PRINCESS CHRYSANTHEMUM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 928, 22 September 1910, Page 6

PRINCESS CHRYSANTHEMUM.

The Opera 1 House was fairly well filled last Vev^ning,..'WUen'Vthe'l prettyoperetta, "Princess - Chrysanthemum," was . performed by. over - a : hundred , children, in aid • of i' the Boys'; Institute .Fund.■ . Tho operetta/ which has' been performed here .previously, . has ;''a, 'picturesque : - Japanese setting, and has, ; in its ; 'dialogue,. particularly, , more than ■. a ■ dash' of-. Gilbert and Sullivan's . opera, , ."Tho . Mikado?'. The feature of the' performance was tho dressing and grouping, which were .'really most artistic,' and whenHli'e full strength of : .lhe;,xhOT,ijs,,' l^ei;e'',iii ; ,';^yityi-, tho-. stage ?presentM..Va;'veri'tablo':.Minleidoscope of l i'TheJ7plfildreh marched, and danced ..attractively;., and there-was a certain promise: of , better things evident in the acting : of some" of the principals.' : The. following was' the cast of . characters:-rl'rince'ss i .. Chrysanthemum, Miss >B. Goldfinch; To To,; Miss E. T. Kneivstubb; .Turn Yum, Miss P. Beck: Du Du, Miss L. Norman ;"Tu-lip, Miss G. Tuckcr.v -Fairy' Moonbeam;i->liss ••Li.- M. Gill ; Emperor What-for-Wlil,; Master A. B. Calcinai; Prince Master J. A. Helliwell; Prince So-sli, Master -P. Bayliss; Top-not, Master G; • Beale;. SaucerMaster 0. Caul ton. An orciestra ot 26 ..pieces,: under the confrol of Mr. P. Pierard,. contributed to the success of the entertainment. . . >•