New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-13
THE NASTY PUDDING BURLESOUH
"PAPILLoNETrAo GREAT SUCCESS.

MUSCULAR BALLET DANCERS. KNIGHTS or LABOR.
PRINCES AND PRfNcEssEs ALL IN ONE PIECE.
Nothing wanting to she success OF the Harvard
Hasty Pudding Club bearicas last night, not even.
though not from the annex-a more or less robust and
graceful corps de ballet Tho University Club Theatre
crowded long before tho curtain rose, and the nd.
Joining dining room had to be thrown open and was
quickly packed. The audience was highly enthusiastic
from the and tho Jolly songs, the absurdy humor.
Gus scenes and the familiar jokes OF the ex-
trayaganza flowed along like many delightful
rpples In tho stream OF merriment, which
trckles down from Cambrldge every Fast
Day vacation The play given under
the patronage OF Mrs. Appleton. Mrs Belmont Mrs.
Baker, Mrs. G. Clarke, Mrs Draper. Mrs. A. T. French,
Mrs. s. s. Rowland, Mrs. ii. :. Leavitt, Mrs Lincoln.
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, Mrs Jacob Wendell, Mrs Wood
bury and Mrs Robert Winthrop The friends Of the col.
lege both young and old, out in full force 10 this
deserving bit OF Lenten levlty. "Papilonetta" tho
buresque IA called. through three acts. made up
about equally Of singing, dancing and dialogue with tho
following cast:
King cocaiorvm most estmable old worthy with IN.
fortunate manner unfortunate memory AM an unor.
t tana'e VIE Who eeImn 10 marry no Tho utr
e cry ,an d ce. hence aSoa t re barnes
scGrSbasas KING anon demons; creature vitha
taste FOR bgory and a ,o a. rys
less lshimself an amusing little d p Gr,wod
Badiqs the Cabinet who would take PanElecric.
f1rs be soSa who tend, The
Fean,,,ratn Councillor gives him dead away
Ambdssadors walking picture gallery c.,r an, ,,,o
Gauicwiag who much to DO and who dos'n do Ley
s Ts queen whose legs somehow get night MN Ic:
o;cn S5;bar bowling wilderness who would make
alike and dappen. he; spirit, sen ~ yeaey
thing win pea.ant smile charming T as a. o9s
The story il something like that OF Orpheus and Eu-
rydice" and the Rape OF Proserpine combined Tho
first act opens with view OF King Cocdoru"' cours
where at a conference of the regnins powers, tho
Princes marriage is determined upon. The -FOUR foreign
who been waiting outside on the fence
with and photographs admitted and present
their claims Portraits Of Miss Mills, OF Dime Museum
fame and Smoke opera Puns" etc, greet the Prince.
who Is unable to decide He suggests lottery An urn
ia brought but at this moment the B"eTy Queen MAKES
an urned " from her seat at Hoookenby-thehea,
and appeals to Prince Prenype to rescue and marry her
daughter Paponetta. who in duress to seardboe"s.
King OF Sheol He devotes himself like Hercules taxes
an affecting farewell, and the curtain falls.
The scene the second act changes to sheo and In
this congenia atmosphere the dialogue brghtchs
and the Jokes become more pointed. The crim-
son chorus OF demons performing a ballet and
drill. Scarabaews appears lie gently SNAKES the
chestnut tree and with his aids sings the Three
little imps from sheo" bit which drew out several
cores But the demons tire OF pleasantres They can
not 20 to the skating rink and turn Knights OF Labor
KS Of L. All is compromised, and SearabaeW
pursues his suit to the fair PdpsUoneHI
She rejects him, thunder and lightning begin to
roar and fash and the Prlnce-a OF John l. sui
van Orpheusenters Scdrry and he put on the gloves
a ussle for PapHoneta. scaTy resigns on the hr.t
move and the muscular Prince WIS Doth the match
ana the The moral Of the fall Of searyy pgt
quite the style OF Milton. and the two mortal:
start out on rather hard road (which out OF Hell
leads up to light
Act third takes place in the! rea ms OF the Bttefy
queen Hoboken. The gauze.cad corps ne odet 90
through maze OF motions wnch, II sometimes hazIy
conceived. out all right In the end Ihe
Buerfy Qteen enters and more feats are Attempted
The Princess and Peet are kept standing IN
flies, but at length the whole connection stretch
hands across stage and tho marriage prizes are All.
nonnced. Scdrdbeus and Styx reform ana all ends
happily with a catching chorus
The bretto is the Work OF l. 1. Badwln. A. Is Houen-
and 4. F. sanbOrn all of the senior class Inc music
was selected and arranged by Z G. whitman, VINO also
led the orchestra Most OF the numbers were encored
and the Jokes the expense OF IOc Topics and Lent IN
the bill grievances drawn By the knights OF Labor
were greatly rellshed The playing was even and tho
parts judlcOusly distributed. ma
Papillonetta :" will be repeated this evening Tho
both performances Will 20 10 aid the hver-
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