New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-10
A JOLLY PUDDING SHOW.
JOKES AND GIBEs STIRRED IN WITH
LIBERAL HAND BY HARVARD MEN.
REAL LIFE IN OLD GRANADA BRIGHTLY SHOWN
MOORISH BEAUS AND DANCING GIRLS
SING JOYFULLY TOGETHER-A ROYAL
WELCOME FOR THE COLI
IEGE ACTORS.
LEGE ACTOR.

LEGE ACTORS
The Hastv Pudding Club, the Harvard organiza-
ton which has long won for its theatrcals.
held the boards at the Manhattan Athletic CluD
Theatre last evening and furnished nearly three
hours of solid fun 10 the appreciatlVe audience
which filed every seat 1t gave great snow not
the greatest on earth, perhaps but still per-
ceptiby great. The name of the piece was IRA
NADIA" an operetta In three acts. the lbretto by
John r. Oliver, "a. and the music by h. b. Hi,
"a. and D. G.. Mason, 80. The scene was lad IN
Spain In the year IS before the discovery of America
and 400 before the Worlds Fair" according to the
Calph's royal proclamation, but that did not pre-
the amusing presence of David Cath Goliath,
of Boston. whose muscle and cheek were about
equally developed and who was in all respects up to
date. In fact. various times. places and historic
facts stirred together in the pot forming a
savory mess. which seethed with humor dubbed
with mrth and sputtered out jokes almost without
end.
A man from Nyack who sat in the front seat
doubted whether the costumes, which were present.
ed, accurately portrayed the style of dress which
was in fashion in Grenada 400 years ago, but every
else in the house accepted them as historically
perfect. 1t may be considered firmly settled
that the of Grenada wore turbans of Prince
ton colors white cotton which bagged, not
only at the knees. but all the way up and down,
and crimson sashes in honor Of Harvard The
women must have been charming creatures in black
tights. gauze trousers and yellow hair, which had
The operetta portrays the simple Mahometan life
Of the Court of Grenada, in which, however, there
is excitement enough to give occasion to all sorts
OF plots and counterplots and to various songs and
dances The Caliph is not so young as ne USED 10
be. but he is aware Of the fact, and he decides
to take unto himself another Queen. lie proclalrns
a beauty show. at which there shall be compe.
tition OF the handsomest maidens Of the realm for
Mr.. Goliath OF Boston appears With letter ct ,u OF
recommendation from the Dean OF Harvard M M
versty and makes favorable impression on the
Caliph by of a topical song. Mr. Goliath,
having established friendly relations rs ABOUT 70
kiss one of the dancing girls. when Mrs. Goliath,
fin de steele soubrette surprises ana uppra aSS
him. Il shall have to go back to America' she
says. where all men are created free anu equd|
and the women created superior to the men"
ns rS Words GGaf rom " he aP Ssronome who falls
mady in love with her The captain OF tne guar
comes in. tells his love for the queen and proposes
an elopement. The captain, the queen, the as
tronomer and the soubrette agree to ny togetner
stancy and execute "can-can" in which the
queen shakes her toes about the astronomer ) ears
in evidence Of good faith.
The queen and the soubrette disguise themselves
aad are both selected by the. caliph 10 espo9se
e e2 nave ana 10 "0'' ny '''' "1 ''' ''N''
Act II opens with chorus followed by a. clever ever
brettc and Mr. Goliath. They begin by announc-
ing confidentally that
The manager tells must come out and sing a
To give him time to fix things up AMI help the show
along.
a
things such as the Caliphs. their queens and Bos-
ton visitors used to do In days Of yore. The SOU
brettes blond head-dress OF in this act show
ing a vigorous growth Of dark hair beneath. parted
in the middle. The from Nyack positively re-
fused to believe that such things happened IN the
golden days of the MOOrs.
The spoon which strs the pudding got in its work
I'm the last part of the second act. when nearly
every one in disguise gets mistaken for some one
else causing everybody no end OF trouble including
the Caph. who mistakes Mr.. Goliath for his chosen
bride. The impOsture Is discovered and everybody
except the chorus il condemned to death.
The chorus talks merTily OF axes when the curtain
goes no for the third timo and the grim headsman
appears. The soubrettP catches his eye, tells him
how handsome he is. praises his technique" gets
him drunk and releases the prisoners. She then
goes the Caliph. tells him that she is the dea ey
machina. who always appears at that stage OF TIE
game to release al the prisoners and make every
body happy Pardon Is proclaimed 10 all ana the
Queen pulls the Captains blond mustache and an
nounces to the Calph that Willie and are going
to America"
The music Is lively and catchy the work of the
young actors is extremely good particularly fhat
of H. A. rockingham as Mr. Goliath; l. :. ADAMS.
"a Mrs. Goliath. and George D. Wells as the Calph.
W A. d. Short X. SCuttCr and \. J.. WetmOre 90
some clever dancing The royal wedding festival
In Act II gives opportunity 10 Introduce some en-
Pertaining specaltes. Even the man from Nyack
confessed that it was rafting good show