The billboard (Sept 1910)

11 b o a r d SEPTEMBER 10, 1910. ' OUR miss gibbs. (Continued from page 6.) ' wtdch Is oninterestlng, and In Uie acting o{ tbe parta whlcb are doll. Xbe prodactlon was laTUh, but mnirleldr. It may lmi»ave with .cntalB . dunces. .bDt laat: night tbe brigbt jpots wne few.and far between." '■c Ani Tbe Herald baa the f<rilowtng—"Miss Panline Chaae came back to tbe New York itase at tbe Knickerbocker Theatre last altsbt In tbe EngUsb musical comedy, wltb the Gaiety Ttieatre. stamp, entitled Onr Uiss Gibbs. She reeeived a welcome home as hearty as any. lit- tle American actress conld wish, after starring It In dear old Lnnnon. Sbe was the pretty shop girl who was lored by a lord and was mar- ried to him in the end, and she amUed, sang, danced and pranced her way tbiongb the play. She appeared In tbe "moonstruck" aoni; In tbe last act wearing a snlt of plak palamas, the grb that made her famons. here years ago In e Liberty Bdla«.i and got a big-/hand' for that. She Is as winsome as ever and recelred * lot of applanae.'.'' VBnt Miss Chase is only one of many ideyer women In Onr Miss Gibbs. There was UIss Oertznde Tanderbilt. for Instsnce, whose sing- ing and dsneing: with Bfr. Fred Wright.- Jr.; In the Goldfish nnmlier in tbe first act got the flrst big and gennlne applanse of the night: there was the artistic dancing of Miss Kitty Mason; one of London's stage beauties, late in the evening, and there was Miss Jnlla James, another' English favorite, whose song and dance made a genuine hit. Miss Jean Alwyn, still another''of the English gids, was well liked, partteoladr^ln-her Scotch ^-■ang.!^ ' I<oiil» DeFoeJ - In The World, says—''Perhaps it was the echoes i>f The: Arcadians still linger- ing In the Knickerbocker that' made Onr-'Miss Gibbs seem Inst a bit wan and pale on first-ac- qnalntance last night. Anyway, the new mus- ical comedy did not socceed In - eclipaing -aome of its predecessors from the London Gaiety, nor did it efface a select few of oar own sam- ples of that form of light-hearted entertain- ment. Miss Chase hss acenmnlated mnch of tbe demnreness that has come to be the trade- mark of English mnsleal comedy, and in cloth- ing herself in It she bas Iiad to shed a good deal of her old vivacity and sparkle. Some of OB would rather have had the sparkle.'.' ;. -And - in-^Tlie '"Xribone, s.the.^following appears— "Thait large part of ^ New York's: popnlatlon that anda the pieaencoiot an Bnglish musical farce Indispensable to Its happiness may now regard tbe ouatxical sesson as fairly well.under way. OOE Hiss Gibbs came to thie Knickerbocker The- atre last nigbt. ; For .-two yean thismusical play-has Dtospered In London and reports of its quality along with some of'lts mnsic had been beard here. What preiudlced" New "Torkers- most in its favor was the knowledge'ttiatr at least a part of the musical numbers had'been written by the composers of The f Arcadians. The size of the addlenee at the KntcfceOodcer last night proved that.; London still inspires con- fidmee as. the aonrce ;ot-these |ilayB-:and thae was every 'evldenoe <rf .satisfaction with the latest'specimen of them." ; And still another writer says-^"Onr Miss nibba made her bow to The States' In the Knickerbocker ° lAeatra last night. She had paned two ardnons years In .the Gaiety Theatre. Tendon, and she was a "wee bit' tired and In bad voice, bat alie had a wealth of gowns. Torfcshire, Scotch snd broad English accents, some new American slang and an occasional nov- elty for the theatre folk. -i . . , "A mnsteal comedy It -was, devoid of : a musical star and with only mediocre choruses. Pauline Chase, the new Min Olbbs.