The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-14
"Florodora.N

Prince Henry skipped us. We didn't let on
that we felt sighted. No one ever does until
| he has balm at hand. Now, we speak OF the
slight, for cant we say "lIuh. haven't we got
| Florodora?'
| Who is Prince Henry, anyway? No one comes
| forward with authenticated record of three mill
ionaire's wives leaving their happy homes to join
| him. Where in all his suite is there a double
scNtcte that has to be replenished every three
months because people fall in love and clopc with
| il? Which page of what history tells of any old
prince at all who had to scptuplc himself TO
| even begin TO satisfy those who sought to see
| him? Who, where, which ard what? let lis ask
Aye, Scranton has had and yet has Florodora!
| The much heraldcd much mimicked and mu:h
| murdered ''Tel Me Pretty Maiden" has been
done in Scranton by really truly Florodor,
double scXtete. IN the ''Shadc of the Sheltering
| Palms" has been listened to by Il Scranton andi.
ence as it was rendered by a tenor lover who
| sings it six or seven times day. Il want to
| BE Military Man. has come upon us as it came
upon Broadway
That the work Of that most excellent corps of
press agents which Messrs Fisher & Ryley have
| commissioned to make "Florodora" go, has
not been without fruit in Scranton was attcsted
by the crush at the opening performance last
night at the lycoum, and glance at the ticket
| racks tor this afternoon and evening. Nothing
before that ever tried it on for three times in
| Scranton did such business. Manager Duffy
was sorry he didn't book it for week And
Broadway prices prevailed at that
| The first question about last nights performance
is as to how closely it approaches the Broadway
article. The answer is that il is not one whit
behind anything except tie szc-but not the
| orlantity-Tof the chorus and in that particular
is much beyond what would be expected from
| road company. There are sevcnty.two costumed
people in the cast, and the men and mliLcns
are as handsome and pretty a lot us was ever
gotten together in road company.
The Dolores is Miss Della Valdez and she is
in every way fitted for the part combining with
rare grace and beauty, voice OF excellent quail.
| iy Her singing of Ills Only Love" was one Of
the really delicious things OF the evening Miss
Grace Dudley essays the part OF Lady Holy.
wood" made famous by Edna Wallace Hopper
| and the part lost none in fame by Miss Dudley's
enactment She is quite as dainty and pinuant
as the original Of the part and has "a way with
her. that is truly captivating. Her work canlu
in for Il big share of the applause Miss Frances
| Gordon as angela Gilfain' sang "rhe Fellow
Who Might" in good voice and most win
some way,
William G. Vaudeville who has played the lead
ing male role in some OF the biggest comic opera
successes presents "Giliain" and makes of il more
than did any of those essaying the part in the
metropolis, The same be said of Az c.
Wheelan, the Anthony Tweedlepunch," who is
far from content with the work cut out by the
creator OF the part.
The Frank Abercoed'' of Charles H. Bowers
is the singing hit Of the performance. His ren.
diton Of I'm the Shade of the sheltering Palms"
was most artistic 1t was truly 4 treat to hear
this sweet song so sweetly sung, Captain Ar.
thur Donegal" Was very ereditlbly done by Thomas
A. kielnan. In the "Galloping Song" which
ranks as one of the best things in the score, he
with Miss Gordon. won double encore
The double se&tette is claimed to be the best
that ever did Tell Me Pretty Maiden" As 10
this II need only be said ii there is a better il is
certainly perfection. How II could be done better
than il was done last night is not possible 10
figure out, OF the song itself the day is too late
TO say aught OF it other than that il is all that
any one ever said II was
An especially pleasant disappointment to some
who anticipated the coming OF "Florodora"
road company was that its hNings are all brand
new The show was completely rehablitated for
the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans The