. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . letalented, make of music an avocationrather than a vocation. The lyrics andthe lines are extremely funny, especiallyif one appreciates the rich satire withwhich Gilbert so cleverly portrayed thefoibles and eccentricities of English lifeof the period. Just after the Opera Clubs renditionof Pinafore, the writer read a news-paper article about Henry Clay Barnabee,a member of The Bostonians, thatfamous company of comic opera stars,which delighted music lovers of a gener-ation and more ago. He learned thatMr. Barnabee, whose name is especiallyillustrious i
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . letalented, make of music an avocationrather than a vocation. The lyrics andthe lines are extremely funny, especiallyif one appreciates the rich satire withwhich Gilbert so cleverly portrayed thefoibles and eccentricities of English lifeof the period. Just after the Opera Clubs renditionof Pinafore, the writer read a news-paper article about Henry Clay Barnabee,a member of The Bostonians, thatfamous company of comic opera stars,which delighted music lovers of a gener-ation and more ago. He learned thatMr. Barnabee, whose name is especiallyillustrious in our stage history on accountof the number of times he gave hissplendid conception of Sir Joseph Porterin Pinafore, was living, retired fromactive work but still hale and hearty,near Boston, and he sent him a copy ofthe piogram prepared for our ownPinafore. In acknowledging this gave so intimate and delightfula sketch of his experiences in and opinionof this charming comedy that his lettermakes decidedly interesting ^ P\GE OF CARTOONS BY GUY EDWARD GASTON OF THE^ AUDITOR MERCHANDISE RECEIPTS OFFICE 48 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 49 With the excoption of the nanios of sonicof the aetois and actresses whom hementions, therefore, it is (luoted correctlyand verbatim, viz.: IG Roanoke AvenueJamaica Plain, Mass. December 10, Mr. Editor: Your letter, enclosing a program of the per-formance of Pinafore by the Baltimore andOliio Oj)era Club, and a i)reliminary record,came duly. I thank you very much, for I nevertire of hearing about Gilbert and Sullivanoperas and I think the best way to present themin their entirety and integrity, without altera-tion, or juggling of the lines, is a performancejust like yovn-s. by ladies and gentlemen, benton giving a straight rendition. As the prelim-inary you sent fails to reckon your humbleservant with Richard Mansfield, Chauncey 01-cott and DeWolf Hopper as the leaders in thedifferent revivals, I venture
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