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)THER STAR
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3 of the leading artists who will
estionably find a most cordial
me awaiting him when he visits
city with the San Carlo Grand
a Company, is Signor Antola, the
baritone of the organization.
a, who has sung throughout the
I, appearing upon the principal
tic stages, while singing at
id, Spain, rose to eminence in a
by his incomparable singing of
>rologue, in Leonvavallo's opera,
gliacci. While famous as tonio,
is also won high recognition as
etto, and his great versatility
for his appearance very fre-
tly with the San Carlo forces.
>ther artist, selected for the pres-
eason's tour of the company from
.g the foreign celebrities who are
nized as leaders is Signor Ales-
'o Modesti, dramatic baritone. He
cored high in the realm of grand
i, being, aside from the posses-
Af a superb, rich baritone of un-
. quality and power, an actor of
attainments. As such he rises
treme heights because, it is writ-
he knows how to communicate'
his audience the joy and the
ess of the music which he so
:ifully interprets. His singing
es enthusiasm and calls for end-
applause., Like Antola, Modesti
decided favorite of the composer,
cavallo, whose personal associa-
he enjoyed. last season as a lead-
nember of the Leoncavalla Grand'
a Company. The present is his
d season in the United States,
he is said to be one of the most
.ed artists in the role of Rigo-
and of Scarpia, in Puccini'§
, La Tosca.
r Fresh Caps and Join Union"
ear your freshman caps and join
anion," was the advice given by
Cooley to the first freshman as-
ly in the engineering department,'
M U~SICAL CO'"MEDY1
COMES 2ND TIME
"When. Dreams Coe True", which
plays a return engagement at the
Whitney theatre, Monday, October 12,]
is written by Philip Bartholomae,
author of the two farcical successes
"Over-Night" and "Little Miss Brown".
The author has indicated the same
originality in the book of "When
Dreams Come True" as he did in his
farces. He recounts the story of a
wealthy yoqng New Yorker who
awakens to find his allowance cut off
on account of his adventures with a
French dancer.
The first act is on ship board, and
shows the boy returning for parental
scolding as a steerage passenger.
This setting lends itself to many sing-
ing numbers, the first ensemble show-
ing a chorus of immigrants of all na-
tionalities indulgir ; in their native
songs and pastimes.
A smuggling plot is interwoven in
the story to which the "Dream Girl"
is an innocent party. All sorts of
trouble are heaped upon the pair un-
til dreams come true in the final act.
Frederic Santley is the principal
of the cast and will be supported by
a most capable company of musical
comedy artists, a large and efficient
chorus of sprightly young girls will
sing, dance and wear some of the
most stunning costumes that have
ever graced a musical comedy.
The score is by Silvio Hein, who is
responsible for some of the great suc-
cesses scored by Marie Cahill and De
Wolfe Hopper. The principal sing-
ing numbers are "Come Along to the
Movies", "When Dreams Come True",
"You Dear You", and "Love is Such a
Funny Little Thing".
Oratorical Lectures Interest Over 254
Over 250 course tickets to the Ora-
torical associhtion lectures have been
sold. While this number does not ex-
ceed the ticket sale at this time 'last
year, it is expected that the program
offered this season will draw unusual-
ly large audiences. More student tick-
et salesmen, to whom a liberal com-
mission is offered, are needed, and
those. wishing to apply for this work
should phone Wilber Brucker, '16L, at
1199-M. Course tickets are also on
sale at the bookstores.
PLAY WILL RECALL
MYSTIC_ SPLENDOR1
Klaw andErlanger's Production
of "Kismet" Mingles
Beauty With
Romance
COMES TO WHITNEY THEATRE
ON MONDIAY, OCTOBER 19
KIaw and Erlanger and Harrison
Grey Fiske's magnificent production
of Edward Knoblauch's Oriental play,
"Kismet" will come to the Whitney
theatre on Monday night, October 19.
The initial New York performance of
"Kismet" took place at the Knicker-
bocker theatre on Christmas Eve, 1911,
and from then until the end of the
season In May, it attracted the largest
business ever recorded at that theatre
which is one of the most commodious
on. Broadway. No other play in many
years-or, indeed, at any time-ever
won so quickly the international in-
terest that was awakened by "Kismet".
