The evening world., 1901-10-15
Gorgeous Costumes in the New Casino Pro.
duction Surpass Anything Heretofore
Seen on Broadway

Understanding tina; the enemies OF
Founder Bradley OF Asbury Park. ar.
DESTROYS OF eliminating him from New
Jersey politics. We beg 20 one. them a
suggestion.
Let them decoy him to the Casino
Theatre and allow him TO gaze on the
costumes OF tile bathing girls in the iirst
&C; OF THE Little Duchess
He will have TO iook--hc canno, resist.
After looking. should he &c, consistently
with his avowed principles, he VII! In
media;ely become permanently deceased.
The Little Duchess Is costume
piece. II IS clothes all IN" 49, i...,r
clothes. Such an exhibition OF gowns
has not been seen on the stage OF New
York-well. possibly ever. Weber a.
Fields started the lavish display o:
dresses this season. George Lederer. in
The New Workers. outstripped them,
and now comes Mr. Z!esfeld with dis
play OF feminine apparel on his choru.
that makes the audience sigh for colored
glasses. The gowns alone should carry
tie show.
Anna Held. OF course. was the most
extensively decked. In purple and ane
linen so to speak. The programme says
her clothes were made In Paris. On this
point We raise no doubt. How she gets
into them Ia what q male would like to
know.
In the second act the costume OF Miss
Held Is thu elimination OF labors tina:
must have given few French iailors
sotten!ng OF the braln-if they had any
brain LEFT after building them. Also in
this act. Is a collection OF twelve pretty
girls dressed In clothes that w!!l Ger
taiEly make them the envy OF every
chorus performer In New York. Two OF
these oirls wear gowns modelled after
the scarlet and yellow affairs introduced
by Lillian Russell In 'HoltyTo!ty." The
iris are prettv but they fan short o;
their model when 1t comes 10 displaying
what they have on.
To divert from the dry-goods to the
show. II Is not great piece. Mr..
Harry d. Smith evidently wrote the
words under the influence OF a Welsh
rarebit. Mr. Reginald De koven has
written some music that Is extremely
nretty. The most OF !, Is reminiscent OF
nearly everything that has made a hit
on Broadway this season.
There Is fa:r chorus. Wont You
Come and Float Me-" In the hrs, act. a
feature OF the programme in black-face
type 10 called "wadins We Co Four
young women are wheeled on the stage
by four young men. The young women
take on their shoes and stockings, and
the audience wonders what they are do
Ing It for.
''Chloe." q aoon song. sung by Miss
Held. was whis;led down broadway
after tho show. The bes, thing IN the
e. ,I,n tn, t.a
The Fencing Girls ably led by
Frankie Bailey.
.Charlea A. Blselow. Joseph W. Herber,
and George Marion are burdened with
comedy parts tina: have no comedy In
thcm. Marion does woll with Ham
nersteln makeup and Fanciulii dia-
lect. Dir. Herbert Is artistic as n pro-
fessionaI French duellist and the French
duel Is comlca1ly treated In the last act.
II would be a shame to tell how 1t II
done.
Clothes may not make the man. but
clothes will make The Little Duchess;
Duchess shall be made.
SOTHERN IN NEW DRAMA.
It's long lane that has no turning. E.
II. sothern, admirable actor but cursed
with penchant for acquiring bad plays.
has at last secured costume drama
worthy OF his ability. III Were
King" romantic drama from tho pen
OF Justin HuntIey Mccarthy. achieved a
triumph for actor and playwright At the
Garden Theatrs>last evening.
That prince Of good fellows and most
fascinating poet. Francis V!llon: tho
king OF Foxes" Louis XII. and Kath-
crime De Vaucelles. a court beauty, are
the leading characters In Mr.. Mccar.
thy's historical conceit. which does much
violence to correct tradition. But tho
libefaes/the playwright allows himself
are condoned by an exceeding cleverness
In arraying stirring Incidents. providing
forceful clima1cs nnd clothing his Ola
logue In language OF uniooked-for liter
AIRY value.
The story Is too complicated. too
frausht with incident OF live import,
to tell in isndensed space. In outline
the action Of the play deals with n prank
OF Louis xI on the poet Vnlon. whose
poem, III 1 We're King" had stirred
Goth admiration and resentment. villon.
after wounding the Kings marshal at
the behest OF Katherine Do vaucelles,
dragged from prison to the palace
and awakens to ind himself a courtier.
HIS sitting in judgment on his drunken
tavern mates Is delicious incident.
Louis tells him that his glory lasts
only for week and then the gallows
Is his end. but provides that II he wins
the love OF Katherine he shall have
his life. Tbs naughty beauty gives her|