New-York tribune., 1903-06-28


-, = ,neatregoer in New-fork "Ho .,,o star
naro1s q -, ber personality and she is ,ne Sc
-,,s,,.r comedy at the hnickerpoohi s+
z,ca5 Inv George Lederer' capeie- y 80,
r,.n, 70 tie Broadway element % ss ether
=. ,,s,ences And IT can haroIy NC - -,
eos -. o., has been unduy forced into Pioii
.ia cha uon her way fairly enough Ds eNi.e
,e Of the public what they hkeo' anu 50 sore
-. ,o.soa and appealing to nahaee -, On,
,g e venture IN q star part bei0fe Sno nlo
business 49, 1afender" at the Herald Square
=. s,nnrner she was a vauoeFhie Si-ie'
- ,.r eight minute turn with the pe0t, es g.
-. Of the thousands who pass acl0s' -l - IN
:, a.. continuous performance h0u' :. .h.-,
:" .-a pass on to the next town mos u % -
- 6oorned to appear among lAe -, -,
loie 1Iou did she come to her s0ellai pOSi
. -,a answer 10 this question may p p--F
10 ,,cb. on the general conditions 'h4' o-,a So
-. comedy IN this country as Wen 8S
Miss Rings career ,o sang 2 song to
Ahu' tr,c fancv-''The Good Old summer
.s-ns., Has any fortunate person eScaPeu - 20
.a,ns .ts Sunday school melody set 10 MSi'~ -
-. .ven .endr Dooley" has hao "lOei ~
49, Vet It is an open question If TINS song 49, ~
h.xe seen disseminated if Miss KING oi -. q.
80 ss she had not first made 1t a ho !"
.srha Defenderr At any rate the song iiidUe - -li
ping OF course. the managers "leh ~ g,,,,o
.,...+regoers asking, Have you heaiu 20 I -
- Go eThe Good Old Summer Time cav
FNins H.-e ....5o,, and when Mrs Osborn opened
=. sII,, play House, with silier muslcil Ho
80 .rronmy Rot" she engaged MISE iI'e
- she star of the production. MISS hiiie'
-, taen IN a irrner position, woulu MOI ia
a,,ed the offer of course: but not oelhs Y. 49,
cepeeO = ,,r1e song she did accept shining Dy
.or+ ~ the fearsome cast Of players N Ne9'
I7ortv-fourth-st.. and singing TWO more go - :.
.,,cb cornpleted her climb TO stellar helsHta -, &c
=, oss fact that one of these songs i' -
.~,,a : had been sung in VaudeNllle Aoi e
ting
,-oi,,sy popular song" Miss flhs sa-is -
she broadway audiences that occasoiiai'S - her
.. she PLAY House. and now she mas Pu' - -, %
-. - ,a.e ..The Blonde in Black. by 'he ie
r,ast Of the public-and her managers - to,+
ss.son with Mrs. Osborn was over d ii0l-' e ror
-, confidence in her reputation 10 pU1 |
,rard as 4 star in q regular BroaoWaS .a5 oor
G .f A., woman IS physically attractive anu
cling song to please the puplc' S4ie o - tho
= 0,,.,c.l comedy star would SEEM theh' " D ~,
- ,rss Ping Is certainly attractive sie no
: ~.,,ac;o,,s air of self-confdence and piee@s So
fellowship about her when she Is On 'e 80, sre
xha makes the most out OF her sohss' o-+
go tbe most pointess and cheap yrlcs-@u ~ 80
s - .a,.o heen pointless and chedp-sile 3e1
..o,.g tho audience 20 her. makes them shliio 90
ives thcrn a sense OF pleasure bu', "1e 1--s
ping has shoNn some aptitude lor DuI'e' go
"a rla,-ers on the whole she has never ueiHo- N
s,rated any striking comedy powers De' m
-. che has never shown that she mas VIII I'iAe
Mis- Nav Irwin and Miss Cahih. OF apiuy - ,'
$ consistent musical comedy character hhe
norris or Frank Mouan: that she Is Al ST.
