Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-01-12
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- ,bs new wear witnessed the return
o. wober,s Music Han Of Joe Weber
and his company and the revival OF
all the glories Of the little play house.
urviddlo Twiddle" is the name OF
the new piece, but the name has as
npcb 10 do with the happenings as
ala lie predecessor, "Higgledy Piggle-
dv.y There exists a most minute par
,icle Of plot which concerns mill
topaire sausage maker from Cincin'
natl. portrayed by Mr.. Weber, and
his daughter, who possesses a mad de-
sire 70 get a titled husband. The lat
ter role falls to gigantic Marie Dres'
sler. OF the play as a whole 1t may
be said that it is a long time since
such a bevy Of fresh, young and
fascinating girls have been displayed
here. Their prettiness could not be
surpassed and their costuming and
grouping was especially attractive
The piece abounds In brilliant, spark.
ling and genuine humor. Joe Weber
scored In new makeup and aston.
ished everyone by singing a real song
Marie Drcssler, from her entrance in
the fret act as a graceful, willowy
spanish dancer to the end Of the play
kept the audience eonvulsed with
laughter. The songs are the best that
have been heard here IN a long time.
"For you and tho girl you love-" and
"My sycophanted Gipsy maid" Civ
ing promise Of being the song bite Of
the now year
AZ Daly's the third Of Winston
Churchils tasks 20 undergo adapta.
ton 20 tho stage was presented for
the dut time. "Thc Crossing" deals
With an episode IN the early days Of
New Orleans when Louisiana was still
spanish province. What thero could
have been 10 tho story 10 have prompt.
ed iis dramaiiEaiiou one cannot imag
inc after witnessing a performance of
tho play. Tho play seems 70 be moth
ihg more than a tumble Of absurd I'M
sidehts presented ih the old fashioned
melodnmatie way. There is present
The same repentant mother confronted
With her long Lost offspring, the son
seeking 20 ayengo biz mother and che
cold blooded yillaihous portFayrr with
his dcyilish plots. OF tho east, the
less aid tho better
At Fields theateF, Miss Clara Lip.
man and Louis Mann who made tgs-
mendous hits some years ago in "rhe
Telephone Girl" and "rhe Girl From
Paris" began an engagement Ia a new
comedy called "Julie Con Bon. % Brief
~ told tho story concerns Julie Con
Boa, Paris milliner, who upon com.
ing % America becomes acqualuted
with a man OF good family. Their ae.
quainmnce Tipens into mutual love.
aud tho climax Is reached when, des
pite tho opposition OF bis mother,
society leader, and the dissouragemen
Of meeting jules father, a besotte,
and half witted Ffehehman, the younI
man royalty persists In his purpose o.
marrying tho young millineF. The pla,
Is deeideily French and feminine an,
furnishes an opportunity Of displaying
crowd Of pretty miliuers Miss Lip
man won the waFmest approval Wit
her we'll known charming French az
cent and shy love making. Il is 20 b
regretted, however, that Mr.. Mann va
cast In the role of a depravel oh
dFunkaFd He certainly added nothiu
20 his reputation by conseuting 1
lower himself 70 the portrayal Of sue
q distasteful part,
fresh from one OF the groatest rup
Chicago has ever seen, Fsy Templeto
opened AZ the New Amsterdam in &c,
CoAan's latest musical PLAY, ''Fort,
ave Minutes Prom Broadway" m
locale OF the story Is New Roeheu
which, by the railroad time tables.
tAree-quaTters Of an hours ride fro
Broadway. There is very little N,
70 tas Playi what there is OF il eoI
Germs plain Mary jenkins. a hoossmsl
who, through the los Of d wiz h.
failed 70 inherit the millions left
her The recipient Of this wealth ",
= young man OF the feather hesd ~,
whose brain matter has served o,.
and over again in comic weeklies a.
subject for jest, Numbers OF eBars,
ers quite new 70 the suburbani-ss d.
introduced, among them being ,,Ki7
, Burns, a youthful retired prize f,l,s
Burns Is the Sangiest Of an ths So
s youths on the stage and gives out mo
slang than Is contained in All % g..