-danced andycanered across the stsge ln-':pajamas; :bnt-when* it came to singing—wen. there 'have: been - many: songs bettered tendered^ in : other^'mnslcal comedies . In -Broadway all tliis summer.".. MISS PATSY OPENS, (Continued from page 6.) Her time has arrived. and a firmament has been found for her. "She emerged as a thoroughgoing, hallmarked star last night at Hme. Maslmova's Thirty-Ninth Street Theatrv.; The play was admitted to-be a.; farce :and It. was callediMIss Patsy. Miss Qnlnlan -was*' the'- impersonator - of ' the : -title. TOle, and she .was assisted b.v a lot: of smaller (tars and some assorted nebulae. There was an audience: in which actor ijeople were not :incon- spicnons and there was a generousvamonnt of that happy first-night applause : and laughter which greets ail nrodnctlons In.: these days > of theatrical venture." Tbe ■ Tribune prints the following—"There was a play last night that was not unlike, the Jig-sawed puzzle pictures which soothe' the ach- ing intellects of Snbnrbla. Much Ingenuity was required for assembling : the': :queerly-shaped parts, and great patience was -rnmlred r of all who tried to put tbe fragments'together. Bnt' all the placing and patience and all the ex- clamations - of the curious conld not make'any- thing more of a contraption tlian : a :. Jig-saw play which came to an end as unfortunate as Hnmpty Dumpty's. -All tbe manager's horses and all the manager's men could not noil the puzzle play together again. There were times when the author seemed to forget what he was about, and then somelHidy would throw In a I song and dance Just to keep tbe pot a-bolllng. I Then there was a lady who seemed to be the star of tbe occasion, because her name was printed in extra large type, and she talked slang and sentiment, and. gave: eifective imitations of had manners, and : acted as If her part were Intended to be a low comedy one, with branch connections into the realms of : pathos, bathos and oversown chUdlsbness. What , the play was about is for tbe most part a mystexy, bnt bow it ever found its way to a New York theatre and tbe backing of a leading manager - is a mystery still greater. "The play w*as called Mies Patsy. It was about naval people, theatrical people and orrti- naiy people. Each class liad a- selection .of a programme page to:.ltself.-: .Miss-Patsy :'(In a dass lty herself) had ..with her; impersonator, flie laise' type - mentioned:: 'The star of the theatrical class was:'not'the star of . tlxe eve- ning, but she waS'! called the star of the play ud Bbe~ waa an actms. In the play, of- powers so-miraculous tbst she performefi : for > fifty nights' In Annapolisl 'Who shall say that Mr. Sewell Cdllns. the: author : of - this troubled dream,-liaa no. imagination? No one wUI doubt that'he has a memory.:-say a memory for the ni^iimares. of plays, he' had cut up so. many familiar bits of plays in :hls . Jigsaw., wor* little -anipiitti <^ all' tlie "ibsnrdltles -;and eum- pHeaUona that ererrivere known on :ithevstage.' There was even the female villain, in sbim- meriog green, of course, who was spoken of as the most dangerous woman In our theatre'; there was ah Irascible admiral (why are atage admirals so rode and peppery?): there was a dashing lieutenant, an old fool of a stage man- ager,- flrst violin, property man or atage door- keeper, or sometliuig, it doesn't nutter what, there Is always a tiresome, doddering cdd stage liarty In plays which deal with theatrical lite; there were German dialect, Irish dialect, negro dialect and Broadwayese, and there was » pro- Iierty room, to which the entire population- at Annapolis seemed at odd moments .to have access while the ladles of the great Star's great troniie were dressing therein." In The Herald—we- find—"Miss Patsy is a farce In- all that -that broad gauge term of co- medy entertainment. Implies, bnt. it is almost too crude to be true, and at times Its action descends to childish horseplay, where slap- sticks and an Inflated bag on a string : would seem oat of place. - "The audience tried - to eiter: into tbe spirit of the comedy, bnt it was haid mrkiand the langhs' that went over .Hie^'ftKttlii^tar tD' the stage were earned - principally.! -by ;-rMIsa Qnln- lan, Mr. Laurence Wheat and one-or two miner members of the company." : >/! LAURETTE TAYLOR IN GIRL IN WAITING. (Continued from page 6^) ■ Is sent to the country, carrying with him, however,- a vision: of the xnyaterlons yoimg : wo- man whom he tried -to hettien& ^Tbe girl