The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-12
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 If any one left the Montgomery The atre last night sorry he saw ''The Ten derfoot," he needs to take Dr. Some body's pink pellets for his 'indispep- sia."
 Truth to tell, the jingling. funny. suc- cessful musical comedy of Richard Carle did not draw the number of peo- ple to the theatre that its merits de- served. When your neighbor tells you this morning how much he enjoyed the entertainment last night you may feel regret that you missed it, for your lneiShbor did enjoy 1t, every bit of 1t. .The Tenderfoot" was one of the good things of this season.
 Richard Carle is a genius. He is an actor, writer, a musician, producer and a very funny fellow. He has con- tributed to the stage musical comedy | set in the atmosphere that made "Ari- zona" one of the most successful dra- mas of modern times. This alkali coun- | try of our Southwest is picturesque, and | the American people never tire of read 1 ing about 1t or giving 1t their inter- | est. The thought undoubtedly was in the mind of Richard Carle when he set out to write The Tenderfoot." He iconstructed a book that Is filled with
 characters. characters that one meets l in the alkali country and In conse- auence he has given number of his associate players what In stage par lance Is known as fiat parts."
 | A pretty young woman. with the Southwestern spirit. inherits a ranch, with It's Chinese servant, its eccentric l slavey, its broncho busters, its Mexican greasers it's occasional visits by 1n-
 dians, its honest gamblers" and It's neighborly soldiers, or Texas Rangers. | i. al fat uniforms
 There is a pistol-toting parson, sure
 enough donkey and many pistols. Into this environment comes Professor Zach- ary Pettibone, IL. D., B. A, benev- olent, peaceable, mild hammered East erner The bill does not say he is from Boston, but of course he Is. With him | Is a troop of the inevitable seminary girls, a number of them, who early in l the entertainment sing to the audience the praises of the good Professor. | Mir. Carle did not stop with all of
 the aforementioned character parts. Each one of the seminary girls Is a character in her way, just as every girl | is a distinct girl. There is an erudite | girl. a lisping girl a giggling girl, and so on. AS if to get still closer to na- Iture and in consequence catch more of lthe attention of his audiences. he has | provided a stuttering soldier, hair- Tipped soldier and an Irish soldier. | All of these strenuous persons have | fun with Professor Pettibone, and the young ranchwoman weds the Colonel of 1 the Rangers in the end.
 | There are three acts and three scenes in The Tenderfoot." The first Is the courtyard of Marion Worthington' ranch, the second shows the interior of the ranch barn and the third presents l an Indian camping ground. Every ad- vantage has been taken of the pictur-
 sequences of the Southwestern country
 to draw stage pictures and the audience | gasped with delight each time the cur tain was raised.
 MT. Carle should have managed bet ter climax to the comedy. He raises l expectations in the two acts and then as, if to find a way out of the intri-
 cate matter he has drawn, he descends | to a sort of burlesque on melodrama, and the denouement comes with a bad | presentation of a duel scene and a fight with the Indians. This Is somewhat | amateurish but 1t catches audiences, and that Is what Mir. Carle started out 1 to accomplish.
 The eccentric professor was of course played by MT. Carle From the moment l of his arrival on the back of Rupert, | the real donkey, to the final curtain the audience laughed with MT. Carle. He is unctuoHs. droll and clever. In a
 word he is funny. No comedian quite
 so funny has been seen at the theatre
 since Raymond Hitchcock was here. | He has the advantage of speaking his own lines and he gives them the proper | emphasis and lets the audience know | just what he intended to convey. The | fun he has provided is not of the sub