Evening journal., 1899-12-05

show the wit and humor oi the play as
presented.
As for the songs: IL might net be
mathematically correct to say that
there is not a voice in the company, for
each Of the singers has a fraction Of a
voice, and together they might make
one-but It would be fractured. True,
musical response can sometimes be
evoked from fragments-possibly un-
der capable direction, from fragments
of a voice--but here the capable direc-
tor appears to be lacking. When Mr.
Bert Hart attempted TO sing 'I'll Go
Down In An Angry Sea" everybody of
the stage regretted that he had not
done so before reaching Seattle. This
| gentleman played-that Is he appeared
as--MajOr Ginger. His voice is harsh
and needs filing; his tongue is too thick
, and should be pared down; his throat
/ rs too capacious and requires bushing.
| His articulation is not; he telescopes
lhis voice He does not act; he PUSHES;
when singing his gestures are Ike
tthose of machine that the inventor
fhas not perfected; jerlSy, sudden, as If
1 the machine was too tightly wound up
and was constantly slipping q few
cogs. AS Major Ginger he rushes on TO
the stage. capers about and dashes of
without discoverable excuse. For the
constant presence of the Lone Fisher
man in another play there Is the ex-
cuse of humOr, but the humor here Is
found in that new and startling fea-
| tlre, wsbOwerssf ltlltsc cans. Introduced
p thevbtage as " ail3Tsor bf &oold W.
fore the days of Shakespeare.
& Not man or a woman among them
knows enough about the stage to know
bow 10 make up. Their ideas in that re-
gard run 10 disfgurement of NATURALLY
hrhandsorle faces With inartisti,
painting and hideous powdefing.
They are-some OF them-aunounce
as from celebrated companies and the
atres. II they are. sthey always hay,
been or they have been fired" from
such companies and theatres for mani
fest reasons. The three sisters HestoI
hight draw in a beer hall at a lat
hour Nhen the entinn audience Is tos
, Jun 10 protest; the others, nowhere
unless al a beer keg with a patent fau
Get. F1t si
? AS for danolng+weIl they do no
/ dance, any Of them--all OF them Gamer
/, The most of the women are too old {,
dance and may have been in the choru
when the ballet was first introduced, &
% not too old then. They are not pretty
graceful or youthful They are yiolen
I and awllward-male and female-bu
violent and awkward caperlng is moi
e ther acting nor dancing Young me
e In the audience learned by the cxhibl
p tion that age does not Fhrivel or de
G stroy the plumpness Of a woman
r limbs-unless the young men were dc
j. ceived by mere padding. The legs Of th
{ funny woman are positively dcfOrme
d below the garter. She Is a wonderft
u lcontortionist-wonderful for the III
graccfulness of her contortions She
le masculine in everything but sex.
One undoubtedly gets the full wort
of his money who pays TO see them
e. they are so inartistic. They are ovei
In whelmod with silent encores-to whic
ne they respond with alacrity and mono
81 ony that is painful 10 the audience.
I'd is very probable that last nights aud
III lence will so again tonight, on mass
y each carrying a basket of eggs as o
OF as tho jokes-or tho girls-with whiC
re TO welcome these stars. The poll
rs should be on hand and see that no og,
are wasted on them-only such as al
% rank as the show, IL any such can
Is found.
&C. II you did not see 1.-TWO old c.
Ici mics" by tho Wills comedy compal
dy last night 90 and seeit Tonight by
NH-N