The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-14
OPENING OF THEATRE
THE SEMINARY 0rnL. AT FERRY
 STREET HOUSE.
The Best Entertainment That Has Ever Begun the winter Season tn
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 She might have swished and swiried her vari-colored lingerie as any other sort of girl but 1t Is The Seminary Girr' that win go down into history as the one who rang up the curtain on the 1so5-0e season at the Montgomery Theatre last night. As we reflect on the past 1t Is recalled that few premier entertainments at the Perry Street house have been quite SO enjoyable ns the one of last night.
 It was good to be there once more. To see Sam Hirscher behind the wicker taking the money reminded one that a few more suns will come over from the East and we will buckle on our great coats afi1 close the carriage door tisht- thought sagsestsd when Biii Barrett \ LOOK LOOK our piece of paper as usual at the
 Iqss M sAs so2a 4rSsr Ss f;s afssss4 sf were brishssaed up the Interior hsrs and and sna S it ths was rsss esasr ss that o se soss aa Down below the apron Frank wii- sesn. sat of T:s a.s yssr ,ss tried e ss Masopsy was behind dealing out the language that stage carpenters alone understand. @ wltn him was the same old crowd, all members of local number r-scmethinE Of l the union. There has not been q sin- Sie change In the stan of the theatre
 The Theatre should have had larger Satronage for It's opening night. The Maybe the public has had too many been a nice girl like thls one of last night In simple truth if this partic- ular brand of girl had been better ! knnyVn A..o t been more satisfactory to the manage ence repeatedly showed its appreciaiion
 .The Seminary " airT rfTs'is"Sss. is not musi- cal comedy of the conventional type. This Is, however, not altpgethsr to It's svcredn credit. It is billed py Melville B I comedy" and this is better. 1t simply stun strung across the chasm of two merry. good looking girls ana . few TSs TSSsre is. $ iittls tie f any original selsis There is schooisifl t Chorus @ Wah faHi of of franks fIiisd with eiothas,. whose isv.. to a title. She wants . focIish boy foolish boy at the end proves that MT.
 E s bs s krs to e SG%s s soss Ss with.9pyt ssying that there is an .iln- fR Ssoy srsss %so s assn the the sps sS jigs et every csll and 2 Gerngan wait pearance of the French maid who keeps the dust from the furniture and sings sly song for she had been over
 But "The. Seminary airi' Is full of the musical comedy condiments if it ig short on original music and story. spee ana snger to rop1 p1ec out ana Sn sSs s1e Ring and the stage effects were per- msnt was the female orchestra. = If there were defects in the vocal music the young women in the orchestra pit outweighed them.
 new to Montgomery. but some of them will be remembered for their clever ness. Knute Erickson, large type if yeg please ncn ds nsF,rss s sresllsnt @ the audience rather got the idea that more of Mr. Erickson might have heightened the pleasure of the enter screamingly funny and the laughs were provoked naturally
 William A: Quirk, as Grammar. in eSs ease and G sang in kooa voice. SS1g His med. ley, was one of the best things of the bill.
 More than line of praise is due comedy Dit Straight He Ras the dis. cernment to realize that the public iB somewhat weary of the brand of talk handed out by comedians who ape the Messrs, Rogers. Schultze was not that
 Character parts fell to Mir Howard, Mt. Dempsey and Mr. Forsman. They were lifellke. Nothing more compli- mentary will be said Of them this sea
 May Walsh was '"The Seminary Girl" and the next best wottan of the cast was Winifred Florence. Miss Walsh sings q coon song fairly. we'll and is be depended upon, At times the notes were true. At times they were not. The piece would be improved with other women in these parts.
 Some remarkably fine toe dancing was Introduced by a. pretty young wo- fell in love with the dainty Bergers sisters who did clever speciality,
 tertainmsnt was the staging of the vo. cal numbers and the freshness and va. riety of the costumes The hand of a genius has been applied to the light and the eye is pleased It's next door neigh Dor, the car, may not be offended. Herein is the success of Mir. Raymond's musical offering
 viii be "Loyers and Lunatics'' next Tuesday evening, While the quaran. tines have interfered somewhat with the plans of Hirscher Brothers, it was disappointed if the. .,sere not able to present two or more entertainments each week until the. fever situation has cleared.
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