Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-22
Columbia.

Klaw and Erlangers Troubad0urs
viii present Harry b Smiths new mu-
steal comedy, "The Liberty Bellies at
the Columbia Theater on Monday even
ing. This organization remains one
week presenting matinees Thursday
and Saturday afternoons. 1t is sur
missed that this attraction will be found
one Of the brightest that has been seen
I'm this city for a long time. It is not
only a most enjoyable entertainment
but a very novel one. The principal
characters are played by Harry Daven-
port. John Slavin, Harry Gilfoil, ]. G..
Marlowe. Eta Butler, SandOl Milliken
Lotta Faust, Crissie Carlysle, Augusta
Close. Edna Hunter, Marie Tuohey
Margaret Walker, Marie Murphy, Paul
ine Chase, Grace Kimball, Dorothy
Lester. Edith Barr. Helene Lucas, ViO-
let Jewell, Laura Stone, Bobby
Burns, Elsie Ferguson, Esther Lyons,
L. d. Wharton, o. NJ. Williams, Nat X.
Cafferty and Edward Pooley. Each Of
the female contingent Of this company
is noted for personal beauty and talent,
especially the 16 young women who
play the characters Of schoolgirls.
The new piece has been splendidly
mounted by Messrs. KlaW & Erlanger.
who have given it an especially elab-
crate equipment Of magnificent special
scenery and brilliant costumes, It is
presented in three acts, the scenes Of
which represent the dormitOry of Mrs.
DR.. Sprowls seminary for young wO-
men. the cooking school of the Liberty
Bellies and a hotel in a Florida orange
grove The title roles Of Margery Lee,
a stage-struck girl engaged to Jack
Everleigh, an Annapolis cadet, and
Dorothy Grey a fellow-student, en-
gagged to Phil Fullerton. a Columbia
junior, are played by Eta Butler, the
widely known mimic, and the beauti-
full young actress, Sandol Milliken.
The principal male roles, Jack Ever
leigh Phil Fullerton, Hiram Ketcham,
an old sea captain, and Jasper Penny
feather, an eccentric old inventor, are
played by Harry Davenport, John Sla-
win, j. G. Marlowe and Harry Gilfoil.
Through a sentimental escapade, ia
which Jack and Phil appear as bur
glars and are arrested. the Liberty
Bellies" are threatened with expulsion
and run away from school. In the sec
ond act, they are conducting a cooking
school for a living. Mr.. Smith has in
troduced a lareg number Of very hui
morous complications i'm his story,
which are especially strong in the sec
ond and third acts. A change Of scene
from the cooking school TO Florida is
made in a very original and convincing
way. In the third act the humorous
complications continue at a rapid pace
until a happy solution is brought about
by a somewhat original denoument.
During the playing Of the piece a
large number Of very interesting mu-
sical features are introduced, the har-
monies for which were written by such
wellknown composers as Aime La
chaume, a. Baldwin Sloane, Ludwig
Englander, l.. G.. GOttschalk, Alfred r.
Aarons, II, r. MacConneil. William
Accooe and Clifton Crawford. In the
parts Of MargOry Lee and Jasper
Pennyfeather. Miss Butler and Mr.. Gil.
foil have excellent opportunities for
the natural introduction Of their re-
markable mimicry.
In the construction of this piece,
Mr.. Smith has made an original de-
parture by emitting the chorus, in its
stead introducing the characters Of the
l6 schoolgirls who have a definite
place in the story and logically further
its advancement The young women
who play these parts are noted for
their personal attractiveness, each hay
! ing become widely known for her per.
sonal beauty while appearing I'm the
great successes made In New York dur.
! ing the past three years. Klaw & Er.
| langer's Troubadours will be found a
rather remarkable organization, not
only I'm the way of talent, but also be.
| cause of its unusually striking array
/ of very handsome young women.