The original production of the play
was made in London and it met with
such great favor that the run con-
tinued for a year, during which time
Klaw and Erlanger and Harrison Grey
Fiske's more elaborate production was
made in New York. While that run
was in progress the play was produced
in France, Germany, Italy and Aus-
tralia. During the second American
season the play was presented in Chi-
cago, Boston, Philadelphia and other
important cities, meeting with enor-
mous success everywhere. Last sea-
son, a comprehenive tour, which in-
cluded the Pacific Coast, was under-
taken and it was the "same old story"
of bulging box office receipts and ex-
travagant critical acclaim,
This wide spread interest in the play
is due, no doubt, to the fact that its
story is, first of all, entertaining, deal-
ing as it does with emotions common
to men of every race and creed, and
that there is about the whole produc-
tion that glamour of romance which
never loses its appeal. "Kismet" is
the spirit of the Arabian Nights in a
new Incarnation. It is one's child-
hood dream of the Orient realized and
embellished through the employment
of every artistic device of the modern
stage. Mr. Fiske's achievement in
staging the play has been repeatedly
called the world's most striking and
artistic piece of handiwork, one that
has never been approached.
The magnificent acting role of
"Hajj" whose adventures the play de-
picts is portrayed by Charles Dalton,
an actor of splendid presence and ar-
tistic resources. The company is, na-
turally a very large one, and the scenic
production completely renewed for
this season, is said to be as fresh as
the proverbial "paint".
MISS KELLERMAN
COMES INI MO1ES,
Theatregoers of this city may pre-
pare themselves'for the pictorial treat
of a lifetime when Annette Keller-
mann, "The Diving Venus with Form
Divine", appears here on Wednesday,
October 14, for four days, matinee
daily, in the film masterpiece of the
world, "Neptune's Daughter". This
beautifully thrilling production, which
represents a cash outlay of over
$100,000, three months spent in Ber-
muda by Annette Kellermann and a
company of nearly 1,000 people, is not
to be measured by any other standard
ever established. It is in a class by
itself. Nothing like it has ever been
produced before; and it is safe to
prophecy that it will be many years
before its equal is produced. There is
only one' Annette Kellermann, and no
other artist in the world can accomp-
lish the feats which Miss Kellermann
performs so delightfully in "Nep-
tune's Daughter". For two hours and
a half this wonderful fantasy keeps
the audience in a state of enchantment,
dazzling effects following each oth'er
in such rapid succession that the mind
is almost bewildered. An idea of the
rare quality of this production may be
gained from the fact that it ran an
entire season at the Globe theatre,
New York, the most fashionable of
Broadway's playhouses. In Chicago
it ran all summer at the Fine Arts
theatre, and it holds the enviable rec-
ord of 14 weeks at the Detroit Opera
House.
Mr. Geo. P. Goodale, famous critic
of the Detroit Free Press, thus ex-
pressed his opinion of this beautiful
spectacle: "Compared to 'Neptune's
Daughter' all other film productions
are like a daub to a Rembrandt, or
like a rag-time dity to a grand sym-
phony".
"BRINGING UP FATHER" ANOTHER
SUCCESSFUL HILL PRODUCTION
The eminently successful comedy
cartoon series by George McManus,
entitled "Bringing Up Father," now
running daily and Sunday in the New
York American and hundreds of other
live newspapers throughout the United
States and Canada, has been made the
nucleus of a musical comedy for stage
production by Mr. Gus Hill, whose
theatrical efforts for the past fifteen
years have been directed exclusively
to kindred offerings. As a result
thereof, he enjoys the unique distinc-
tion of having made' a million dollars
by exploiting cartoon plays. "Bring-
ing Up Father" like the numerous
other more or less successful common-
ly called "funny pictures," have gained
their enormous popularity because
they evoke a momentary innocent
amusement, produced by a ludicrously
crude caricature representing a being
not entirely human. Everybody looks
fo the funny page, whether he's
drayman or banker, and they all
laugh. It is natural to suppose that a
two hour and a half entertainment
embodying about all of the best ele-
ment of McManus's satirical art, in-
terspersed with catchy musical num-
bers and a chorus of capricious mai-
dens, to add zest, should prove more
than ordinarily amusing to business
weary men and women of all classes.
It was easy sailing for a dramatist to
write a huniorous play from the ma-
terial furnished by the American's
pictures; "Tangoish", whistleable
music is not difficult to secure; good
singers, comedians and dancers are
aplenty; therefore it was easy picking
for Mr. Hill; especially so after the
unlimited publicity the title has had
through the American.
(T IVERSITY SCHOOL OF MU SC
HAS PROSPECTS FOR BI YEAR
With the University School of Music
in both its former building and its big,
new, beautiful annex, prospects for a
banner year are brighter than they
have ever previously been.
