The Washington times., 1902-03-11
The Magician's Mysteries lions
at the Columbia Win M..- liable
Comment-A Splendid Programme of
Vaudeville Given at Chase's.
A bit Of badinage
Quite old. as like as not:
A little bit Of music and
A little bit of plot

A little bit of music and
A little bit of plot
Saith the programme of the New York
ers, Dan Daly's offering at the National
Theatre; and surely the programme ought
to know what it is all about.
True, the large audience that complete
ly filled the theatre last night had a
somewhat indistinct idea after the thing
was over of plot that concerned lot
of stranded Americans in London. with
the star of the performance first posing as
a cabby, and soon changed to a Russian
nobleman for commercial purposes only
or, to be more exact, because he met a
Millionaire American who had rented an
English estate and wanted to fill 1t up
for at least week with some bric-a- -brac
in the shape Of nobility of England and a
few other countries, and was willing to
pay for the honor. This enormously
wealthy gentleman-an American it
should be explained-entertained NOR
tai fear of dying rich. and for the pur-
pose of depicting his exchequer was
willing to try any scheme whereby his
load of currency might be lessoned. And
this man OF money also had a daughter,
who in the end of the play fell in love
with the masquerading Russian. OF
course when it was time for the curtain
to descend for the last time the audience
was given to understand that the Ameri-
cans were given an opportunity to get
back to Broadway, the objective point of
all comic opera or musical comedy per-
sonages wen the author is uncharitable
enough to place them temporarily in some
other part Of the world.
In addition to this little story that runs
through the performance there are a lot
of winsome young women who wear some
pretty gowns as if they were in the habit
of wearing them, and had not put them on
expressly for the occasion, as SO many
young ladies of the chorus do, and there
are q number of exceptionally clever
comedians, besides the chief commander
of the comedy crew, and there are some
songs quite above the average-and then,
head and shoulders above everything else,
towering high above his companion
comedians, is the only Daily himself,
yclept Daniel in the family Bible.
Daily is an acquired taste. just the same
as olives, wealth. or anything else of the
sort, and those who liked his individual
and sepulchrsi style OF humor had plenty
of chances TO laugh. for it is seldom that
this comedian is fitted with vehicle that
SO well suits his peculiar talents. He
has a number of songs, and he dances.
too, In THE New Workers." more than in
anything else since the days OF THE
Lady Slavey" When it comes to dane
ing, there is nobody in the musical
comedy line that can hold q candle with
this lanky funmaker, whose voice re-
minds one Of an auctioneer's late on Sat
urday night.
So. to sum up the DAILY portion Of 'The
New Workers. those who like Daly-and
II one we're to Judge by the volume Of
applause that filled the National last
night. about every person present imag-
ined he is ''it'' In the comedy field-will
do well to go to the National this week.
They will have enough of their favorite
comedian to last them for some time. for.
conceding the undoubted cleverness Of
this particular member of the DAILY clan,
II must be admitted that little of his
sort of fun will go a long way for the
average attendant of the theatre.
Then, II one doesn't care particularly
for the star of the show, one will find
plenty to divert ones attention in the
Work of the various other members of
the company. for with such lot of ex-
cellent players as William Cameron, who
still dances alphabetically, as he has these
like a George Ade fable with better sue
GEES than any other comedian that can
be recalled to mind; George Schiller. a
retailer OF genuine humor; William
Gould, wh0 can dance almost as well as
Daly-and this is the greatest praise that
can be given AFR. Geuld-Rose Beaumont,
whe was at one time part of the Beau
m6nt sisters, and who fetains- her beauty
apd sings ahd acts better than she ever
.t,s+t
big. innocent eyes and a chic manner all
her own: Tessie Mooney, young woman
who has splendid voice and knows how
TO use II very well, and ldalene Cotton and
Nick Long, q reformed team of vaude-
vlllians-these capable young men and
women can Certainly please the most ex-
acting of theatregoers, even providing
they have not acquired the Dan DAILY
habit.
There is an abundance of good music in
"The New Yofkers," all of it the work of
Ludwig Englander. and much of it is of
the sort that is denominated as catchy;
but vast amount OF it is distinctly mu-
sicianiy and OF a better grade than is usu-
ally found In similar pieces.
The book is by Glen McDonough-
that is. the part that has not been put
In by the comedians-while the lyrics are
attributed to George Hobart. Some of
these are above the average. There is a
large chorus of dashing young women,
while the male contingent of the merry
merry" is good looking apd evidently
quite talented. The production is on
scale OF elaborateness usually expected
when the nafe OF George Lederer is men
toned. There are two scenes, the first in
an American photograph gallery liz Lon
don and the second in the conservatory
at Blithering Towers. Worcestershire.
The latter is especially rich in coloring.