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26 Pauline Frederick
full heights of his great career. " Mile. Modiste," in which Fritzi SchefF made her triumphant success, did not come until the following season and " Naughty Marietta " was to delight the world a few years later. At this time, however, Herbert had received his great applause for " Babette " and the ever popular " Babes in Toyland."
" It Happened in Nordland " was very successful at the time it was produced and enjoyed the record of having the longest run that season of any production of its kind on Broadway, running for 175 nights at the Lew Fields' Theatre. It was a musical play which has not, however, lived through the years as have other compositions of Herbert's. The most popular songs were " Absinthe Frappe " and " The Knot of Blue." These had a considerable vogue for some years though now they are not heard as frequently as some of his others.
The opening of " It Happened in Nordland " in New York on December 5, 1904 was eventful for many reasons. It was the occasion for the opening of the new Lew Fields' Theatre on 42 nd Street. This playhouse was one of the last erected by Oscar Hammerstein, and a record crowd of notables gathered to view the new structure and to see the new play. Lew Fields' career had been a notable one. From the time he was ten years old he had been on the vaudeville stage, and as one of the team of Weber and Fields made his burlesques famous throughout the country. For many years they were the proprietors of the Broadway Music Hall, but in 1 904 their partnership was dissolved, and with the opening of " It Happened in Nordland," Lew Fields appeared for the first time without his partner. This new departure was hailed by everyone with delight, for Fields was regarded as a comedian of the highest quality.
" It Happened in Nordland " proved a definite milestone