-'X LfIOVI Ie Michigan Daily EXTR ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1914. M IIIIIIIII IIIIIIIII I I I -- KETS WILL E PLACED ON. SALE MARCH 13 Members May Obtain Slips, ichi Entitle Holder to Pur- chase Six Seats, at Union Today. iftice Of Hill Auditorium Ats for "A Model Daughter" placed on sale, Friday, March :he Hill Auditorium box office, all members of the Michigan will have an opportunity to their seats. The morning sale ng at 10:00 o'clock will be re- 1 to members of the cast, committee, and orchestra, and men, members of the Union rish ' seats for the "Faculty performance, Wednesday, 18. After 2:00 o'clock all members will be eligible to heir reservations. The sale to ieral public will begin on the LOCAL ALLUSIONS ARE OMITTED Xeither Lines or Songs of Opera Make Reference to Ann Arbor or Vicinity. No reference to Ann Arbor or en- virons is made in the lines of the 1914 opera. This is the first Michigan Union opera that has not contained some allusion to local customs or ex- pressions. The preceding operas have not all had their scenes in Ann Arbor, but in some place or other in the book, lines have been found with local coloring in a reference to custom, or a play on words of some expression in vogue among the undergraduates. It was the idea of the author of this year's book, that all the clever take- offs on local matters had been worn out by over-use, and that he would be more successful if he left this field strictly alone. The playwright was probably also moved by the desire to produce a play that dramatic critics would pass fav- orable judgment on for the profession- al stage. Local allusion would only tend to destroy the effect of the play when presented before an audience that was unmindful of the special meaning. COSTUMES SMACK OF BLITHE PAREE Precedent has been cast to the four winds in the selection of costumes for the chorus and cast of this year's production of the Mimes, " A Model Daughter." New York was drag- netted for fashions fresh from Paris, and the dazzling charm of the models in the opening scene will attest to the success of the search. Varia-colored tango gowns, as beau- tiful and various in hue as the wings of the most gorgeous butterflies, grace the slender forms of the models. Slim low bosomed beauties with every curve of form enhanced by the mod- ish devices of the slit skirt, the bal- loon effect from Turkish seralgios, and daring cut of bodice, will sway to music in the stately steps of the hesitation and the graceful accord of the one step. When a slender ankle peeps out as the skirt is lifted in the dance, anklets of fur and of bangles will heighten the effect of Paris real- ism, and the display of the lamp-shade, skirt, startling in its conception, will establish beyond dispute the atmos- phere of the Capital of the world, with its grisetted boulevards, and Latin quarter. Scarlet blazers, above white fian- nell skirts, in contrast to the white (Continued on page 4.) PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEES, CAST, AND CHORUS OF UNION OPERA,"A MODEL DAUGHTER" Committees. General Chairman, Karl B.. Hoch, '14; Master of Costumes, R. H. Braun, '14E; Master of Properties, Carl Guthe, '14; Treasurer, Homer Heath. Assistants to General Chairman, K. S. Baxter, '15E, C. L. Kendrick, '15, E. C. Wilson, '15. Assistants to Master of Costumes, Benjamin Bartlett, '14, H. G. Gault, '15, Cecil Brown, '15. Assist- ants to Master of Properties, Howard Marsh, '15, W. B. Thom, '15, J. S. Leonard, '16L. Music publishing com- mittee, Carroll Mills, '14, chairman, H. G. Allerton, '14, Robert Tannahill, '15, F. F. McKinney, '16L. Publicity committee, E. W. Haislip, '14L, chair- man, Leo Burnett, '14, Carlton Jenks, '15, Chester Lang, '15. Assistants to treasurer, J. B. Angell, '16, Paul Thompson, '16L, Louis Bruch, '16L, Richard Thorsch, '16. Electrician, T. D. Weaver, '16E. Cast. Brownie Dupont-Durward Grinstead, '14. PaulMarcelle-George McMahon, '16., Pierre-Waldo Fellows, '14. Babette-Leon Cunningham, '16. Caroline Sedley-George Moritz, '15. Colonel Sedley-Bruce Bromley, '14. Jerry Borden-Bernus Kline, '14. Count Bilderkrank-S. L. Adelsdorf, '14L. Countess Bilderkrank-G. C. Eldredge, '14. Monsieur Berode-Martin Briggs, '14. "Kippy" Dunn-A. M. Reed, '15L: Elleurette-C. G. Shipley, '16. Raymond