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Standard Theatre.
By th reYiYal of that musical C'Xtrantganz<t ''The Lacly Rla,-ey,'' :\Ir. T~t>o1i<trc1 RaY1ie has once mor, ml'i the tnstc
of
hi::; patrons, and tlw public· ge11t.•1·ally, awl }1iR effort::;liave, in cmrneqt1('llC'L', be ·n re,Yard-
<·d liy c•,tpital lionRf','. Thne i · n rPfre:;hing Yivacit:y goiug right tl1rongh the iwrfonnanee, in whieh
t·,·r>rY member of the <·aste works
"·itli' a wi11 nncl cll'tcrminntion to mal\e this 1n·ocludiu11 a success.
::\Ir. C'ec.:il Kellinrny is killingly funny as the sheriff and qnasi-foot- rnn11, and aR for l\liss Nita Cry, tal in tlie title role, W" thmk that she has <lo11e nothing lwtter <lmiug the pres nt season. ::\Ir. Kenn th Gwvnne gave the ne ·c•ssa1·y clash to the' part of the _\mericar{° million- aire, Hllll hii-.; voi e wns ug<1in heurcl to consi<lernbl • acl·nmtng, in differ- ent songs, foremost among which wu, thP hmeful · '~\s friends we met, aR friends w part," which is, by tht• way, one of trie pl'ettie. t it 'lllS in th• 'i1holc oper tta. .:\Ir.
.\]el'. E.elhl\rny \Yas not quite "at borne'· a the ::\fnjor, hut ~Iiss Dorothy 1 uiton 'R part suited her
C'Xel' 'dingly we11. A \Vorel of praise must also be beRtowecl on Mr. T.
n.
Vi.me HR J;ord Lai;emler, and to the Jiiss s lifto11 and Hayne, th 1\fojm"s cfought rH. The choruRes wf•nt with an ndrnirnble . i,ving, as they di<l in pre\-iou, productions.A Charming Voice.
\Ve ennuot close the notice with- out partieularly m ·nfaoning a new
"star" which hn, ri: non the local musical horizon in the pen:ion of Jiiss Glachrys , t. Vin ent, ''bo c·reatPd quite a f11rurc as a :-wloist.
\Yhoen·1· ''di. c·0Ye1·ecl'' thiR lady lrn:"
t'ertainly r ncler cl th public t1 good servit:P, as .:\liss , t. Vineeut is the poi-.;,.;t•ssm· of ~l ver\ tine .'Onorous alto, ancl \r 1 ft el 'snfe to predict t h~tt, \Yi th a little more st uc1y, she
""ill soon beromt• Oil<' of our l~ading mu.·iC'a1 artistes. Nhe was heartily :1pplaudecl, nrnl lwd to sing her solo8 rl,1 C<IJJO. \Ye wisl1 t11e yonng imisi- c·i.u1 t-H.·ry .·uc'l.!t'H.'S.
Miss Ethel Irving's Season.
Th n· "·as a large ancl highly np~
p l't'C' iu hve a uclience u t the Palla - clium on Tuesday night to \Vitness
parL LorlJ and "oul, 0Jiljv10us of th , ont:-.idl' \\'nrkl forget fnl of the lnm-
<ll'v<ls of eager cye:s who watch every Jittle mon·mcnt of h
i·"
of tl1c•11 m1(ll'C'cl;-; of ear~ that arc' strained not to lose the :lightest sound of lwr s;y mpatheti · voil.!e. _\nd .:\Ii,, Irving lrnmrn hmv to use this Yoice
\Yitlwut the i;;lighte. t nppc_ rent effort. \Yhether in h(:'r momeuts of inclt·sc;rihable ~rief, physieal pain or houncl1esi-.; joy, she ahrnys be- witc;J1 's lier aucli 'llCC, carries it with
hl'l', and '\'okeR its decpc:-;t · Rym-
p~dliies, such m; only a g nuine
artist' 'Hll do. From the moment the curtain ii·es on th' rcfrt:.,'hm nt.
room at the l\1risiu11 salon, 011e
instinctiYt>ly feels that th re moves among th, crmnl a magn which
dnnn~ us 'vith irre ·istible power.