alio goes to the country to visit an' aont,' who keeps a tea - diop. and In a spirit of f mladiief dons "a cap andL-aproU'- and. waits on--the costom^s. The - residents of' the" village are l greatly: exer- cised over a series of burglaries, and the day after the girl makes her appearance; In the tea shop some valuable Jewels are stolen from a wealthy woman in the nelghiiothoad. Suspi- cion Is directed sgalnst The Girl in. Waiting, Just-as alie once more meets the young .man of her midnight adventure. By chance tbe missing tiara comes into her possession, but the young man is so tborooglily fascinated by her that al- thongh be believes her to be a thief, he offers to take the Jewels and permit the ansplcloo of tbe theft to fall on him. . - ^ PERSONAL CHATTER FROM BROADWAY. f v (Continned from page 6.) : ' Frederic Thompson invited a few guests to view a dress rehearaal of My Man at the New Arthur Wooley has been engaged by Henry W. SavagBjfor the <Meny:Wldow C!o.. South. ' Hines'-ana::Fenton axe-resting. - Tliey go out this season with Beth Stone. Some one saya^i'fWho Is Patay?" Now comes a new wrinkle in the show busi- ness. The New Theatre has a nursery—no. sir— it's not for the first night -toddlers—an accom- modation for tbe kid actors in the new show. Van Ness Harwood undentands press' stuff- that is. the getting over part. Eddie PIdgeon may give :np his press bureau, ;and -devote all the time to a new. envelope de- vlfe whlcb Is a good scheme, he says, for the- atrei. ' . R. Harris says srt is lost on Highland folk. ' - -:Plifl: MindiL among other - things, devotes a little time at the Academy of: Mosle. ".&lma" comes to Weber's on September 28. Announcement is made tiut Mlsss Babe Sher- wood, of Chicago, and Wm. E. Curtis were mar- tied In Albany on August: 24.'. ,: Adeline Genee -appears Ithls' season in Tbe Bachelor Babes, management' of K. -&- E. - K.: & .'E. have :engaged : Berton -Churchill for A Pool There Was. : = : : ' -Anent the Friars'.ball game—every one has a different stray on who made the errors. Duke Franz Josef, of Bavaria, likes the choms girls—a good many here have their dukes to welcome them also. Baymond Hitchcock la: at the Grand Opera House. .. . ,.- Frederic Stanhope is' bsck from Europe and will resume his duties as.asslstsnt-producer at the New::.Theatre.:''■■ ^> Note li0W 'Mi8aiMay.-31ayney spells her name now—vuder. Frobman ..management. -' Maude ;OdeII will give up vaudeville—^Henry W. Savage has engaged her for Con ti Co.— Broadway is- anxious for another peep, r 'Blanche; Ring 'Is scoring big In The Yankee Girl.. -:: ■ :■.■:.'.:'■.':■: The company to-snpport Bertha Kaliehtln The Woman of To-day has been completed, and In- rlndes ^> Charles ' Mllward. Isabel - Damon^- John FIndlay. : Francis' Nordstrom.. Karl RyderlEd- ward McWade, Emily Eakmau. Wil'lam Hender- son. J. K.: Hutchinson. Hsrry L.: Bsrker. Fred- erick Roberts/ Joseph P. Winter, Mathilde iBor- log and Frank Dawson.' - ■ : Mabel d'Elmar won the stocking daming;:Con- test at Madison Square Garden. Jos."P. Bickerton will launch .The .House on the Bluff on September 12—(press reiwrt), no, gentle reader. It isn't a ship—only a play. Harry Lambert and Edna- Bothner Weretmar- ried on August.1. at New-Londouj. Conn. >'- Broadway Is pleased to hear, that-L. F. ;Tos- burgh' has been promoted to be general -manager of the:N. Y.. (Jentral B. B. : ■> - Frances ■ Starr and company are. headed to the Coast. Miss Starr at one time was ingenue at the AlcaxHT Theatre in San Freudsco—James Durkin was leading man. at'tlie time. :^ . : Ethel Sovey will support. Kitty Gordon - in Alma. -J- Fofbes-BoiiertSQn will sail from Englaid'On September' 17. ■ n Adelaide Thurston and Ciompany are rehears- ing Miss' Ananias^:. . - . ._ a,^-" Fifty .cUIdTen Will . take, part In Bine Bird! at the New-Theatre.'..-'■ ■■'.■.'.::' :." Geraldlne Banner wm produce her new play here In October.' ' ■-: -'.'^ The concert will open at the Belasco on-Oc- tober 4 with Jane Gray. New York, an A. H. Woods production. 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