The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22
THINGS IN NONSENSE PLAYS.
GHE MUSICAL FARCES BROUGHT
TO as PROV LONDON.


Matte IIINErfFT NV
peopie tina, never misses an important
New York theatrical first night as the
death watch.- No ons has ever tried to
improyo on her descriptive phrase. IL
staods ter~e and comprehensive. These
.-r-,ss 20 Q. a new pay WITH maiice Ia
their hearts and MANNERS In their hsnds.
Soma of Tn. women are what Tom Sea
brooke called ladies Of the demi-john.
Some Of the men have been described as
having .par.sis Al one end. govt al the
otbsr and Brigh,'s disease In the middle.
Al the opening of Weber A Fields's season.
Ina wing paid Ave times the usual rates Tor
.~.ts at the auction sale. they wer"
fv, times more critical Aside from IN"
~r-oeption- of the actorr. later audiences have
spplsuded far rnora tho songs Of -Hoi'y-
Toity- than these particular first-nighters
did. The latest gathering Of the death
watch was NJ Dsly's last Monday. when
thew did their utmost to prepare The
Messenger Bov' for burial. That u has
survived and will live robustly II in spite of
the antagonists members OF the assemblage.
The play that doesn't get them on q first
night, and tbey seldom divide their mis-
-hievous force. IL fortunate. and for the
SANE reason is often too enthusiastically
greeted by inconsidsrate and good-humored
people Judging by the behavior Of two
audiences on Monday night one would
have said tina, The Ladies' Paradise was
the success and The Messenger Boy III"
failure. 4 survivor OF fr-t-night antagon-
iSn y -~FIoroiora Hardly any one left
the Casino on Nov Il Of last wear pre-
dieting anything hut failure for II
The death watch" At a new production
H. M established series such A. the Weber
4 Fields burle-auar- or the Gaiety importa
,,ouS an themselves With standards and
records of ua-t achievements with which
20 maasuu, Tho present play Tho~n who
said that The Messenger Boy was not
pnothcr -Runaw ay Girl spoke truly.
II - no, nearly As good. But that IL IL
IN every way the equal OF The Circus
Girl or The Gaicty Girl. and " far better
than -The shop Girl or In Town IL
quite ~ tine The song that makes the
.lccsss ~ The Messenger Boy herr wa
IN none 81 it, seven versions in London.
though II comes from that city. Has
ANYBODY seen our Cat?' II a ditty Of rarely
funny fooIi.hn.-s How sillv IL can he
mad. was shown bv n man At q vaudeville
theatre a week or 80 ago. He came on the
,iage and without warning or pertinency
sang tho ridiculous wOrdS " fell fiat,
INT with James Powers as tho fearful singer
Hbnni A los, cat II is hilarious He has the
i,s,p nf eight dancers behind him. three OF
whom are particularly comic and grac-fdl
Nav Robson. George de Long and Harry
Kelly seem to po-Ss-s the power 81 humor-
ous suggestion in their legs. A good. gro
-c,auc hit in The Ladies Paradise IL a
.ong u bv josephine Hall and Hchasd
,ori. When they begin abou, the dances
~ all nation. and piye as their first Illus, ra-
,i,n snanish fandanso. n dull dread
- - a.. s,cc,.,ors An, the -~ond
AZ. ,skes mo tho new subject. a, leas, IN
,-.o,vs 81 an Indian war dance. Mis-.
Ir,u and NJ Carrie. spriRhtly and grotesaue.
are very funny rs dancing savsges. with
tcs,h., busters on their heads as fierce decor
s,ions negro cake~alk a. the third
national danoe \. entertaining. though a
Ia, haclnav,d
Th.-. two new p;av w. of las, week have
,,,s,c hv IN. sam. man. Ivan Carvll. Lionel
Nonck,on wrote additional tunes for
.Ibo Ne~.cnser Roy and Alfred r Aarons
,or The Ladies Paradise In both gases
the additions are better. or at least more
catchy m airs. than me ones they displaoe
.Antoinet,e.- by Mr.. Aarons, shows no
.fnr,ling variation from the usual waltz
.ong OF the Annie Rooney" cut. but II
=. prc,ty. and the more pretentiou- hnals
u m. frst act, also nv Mr.. Aarons, IL praise
WORTHY, MIR Monok,on has had a long
lin. q, dam, v. descriptive dittia~. one In
every London DAILY or Gaiety PLAY. A
Ii,tl. Bit az String THE Boy Guessed
Right The Naughty Girl and .Rhoda
arc In n r,sNpni not easy "a keep up to. In
.Mazi.- he has written a ditty surprising
mo-, of its pr-ieS,-ssorS. and falling shor
oi only sRhuia.- T. j. TO be hoped that
.oms ON. will 10 Immediately engaged
no can do this song ju-,ics.
These musical farces from London present
wonders in rspid transit. In the native
Casino pico>s. when the plots require
cav .e,tinr.. tha characters were not al
rsvs transferred further than Broad
way and seldom beyond New York o,
Narrapanse,t From London they cls
,,m arily no Ia Paris. For no possibl.
r.as,p every one IN The Messenger Bow
,ur,sd I'M n, an. Par. Expo.i,ion. Tn.
.cen.vv for tina, was the only good act IL
,hc show tho others I'm wing been importsc
-,.r.., vh.ra .bingx ~ ,o, ,.arl,