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C. ALPHONSO SMITH, Chapel Hill, N. C. 3 H ' A. W. McAllstt Prtsldent and Manager. K. G.f Vanghn, 1st AK KJ '-' ' T. ' MtUe, Medical Director. C. . :f;fTHMISBRT. WIDOW.", J A most fascinating young person who . has attracted- an - enormous amount of attention In foreign part?: ' Is to be the guest of this city Friday - night, Saturday matinee and Saturday nlc ht of this week and will probably become as popular and enchanting . .Iiere aa in. other parts of the world "Whether ehe does or not, however. ( great preparations have been .made ".for her, and her wiles-are expected to prove potent. She is "The Merry Widow." the heroine of Frans Leber's , - co mle opera of that title. This has had a success. In Germany,- Austria and England unprecedented t for a good many years. ;. , .. ' Herr Frans tehar was unknowa-4o fame: in musical circles before "The Merry . Widow appeared in Vienna, where it had its first production Jan uary 1st, 1101. Since then hs has no - - doubt been also a more or less fatnll- lar figure - in financial dfttrlcU. He had -previously brought' out the operettas "Der Gettergatte" and,fDer Rastelblnder" but neither of these ad- .vanced his standing much .In flnan , clal circles. : "Die Lustlge Witwe.,' however, began at once on that career of popularity that has swept it like - ' wildfire . over Germany and Austria, ' and since then has received the ratifi cation of London and America. PLOT OF "TUB MERRY WIDOW." The ' plot ' is intelligible to rational human beings, and that Is a great point. The principle Issue of the story - turns upon the. loves,, past, present and future, . of . Prince Danllo, - secre tary of : the, Marsovian embassy at . Paris, and Sonla, danghter a Mar ' . t eovian farmer and widow of a Mar eovian' millionaire. Marsovla, It may be here observed, is a country that ; exists in the geography of a comic opera. They .'have in the past met ''and loved, but the Prince's uncle - would not allow him to marry beneath his station and packed him oft to Paris, while! Sonla was married OriKinallr the country named in "the ooera was Montenegro,-which bad a eal Prince Daoilo, and for diplomatic! reasons the v name war changed. The first act opens- In the palace of , the Marsovian embassay .' in Paris. "There is -a ball in progress, in .the course of which it appears that the Vlcomte CaniUle de Jolldon is making love to Natalie; wife of Baren Popoff, the" Ambassador. Natalie sends her suitor about his business. She Isn t too severe' with htm. however, and they go off together. They follow the J - rest of the dancers, who have already left the scene, when Sonla, the merry widow, enters, surrounded by a -' swarm of her admirers. She doesn't .'care for, their embarrassing homage ' and tries to stop its She Is too "Mar' V sovtan". for that sort of, thing. She aings them a mazurka, saying y , I heven't been In Paris long, ; 4 And when I meet a man, ' i I'm always saytna- sometbtng wrong. I'm so Marsovian. - ' v She, too. disappears with her troop of followers Into the ballroom. Then comes Prince Danllo. He hss Jurt been brought in from Maxim's that Maxim's that has been auch an invalu able resource to the composers of conservatft'e home company like am a policyholder iri your company ' ' ' 0 I rr Jrv..-y - - -- "'" , . ,..-...,i.i. v:: . .... - mmm x 1 I : I , . if" jot iasxrea. --a " J '! '-"' - y. i. f 11,. t, -i v. i I II I ..IV ' i I , v 1 111 r I wZJ U Jl IV f 1 -.ln M . the " , ' " You have the best thing i of life- insurance.'7 W M. M "Ihavl5 the utmost confidence in the company, and ex?" I pectjto continue my policy." A.; J. McKELWAY, , i Charlotte, N.'C; ' ;' '. " ,t : i'. . 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"I am proud to know that North Carolina has a life insurance company that her people can rely upon, and at the same time keep her money within the State." J. W. HARRIS, High Point, N. C. "I am glad that you have made it possible to get safe, sound life insurance without going away from home for it." U. F. CONRAD, Lexington, N. C.. ) ). '. ' : o : f to 4 comic operas and shows some traces ' of having had a very good time there. In this frame of mind he'throws some light on the labors of a princely at tache of an embassy In Paris. In order to get sleep enough he finds it ' necessary to sit up all night He seises the opportunity to get a, little of hit needed rest by reclining on a sofa In an alcove, where he is roused from slumber by the approach ' of the widow Sonla. To her question -he replies that he never had any idea of marrying her and her millions.' Natalie entera, still pursued by the amorous Camllle. . ., - The 'dancers enter, engaging part ners for the next danoe, Sonla, being,' '' of course, the most sought after. But It Is "ladies choice" and as they are pairing off Danllo comes In with ladlea after htm, and' Is thus inspir ed to sing one of the most seductive, . melodies of the - piece, about tha "Olrls of Maxim's." ,.; .... , , Sonla waves everybody else away and undertakes to choose Danllo for her partner. Believing It to be a trick . to test his heart he alcepts tha dance, then auctions .it oft ?for charity" thereby scoring one 'on the preU, widow. The little lady Is resourceful as well as fascinating and she lures . him into waiuing away with her as the curtain fall. The second act shows a ' brilliant garden party la the grounds of Sonla' s house near Paris. A stirring polo nalse Is heard; there 1 follows what Sonla calls a "Marsovian" dance. She alngs also an old-tlm Maraovtan Vhyme about "VUUV a "witch of tha WOOd. - .''' t ' I, ... . THE FAMOUS WALTZ.; ''"T4 . Then comes the waits with' which Sonla attempts to charm the Prince the famous waits .that has set all Europe whistling, humming, slnatnx. and Addling It It Is sounded at first faintly on the harps and violins. At rerrain is repeated. , the dance gains in the dance. The musla swella. the refrain la repeated, the dance grows In fervor. At last, on the final chord the two whirling figures disappear. This watts has already preceded the, every other city almost la the clvllU ed world. - . .v; ti- In the last avt we are plunged Into the mad gayety of Maxim's. There Is a cake walk, as the Vlnnese mind con ceives U by the livery habitues of the place, who also burst easily Into French, in chorus: Rttatou. rltanUrelle! - 'v; " Eh, yotla. que Je aula -heUel ' ' , . They dance a "butterfly dance with chorus that entrances- the comp.iry, among whom are our friends of tna previous acts. - , Sonla chooses this time to announce ( that she has lost all her fortun , which Is a signal for hasty retre of all her suiiora Not so with t noble Danllo, however; tha bar- -that has restrained him from -' Ing his passion Is now broktn r and with a disinterestedness t : tlfnl as It Is rare among Pt throws himself at SonlVa fo -. explains that the loss of h'-r : conslstaonly In the fa.t that f r It to her husban.l. The t i . acaln to the atraln nf t- r iar'Valts measure, s-1 t" r all comic Cferas as '-. to .to 4 V to to
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