The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-01
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The Parvenus the new mus,
cal comedy, which VIII be prodIIleeql
on Monday at the Grand by locan
amateurs. Is from all reports, going
to be the hit Of the theatrical season
The play Is new and original and Is
entirely away from the conventional
and sterotyped form OF musical
comedy.
The story Of this musical comedy
concerns the love of Tom LoveIoy
a Young New York lawyer, for Eva
line, daughter of Otto Schmidt, a
retired millionaire brewer.
Mrs. Otto Schmidt, who rules her
husband, daughter, and indeed all
her household with a rod of iron.
being intensely ambitious socially
refuses to entertain Loyejoys
PROPOSALS for her daughters hand:
stating frankly that her plans IN
clude a titled husband for Evaline.
by means of which she hopes To
Storm the citadel of aristocratic ex-
clusiveness, and enter society. Love
ioy is in despair, when he meets
with a stranded actor, Frederick Du
Rant and who, in his extremity, adj
| dresses him and asks assistance
In telling Lovejoy his story, Du
Rant mentions incidentally that he
has been playing French count IN
his latest play and gives LoveJoy a
specimen of his ability.
Lovejoy conceives the idea of pre-
senting Du Rant to the Schmidt
household as a titled foreigner and
so disgusting Mrs. Schmidt with her
notion of bringing a title into the
family
He arranges with Du Rant to this
end. and they depart for New York
to perfect their plans
In the meantime rural sleuth IN
the form of Hiram Shade, a deputy
sheriff, has followed Du Rant from
the scenes of his company's break
up for the purpose of arresting him
for an unpaid board bill.
He arrives just after Loveioy and
Du Rant have departed-and after
putting the entire Schmidt family
and servants through the inquisltor-
ial examination, discovers a bundle
left by Du Rant, containing shirt.
socks, photo, etc, and at once jumps
to the-concIusionSthat the man he IS
,fter has been murdered-and an
nounces that he shall devote him (;
elf to running down the murderer
Loveioy arrives and introduces Du
Rant as Count Ferdinand de Luxe
- Poroo I'm Rant. finding the )
deputy sheriff there, is also startled
Nv discovering that Annie O'Brien,
he wife he had previously deserted
IS cook in the Schmidt family:
Gertie, maid in the Schmidt
household, proves to be a former
ady's maid to an actress in one OF
Du Rants companies and recognizes
MIN and he is obliged to bride her
10 keep silence.
Du Rant is therefore obliged to
keep up his disguise whether lie
wishes to or not.
His many tribulations, to keep
from being caught,-the exceedingly
narrow escapes he has, how he eX-
cites I.ovejoy's Jealousy by OVERRIDING
The love-making with Evaline, how
Mrs. Schmidt insists on talkag
French to him, with the aid OF the
French dictionary, how he tries to
teach Otto etiquette, because Mrs.
Schmidt viii have it so, how Shade
the country sleuth, finally figures out
that the count is the man who killed
Du Rant. and arrests him for muir
dering himself, are but some of the
incidents which crowd thick and
fast upon each other and sustain an
unfagging interest until the end.
The songs, choruses and dances
are all bright, catchy and unique IN
their originality, and help to make
this play representative of Amer1can
musical comedy.
Tt is American in story, location
characters and atmosphere, on a
theme of especial interest to Amerl-
A musical comedy with consist
emit plot, consistent and plausible SIT
nations. worked out in rational
manner and with bright catchy
songs, dances and choruses, is bound
to he a novelty.