The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-04
DIR. sYNTAX."

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70 the ner,ormapce NJ "Dr svntax" nj
the Rroadway Theatre last nigh, had
| endod With Tho fret act tbere could
h,,o hoor h,, ono ,,,di,, o,d 4, wand
bavo beon ,,,u,iinod succe,s rho
,bre. scenes ~ mi. NO, uere uo.. on
PERTAINING and tho school room cpisodes
| vere brIvb, nupye,, and almos, lepitI-
| mate There vore ore mr. two good
| songs n de,ica,e,v introduced snecia,,v
or two noatIv dovetailed into the action.
and some capital acting. The first act
| ended TOO soon for the second produced
disenchaptment. II was silly. dull.
| poIntless. Irrelevant and displrIting. The
characters dro pped themselves an and
of the stage and the niece came to a
sudden end with n boat race. which will
| probably he used later on to boom the
piece among college bows.
"Dr. Syntax" has for its basal Gle
ment Tom Kobertson's "SchooI." and its
cvovers are J. Cheeyer Goodwin and
Woclson Morse. both of whom have
worked conscientiously I'm the interests
of popularity. They have not tried to
please the fastidious-aIthough I'm the
first act they succeeded in so doing, per-
haps observation-disclosures have they ca
tered TO the.idiots who roar with laugh
ter when n comedian falls down. and
10 whom n kick is the most insnired
form of humor In the first act there
are the school girls, the school mistress,
Miss Zenobia Tropics; the English titled
visitor, Lord LawntennIs: the dlsap-
pointed schoolmaster. Prof. Scowls, and
DIR. Syntax himself, Their story is most
amusIngly told with n musical accom-
paniment and the result is felicitous
| In fact tho Homer company has done
| nothing better. and when the second
act IL rp,nodelIed or cut ont or done
nothing with. "Dr. Syntax" should
run for months
| Homer himself was-weII first NJ all
he was Honrer then he was n genuine
comedian There wera M evidences Of
the clown in his performance. which was
surprisInplv "straight" for this eIon-
gated gentleman. Edna Wallace Hop
Ing was marre1 only nv n dawninr self
consciousness that was lacking when
she was in Charles Frobman,s forces,
Miss Bertha waItzInper trotted out her
yo,c, , yrea, donl too much She can
| EInn ypiI ipIapI lint II 10 tTiUe
annoyipp IN have TO listen TO a series of
grand~opera roulades in a work like "Dr
Syntax." II was as though she had
nut Ter voice in a glass case. and of.
fered II on exhibition. cyril Scot
should return Immediately. II not sooner
to Charles Frobman He was not 4
shining Iiph, md his songs were sadden
Ing. He owrs n damn and mildewet
voice that should be kent I'm the dark
Edmund Stanley was as usual. a good
looking stick. and Alfred Klein contrib
uted an amusing little sketch as Lore
Lawntennis Miss Jennie Goldthwait,
made a hit as the sleepy girl although
| some OF her suffering episodes nigh
, he improyed upon. and Alice Uosmer wa,
excellent as Zenobia Among the school
, Urls. Miss Louise Campbell deserves &
word NJ nra,se
II was n very Irritating first night
~ there were no regular c,aoue thor,
/ was n very good imitation OF one. Th,
| pernetual encores were sjmnlv n mi
3 sance Numbers were redemanded tina
a will Tonight he receiyed in chilly silence
= There was M discrimination cboruses
solos duets-oIl had IN bo Sung twice
~. '
VI course, the erect was hopeless suci
applause deceives nobody. 1t Is like tn,
aowers nassed oyer the footIipbts-,