As in the past, the major portion of,
the work in music will be given at
the School of Music building; while
the commodious dwelling house lo-
cated on the William street property
U1ItNfOWE SHlOWS EAS
FIMS of HABITS, IABITS aMd
APPEALING ANTICS oFBIDLEfL,
I,,
An amazing insight into the family
life of wild birds is afforded by a re-
markable film to be presented by
Lyman H. Howe at the Whitney thea-
tre on Saturday, matinee and night,
October 10. These reproductions of
the shy, timid and wary creatures
were secured' only by exercising in-
finite patience and extraordinary skill
and resourcefulness. The mother
bird's solicitude for the welfare of her
young, and the absolute confidence of
the latter are shown witha fidelity and
naturalness that are most appealing.
Weeks of patient waiting were neces-
sary to familiarize the anxious mother
bird with the camera before her natu-
ral distrust of human intrusion could
be overcome. Another distinct photo-
graphic triumph of this film is that
which "caught" the kingfisher at the
moment of diving for a fish, capturing
it, and then enjoying his repast-
though with considerable effort. Then
there are brightly hued wdodpeckers
"at homt"--looking askance out o,°
an old tree trunk, the fascinating
shrike, the astute. magpie, "a singing
lesson" with young crows as pupils,
young ducklings, 'graceful swans, and
a heron in flight. The film comprises
the finest examples of bird life in na-
tural colors that could be imagined.
A descent into the crater of Vesu-
vius, pictorial pilgrimages through
Venice, Greece, France, lndia', and
Arabia, wonders of sub-marine life,
the gr'owth of plants and flowers,
European horsewanship and cavalry
manoeuvres, a'new ride on a runaway
train are a few of the other big fea-
tures including entirely new animated
cartoons.
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At the Majestic .
The management of the Majestic
theatre offers for the new show start-
ing Monday night, October 5, one of
the best balanced bills that will be
seen at this popular. play house this
season. With startling perseverence
and with a new line of feats and
tricks, indicative of the patience re-
quired for the training involved, Her-
bert's Dogs will appear. These can-
ines are renowned for their tricks
and more than a dozen of the dogs do
acrobatic stunts, perform drills and
work with an apparent degree of in-
telligence which is a revelation.
Two of stageland's clever girls are
also on the bill. They are Alberta
Lewis and Myrtle Kessler. The two
girls offer a singing and piano playing
novelty which will more than please
the most critical patron of the popu-
lar Maynard Street theatre. Miss
Lewis has a good soprano voice and
Miss Kessler is a piano player of more
than ordinary merit, both as an ac-
companist and as a soloist.
Danny Simmons who has been a
feature on the Keith Circuit for some
years presents his idea of a military
hobo. In this special line of enter-
tainment Simmons has no equal. Mc-
Cormick and Wallace present a vin-
triloquil skit entitled "A Theatrical
Agency" which abounds with good
comedy. Newport and Stirk, two
knockabout comedians, in "A Barber's
Busy Day", complete the bill.
The Majestic Lady Souvenir Mati-
nees are Tuesday and Friday.
recently acquired by the University
Musical society as a site for a new
school to be erected in the future, will
be used temporarily as an annex for
teaching and practice purposes and as
the headquarters of the Symphonic
League, thus forming a social center
for the women students of the school.
The acquisition of this property and'
its use for such. a purpose, will fill a
long felt need.
The University Choral Union which
will enter upon its 36th season has the
distinction of being one of the oldest
as well as one of the best student
choruses in existence. Its member-
ship numbers more than 300 and since
i3 formation practically all of the
great choral works adapted to the con-
cert stage, have been given time and
time again, while many works of im-
r:ortance have received their initial
American performance at its hands,
Rehearsals are held every Tuesday
evening during the college year.'
Several new professors have been
added to the already large corps and
officials of the school are concentrat-
ing their efforts on making the school
the finest of its kind in the country.
CHOR AL UNiON PUILISHES
ANNOUNCE1 1 ENT FOR YEAR
With the approach of the annual
series of concerts of the Choral lUnion,
music lovers of the University as well
as of Ann Arbor, have been eagerly
awaiting the announcement of.the so-
ciety. The concerts to be given have
been published previously in these
columns. For those, however, who
failed to see this issue, a pamphlet
entitled, "Official 'Prospectus of the
Choral Union and May Festival Con-
cert Series" has been printed. The
booklet tells of each concert and of
the experience and reputation of the
performer. Copies may be secured at
the School of Music.
Many Attend School of 31 sic
Although the count of students at
tending the University School of Mi:i.
has not as yet been completed, the
early reports indicate that the increase
over last year will exceed twelve per
cent. Most of this increase is in tae
vocal department, although the instru-
mental end is also much larger than
previously.
San Carlo Grand Opera Co., Whit-
day, October 26-27.y