The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-22
-THE PRESENTATION of Peggy

from Paris" the second of the
great and popular musical COM
edie, by George AIDE, at the Yakima
theater last Friday evening, was good
enough to warrant the liberal parton
age bestowed upon 1t. 1t is bright,
sparkling, musical play, at once like
many others and different from all
of them. From first to last there are
no dull moments; heard some OF the
audience commenting that it was too
lively, and that attempting to see
and hear all that was going on was
like trying to watch a three-ring cir
Gus. But 1t was all so good that no
one had difficulty in getting his mon
ey's worth of fun and laughter.
AIDE, it is said. will not part with
the right of production of one of his
pieces until he has the assurance that
ii will be brought out by capable peo-
pie. He certainly must be satisfied
with the men and women who are
playing Peggy from Paris" for it
would be difficult to name member
of the company who was poor in his
or her part | don't think that the
expectations of the people here were
fully realized in regard to Julia West,
who played Peggy" We had thought
she would have more ability as a vo-
calist. and indeed the part calls for
1t. Still, all that could be said in
criticism of her is that she Is with too
good company to shine as a bright
and particular star. The favorites
with the audience were Arthur Dea-
con and Miss Olivette Haynes. The
former acted most acceptably the part
of the useful boy, or bouncer. and the
latter was Mile. Carmelle, or Peggy's.
maid. The appearance of each of
these two capable artists and singers
on the stage called for hearty APP
plause, for both are well known and
popular here. Mr.. Deacon was here
last with the Belle of New York"
and Miss Haynes was the versatile
little coincidence in "A Chinese Hon
eymoon. The singing and dancing
were good; some very pretty choruses
are included, but on the whole the
music is not up to the standard of
'The Sultan of Sulu."
The lasting and increasing popu-
larity of Arizona" as presented at
the Yakima theater last evening is
one Of the sincerest tributes a play
of its class ever received. The praise
1t gets is all deserved, for it is one
of the most natural real, genuine
dramas on the stage at this time. 1t
does not present so many of the al
most impossible situations, miracu-
lOus rescues from terrible deaths, etc,
that many so-called realistic western
dramas do but the play is not with
out Its thrills and sensational situa-
tons. And all the while it deals
with the love of hearts and the jeal-
ousies and emotions that that love
prompts rather than the greed for
gold or the desire for power. The
play deals with the love of stern
old soldier for his young and pretty
wife, and his jealousy that furnished
the author with plot The charac-
tiers are all well known to the west
ern public; there is Candy, the sue
cessful rancher of the Aravaipa val
ley, his wife. their two beautiful
daughters, Cinnamon, a Mexican vac
quero, cowboys. ranchers, etc, while |
the military air is lent to the scenes
by colonel of the U. s. cavalry. his
captain. lieutenant and other officers
The play Is in the hands of competent
and APPARENTLY conscientious people,
and their work was appreciated and
commended by liberal applause last
night. Every man and every woman
is better for seeing such plays as
Arizona" and 1t is to be hoped that
this will not be it's last presentation
here.
From all that ] can learn. a treat |
is in store for Yakima theater- goers
in THE Missouri Girl" which is the
attraction at the Yakima on the even
ing of Friday of this week. the gath.
The play is now in the tenth season
OF its popularity. That's pretty
strong recommendation in itself,
when you come to think that "Shore
Acres" the Devils Auction" and
Hanlon's "Superba" are the only first
class one-night-stand productions that
have been before the public continu-
ously for SO long time. These four
attractions seem never to grow old
The return of 1.-The Missouri Girl" is
Inv iNhN"lhS dSquuiuNduSC WIFI
old friend, and to everyone 1t means
an evening of solid enjoyment. I'll
just quote here few Of the many
press comments that ! have seen in
regard to 1t: New York Telegraph:
Zone of the best written comedies
ever seen in New York" New York
World: at is a good play, and the
company includes an unusually clever
lot of people," Chicago Chronicle:
1--WE can heartily endorse the produc-
ton" st. Louis Globe Democrat:
The company is exceedingly clever"
st. Louis Times-Star: Both play
and company made a decided hit"
Toledo News: ut is a clean, whole
some. mirth-provoking play. which
can never fail to please" There are
dozens more as strong as these from
equally prominent papers. II the
praise Of the press and the unvarying
commendation Of the critics are cri-
terions by which the amusement