The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-02
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..The NIayor of Tokio.

The distinguishes features of The Mayor of Tokio' were the good music of the comedy, the skillful manner in which the music was sung, and the gen. eral excellence of the principals in the cast ,tfleir finish as actors and their ability as singers.
 To the people of this section. the name of Richard Carle spells success, and it was a fine, tribute to the good reputation Of the player playwright that such a large audience greeted his entertainment at sthe Mon tgomery The atre last night, the first theatrical en- tertainment to visit Montgomery since the Leriten season began.
 The warmest admirers of MT. CarIe were not disappointed in The Mayor or ,Tokio,p unless they had regret that the eccentric comedian is not thrust forward enough by the comedy In this. Mr. Carle is correct. He wrote parts. for other capable actors and there are men and women in his large and well l-trained company equally as clever as the star. Higher praise could not be bestowed upon the associates of
 .;The Mayor of Tokio., is in two acts, t9s To.,,a loeals being public garden in Japanese jail, near Tokio harbor. There IS conspiracy to marry Oloto, the daughter of Kew Tow, the Mayor, to an thwarted by members of an American opera company, who are stranded and who pass themselves off as party of foreign nobles.
 It is an old trick, this building of laughter on sharp contrasts, but Mir Carle has done it cleverly. The Amer ican actors, with their American quips and breezy American methods. put against the stolidity- of the Japanese. Is enough in itself to make a success of the comedy But MT. CarIe has writ ten scintillating lines which, like all of MT. Carle's work, bears the stamp of Spontanefty, N.-
 Mir. Carle does not play the Japanese Mayor. as many expected. He lis in troduced as Marcus Orlando Kidder, im- pressnrio of the stranded opera com pany. part not unlike those in which we have already seen him. He was ir- resistihly funny and the large audience gave him unstinted applause.
 As has been indicated the support tps company was excellent Tn sir1- pie truth 1t must be said that 1t Is doubtful if any musical comedy seen here this season has presented more capable and talented princip than The Mayor Of Tokio." In singing, in dancing. the principals wero admira- ble. The comedians were not too up- roarious but they were unctuous and artistic. In the matter of legitimate acting the principals were Tn the pie ture and there was not a weak uiace.
 A star in the constellation that shone as bright as Mir. Carle was Emma Jan vier. From the moment she appeared as the wardrobe mistress of the stran- ton to the parrot: Rest there, Mil dred," the refined and intelligent au- dience realized that Miss JanVier was more than an ordinary woman enter tainer One of the cleverest character women on the American stage, she is also a rarely good singer and dancer which she showed In her song and dance with Mir. Carle in the last act a feature that aroused the audience to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
 One may not soon forget the clear, rich voice of Ada Mitchell, voice so full of sweetness, so rare in quality and volume as to dt the young woman for higher a musical sn drsIn pathways. hSa1 It fne singing chorus in the ensembles. and the notes were as true as they were mellow. She was. the Oloto San one sympathized with Julian Lincoln. the American opera singer, played in good style by Albest Wellerstedt. for 'Oyld Adele Rowland. who played Betsy Lincoln. the American heirGss, running at large in Japan and imbued with a tions, is not much of singer but she Is a beauty and a captivating actresS. Her "comfcs opera capsules with MT. Carle was a screamlnsiy .IIruhiny bur piSiII Minerva Courtney was an altogether charming Birdie Talauo. sonorette of Rock. himself seasoned young actor. did a ,whIriing dance in the last act tbst showed Extraordinary talent
 'nTi There IaOa are a half dozen or more sea soned comedians in the company. Fred Frear. who is an old fayorite tfs in Mont tIkdS tSIkedS in his sleep Of State secrets; Jo Smith Marba was an eccentric Rus sian spy, enasraeser ,ssIla T3miaar of to the y"rit" fanls, Mir. Caipe, and MT Baker aso had good parts and MT. Platt was the little fellow who had not a word Eaeh one of thsss musical eompanies