The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17
"srr. Dooley', at the Bliou.

Bijou first -nighters were n1ishtly 1 pleased with MT. Dooley" In fact. it Is doubtful if more satisfactory en- tertainment has been presented on the stage of the Bibb Street theatre since the Jake Wells regime.
 Every seat in the theatre was taken last night. and when Mir Dooley" and his big company of merry entertain CTS cavorted on the stage with a gin- gery beginning. the large audience took them to their very hearts own
 There was a good-natured sympathy between the players and the audience from start to finish and everybody was satisfied.
 MT. Dooley" is just a lot of foolish ness, with an Irishman--and, thank heavens, not a stage Irishman--as the central figure. He finds himself in New York a the beginning surrounded by bevy of pretty women and a num- Der of city characters. He buys de- partment store, in which the audience sees him installed in the second act. Thus we have typical musical comedy scene of square In New York and a typical musical comedy department store scene
 The man who put the piece together set out to entertain the public He did not care a fig for a plot and neith CT does the average audience which pays it's money to see this style of en- tertainment. There are an extraordin- ary number of character parts. or cari- catures. and every one of them must sing song or do jig. Let it be said that every ohe of them does it well.
 Paul Quinn played MT Dooley," and one felt like shaking hands with him for portraying an original Irishman. He gives us just the slightest sus- picion of a brogue, and. barring the exaggerated costumes, he might have been of the legitimate class, MT. Quinn was suffering last night with severe cold, and 1t was evident that he sang with difficulty. but the audience was with him at every moment.
 MT Mitchell played the breezy pro moter in good style; MT. Heusel was entertaining as the German companion of "Dooley;" MT. Barnes carried the gallery with him as the tramp. and used his hign tenor voice to good ad- vantage; MT. Pike was convincing as the cowboy with fine bass voice and a pistol; Mir. Flavelle got away we'll with the character hit of Easy Mark, and Misses Richmond, Cohen and St. John shared in the compliments which the audience bestowed. They also wore some stunning gowns
 But the dependent features of MT. Dooley's" entertainment is the cluster of pretty young women who frisk through the two acts in vart-colored costumes patterned to set of their beauty. Make no mistake about their good looks. They have been selected with care and they produce stage pie lures that are worth the money. rms chorus of girls in bewildering costumes served as a background for the song numbers, and their marches showed careful training. The most pleasing of the song numbers-there were ni- teen of then-were Chicago. by MT. Quinn; Just Like Teddy Did, by MT. Pike: My Six O'clock Girl" by MT. Barnes; Susie" by Miss St. John. and T Love Them All" by Mir. Clark. m which girls of all nations appear 70 the singer through the smoke or HIS cigar.
 The marches and patriotic medley or Yankee Doodle Dandy" led by Mr. Quinn, were very effective: and the idea of a dozen young woman changing their clothes before the eyes or the auoi- tnce, while marching, was novel Nas done too, with a delicacy or treat ment that could not offend the most f5IStidious. ,.s <.
 The bit of vaudeville by Miss St' John and MT. IAe Fevre stirred the au- dieAce to, great enthusiasm The wo- man is a dancer and singer of extra ordinary ability and the nam dresses with taste and does some leg and toe gyrations that are not seen every nay;
 There Is considerable horsepiay comedy in the entertainment' put " 's