The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-27
THEATRES
The Little Duchess,

Hundreds of people in the large au- as Gsn's night m ns Sss Won feidt in "rhe Little Duchess" as , substitute for Anna Held with enthn- siastic approval Many of those who seen Miss Held play the part might become, denantly coInparative in our Miss Won Hatzfeidt will do.
 tite blonde type. We have had her now so her esf0fs We xame Ss we we know her limitations. Sine mas 2 thin little voice but she Is chic and She don't have to initiate Anna Held because she is just about as fetching as the the s,nirkins Frenchwoman, ed attention to this last year when the von Hatzfeldt gave us some imita- tions of the Held actress. Miss won Hatsfeldt has the savoire faire. Ther the Held woman. She is fresher and maybe she Is brighter. She isn't so big in the business and "1nsequentIv managers do not throw. the glsm"r money spent on scenery.a ana awociais actors, but she is a dear little cren- ture who wins the hearts of her au- diences and the people at the Thea :: ire last night would want to fight ii this writer pointed cut some of her most patent defects.
 When one of these musical como: dies Is in its third or fourth season It would vastly improve "rhc Little l,Duchess" by calling in a .cen,c ar, last night looked like. thev had been out In the weather all summer. Tn" costumes were rich and nsw-lookinC. which brought out the aged appear nf
 The most captious crit could not lay an indictment against two, men who led the funmahins dsPart%eat bs Sea nS
 mean to say either that the bathing master and the fencing master have l not been played tn truer or more got let's of fund out of Robert Let. and Irving Brccks. The paradoies of MT: Lett are tc be listed among the realty good things of the entertain ing in everything he did. The third comedian. MT. Moore. playing the hys- terical Portuguese. Zaramba: was not any dd stsEs of as se enter Sanse steps with Miss Duebei, playing Nan netts; which won hearty. applause. :. great. mistake. This mistake was not made by the Aborns. who own the show of last night. There are as many porting Miss von Hatzfeldt as we have had In any company at the thea
 Ire this year, They wore stunninT | gowns and they know how to. wear them, Their appearance in pair dur l ing the Sadie" song was. as it has
 always been. one of the rarely good l things in the comedy. | It's one thns to be handsome and l it's another thig to have a singing voice The wome m The Lttl' Duchess were evidently selected for
 their pretty faces and their perfect figures, Certainly they were not cho- | sn by musician. The cold fact is
 that, barring Robert Lett. the come dian, there Is not a sure~enough good voice in the company. De Kovein's | music was not rendered in manner
 to win praise for the people on the
 The best Xmpression of the. ente ,,; :; | live the longest with the visitors who l saw 1t were the vision sof pretty wo- | men in exquisite costumes. The bath | ing girls and the fencing girls will not be forgotten soon This much then. may be said: The pictures were successful: the music was disappoint l Ing.
 Let ua hore that next wear thf
 dainty von Hatzse at will give us something else. She is pretty enough and clever enough tc win in what
 'The Girl Patsy" will re at th
 theatre this after1"n and tonight.