The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-20
Cbe Cbeatre$
sLovera and LunatIca.'

Along towards the middle of the sec ond act of Lovers and Lunatics at the Montgomery Theatre last night, ed the audience where they got their reputation. Up to this time the audi ence had wondered but the remarkable dancing of this pair set all doubt at rest. Their fame may well rest on that exhibition of dancing.
 With a fine backing of beautiful wo- men gorgeously gowned and with nim- ble legs and a man welding the baton who knew how, Gehrue and Ford. graceful and gracious, did some steps that made the audience catch its breath and clamor for more The song was much. Yes. this old vaudeville team Is still worth ones while-at dancing.
 Early in the game 1t was discovered by the audience that the dependable persons on the stage were Joe Morris and Florence Little Morris was the permanent fun-maker and Miss Little Morris presents his own Hebrew char acterizations and they were not too coarse to be tremendously funny. His parodies touched the disabilities of the down front cried. Miss Little's voice was SO good that It seemed out of har- mony with musical comedy and she found ready ! sympathy, Her .n, duet with a feature of the entertainment
 Lovers and Lunatics" Is a vaudeville act padded" so as to stretch through out two and a half hours, but It is a iunatic asylum on one side of the stage and the home of Dutchman on the other the musical comedy situations are conventional. Some things might have been left out but after the sing! ing of Miss Little. the funmaking of Morris and the dancing of Miss Gehrue two or three jokes used on the vaude- vile circuits ten years ago may be over looked after that dancing.
 Mayme Gehrue is just as pretty of face and figure as she used to be. and It may as well be said that her voice is just as strident It is a pity that such an attractive woman. such an ln- telliRent woman, such a vivacious and conscientious comedienne, was born with a rasping voice.
 But when she dances An urchin in the gallery gave expression to what the audience was thinking when he cried. She's got home at last .
 Character parts were ably interpret ed by Sam shannon. George Watson and James Holden and Miss Tedro de- serves mention for faithful attempt to play a negro servant girl. When ever a good looking woman blacks to please an audience she earns news paper audience.
 The hardest worked division of the company presenting Lovers and Lun- atics" Is the chorus. Let 1t be said. too, that this chorus. consisted of about frisked and frolieked on the Perry Street stage. They sang and they danced equally as well as their princi- pals and when they were not singing and dancing they were back in the dressing room changing their clothes And they wore many styles and kinds. and colors of clothes. The management of Lovers and Lunatics" has been ex- traordlnarily liberal in providing cos tunes and the harmonious blending or colors kept the audience constantly Tn a fever of bewilderment.
 For so early in the season 1t was large audience that sat through Low CTS and Lunatics'' and the encores and spontaneous applause indicated that IL afforded much amusement' and enter, tainment The piece is staged well ana the company as whole went abont their work with a dash that won the audience