Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-10-18
FAIRY LAND At THE COLONIAL
BABES IN TOYLAND MAKES
HIT OF THE SEASON.
Beautiful Spectacular Production
Star Actress Makes Local
Hit For NAVY.

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cal comedy by Fred r. Hamlin and
Julian Mitchell, was presented here
at the Colonial Theatre last night and
proved to be the hit of the season.
The house was crowded, and there
was scarcely u vacant seat anywhere.
It was an audience as enthusiastic as
it was large and applauded to man
the beautiful scenes and exquisite
features of the altogether artistic pro-
duction.
BABES In Toyland'' is a brilliant
dramatization of a fairy tale and
might be called ''Babes in the
Woods. - The characters are true
heart characters and are founded on
human nature. They take one back
to the days of the nursery, for they
are the creatures of the Mother Goose
melodies with which we are all so
familiar Little Bo Peep, Tom the
Piper's Son, Red Riding Hood, Miss
Muffett, Jill, Simple Simon, Contrary
Mary, Tommy Tucker, Boy Blue and
all the rest of those images of fancy of
our childhood days. 1t matters not
that there is little plot or what fabric
of story the skillful dramatist has
woven behind the characters, for the
all of whom are of the artist class.
and did their best to delight the au-
dience. After all it Is the character
that counts rather than the play it.
self, and last nights players created
their own characters.
In "Babes In Toyland" Mary Mar
BILE. the renowned star, and Little
Chip" the comedian of international
fo lox hn
of Jane the lovely little girl, and
Alan, the manly little boy. In three
acts the audience is shown through
the woof of intrigue and deception,
which Barnaby, (uncle of Alan and
Jane), conspires to rid himself of the
and thus acquire their
trary, Alan's sweetheart. The mach
nations of Barnaby result in Alan
and Jane and the Piper children all
running away to Toyland, where they
as living dolls. This is
made possible for them as the Master
Toymaker of the world living in Toy
land has just achieved his lifelong
desire and eau now make dolls who
can walk, talk and have souls. 1t is
drN,aa- s.lfSh 'VIEv uo4As, a-,o VorI, 4 cnUii,
English, that the famous Toyland
March is played. This is an exquisite
and the artistic gem OF the
whole program. To look at this spec
tacle was indeed like gazing into
'sToyiand, where the dolls had been
inspired with life, yet had not lost
their mechanical arts of movement.
Each one of the players representing
dolls acted as if he were really joint
ed doll, wound up for the occasion.
The scenery throughout the three
acts was beautiful, the costumes were
gorgeous and the electric effects were
The fall of Master Toy
makers castle, where the beautiful
creature stood in q blaze of mellow
light, was artistic stage effect long to
be remembered. The one word that
applies to the whole production is
'Stupendous. - Nothing has ever
been seen like it here before. The in
terest of the audience never tagged
for a moment. There was vein OF
humor throughout the entire perfor
nance, not that of the vulgar, clown
ish sort, but clean comedy, that play
ed upon the chords of the human heart
and brought sparkling laughter and
the sunny smile that run the gamuts of
human heart interest. The song fea-
ture of the evening was 81 Can't Do
The Sum- by Jane MARY Marble),
and the Piper children. In this, dainty,
sweet and charming Miss Mary Marble
wins the laurels of the evening. She
made a local hit in the refrain 'Put
Down Six and Garry Two" when she
said Middies team is hard to beat,
Princeton's on the Bum. Every
body's thoughts reverted to the recent
victory of the midshipmen over
Princeton and the house applauded en-
masse. Miss Marble was encored
again and again. She is a winsome
little actress, an artist in the true
sense. She is possessed of rare talents
and gracious personality and is fitting
co-star of Little Chip" the famous
comedian. who as Alan protects his
little sister in the grove of spiders,
one of the prettiest scenes OF the play.
The play is interpolated with a
large number of musical features and
speciatlies, and the transformation
scenes are the most spectacular ever
presented here. All of the cast con-
tributed their fair share to the un-.
doubted success of the evening, for
the large audience was enthusiastic
over the performance and repeatedly
called for numbers that met with pop
ular favor.