The times., 1897-11-09
AT THE THEATERS.
"The Girl From Paris"


That famous creature The Girl from
Paris" who owes her existence 10 f. E
Rice ard her fame 60 the unreinittinS
advance agent, has reached us at last. she
whisked onto the stage of the Lafayette
last night and found a house fun OF eager
faces to greet her She is amenable to no
criticism but the mercury of the boX
office. II the financial bulb fills and her
stock is forced up the tube, thea she's
success. whether or no. AS matter Of
tact, Rice never puts himself juxtapn
sition Of criticism. He is beneath il
above 1t, at least out OF reach of it, and
the .nan who goes cunning can oni5
wabble away ana conceal the laughter and
applause.
The Iirl from Paris is Rice show
III cveryNital respect. Most uatagers havt;
sscreted in their philosophy the principle
Catch the wemen, and the Iaen VIII
come with them" Rice says: Catch the
men there are enough OF them SO ne
gives a pctpourri Of legs and lingerie
seaSoHed wiVl; portion of suggestiveness, a
portion Of naughtiness, even yuigarity, ana
a heaping teaspo0nful of Partisan an spice.
the present piece is broad-broad as the
road that leads 10 peFditiou, and is not
straight or narrow.
What It's all about rakeg not the slight
est difference. So many people spoke in
dialect that no une understood much of
what they said, but the topics could be
guessed from the action. The first act was
u staCcato OF kisses. The second was a
irainatization Of n German mineral spring
with an occasional osculation. Carmen,
even Olga Ncthersole = Caruien, would nave
bIushed. But the men like it. They do, and
Rice knows it, and he makes no effort 60
cross their tastes
1t is all snap and go; motion, color, and
noise a riotous, bacchanallan dissipation
lark; high old time. The reason OF
its long runin New York city may probably
he explained in the fact that Gothamites
are materially deyilisii, and moreover they
eat late dinners and never go in time FOR
a first act. The piece presents an aston
ishing crescendo In excellence. The sec
| ond act is really the show. This is be
| cause OF Josie HaiIS song, the German
| innkecpcr. the danseuse, and the general
effect winch the concentrated effort OF
| al the Company inspires.
Jir-iE Alri41 sAH0 tihffilt LiitAR AEAftAN ~
| note OF Sister Mary Jane. It's topicaI
song. One OF the regulation SOFT with
| baseball, Klondike, and Dingiey VERSES,
| and the audience clung TO il for dear life.
| Miss Hall hopped on and off her stool at
| least seven times. She sings IL and she
acts the rough slavey with an the art
she used To infuse in her delicate tngenues
| II soc!ety drama The German is james
thing else in the show. He brews mineral
water out OF scTap-iToH, passe eggs, and
table salt, and that water drips through
| the whole act.
AS Tor the girl herself, the Parisienn ..
she is a gay and very naughty creature.
/ Her foSt bud lips are the kiss factory which
| sustaiEs The first acf aad to all ccners shC
| gave all SORTS and varieties, but they wer {
| all OF the desirable kind, Ollie Redpatl
is the ParisienIu, and she PLAYS the deuti
| mondaine with realistic chic and abandon
| fuent which Clara Lipman conld not TIA yt
| improved upon. She is q combination OF
Anna Held and Yvette Guilbert, and kilc
! even borrows Ia, la, ia-la Ia Of cur late
! lasnerted Eou-Zou- When shecancumbine j
| dialect with distinctness she viii, count
! ing her present aoompIis hments. have
| brought to the part all that it deserves.
Nick Long made a facetiuus Frenchnan
| none Tin. less worthy becanse it was a per
feet copy OF that approximately perfect
character comedian, Joe Herbert. Mr. Long
W as one Of the hits oftbe piece The balance
tof the cast was long, bot he leaders Were
Alexander Clark Ben jamin Howard Phoebe
| Coyne. CheIhlah Simpson and Frank Smith
son, and they all had some recommending
accomplishment, which in 10 case is a voice
There was 2 gorgeous basket OF flowers
for Miss Wilson. the graceful danseuse.