The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-04
MoNTaoMHRY THnATRE.
"Hoity Toity" Surprised and Plsase'
 Two Audiences.

"Hcity Toity" Surprised and Pleased
 Two Audiences.
 'Hoity Todty" at the Montgomery Theatre at a matinee and night perform ance registered surprise. It was really good and this cannot always be said of . road performance of New York suc- cess.
 The piece was beautifully and artistical- ly staged. It was easily believable that last nights company had fallen heir to the stage accessaries of the orfgnal Weber and Fields production. These scenes were shown the Yale campus with the old elm a 'strtkingly beautiful moonlight Monte Carlo with the box and the sea wall in the distance. These stage pictures were feasts to the eyes.
 The company is rich in its chorus. The mana eemen4 is tustifiiable in advertising 1t as a feature. The management may well feel proud of the chorus. Its com ponen& parts are shapely, many of them are decidedly pretty. and they are viva cious lot. Tn keeping with the attrac- tiveness of the chorous the management attired it's members almost lavishly. And that chorus can sing. The ensembles were noteworthy.
 impressions of "Hoity Toity.' There Is @ confused recollection of Dutch comedians, a kaleisdiscope of light, color. and mos ton; and ever changing mass of pretty wo mon, handsomely costumed. coupled with the memory of one or two hunting airs. If there was a disappointment in the performance it was in the music which was neither as original nor as catchy as was expected.
 The company was on the whole very good. It reached the expectations of the Montgomery audiences. The parts of Weber, Field and Bernard In the New York production have fallen to LaPell Dixon, Irving Brooks and Harry West. They are those of the traditional Dutch comedian brought up to date. The sub stitutes for the Weberfieldians did their work well. The humor of their parts had no great intrinsic value. but the comedians worked off their jokes very claverly. Mir. Brooks was easily the star of the trio. His humor was the most pronounced, the most original and at the same time the least strained.
 Harry Richards, failed to look his part of General Steele the millionaire, but that was the only failure he scored. He sang excellently. danced we'll and threw spirit and grace into all of his work. His bur lesque opera scene with Lady Crater was one of the richest things of the enter tainment. In vocal gifts he Is the most most fortunate member of the masculine contingent. n l. J. Barrett appeared in the absurd role of King Kazoo. There was but little to the role. but he did that little splendidly. The amount of fun he crowded in a few moments was incon- ceivable.
 Miss Lillian Durham, as old acquaint- ance of Montgomery theatre goers ap- TpAATQd InAy (1ra ftoT Mice hov is a singer of rare ability and her fine voice was heard to excellent advantage. She was clever too. in speaking her lines.
 'Hoity Toity." Is In reality only a num- Der of specialties strung together with the appearance and reappearance of the chorus as a diversion. A striking feature was the baton work of Anna and Charles GFocker. It was of the sensational. In passiBg it might be said that Miss Glocker was the prettiest woman on the stage a fact the management appeared to appre- ciate for she was put forward on every occasion. But this act of the manage ment was approved and appreciated by the audience. Nearly every nice ad- 1ective in the vocabulary could be applied to Miss Glocker and she would merit them.
 The best musical numbers. were 'The American Millionaire, "Oe'r Moonlit Waves" and "The Cannibal King"
 In class by itself in excellence was My Japanese Cherry Blossom sung by Norma Thornton and chorus. Miss Thornton is demure and quaint looking little woman and she made a dainty magnetic little figure in the song.
 The next attfraction at the Theatre will be Ada Rehan and Otis Skinner in ''The Tanning of the Shrew'' Thursday night.