The times., 1901-05-19
THE DEVILS DAUGHTER.
Pronounced Success of the New Spec
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tuculGr Extravaganza.
The patrons of the Bijou Theatre were
last night offered something new in the
line Of entertainment when THE Devils
Daughter had its first presentation on
any stage. The audience that applauded
the remarkably good performance was
the largest that has been gathered within
the confines Of the theatre in many years.
All the seats were sold some time before
the curt5 in was raised and the entire rear
portion of the house was occupied by
some hundreds, who were 50 pleased with
the presentation that they willingly un-
derwent the discomforts Of standing up
for over three hours.
The Devils Daughter" is a commend
able attempt TO get away from tIie stereo-
typed bUrlesGue show and Managers
Minerand Van Osten have succeeded most
admirably. They have provided a com
pany that is larger than four ordinary or
ganizations; in fact, it is so large that
it was necessary TO utilize six Of the box
es for dressing rooms. The scenic invest
ure is all new and elaborate, while the
costuming Of both the chorus and princi-
pals is gorgeous to an unusual degree.
The chorus numbers over fifty really good
looking young women, who sing well, and
dance gracefully. There is no limit. hard
ly-to the success of the piece, and the
capacity of the Bijou viii certainly be
taxed at both matinee and evening per-
formances during this week, if the
amount Of enthusiasm and appreciation
OF the many novel and pleasing features
showed last night are TO be taken as
criterion of the success OF the prOduc
| ton Nothing has ever been seen before
on a local buriesque stage that can ap-
proach The Devils Daughter in point
OF eIaborateuess, and it marks d new
epoch in local entertainments Of like
| type.
Nellie O'Nein is the devils daughter,
| and right attractive miss she is, too.
She puts a great deal Of viyacity into her
work and in addition 10 presenting
charming appearance, displays vocal
ability that IS very pleasing. Two OF her
songs. Mary Ann and Tommy caught
the fancy Of the audience, and will doubt
less be heard on the streets in a few days.
Billy B. Van, who Is well known TO bur
lesque audiences, Is congenially cast as
Patsy Bolivar, d country youth, who IS
supposed 20 have a small-sized fortune,
and who is introduced TO the sights OF a
lively ueighborho0d Van Is an unctuols
comedian with quality Of humor pos
sessed by no other comedian and in The
Devils Daughter" he has ample oppOr-
tunities for the display of his talents as
a funmaker. All Hampton was cast as a
broken down tragedian Of the paImy days
Of the legitimate drama, and does an ex-
ceptiOnally clever bit Of character acting.
Dick German revealed a rema rkable
ability as a German professor with a
quaint makeup not at all after the pre-
yailing mode Of like comedians. while his
dialectic work was admirable. Such clever
entertainers as Mr.. Gilmore A. j. Mar
Gus, VIII Thompson Davis Clarence VIII
bur. Master Nicholas Wright also did ex-
cellently. Jessie Villars does some fine
character work as a maiden school mis-
tress. and shows that she Is an adept
dancer, good singer. a splendid cOmedi-
enne. and adds greatly 10 the artistic por-
tion Of the performance. Flo Perry,
volatile little girl; Lillian Calvert, and
May Ballard are seen to much advantage
during the extravaganza
A feature Of the finale Of the first act is
the appearance Of a ladies' military band
which adds greatly TO the effect OF the
ensemble. The living pictures are un-
commonly elaborate and elicit much
praise. They were given by Len0rc White
and twelve other young women. The
DEVILS Daughter will be presented at
the Bijou this week with daily matiEees.