The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-20
BOY PLAYERS N"THE MIKADO"
AN IMPORTANT FIRST NIGHT ON
TOMPKINS SQUARE.
A Chap Rising Five the HIT OF the Piece,
Though 1t Wa Near Tragedy TO Him
Best Seat in House 3 Cents, but
Prices VIII he Higher for GrOwnuDs.

AChap Rising F1ve the Hit or the PIece,
Though II Was Near Tragedy TO Him
Best Seat I'm House Is Cents, but
Prices VIII He Higher for GrOwnuDs.
The Boys Club, in their house on Temp
kins SQUARE, performed THE Mikado"
last night to a big house. When The
MikadoS was first produced on Broadway
n front seat cost 81 so. Last night a front
seat cost 6 cents. Yet the Broadway per-
Torrance was by no means thirty times
as good as this, 30 every one had his moneys
worth.
The audience last night was all boys OF
the club. Tonight, when their elders
come to see 1t, admission will go up to 10
cents. After a three day run and a week s
rest it will play Berkeley Lyceum on the
goth and 9Oth, and then tickets will be pulled
to $3.50 a throw. And in some respects IL
will be worth it.
They had built a little stage at one end
Of the assembly room of the Boys Cluo
and decorated it with blue and white scenery
resembling a plate of willow pattern. There
10 Oschner, in a lowered nightie and a wig
too large for him, was discovered as no No,
surrounded by the very young gentlemen
nof Japan.
JOG BUhTVeu W snug ubouN NhV "'oS ~
had on his list. He got through the first
stanza. At the beginning OF the second,
how ever, he became hypnotized at the
sight of a friend in the audience and failed
to take up the note. Phil Egner, leader
of mind and ~signalled to his musicians to
play "de-dum-de-dum
SWhy donchu spieli' said Phil to Joe,
soto voce.
aCause I've forgot me words" said.Joe.
O. - a.aho,tra y1axaI nN-ar the rest Of in
and Joe fingered his fan and locke foolish
the only break In the proceedings. The
rest W ent of like CREASED lighting.
The three little maids from school were
Julius Kreig. Willie, as Pitt Sing, was 9
Japanese peach. Jimmie was a lathy and
rather athletic yum Yum, but he was all
there with the voice.
YOU'RE de dearest little maiden in the
woild,6 said Nanki Poo. He wasn't q very
romantic lover, as played by Willie Kraft.
He was lust simply scared. His knees
Knocked inside of his tights, and every time
he said ANYTHING he gestured WIZ one
into a wad with the other.
IF il WON'T fer the law; we might kiss
kiss, kssi' ssid yum Yum. NGnki Poo
started, looked nervous and landed one on
her, OF his. neck.
Then there was Pooh Bah, really Fredrico
Stranglio. He didn't care whether school
Kept or not. When the chorus men got in
his way he punched them. He was a
great hit. Willie Streidel, who played
Eatisha, has been in every play of the
BOYS Club, and is a seas oned actor. He
has grown so that his voice Is changing;
and now he can't sing any but alto parts
which Is why they made him Kdtisha:
All these stars were thrown into the shade
however, by John A. Henle, Jr.. He is rising
fine. Clad in a red kimono and a baby wig
30 chat he looked like a Japanese doll, he
had the proud Job of holding an umbrella
over the Mikado. He was overwhelmed
and q little bewildered by the honor, but he
did his best. .,
Only sometimes when the Mkado took
an agitated stride, he couldn't keep up.
and sometimes VIXEN the potentate danced
TO the right, he forgot and glided to the left
Then, when his Majesty got seated on the
throne, little johnnie got fascinated by the
audience and let the umbrella go 30 that il
eclipsed tk9 august head and had to be
lifted BY the chorus. Little Johnnie, I'm.
aware that he was the hit Of the show
nearly cried right there on the stage.
The acting was what might be expected
and q little better, and the singing. In fresh
boy voices, vas good all the way through,