The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-31

the two mischievous Yellow Kids. The
exposition four, Messrs. Patton, Bra
dy Alexander and Alexander, a re-
fined and artistic musical quartette;
Henry Frey, the tramp humorist; Miss
Libbie Hart and a lot of pretty girls,
who can both sing and dance. The mu-
steal numbers and Specialties scatter
ed promiscuously throughout the ac-
ton of the comedy are said to be
bright and pleasing.
An altogether new type of chorus
girl has sprung up in New York In
the past two seasons, and strange to
say, she is part and parcel of the Cas-
inc. which was for SO many years
the mecca of the old-style chorus girl.
The new chorus girl is a daintier,
sweeter creature than the one of years
gone by. The new type is perhaps
seen to best advantage in "A Chinese
Honeymoon" the current attraction at
the famous New York home of comic
opera and musical comedy. She is not
a thing of brazen face, boldly staring
eyes, and columnar limbs which she
is fond of showing to the public gaze,
as were so many in bygone days of
casino successes. She is a winsome,
glrlish girl; pretty, because she comes
from the best families; dainty and
sweet and modest, because she comes
from a home of refinement and cult
ure, to enter on a career which she
hopes will bring her fame and fortune.
In the other days, chorus girls were
recruited from the slums and the very
poor classes whose home life betokens
little of education and reinements.
The absence of tights and bizarre cos
tunes, and smut and suggestiveness
from the lines of recent big musical
comedy successes are responsible for
the new chorus girl A girl with
voice, good looks, and neat appear
ance, is taken in preference to the girl
whose face and form are familiar be-
cause of frequent appearances in
Broadway productions. Parents of am
bilious girls know this very well, and
no longer object strenuously to per-
hitting them to appear on the stage.
"Florodora" had only one pair of
tights, and those appeared only for
few minutes towards the close of the
play. In "a Chinese Honeymoon"
there are no tights. Every player
man or woman-is clad.
Considering the success which at
tends an adequate production of
Shakespearean comedy, it is remarka-
Bile that this field has not been more
zealously cultivated by theatric stars.
The romping fun of the two clowns in
ana reputation for Robson and Crane
IN their palmy days of partnership,
and REVEALS of "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" have been made recently with
signal success in various cities.
Shakespeare's fun, when he addresses
himself to low comedy is as convinc-
Ing and infectious as that of the late
CHARLES Hoyt, himself although the
comparison will strike some scholarly
minds as sacrilege. Charles B. Han
iord's successful season in Tam
ing of the Shrew" is convincing
proof that Shakespeare's appeal to the
iaughter-loving public is still as po-
tent as it was in those days when the
great bard, less jealous. perhaps, of his
reputation as a poet than of his sue
cess as practical manager, sought to
produce for the Globe Theater plays
Mhlch would please the people. Mr..
Hanford feels that he does no injus-
Gce to his art when he seeks to present
shakespeare as popular author rath-
er imam as a pedantic mystery which so
many students seek to make him.
1t is stated that William Lorraine has
supplied some exquisite musical num-
Ders for George AIDES latest work,
,Feggy From Paris" which Henry w.
savage is to produce early the coming
season. Mr. Lorraine gave the public
taste of his quality in his "Salome,"
which was one of the most sought-for
DTS of orchestration the year of its
puolication. On his part, Mr.. AIDE is
reported to have supplied Manager
savage with a libretto which is GER
tain TO become very popular, as II is
written more in the style Of his "Fa-
Dies in Slang" which have been APP
pearing in the Sunday Morning News
iof some time, than anything he has
YET done for the stage. There Is no
doubt but that Mr.. AIDE is the cleverest
hatirist OF native birth that IS at the
present time engaged in writing for
me stage, and Peggy From Paris" il
being eagerly waited for by his many
admirers.
Charles II. Yale offers quite an or