-aal comedian or a real actress. ohe Is - =
N .r..,te and purposes. far as the puoLo N
.uags inst what she was in vaudeViAe- S''~ ~
singer of songs with an ATTRACTIVE peIsoii'ii'' =
vae given her by nature. not art Ano YET e40 -
a musical comedy star .o.r
- sc thing OF popular songs" strung togelIes
bv more or less amusing COMEDY pao iA'I. yoh go
,rre,exart ''situatiens,' if such detacheo INNS 90
= prEQn
he called situations at all; SO the person ~ =,
~ popular songs unctuously Is "ahteo as o
,,st.al comedy star. These songs, both IN "oFuS
and music are almost invariably the meresL uo- ~
Tbey are written by anybody ana every oous 90
tumbed into somebody elses Nore''o W., 1,L+t
slightest regard to consistency, even II INC 4o 80
80 certain amount Of consistency to ltseLL, me
Mr Smiths The Blonde in Black tae ne pnoTedv II
81 ,ore 4he names of all the musicians ana wrIeIs @
who had M share are aveTements "a lne and none the
jokes used alters, which Is by an " connection
has tThe Belle Of Avenue A" for INSTANCE o moIa
Miss Rings present pr9dGepbon. Gtb Chinese Honey
moon Contrasted with such lyrlc as ~ H9I1ia11
Sorris's entrance song in "a Country Girl e5o not 10
go further back in history, these sGtsS sSS1deViIIe
SSsT true o0l0F' and are seen as mere Faaas',s
chino In a genuine musical comedy, create char
acter and sing fitting songs quite as Wen Gs sue sue
ideal is Miss Fay Tempeton worthy iGeal LOT "a a
n psca @ acTea she ings bad songs Very we'll and
of course il is logical TO assume without otner n
facts interposiug, that she could sing goou ones
But Miss King herself interposes one counter rgu-
iila5 tbe songs She had made her hit with that she
Thought them good songs! So they are, IN VauGe-
Se Sr presson mss T IN the @ Tst minute when faced
yandeye Spd1enGe S ;,sieal q coedy 1t gave her
confidence surely. and taught her TO SWING out a
roiiicking popular baIlade" with CONTAGIOUS good
nature But it did nol teach her to value con- n
stency mood harnSnE thGopghont me 70 course b r OF
that .The Blonde in Black so French in atInos-
al the same time she does not seem to feel 50 her
conversation would indicate, that II is hopelessly
ecI Z IN d % q efcb1: costume is reason enough for
her to appear in il. And that sons. makes hit
with the audience Is reason enough LOT her 70 & sing g
the situation and is connected with the plot, is not
ereSi, y ffor so tbev saw some stars would not be
50 forbearing) that she has offered not the slightest
os'e9sn Te 10 r fas MISS G ring has been made
star very suddenly even N rAese I une, m i6 %S @ dg
musical comedy has sunk, or is starting from,
is attractive her ability make the meaning OF
popular song"-sueh meaning as It may have
her position depends az present upon her finding
portion Of the public That is not a very noble or
very secure groundwork for fame. For Miss Rings
tot must be pointed that she needs to acquire
a higher conception OF musical comedy dscontant
LEES OF herself the footlights before she has
thrown 81 into her part
Tomorrow night the opening VIII be the roof
OF the Madison Square Garden. where Japan by
Night" VIII again be the feature. The opening
was to occur last night. but was postponed. The
feature of the entertainment will be new musical
comedy OF Japan. This VIII be called -'Otoyo' 1t
eeals with tho adventures Of certain Americans in
the F1owery Kingdom and, Of course, with the
love affair Of q young American and a native
princess. The lyrics have been written by Robert
La Beecher a graduate OF Princeton and a news
paper n this city. lie is said TO be rela-