There was hardly an empty seat in the Lyceum Theatre on Wedmieay night aod the enthusiasm Tipe tians' return was uproarious.
the audience in welcoming the Wihoot question the spplanes was well deserved. In every point of acting, of technique, drill and gesture the performance of the Lillipatians vas beyond praise. Only in the matter of voices, immature and proportionately reed-like, was there say notable deficiency from what might have been done by " grown-ups," although the diminutive size of the majority of the actors and actresses produced confused feeling in the fpectator's mind, as if he were looking st the stage through the Pi wrong end of a telescope. On ques-tious of the good taste of the whole terprise, particularly at moments when a little twelve of or fourteen is Tepresent a best reflexion is that the children themchuan" have good reason to believe selves are utterly and evidently happy that the influence, other than commercial, in their work. Their enjoyment, and of the great metropolis at the mouth the zest with which they enter into of China's mighty waterway is vastly every scene and bit of " business" are greater than that suggested above. What always the most pleasing feature of the of the numberless newspapers which entertainment. Not even childhood of monthly, weekly, daily pass out from the last up-to-date fashion has made the publishing houses of Shanghai to them dlasé. It would be difficult to all parts of the Empire? The great single out any one little artist for majority, in fact practically all the special praise where all. were great papers read here in the West, consistently good; but perhaps the and these are not a few, come from best were Master Teddy McNamara Shanghai. A great portion of the as Ichabod Bronson, and Master Freddy "Chentu Daily" consists of extracts Heintz as Karl Von Pomperninck, the from down-river papers. polite lunatic. Acting runs in the Heintz there are the many merchants who m: family for Master Johnnie Heintz as regaler business trips to Shanghai, Blinky McQuirk, the prize fighter, was Can we think then that the influence admirable and his duet with Mamie of Shanghai is so very slight? The (Miss Merle Pollard) was one of great bulk, at least, of foreigners in the brightest events of the evening.
China, we would like to believe, Pollard is another name happily dis-strongly desire to help her eradicate tinguished in association with the title the opium evil; but can the Chinese role and with the part of Cora Angelipeople, looking at the Model Sottleque. As Fifi Fricot Miss Olive Moore ment," see any striking evidence of was fascinating and sang prettily. The our professed intense longing to assist minor characters were equally successful in their degree, and ts horns wes one eae eprpo struggle really brilliant in tte behing, woul, in cur Beeb policy of always laggin many. The story of the. Belle judgement, be far saner and more New York " is well known but it loses generous to show faith in the nothing by being heard again. moral power of a good example and lead the way in the noble strife against the iniquitous traffic. May
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