The times., 1901-05-07

as James E Sullivan, Albert Hart, and
Sam Collins are among the leading laugh
provokers, and that, as "a whole The
Casino Girl is much more entertaining
and deserving of patronage than many of
the other Girls that have occupied the
attention Of the theatre-going public dur
ing the past few years. The audience at
the National last night was large and
decidedly well pleased with the perform
ance. There was a superabundance of
applause, and the presentation went with
a go that was quite refreshing.
LibrettiSt Smith has contriVed quite
improbable but interesting story for the
introduction of the army of chorus maid
ems and dancers in ''The Casino Girl.
1t tells of a member of the New York
Casino company, who fees from Gotham
for MILLINERY commerce in Cairo, fmpelled
to the change by separation from a hand
some young Suftor P1iSener PaSha, a
German brewer who has been created
Pasha In modern Egypt on account Of
the excellence of his beer, while Ben
Muley is a noted Cairo highwaymau, for
whom the khediVe'S police are searching
with an enormous reward as a stimulus
for his capture. j. Offenbach Gaggs is
stranded tenor singer on the CAIRO
streets, with a large company OF good
looking young women to look after.
Gaggs' Cairo season has been anything
but successful from a financial point Uf
view. and the danseuses and cantatrces
StuyVesant, the separated suitor of the
Casino girl, appears in Cairo early in the
entertainment, meets his former sweet
heart, is arrested as Ben Muley by the
cunning of that worthy, the German
Pasha buys the stranded opera company
for his wives, and from this point on, un-
til the Iinal fall of the curtain, the fun
is plentiful, while the musical numbers
are scattered throughout the two acts
with prodigality.
The Casino GirI' is rich in funmakers.
the chief of whom is James f.; Sullivan,
best known locally for his excellent char
acterization ef the polite Iunatic in The
Belle of New York" I'm the present in
stance, Mr.. Sullivan is seen in his very
comedy as the Egyptian brewer Pasha.
He still mangIes the mother tongue most
wonderfully, to the constant delight OF
his audience. As a character artist he has
few equals on the native stage, and is alb
solutely alone III his own peculiar line of
work. The real Casino Girl is Ella Sny-
der, a former member of the Casino
chorus, who was rescued from her rather
lowly position and installed in the posi-
ton Of prima donna which she fills to
the great satisfaction of her audiences.
She is a ptquant miss, with dainty style
Of beauty, an excellent soprano which
she uses intellisently and very pleasingly
in her several songs, while she evidences
dramatic ability quite out of the ordi-
nary. Manager Lederer has brought from
London Katie Seymour, the modern Lefty
Lind only Miss Seymour is much more
agile and graceful than her predecessor
in the same line of stage endeaVOr. She
is undoubtedly the best dancer that ever
acknowledged the applause of a local
gathering. In the international quartette
and the pony ballet octette, both organi-
cations composed Of English terpsichOrean
artists, The Casino Girl presents a very
remarkable aggregation of willowy, viva
cious young women, who possess all the
poetry of motion that is possible TO as
cribe TO similar performers. The skipping
rope dance of the pony ballet in the last
act is one of the prettiest bits of the en-
great deal of commendatfon. Albert Hart
more like De Wolf Hopper than ever
makes Ben Muley, the Egyptian highway
man, an admirable comedy creation, while
his side partner in crime. Potage, is ably
portrayed by Sam Collins. Charles DoX
calls Dan DAILY in his best moments, is
the broken down tenor, j. Offenbach
Gaggs, and manages to extract much fun
from the part. Carrie Perkins, in an
operatic Mrs. Malaprop role, is excellent,
while Harry Farleigh, an Importation, dis
plays a good baritone and a pleasing dra-
matte talent. The show girls of The
Casino Girl" include such well known
stage beauties as Ruby Reid, Vina Sny-
der Marie Twohey, Maud Thomas, Irene
Cameron. None Sydney, Ocia Thompson,
and Kathleen Franklin.
The cOStuming of The Casino Girl" is
perhaps the most gorgeous that has been
exhibited on d local stage during the
lent taste while the color schemes are
superb The company is an unusually
large one, while the performance as
whole is much superior to many of the
recent musical affairs that have come
from New York and particularly from
the Lederer temple of extraVa ganza.
There will be matinees tomorrow and
Saturday.