Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-13
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THE SILVER SLIPPER.

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 Polls will undoubtedly be the mecca for great crowds tomorrow afternoon
 and evening, when John c. Fishers | mammoth production of "The Silver Slipper" will have it's first Waterbury presentation. This tuneful, merry,
 musical play fairly bristles with wo- | men. pretty and graceful, but it can
 not be said that any are beauty un- adorned for the women of s"The Sil- 1 yer Slipper" are at all times arrayed | in the most expensive gowns and cos | tunes from the most famous modisteS ill Paris. Song? ''The Silver Slipper" | is replete with tuneful, catchy music Of | Leslie Stuart, whose first effort Lou
 1siana Lou'' set the world whistling,
 and who later gave the music loving | public the now famous ''Tell Me, Pret-
 ty Maiden" sextet song and whose mu-
 sic 1n this new play will be found in
 many instances to closely border on
 grand opera. There is ''Champagne
 Dance" in this latest musical success
 which was the sensation of the New
 York production during the long run i of six months at the Broadway the
 ater, Intoxicating but never inebriat-
 ing, and even the most ardent adher-
 ents of the white ribon will be forced
 to yield to its charms Six girls and
 six boys participate in this dance
 The girls are considered the best dane
 CTS from the George Edwards school
 Tn England and were brought to this
 country under contract by MT Fisher
 especially for this dance. Following
 few bars of gay, catchy music, the
 girls, dressed ill bright yellow cos
 tunes, appear, and after pirouetting
 about the stage for a few moments
 are joined by the boys who are dress
 ed as walters. The boys are as ami mated as the girls and the 1act that
 each carries small table in no way I detracts from their agility They 1 show the wine lists to the girls, the
 girls point to their favorite brand with their toes; the walters retire,
 only to return in few moments with l champagne bottles and champagne | glasses, and after going through the
 motions of filling the glasses, the real
 dance begins. The girls pirouette,
 kick and dance with the walters in q
 Frenchy way, all but dancing their clothes off, and it is all done ill a I mannes' entirely inoffensive, just the least bit of lingerie showing. "1'he ! Champagne Dance'' is decided novel; I ty. but it is only oneNoI the many in
 'tThe Silver Slipper" For novel ef- feet and catchy song the Sour and
 Twenty Little Men," sung by Gertrude M1llington and q chorus of twenty-four l men and twenty-four women, is the
 prettiest number ever seen in a nlusi-
 cal play. The men are seated on
 chairs arranged in a slantinge line
 across the stage and during the sing- I ing of the last verse the women ap- pear behind the chairs The exit of
 this chorus of forty-eight is cotillion | like in effect. There is sextet in The Silver Slipper" called ''Come Lit I tie Girl.p It is a pretty, tuneful air, 1 similar in action to the famous sex l tet Of "Florodora." Six young women and six men take part in the song and
 it is even more deliberately costumed
 than was the former, the young wo-
 men wearing gorgeous gowns and the
 men aftern0ons dress. There are twenty-five musical numbers in all, I the f2ost pronounced hits being the tenor solo of. Horace Wright entitled Bessie, You Are the Only; Only,y
 "Then I'll Be Satisfied With Life, ''
 and Gertrude Millington's song '"rhe l Girl You Love" ~The Silver Slipper
 is by the authors of ''FIorodora,' :
 Owen Hall being responsible for the
 book, Leslie Stewart Nor the music,
 and w. H. Risque for the IN lyrics.
 Prices are 25, 50, 75 cents 4S1 and $1.50 but for the matinee there is q
 special scale of 25, B, 30 75 cents and Isl