Fibbre-R. M. Parsons, '14. Chorus. Twenty-two will be selected from the following: Girl Art Students:-- V. R. Dibble, '14E, J. R. Craine, '14E, L. C. Standt, '15, D. M. Morrill, '16, A. V. Murtha, '14M, L. V. Alexander, '16, D. B. Wurzburg, '15, A. Thompson, '16, A. F. Bassett, '14E, Gleed Miller, '14; Models: J. B. Angell, '16, F. H. Begole, '16, L. E. Hughes, '16E, H. H. Frank, '16, D. W. Jennings, '16, S. T. Steen, '16E, J. W. Finkenstaedt, '16E, Paul Bowen, '16, J. C. Marble, '16E, R. B. Stearns, '16; Men Artists: H. K. Lane, '15, F. P. Surgenor, '16, N. M. James, '16E, H. C. Duffield, '16, H. B. Bartholf, '16E, H. M. Easley, '16, H. Bell, '14, H. D. Warner, '16E, J. C. Melaniphy, '16L, A. S. Palmer, '16E, J. C. Abbott, '15E. TRIALS EXCITE WIDE INTEREST Larger Numbers than in Any Previous Year Come Out for Cast and Chorus. If success of Union operas may be measured by interest, "A Model Daughter" should occupy a position high above all others. The problem of the committee from the start has been the difficulty of choosing from a large bunch of good men, while in past years it has sometimes been neces- sary to urge men to come out. For a chorus of 32 men, 170 men competed. All of these were excel- lent dancers, and a majority had con- siderable singing ability. At first the problem of making cuts seemed al- most impossible, but by constant trials, men have been crossed from the list, until there is now a manageable num- ber. For the cast of 13 parts, there were 50 tryouts. This includes a large number of last year's men, and nearly all of them were given a close race by the host of new men. The com- mittee feels that there is now a cam- pus-wide interest in the opera, and that next year, men will turn out in even greater numbers. , Nichigemlda, ioanzalanw, C Chest Culture, Awaken Ramases and Contrarie Mry on List. HISTORIES OF PAST OPERI ARE REVIE SIs SevenihAnnual ! 1 The spring of 1908 witnesse maiden attempt at a Michigan opera, produced entirely by st for presentation to a public aud Since this memorable beginnin, other operas have been staged another "A Model Daughter" w pear on the boards at the W theatre, next week in four conse performances. "Michigenda," the first prod was given at the Whitney i spring of 1908, and was meant to some extent the place of the Circus, discontinued the year pre Donald Hamilton Haines, '08, wl 1915 BOOKS WILL BE DUE. BY MAY' 11 MYSTERY OF MONA LISA GIVES MELTON FOUNDATION OF PLOT , General Chairman. morning of Monday, March 16, 9:00 o'clock, at the Whitney theatre. Union members must obtain slips, certifying to their membership, before buying seats. These slips will be given. out at the Union from 9:00 o'clock today until 5:00 o'clock, Thursday. Each slip will entitle the holder to buy six seats, but one member can purchase no more than six seats even if he holds several slips. This action was taken to prevent one student at the head of the line, from buying seats for all his friends, and taking all the desirable reservations, before those further back had their chance. It is planned to hold four perfor- mances in Ann Arbor, but there is a possibility of a performance Saturday night, if the advance sale of seats should warrant it. The student sale in past years had taken up almost all the seats ffor the four performances, and if the demand is heavy when the general sale begins and the mail or- ders are considered, the fifth appear- ance may become a reality. Mail or- ders for seats will be treated in the same manner as last year, when they were not filled until after the begin- "In writing a show like "A Model Daughter," two conditions faced us at the outset. In the first place, the Union Opera as a Campus institution had outgrown its swaddling clothes. We were at a stage, where effective- ness could no longer rest'on absurd- ity. All of which is another way of saying that we were up against the real thing; that it was up to us to produce something as near the real thing as college men can make it. We had the actors for such a production, we had the composers; it was up to the author to produce the book for them." "The second condition we faced was this. The natural evolution of col- lege opera is away from, and not in the direction of, strictly local pro- ductions. One campus, by the very nature of its existence, is a