The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-09
NEWEST MUSIC HALL Is OPEN
co,o\ttL RTTLT ron COMFORT
AND GIIES 1T.

,,,o Isirs Good SeatS-JhDanese Iea
noom ON the Slde-Some Fine scenic
,r,rt. shown In an Imported Hallet
,tra,nEanla WIN TWO Good Songs
~. c.,onia Music Hall Broadwnys
,..',trs, north theatre dts at SlXty-second
'.-eeu na- orcacd last night. 1t was hlied
,.,.r- curious to Zee the novelties OF It's
l.,-,,,,.n and conduct and to know
. 1p..,rr..n ( Dundy could provte
..,,. .ruaiauvely limited.
,,t,.rh Tie propretors confess that
.,.,.,,..,., .r-. party after famous London
&c r5H- the theatre has distinctly
I'-,-,,r air It was built for comfort
..,.v The aises are wide and the
o,-r The color scheme runs to
''..-..5 ,rl One decorations are 50 plain
a. not 20 worry the eye
Tbere wa- smoking in the boxes. which
80 ,b,ve the ground floor, and in the
'o.,rd balcony. of which is the tea room.
NO.. Iapauc,c girls purvey tea, but they
,,I r,,lo BUSINESS last night, SO crowded
was the room by -iehtseers
.rhs colonial made good its promise OF
..rIstv In the programme. The single
came first 80 that tardy people missed
so,v rttle There were a pair of dancers,
uooker and Davis an equilibrist, Ethardo;
arestlinc bear and his trainer, and Kelly
end Reno. rude mockabouts.
Alter this the curtain was down for a
.,,,r,e,t and rose on an imported spectacle
,,.r,onime THE Duel in the Snow, just
More the scenic genius Of Thompson d
n,,,dv beran 10 be manifest, for the masked
t,llet Of eighty performers was brilliant
,roupint Of color. None Of the characters
IN tbe duel scene had chance to shine,
,or that isn't the English idea.
Lner the death of the Marquis In the
il the ballet was brought in again,
disappearing curtain being used with good
effect
After the intermission came The Athletic
Girl by George b. Hobart and Jean
schwartz. with Jtmie McCree Edward j.
Connelv Libby Blondel. Virginia Leyick
and dozens Of Others less known.
me heroines OF the ballet now appeared
With ham faces-that Is, comparatively
han-and proved to be a comedy lot Of the
.pony' type The opening scene the
grl,T gymnasium OF Bronx University,
Sawed hevie- OF fencing girls. punching bag
girls diinihhel girls and lot more. IL was
Toughbouse from the word go. Fred
Thompson wasn't able to get away from
the Hippodrome idea when he framed this
scene.
Tho final scene aboard the deck OF
Yacht was the real triumph Of the night.
There was a storm most realistic, and when
Il was over and the sailors drew aside the
awnings YOU had before you the lower
end Of New York at sunset, with tugs draw
Ing liners down the river and the lights
coming up 10 the great Office buildings;
Whatever the audience thought about
the rest u the show, II was satisfied with
the finale. which was IA fine piece Of
stage vol a. could be asked
The Athletic Girl 10 full OF songs. One
II those, ~Topsy Turvy 0skaloosa Lou
has clever lines, and another, There's
Only One Little Old New York is likely
10 he viii stled good deal. Virginia Leyick
and Libbie Bonde! both sang it. The
proprietors could not resist the temptation
10 put in a song about the glories Of Luna
Park
Miss Blondcll wore court plaster on the
arm where she was or was not, bitten by
the ures--n gentish bear few days ago
And Fife Fay was on the stage as spe-
cialist. ana she got more applause than
any one or anything else for her familiar
organ grinder song Her gTimaoes become
more beautifully hiteous each day.
y 5 -Jaine- Me cllf2 got in.