'l111t> m·tiste'i'i efforts readied th ir climax in the thinl ad, \Yheu she nieds the I>rinecsR face to face in hC'r great fight for the rdurn of her lrn"'lmnd, and wher she ach; with
n11 ahandoH "·hid1 is the more ad- mirc.tble, as it is void of all stage effect. It was then that hardly an
P,Ve r •rnainecl dry. Th difficult
rnlc of the l)rince ·s rested in the able 11<tn(h; of Miss Eva Ioss, who gnrn an exceptionally fine and finished renditi.on of this . orne\\·hat tlurnkle.·s part. \Y cannot .re- m '1110( r to haY'. c •n this artist act lwtter than -on th i occasion.
\not her out::ituudina £ea tnr in t11 i.
nllforgetfable performance was the '·Prince" of I\Ir. l\Iorancl, who created sueh a favourable impres- Rion in "The \Vitness." He strongly remind one of Rabbi .Akiba in "Criel .A.co ta," except thnt here lie repr »'Pnt .. the old nobility with it.· inborn traditions, the · · arnicl- scandal-at-any-priae" section of the
<·ommunity. ~Ir. Frank C Hier had a big part as Robert Bertram; it is a charad r divided against itself, tom a. under by the love for his
"·ife, and the cn.1Ying to posse R
the Princess, and the artist folly Rllstuinecl the excellent impres io~
lw e1cuted pre\·iou. ly. The cast i.
long uucl po\v rfnl, and the whole performance wns nn unqualified yj - tin·y for those wl10 took part in j t - but th"' final ending i. not to our liking. \Ve feel tbat it is not <J.uite in harmony \Vith the churaeter or natme of the central figur , Lolette.
\Y (:' think that an n<ling like I hsl'n 'H "Doll's House" or Dumas·
· · Ln Danw aux CameliaH'' wou1cl lia \ (' befitted the occaRion bctt r.
\ ~<. may b wrong-the public shonlcl de ·ide.
P. J.
the> premifrP. of "Dmne ~ atur , " a The Empire.
pmn·rfol c1rnmn, adapted h;v Frede- Th is is the Inst '" ek of that bril-
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FI. IIER, Ianager."Tht> \Yitness for the Defence" \YaS tlii .. popular plac o£ nnrns ment. TEA, COFFEE or COCOA, with grent, she has entirely put her pre- Yd, ch-spit, this fact, th uttcncl- Pastry, 6 "· !
Yious effmts in the Hlwcl' in lier act- anc·L~ shows litt..Je diminution, ancl FRENCH CONFECTIONERY A ing a: T,o](•ti.c• in thP pht~ urnler thl' humour awl bright n ss of the SPECIALITY!!
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Johannesburg, Jun. 14,
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eems to have attracted consider- able attention, und it is amusing to ~ee different members of the n uclience, interest eel in particulal' artistes, ndea vouring to canvas votes in their ftn our. Next week w, are to h .. n·e a great Yaudeville bill, including l\fobel Bunyea, Henry live, the Florence and Lillinu trio, another trio, and then Olly Oakley\.; Humore. lrn, so that, despite the passing of the revue, Empire patrons may be sure of n.
good time.
His Majesty's.
L1l. t 1Ionda y Stt 'v the . econd eel i- t ioll of that c.;Jrnrmi11g pantomime rrr1u' "Cirnlerella, ., which h::u-; bePn so lrng a SLH'.C('SS. .i.1ew ROllgR Ila v, beell i11il'othwe<l HS Wl'll as i1ew
frutnres, nncl prescnt-<lay appro- pl'iate sketche: ulso help to add to the plPe:t:-iure of the evening. Every night 'eeR un L'Xcellent and enthu- siastic house, whid1 applauds the c-lic1nni11a production. ~\t the same tirn · it ('Uirnot he expede(l that
· · 'inclL•rellt1 · · will last for eyer, ancl
tho~e \\·ho ha YL' not yet ·een the piece would be well a<lvised to book early.
A Complimentary Concert.
:\Ii s Rose LeYiusohn, a talented co-religiouist and 011e of tl1e mo:::-.t brilliant of th ' younger South _\frican pianistes, js 1'd10rtly leaving for ~Tew York, \Yhere she "·ill m1-
dt'rtake a further counw of stmh.
