Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-01
"THE GIRL FROM PARIS
With Her Gay Companions, She Makes
An Enjoyable Call at the Theatre.

''The Girl From Paris" which has
had runs of 1000 nights in London, 800
in New York and 100 in Boston, came on
Friday night to open two nights run
in Worcester, and, Notwithstanding the
storm and the counter attractions of
New Years eve, was welcomed by a
crowded house. The play is funny and
better than most funny plays. has its
humor varied enough not to be tire
some. The vivacious girl from Paris
with her effuSive male companion, has
most Of the stage and the interest for
the first act, and lest their effery
should grow fiat and stale by overkeep-
ing, they are practically banished dur
ing Act g. to make room for the ire
pressible German innkeeper with his
fearfully and wonderfully concocted
mineral water. By thus artfully chang
ing the del eX machina, the interest is
kept fresh even though the cause there
of be slight, and the spectator does not
begin to tire till a few minutes before
the curtain falls.
Mr.. E. E. Rice as usual has made an
excellent selection of people to interpret
his production. Miss Georgia Caine as
Julie Bonbon, the PariSienne was a
marvel of constant motion, vivacity and
grace. 1t is perhaps fortunate that the
bulk of her work was finished in the
first of the evening, for it would be a
tremendous strain to keep up the same
high tension of activity throughout an
entire performance. Miss Gaines
French accent was extremely faithful
though at times hard to follow, and
the musical numbers in which she ap-
peared, notably the song, Nest ce
pas?" were the gems of the piece. She
was ably seconded by Thomas F. Kerr
mes, in the role of her demonstrative
Gallo companion, and the dances and
business of the pair showed a tremen-
dous amount of rehearsal and was cor
respondingly effective.
ID. l.: Don's German innkeeper was
an extrayagant but extremely clever
piece of builesque. His passion for
pouring nauseous messes into his arti-
ficial mineral spring and his huge de-
light at the disgust with which the
water was received, excited the risibil-
tiles of the audience to the highest de-
gree. Miss Anna Buckley was capital
In the character part of a tough servant
girl, and her famous song, MARY
James top note" met with encore after
encore. Owing to an error Of the print
er, Miss Buckley was deprived of the
credit of her impersonatiou on the pro.
2 gram. William Broderick, as a gruff
army officer, Henry Earle as a middle
dSSu Ylculm OF circumstances, and Rose
Beaudet as strong minded wife, were
all good, though Fred Lennox, in the
principal role of Honeycomb. the ad-
venturous husband, was hardly up to
the standard one would be led to ex-
pect of him.
Mabel Clark, the dancer Of 1892" ap-
peared in three new and difficult pas
seuls, and was cordially received,
though 1t is evident Worcester people
do not care as much for dancing as
they do in many other cities What we
like best is a song with a good noisy
Caryll's score contained were loudly
approved. The girls, the costumes and
the scenery were all fully up to Rice's
standard which means the prettiest and
brightest that could be obtained
The girl will be repeated this after
noon and evening.