The Washington times., 1902-04-15
THE COLUMBIA lorodorn " musi-
cal comedy in two acts, book by Owen
Hall; music by Leslie Stuart. The

Angela Giifan. jeanette Io,sric
| Lady hoi!rUo1- ....-.......E Edna Wallace Hopper
| Inc Wait-for-me-l-am-c coming the only
original Florodora' company reached
the Columbia Theater last night and. al
though it had been preceded by another
florodora aggregation by some months.
the audience gave every Indication of en-
| )oying the new Interpretation of the mu-
| steal piece fully as much as If there had
! been no other invoice of Lady Holyroods
| Gilfains. Donegals. Tweedlepunches. pref
ty maidens. and the like shipped to the
| Capital earlier in the theatrical year
There is no denying the fact that the
'Florodora" company seen at the CO.
iumbla in November was very good mu-
steal comedy organization; yet it cannot
| stand comparison with the real article.
Most OF the interest of the gathering
last night was conferred in the work of
Edna Wallace Hopper and Cyril Scott, al
though r. e. Graham came in for a good
deal of praise and Helen Redmond. who
formerly lent her beauty and talents OF
vocal and dramatic character to Frank
Daniels musical enterprises, was much OF
favorite with the audience.
Miss Hopper-or does she prefer to be
called Mrs. makes the daintiest Lady
Hollywood imaginable. She has several
songs, and she sings them. or, to be more
accurate, she chirps through them with
tiny voice more like cross between a
squeak and squeal than a really truly
voice. Nobody noticed much that Mrs.
n0f rlN,..,. How r,tI. 1T.
but everybody evidently liked the clever
manner in which she cantered through
Tact" When l Leave the City" and
I've an Inkling," trio of songs that re-
quire just about the sort of rendition
that she gives to them-doubtless because
she couldn't give them any differently il
her very artistic existence depended upon
it.
Cyril Scott too, caught the immediate
fancy of the gathering and gave a grace
full ard entirely pleasing Interpretation
of the role of Donegal. Mr.. Scott's sing
ing of Il Want to Be Military Man.
was one of the most appreciated numbers
of the performance. not exactly from m
absolutely musical point of view but on
account of the satisfying manner in which
the song was rendered.
W. p. Carleton, one of the few really
good tartones one hears nowadays in
coed. and 4 right good one he is, too. His
singing of Under the Shade of the
Palms" was the vocal success of the per-
Torrance. and received' fully as much APP
plause as did the seXtet Susie Drake has
been graduated from the sextet and is now
intrusted with lines to speak. That she
scores almost goes without saying for
she is one of the few young women who
have started in with the sextet and
amounted to anything besides dabbling
in Wall Street affairs. Miss Drake and
Ar. Bonville have duet in the second
act and last night they were rewarded
with quartet of encores, and even then
the audience seemed to want more.
Helen Redmond shoulders much of the
vocal responsibilities of "Florodora" and
displays more actual, dramatic ability
than any other feminine member of the
organization. r. e. Graham is an anus
ing Gillian. and Philip Ryley as Tweedle |
punch adds much to the gayety OF the
performance.
Of course, the pretty maiden sextet |
came in for a good deal of the applause. |
In the present instance the pretty maid |
ems are n rather likely lot of young wom-
anhood who evidently realize their i'm
portance to the piece. These Florodo-
reans are an uncommonlv naughty aggre-
CATION of feminihity. and the manage
me1t. as well rs the audience, Is under |
everlasting obligations for their kindness
in lending their services to the perform
ance.
There have been few musical comedies
of recent years that contain so many
really pretty melodies as "Florodora,"
and in seeking the reason for the IN
equaled success of the piece one need not
look further than the sextet-''I've an
InkIing." Under the Shade of the Palms. "
Il Want to Be a Military Man" Queen
of the Philippines Tact, and the nu-
merous other delightful airs with which |
the score abounds.
The company IS large and in every way
efficient, and the production proper is, II
anything. better than the one seen here |
before this season.
There is every Indication that "FlorO
dora will find the Columbia too small to
accommodate all who will want to see 1t !
during the week. 1t is easily the best per- |
Torrance OF a musical piece that has |
To ha oil fnr