.\ numb r of her fri nds and fello~-
arti 'Ls ha\'e arranged to gi1·e her a fare\\·ell concert, a ncl this will take pbce on the 5th of :\Iureh. Efforts n re being made to guarantee n memorable prorrrc.nnme in whieh the leading mu~c:ians f the Raml
"·ill tnke part.
A Pleasant Renewal.
Tho e who ~nltch the<-ttrical hap- J>enings in Engb11cl will be iuter- este<l in the fact tlrnt the lle\Y :venr
St'L'S n renewal of old a:-.. oci11tio11R hct\\·een ::.Ir. Ch;u·ks Ha \Ytre:Y a1Hl Mr. Frank 'urzon. lf \\'L' rnif;take not, their first C'nming together
<bte:-> as far Lnek n:4 1 0:i, when Mr. Curzon started mnnug ment at the Trafalgar-. quare Theatre, now the Duke of York's, "·itb a farne ca1lecl .. r:L\m1, Dirk, and Harr\," in "·l1i('h l\h. Hawtrey play~d the part of Tom Stanhope.
l>urin<r the interYening p riocl the relation thu happily begun haYe frequently bePn ren \\·eel "·ith th c•
rnost sati;·foct< ry re. ults. It vrns, for instance, at the .\venue, jn 180fl, tlw .l\lr. Curzon proclucl·d the evPr pop ulnr ·' l\lesRage from :\fan;;,' '-playecl Ro frecpwntly an cl
~0 ttclmirabh· i11 this ('onntry by '.\Ir Lconar~l l11tYllt' 's ccn1p<.t11il'.-<
• .=_"·hich htter ' yielclecl plaC'C to ::\Ir. H. C. arton 's cle1igbtfol c·nm ·cl~1, • • Lord an cl Lucly .\lgy. '·
ln both i\lr. IJa,YtrPY nchie·vecl vonspicuous sueces::;e.·. It \\·as us partners thnt the t':·o subsequent]~:
pr ·sl'ntecl · · The Little Dam,~zel n11c1 "The .i.Jaked Truth nt
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LE.·wyndham's. There are many other occasions that might be nnmecl in which they haYe profitably joined fore •s. .\bout iht· end of Jan nary they enter upon a fresh campaign in th \Yest-end "·ith a new play, entitled ··Please Help Emily," by ).Jr. H. ).l. Hanrnocl, author of the
" Interlopers." In its performance .Jir. Hu wtrey \Yill ba Ye the co- opemtion of .i\liss GlaclyH Cooper as leading lady.
Lang and Shakespeare.
Our r acler .. will Le in tere
t
d in the foct that Mr. :\lathe on Lang rel·ently gaYe a reviYnl of "The 1lt:>rc:h<.rnt of Yen ice" n t the t..fomeH ·s. The euHt "·us an in- terel"ting one, induding most of those aetor: who supported "'.\Ir.
Lung in his local presentation, and eonsiHted of ~fr. H •my Vibart aR .\ntonio, ~Ir. BtLlliol HollO\nt,Y as Bm\snnio, l\Ir. Hnrcourt ·willinmR n. Grntiano, ::.Ir. AnclreYr Leigh aH Lmmcclot Gobbo, ::\1 iH8 Dorothy Ripley as Nerissa, and Miss ':.\far- orie Puttenmn nH J esRiea. :\Ir. Lang's c:oncepiion of Shy- lock differs appreciably from that of any of his preclecossors in the part, while, as Portia, l\Iiss Hutin Britton introduce' . om' rather nm·el business.
