part requires. SUMMER AND PALL. | ‘To thoughts of love in the gentle spring the guileless youthlet turns, With a beautiful mate He seals his fate, And his heart in rapture burns. To thoughts of grub in the sombre fall the wiser thlet turns, And the wife's best silk | Is pawned for milk, And the age ad exhib) fly-speck on she whit avaricious inquiry as to the number of America | dollars he earns CLYDE. concerning @ } st resolves itself into an OFF THE BENCH. Pay as You go is said to be a good rule, but in a Union Square cab we've sometimes paid as we didn’t go. y Iy THE Base-ball game, though played on diamonds, the nine of clubs always win— when the umpire doesn’t play the game | | alone. ~~ | \ | St. Lovis seems to have the bulge on } | Chicago this time. Dr. Maxwell, the mur- | derer, is evidently a bigger man than Carter | Harrison. |“ Wartixe ror Jack,” is the title of a | touching love song. When Jack turns up acondemmed queen after all the waiting, CIS ALOO FARMER'S PROTECTION POLICY, NOON. NIGHT. comicbooks.com