The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-02
RDNA May HAS COME BACK.
,ppHARs IN "THE SCHOOL GIRL"
At DALY,S THEATRE.
=. r,s,i.h Musical Play which Pleases
49, Tho Audience but Is Not 30 Funny as
to Endanger Any Ones Buttens--Cast
Inc,udes George GrOssmith. Dr.

The pail of gloom which has hung over
INNER Broadway was disseminated III
o1otions last night. 1t was sent writhing
nd sn,irming away toward the mosquito
s.rnted meadows of Newark and the river
na.,oms Of Hackensack before the merry
us0,h,nus of an easterly wind bearing in
W. hosom a fresh blast of that Engliah
= w. axe,v which is guaranteed to burst pals
., s,oom in all olimes and under any condi-
tons o.on,a
=, I. september first night audience. that
ths smashing Of the pail took place. The
,s,h,m of the introduction Of the new are
=, ;ov was called "The School Girl The
hook was written by Paul M. Potter
pavI ~ sThe Conuuerors" and other fetid
dromas-and Henry Hamilton, and the
,,,,sic proceeded from the teeming fancy
Of Leslie Stuart.
II was a great night for the chappes and
Edna May, Of whom they all spoke oy ner
first name, emitting the second. some
Of the ohappies were 30 glad TO see Gear
Edna that they talked out loud about her
throughout the performance. But as they
snplauded all her songs and more especially
ber dances, their talking was, in the dialect
Of the time, 'all to the good
Dear Edna Is trifle more pallid and un-
healthy looking than she used to be and
the shadows Of approaching maturity are
falling upon her little-girl countenance;
but her figure keeps its curvilinear dainti-
ness and its correct perspective. Her
waist still dwells between her corsage and
her skirts as the Isthnus Of Panama be-
tween North and South America, and her
ankles are just as slim and active as they
used to be- Also her voice.
The musical play Is all about little con-
vent girl whose parents wished her to
marry one man while she loved another
But that does not matter. Nothing mat
tiers in a musical play, because there Is no
matter in one Scene first, outside Of q
convent, in the garden. Sunset and moon
light effects Aged mother superior sing
ing about how she also was once girl
Convent girls joining in the chorus. be-
cause they are the chorus. Edna May IL
her great act entitled How to Sing With.
out Voice" Then she runs away from
the convent for no particular reason ex,
cept that II she does not there cannot be
any second scene.
Scene 2-The open stock exchange ir
Paris. Edna May still in her schoolgirl
clothes mistaken for stock brokers' new
typewriter. Learns secret of stock dea
and saves old man from losing all he hai
In the world. This is funny. Act secone
shows us q ball at an artists studio. Al
sorts and conditions Of masqueradint
and monkeying Dances songs, jests
merry and otherwise. Worst OF all the jest
were those in which the English folk triet
to poke fun at themselves because the,
were not like the jolly Yankees, don't y
know2
The best part Of the show was the songs
Some Of these were really above the gen
eral average of English inanity. The on
about q needle in haystack, for instance
and another about how we all ought to b
the audience last night.
Dear Edna sang an English coon song
4 sort Of q Christy minstre, serenade CRATES
"a microscopic reproduction OF a cake
llk. It Was a fetching little thing, and
NJ ight have been done oftener, but thes
aever Britishers are not yet up to on
odges for getting fifteen encores. The
must all 60 and see THE Isle Of Spice"
" However. the two acts Of "The Schoc
Girl hung on TN quarter after 4
an English comic show. THE School Girl
was received with many demonstrations c
delight by the audience: It was probabl
what managers call "a hit"
Dear Edna sang as usual cut Of tun
and with a quality OF voice that resemble
q solo on the gentle kazoo, but she wa
pretty, dainty, active and personally mag
netc and that's all that is required OF hel
What more could any one ask7 OF the me
In her company, the cleverest are Georg
Grossmith, Jr., Fred Wright and jaime
Blakeley These are good comedians c
the English sort and they earned thei
laughs.
Talleur Andrews was that rare creature
tenor who could both act and sing TIL
chorus girls were active and sincere In thei
efforts to interest the spectators Of thei