York by the Society
of the Friends of Music, directed by Arthur Bodanzky.

Lieschen, or Betty, the daughter, has a delightful aria, beginning, "Ah,
how sweet coffee tastes--lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far
than muscatel wine!" the opening bars of which are reproduced on page
598.

As the text is not long, it is printed here in its entirety.

[Illustration: STATUE OF KOLSCHITZKY IN VIENNA]

_CHARACTERS_

MESSENGER AND NARRATOR _Tenor_
SLOWPOKE _Bass_
BETTY, DAUGHTER TO SLOWPOKE _Soprano_

TENOR (_Recitative_): Be silent, do not talk, but notice what will
happen! Here comes old Slowpoke with his daughter Betty. He's
grumbling like a common bear--just listen to what he says.

(_Enter_ SLOWPOKE _muttering_): What vexatious things one's
children are! A hundred thousand naughty ways! What I tell my
daughter Betty might as well be told to the moon! (_Enter_ BETTY.)

SLOWPOKE (_Recitative_): You naughty child, you mischievous girl,
oh when can I have my way--give up your coffee!

BETTY: Dear father, do not be so strict! If I can't have my little
demi-tasse of coffee three times a day, I'm just like a dried up
piece of roast goat!

BETTY (_Aria_): Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a
thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine! I must have my
coffee, and if any one wishes to please me, let him present me
with--coffee!

SLOWPOKE _(Recitative_): If you won't give up coffee, young lady, I
won't let you go to any wedding feasts--I won't even let you go
walking!

BETTY: O yes! Do let me have my coffee!

SLOWPOKE: What a little monkey you are, anyway! I will not let you
have any whale-bone skirts of the present fashionable size!

BETTY: Oh, I can easily fix _that_!

SLOWPOKE: But I won't let you stand at the window and watch the new
styles!

BETTY: That doesn't bother me, either. But be good and let me have
my coffee!

SLOWPOKE: But from my hands you'll get no silver or gold ribbon for
your hair!

BETTY: Oh well! so long as I have what does satisfy me!

SLOWPOKE: You wretched Betty, you! You won't give in to me?

SLOWPOKE (_Air_): Oh these girls--what obstinate dispositions they
do have! They certainly are not easy to manage! But if one hits the
right spot--oh well, one _ma