The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-07
THE TELEPHONE GIRL y
The Casino Company Shocks the Right
ecus and Exhilarates the Wicked,

The Telephone Girl" who iingled
merrily away at the Casino for several
months last year. and has since con-
tinued her Misunderstanding career
through the principal eastern cities.
PAID brief visit to the Worcester the
atre last night, to the edfhcation OF
part and the delight of the whole OF
one of the hugest audiences of the sea
son.
Naughty. but nice" fits The Tele-
phone Girl as completely as though
The phrase were coined expressly for
it. The "niceness7 is furnished by a
brilliant corps of performers, remark
able even among the Casinos arrav
Of talent, brisk melodies, snappy Choir
uses, tasteful costumes and realistic
scenery, The scene of the first act was
perfect representation of the interior
Of telephone exchange and was
FAITHFUL enough to life to have been
taken from our own local Office even 10
the noticeable eomeliness of the oner-
ators. A prettier lot of girls has nor
peen seen on the theatre stage since
Fflncess Bonnie" was here three
years ago.
IL Is pity that so good piece should
De SO wicked, 10 use a paradox. Lib
rettist Hugh Morton. in adapting his
story from the French, not only ne
elected to soften his Gallo original. bur
contributed few bits of salaciousness
OF his own in the line of innuenjo II
would seem that the piece might be ex
purgated without injury to either tha
humor or the drawing power, for the
work OF the two stars, Mr.. Mann and
MISS Lpman, furnishes most of the at
tractiVenesS, and their business was
comparatively clean As IL was even
the hardened gallery gods emitted a
startled gasp at one stage of the pro-
ceedings.
MI. Louis Mann, as Hans Nix. the in
speetor or telephones, can fairly he
called genius. In that branch of
comedy whose essence is caricatura
mere is no other we have seen who is
MS equal or hardly to be classed with
hlh. his representation is a genuine
piece OF art down to the smallest bit of
detail of costume and gait. and tha
spectators were in a perpetual parox
ysm of laughter while he was on The
stage his wite and co-star, Miss Lip
man, Is an admirable assistant, and
she does in French character almost 9
well as he in German Her simuIation
OF hilarious intoxication was almost as
eXhliarating to her beholders as would
DC the wine Itself, MIR. Mcdonald and
MISS Douglas played the office bow and
tthe slavey without that unpleasant
oumptiousness that generally charac-
Sellzes such parts, and We're prominent
laNorltes. Mr. Macdonald sane INV
Estelle,' the musical gem of the play.
with capital expression. and his clear
tenor was pleasantly heard In several
other numbers.
The cast which was the original one
IN It's entirety, also Included .Joseph c.
= NY as superannuated satyr; Ben Dill
ION, as butler, with a dry humor tina
proved most fetching: Rose Rrahaln
as the relgning music hall fayorite, a
part when she became nightly; Sarah
McNlcker and Helen Harrington. in
character roles: ana our old friend. N
~ Burnham who Is always welcome In
worcester and who last night played
an honest old countryman with the
,uhctuous ana genial humor for which
he In noted.
sporting experts viii be out In force
tonight FOR the appearance OF the only
ON Sharkey who appears at the head
DI ms own company In the only re-
lnalllng performance OF the week at
the Worcester Theatre The program
comprises farce and vaudeville olio. |
~ the conclusion Of which the star
gives exhibitions OF bag punching and |
of his SKIN with the gloves.