The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-16
THE ETOREADERr GOOD
MUSICAL COMEDY rLEAsED l
 GREAT AUDIENCE.
Jefferson DsAngslis and His Funny Legs Were Aided by Edgar Norton and Large Company
 in Fun-1Eaking.

| Jefferson De Anselis and an unknown,
 young man to this section, of the name | of Norton, Edgar Norton. gave great
 Montgomery audience the laugh of its
 life at the Montgomery Theatre last night
 Is There were several other good things in
 The Toreador," some lively, catchy mu- l sic. spirited chorus, that did it's work with vim and a zest, but laughter. from smiles to roars was the feature of the evening In the Theatre.
 Dc Angelis and his young man Norton
 were responsible for the widespread hi- larity. IL was expected, no. 1t was known. that Do Angelis would be funny. He has been here before, several times, in fact. and he never in his life sang stave or slid across the boards of the local stage without an explosion of lau4hter. It was Norton. with his ciean-cut. sub tie. legitimate comedy work, who was the distinct surprise of the evening. "The Toreadors' is musical comedy irn- ported from London. It's two scenes are at Biarritz in the South of France. and Villaya in Spain. It has to do mainly with sammy Diggs Jefferson De Angelis) an English groom or stiger.s' who. want- ing a position, answers thef advertise nnent of an animal dealer for a tiger. Diggs Is finally induced to so to villayn as Caraljo, q famous and daring bull fighter. Arriving at viliaya he is given a tremendous ovation by the Governor and the asylum board. He is royalty en- tertained and participates in the festivlr ties of the occasion not wisely. but too well.
 In his celebrating he is mistaken for a CarIist and commissioned to burn the fNr6s. nx sxpn o9nrra Ahn aal&fara fT0 haN more troubles when as Caraljo he IS about to be led into the ring to flght six fierce bulls. The real Caraijo afTfves in time and the situation Is cleared. There is romentic sub-plot infrodueing Sir Archibald stackett, Augustus Trail, Nancy stanton and Dora Se1ba, English people in two love affairs.
 "The Toreador has all in all more logical and plausible plot than the aver age musical comedy is hung together with.
 Do AngeIis is unique and peculiar to himself He has certain eccentricitics which individualize his comedy. Of course every comedian has tricks or certain characteristics which d.fferentiates thcni from the usual run of fun makers. DC Wolf Hopper has way of making ms immense size seem joke. He has Q trick, too, of speaking his lines with a peculiar jerky infection, bringing the end up with sudden stop.
 His eyes and eye brows are the funni- est thing about Frank Daniels. If one f1as ever gecn the way his eyebrows run up and down Daniels forehead, givlng his big eyes a staring, grotesque look, he is not likely to soon forget 1t. snitx Edwards. the great little comedian
 who set Montgomery people wild in ''The As.A xeg a parchment like face capable of any sort of movement or evolution. His speciality in funmaking was the pursing out of his Hips until his black mustache stood several inches from his nose. De Angelis's legs are most eloquent in his humcr. One could not fancy how funny q pair of legs could be until he
 watched the funny gyrations of De Ans gelis's lower extremities. They are really
 the most Iaughable pair of legs in the business.
 The legs do not affect the disabilities of the audience in mere horsepiay, or any set style of tricks. There is an infinite vari ty in the performance of the legs
 whether they are sliding about the stage.
 stumbling up the stairs or sliding un- steadily about in Stimulation of intoxica- tion.
 At ID tO DG NOAA1tNGtC CA ttA1t OS AIT
 gelis's legs are his only claims to great
 ness as a funmaker. While they are his
 distinguishing characteristic he has other
 valuable talents and tricks in which his
 legs have no part. In fact with an ordi-
 nary pair of legs ho would be funny, but
 not near SO funny as he Is with these legs.
 He has fine facial control, natural sense
 of humor and he sings funny song with
 the best of them. In his song '.When I
 Marry Susanna" all his talents. including
 his legs were brought into play and as a
 result his audience went almost wild with
 enthusiasm.
 The song was really the hit of the cven-
 ing. if we except the work of the young
 man named Norton. who came unheraid- :
 ed. but who is pleasant and refreshing
 memory. He appeared as Sir Archie Stackett, a type of tho ''1aw, haw.'
 Britfsher. Norton might have played if
 in tho conventional style in which so