The Wickedness of It.
r:rhe Imperial Con ervatory of Rt. J>etrsburg, Rus. ia, which is a gon•rnment instiution, issued some time ago a circular announcing a p::m1gra ph <ts follows : -"Jews will not be admitted to the conserva- tory, unless they present from the Chief of Police a permit to live in 't. Peter bura.' It is easier for a Jew to get in communieution with St. J>eter than ·with the Chief of Poliee of the Russian capitol. The announcement is Rirnply a bar to the rnusi(·ally indinecl J e\YS. On the oth r hand the historT of musi- c.;al education in Rus. in i~ RO close- ly eonncetecl with musicians of ,Je\\·it·il1 birth, that "ithout them Hub::;i<.1 n-ould not hold her pre, e11t position in contemporary art. In 18G2 it \ntR .. Anton Rub:nstein, the great pianist and composer, a Jew,
\d10 founded tLe con,'ern1tory from
\vliieh Jews are now exclu<le<l. He worked for nine years as the direc- tor of this consenntory under the rno.'t cli.'tre sina circ rnstances.
In 18GS, another J e\\', Kieobs liubinstein, hi. brotber, founded the Imperial conservatory in l\Ios- cow. In the eighties we find another Jew, Carl Davidoff, the fa- mous cellist, the director of the St.
Petersbnrg conRervatory. At the present time Leopold Auer, on of th' gre<.ttest living YioliniRts, is the director of the violin cl partment.
The. e men and the graduates of those ~chools, ar the pride of RuR-
ia. .Now theRe same conserYa- torieR, which were founded by J 0ws, forbid the entrance of .J cws nnd as n matter of coursP the . tncl_y of muHic to the fews.
These facb~ Rpeuk for themsel\'es.
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The proceeds of next Sc.1tur<lay's meeting i:.lt Germiston will be hand- ed over to the \\Tar Funds, and it is therefore to he hop('tl that tlH' publie \vill generously patronise the dub, which in , o many \vays al- ready has shown that it cleserves every upport. The programme contain. seven eYents, the principal of which, the Germiston H11ndicap, is run over
lt
miles. Thirteen hors('S are cnterecl, with Loeh EckHH top-,n•igbt, currying fhlt. 3lb., anc1 Gong Gong at the bottom "·ith 6st.
On form there can be on1y n gues- i.ion of three hornes in the race, Yiz., Loeb Eck, iTottinalrnm Lace ('iRt.
Blh.), nncl PntRy (7. t.), and in <lis- cussina their chanee.' I shall take more or less ns my gnicle the Be- noni Handicap. Top-weighti;; run on October 30 laRt year over the same distance, 1-l- miles. On that running Loch Eck, the winner, iR down llb., Patsy second is down lllb., and Nottingham Lac.;e, un- placed, is down 13lb. Dansar, carrying 6st. 6lb., was third. The
Y relict was half a length, three- guarters of a length, and brn lengths.
Those who saw Loch Eck's win were greatly impre. sed by the eaRe 'vherewith he downed in the last strides Patsy's pretension,, and the main point to decide on this occa- sion seems to be \Yhethel' Un allo-w- ance of lOlb. adequately represents the beating. To my mind it doeR not, and Loch Eek should ·win again. Rnrne as regards Notting- l1am I~nre. To tnke almost a stone off its httf'k orer l{ mileR Rhould gin' almost any cleePn lior, e a eh1tnce, hut as Nottingham Lace is hy no rnean8 a fly r, one cannot ~uy unH·li wore than tlrnf she should get n plaee.
Cheriseite ('ist. lllb.), after her
·running in the Farewe11 Handicap with 7si. Glb., one cannot fancy, und neith r does The Jay (7st._
2lb.) impress one as having more than a Yery out. icle chance. All- right (Gst. 12lb.), good little hor. e though he is, is at 2lb. held safely by Pat::;y. Dan, ar (6 t. lllb.), who '"on over the ame distance on Xovember 10, meets Tonypandy (7Rt. 7lb.), who ran third, beaten one mid n hnlf lengths, on lOlb.
won:;e t nns, nncl I shall th refore rule liim out in favour of the im- ported hors<'. I .. nRt Lo lw eonsid r- eel is Gong Gong, \Yho with his light '" 'ight, lYH\Y 1wove the· surpri. e pueket, but whom, after all, I shoul<l not lil~p to bac.;k against the more seasoned performers.
In the ·Flying Hunclicup, () fur- long:-;, I '1Yi11 i<1k Ztrnipbats (7st.
2lb.) to run a elose i-ace with Ting-
lin~ (7st. nib.), ~\llmiul (Gst. 1:rn>.),
