Life — December 6, 1894 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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gains by a second hearing. Mrs. Davis, Mr. Barnabee and Mr. Macdonald are all more at home in their parts and acquit themselves with the same artistic finish that has made them celebrated. “Prince Ananias” seems destined to a career similar to that of “ Robin Hood "—only moderate approval at first and solid success later. . . HE music of “ Jacinta,” at the Fifth Avenue, is very like that of two or three dozen other light operas heard here within the last few years in so far as it pos: no especial individuality. Nevertheless, it is sufficiently “ light and sparkling " for its purpose and includes a few unusually at- tractive numbers. The book furnishes more than the ordinary amount of plot and some clever lines. HOW OFFICER O’HOOLIHAN LOST HIS BUTTONS. “WHY DON'T YOU GALS DISSOCIATE WID ME? WHAT HAVE I DID DAT YEZ HAS GIVEN ME DE SHAKE? D'LL TELL YER WHY, IT’S BERCAUSE YEZ IS JELLIS 0” ME, AN’ BERSIDES I KIN LICK ANY GAL CHUMP IN DE WARD, AN’ YEZ KNOWS IT!” Miss Louise Beaudet, who heads the organization which presents “ Jacinta,” over-acts and under-sings the title ré/e. She has at her command every conventional pose and trick of the bouffe prima donna and introduces them to the extinction of all personality with which she may be endowed. Her voice isa little bit light for the require- ments of the part, but, on the whole, her performance is. not a bad one when one considers the peculiar requirements of this line of artistic work. Signor (why Signor?) Perugini wears very fine clothes, indeed, sings the part of More//os acceptably and actsit not badly. Mr. Edwin Stevens is really very funny as The Alcalde of Colima. Why Miss Cecile Eissing, who sings one little solo rather prettily, should visibly chew gum during the greater part of the second act is not explained in the argument nor in any of the chewing-gum advertisements in the programme. Doubtless her artistic frenzy makes her forget the presence of an audience and what is due to it. “Jacinta” is far prettier and more interesting than some operas which have met considerable success before the New York public. Metcalfe. HER CRUELTY. sighed Mr. Lease, as he wrung out the “TL little 667 LITTLE thought,” dish-cloth and hung it on the nail over the sink; thought, when you called me your clinging ivy and promised to be my sturdy oak, that the time would ever come when you would treat me as cruelly as you did yesterday.” “ Well, what did I do?” growled Mrs. Lease. “You know very well,” sobbed the injured husband. “ You deliberately let me start out shopping without telling me that my bat was not on straight.”