The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-03
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ssNIam'selle 'AwlSinsv Mt the BiJou.

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Mam'selle 'Awkins. young woman with
social aspirations and without aspirates, is
in Minneapolis AS the hotel reporter would
say, she registered yesterday at the Bijou.
Miss 'Awklns is an interesting parsonage. To.
begin with she is an heiress, for some years
ago her papa made colossal fortune out of
the sales of Scrubolio and then very accom-
modatingly died. You know all this because
Miss Awkins herself tells you about it in
a song, and she tells you too that, with her
money, she intends to buy herself a title and
adopt a coat Of arms-a washtub rampant,
with cake of soap couchant, and the motto
Use Scrubolio" This determination upon
her part has been utilized by the librettist as
the basis for his work. and the result is a
diverting musical comedy, despite the fact
that the plot which started out bravely
enough, becomes banted to attenuity long
before the finish.
Miss 'Awkins has cousin. While the plot
is young the cousin acts as chaperone to the
heiress. After that she just sings and dances
and let's the heiress chaperone herself. Cousin
Dolly is pretty enough to have her picture
on a beer advertisement; and when she sings
ITO Me the Opposite Sex is Most Attentive, :"
you wonder why the author should have seen
! fit to take so obvious a fact as the ground
| work for sorg.
Then there is another young woman, Lady
Janet Belford. Lady Bedford hasn't much to
| do with the 'Awkins family but she has a
! great deal to do with the success Of the
comedy, and her song, MARY Green" is one
of the best things in the show. However, we
have heard about Mary before.
! The musical hits of the comedy are ssMary
! Green" sung and whistled by Miss De Vine
and Harry w. Wilson. with the assistance
Of an octette and the gallery; "Chihuahua,'
by Miss Della Stacey: ODDLY" by Miss Caro-
| lyn Heustis and MA Rainbow Coon, a
| lyric which has also been allotted to Miss
lima htyo -. &c
love ditty, and its music suggests the land OF
| Montezumas, despite the fact that Chihuahua
| lived "Out in Idaho" AS departure from
the stereotyped coon song it is most CRATE
full
And then there is an ensemble number in
| the second act that is we'll worth listening to-
for the chorus Is one Of the best, unsteady
that has been heard here in some time. MI
Wilson has tenor solo that makes a hit
and Miss De Vines Dream Land though
unusually pretentious for musical comedy
is excellently sung. A topical song, "Where
Ignorance Is Bliss sung by Miss Heustis
Miss Stacey and Messrs. Eddie Smith, c. C
Patterson and. Herbert Salinger, was encore6
repeatedly by the audience.
So much for the musical part of the en-.
tertainment. AS for the comedy, it is really
funny despite the shortcomings of the book
and because of Mr. Smiths droll impersona
ton of Noah Snuffles Miss Stacey, too, get:
many laughs out CT her lines, for which the
librettist cannot be held responsible.
The piece is well staged and excelently
costumed. The chorus is, perhaps, the bes
drilled that has appeared at the Washington
avenue playhouse in several seasons, and tn,
business introduced in several of the songs
adds not little to their effect.
! Go and see Miss 'Awkins, and if she doesn'
amuse you, consult liver specialist ant
leave off eating Welsh rarebit in the "we
| Sma' hours j. S. Lawrence