limited field; it may be good for a time, and funny for a while; but even real funny things cease to be amusing after they are worked half a dozen times or more. Further, each new set of pro- ducers is prompted by the natural de- sire to do something newer, something better than has gone before. So my big desire in starting an opera of the type we have this year, was to create something that could be up-to-date." "The selection of the exact locale of the show was a matter of much inter- est to me. I first thought of Germany as a pleasant and entertaining setting for a college show. But an "idea" I received switched me in favor of Paris. At that time the papers were still creating a furore over the disappear- ance of the Mona Lisa. It occurred to me that it would be a ripping idea- with the accent now on the ripping- to build a plot around the disappear- ance of this masterpiece, with stu- dents solving the mystery. Well, the plot never blossomed, of course, but it gave the exact foundation I had wanted for the opera. Studio life, the Latin quarter, romance in art, and mixing with it a strain of Yankee blood from "across the pond," all this to make a tale of gay Paree. Books for the 1915 Opera will be due before the end of the last week of April, and the. announcement of the successful author will be made early in May,, Meetings have been held during the past month, in whichthe general re- quirements which the writers must follow in the form of their work, was explained. From the number that at- tended these meetings, there is every indication that a larger number of books than ever before will be sub- mitted. With the announcement of the selec- tion of the book, trial lyrics will be given out to all who wish to compete in the writing of the songs. This music to these trial lyrics must be in the hands of the committee before the end of May, and the composers that have shown the most talent in their offerings, will be selected to write the music for the overture and the finale, with the competition for the other music left open. The competition in the writing of the final lyrics closes during the first week of June, when judgment will be passed on them, and the chosen, ones given out to the composers of the music. The final call will be issued in November, when all must be ready to submit their finished production. W. R. Melton, Author of Book. since attained marked success in field of magazine writing, wrote book, and Roy Welch, '09, compo all the music. Welch is now N known as a professional song wri After the success that attended staging of the first opera it was cided to make it an annual event, the second opera made its appeara in the fall pf 1909. It was cal "Culture," and was written by same two students, Haines and We The books of these two producti both had Ann Arbor as a back grot and contained frequent allusions Ypsilanti. Earl V. Moore, '12, now structor in the School of Music tered the field of opera music com tition by writing one song for "C ture." The opera made its appearance the fall of the year following wit book written by Donald Kahn, Fred Lawton, '11, wrote all the Lyr and the music was the product of E Moore, and Robert T. Moreland, This was the first opera in which scenery and action were not entir wound up with the locality of . Arbor, as in one of the scenes audience was transported to the da est jungle of Africa. (Continued on page 3) .1 UNION OPERA STARS IN HILL POPULAR CONCERT THURSDAY Of Michigan Glee and Mandolin Club AUDITORIUM NIGHT ALL SEATS 25 CENTS ng of the general sale.- MIRTHFUL MELODIOUS MELANG] A IV O I Iq h r I Presented by The Mimes of the University of Michigan Union Book by W. -RAY MELTON Music by WILLIS A. DIEKEMA and WALDO E. FELLOWS Lyrics by SYLVAN S. GROSN Privilege Slips, entitling Union Members to buy seats at the membership sale, will be given out at the Michigan Union this, Monday morning, at 9 a. m., and tinue to be given out until Thursday, March 12, at 5 P. M. Seat Sale to MEMBERS OF THE UNION, Friday, March 13th, 2 P. M., to Saturday, March 14th, 5 P. W., at Box Office, Hill Auditorium. Seat Sale to GENERAL PUBLIC Monday, March 16th, 9 A. M., at Whitney Theatre Box Office. .ES: Wednesday and Thursday Evenings and Saturday Matinee Friday Evening . .a . . . . a . $1.50, $1.00, 7 $2.00, $1.50, $1. . a a .