Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-13
A GREAT MUSICAL CONCEPTION
"The Girl From Broadway" Made
Big Hit at The Colon
ial Theatre.

s.I'he Girl From I5foadway, a
unique musical conception with plots
and counterplots that Ii would take
the brain of an Annapolis lawyer 70
unravel. held the boards az the Cole
nial Theatre last night, and entertain
ed for two hours aud a hnlf de-
lighted audience.
II HThe Girl From Broadway Y did
nothing else. she proved conclusively
that a good show can let out by
III o'clock. and not hang Gre or hang
limelight until midnight, as tho suffer-
ing theatre patrons have been AFFLICTED
the past week or more. Manager
Hollebaugh. OF the Colonial Theatre,
continues to show his upl0-datc mani
agement by bringing n high-class Of
shows here and such pleasing musi-
cal slsits rs The Girl From Broad
way
1t is musical comedy in three
acts by Aubrey Nittsntl1nl. Its mu-
steal numbers are bright and catchy
and were soon being whistled by the
gallery. The chorus was pretty,
shapely and altogether attractive, be-
sides Il sang well and dancod grace
fully. The cast was unusually strong
and the comedians and eomediennes
clever. Mir. Robert n. Wilson, as
Jack Dawson. was the beau ideal hero
young, dashing. handsome. Ills
voice, which is not strong, was COM
pletely swallowed upby thefull orches-
ira accompaniment.
The two Ottos. as the Dutch circus
proprietor and the strong man, are
great. They are a whole show in
themselves and afforded entertainment
and fun galore. Rattles, the hobo,
impersonated by Harry Fenlstte,
shared the honors with the Ottos in
the comedy parts. His makeup was
faultless and as Weary Willie
he was an inimitable success. Miss
Grace Edmond, as Nannette, the hero
inc circus girl. stolen by the gypsies
and the unknown neiress, is dainty,
sweet, clever and winsoIne. Miss ed
mond has a sweet full soprano voice
and her songs Cupid and tie
Loves Me: He Loves Me Not were
exquisitely sung. Miss Edmonds Is
viyacious and charming. and y as
graceful as she is pretty.
The costumes were handsome and
the stage settings more OF less attrae-
tiV. The comedy has piot--f plot
il may be called and tbs story opens
upon scene Of the exterior Of a
summer hotel down East, where a
pair OF gentlemen artists from the city
have engaged rooms for the hot
months. and who have scarcely been
settled before they are launched into
mesh of plots and counterplots,
wherein a greedy and designing old
aunt learns that the fortune she Is
enjoying rightfully bef0nps 10 he1
niece, who was stolen when baby
BY gypsies. The rightful owner OF
the money is discovered in the guise
of circus queen, and rs the chief
attraction of that enterprise she is AZ
the opening of the story causing much
trouble to the owner, an eN-pawn-
broker, by having decamped without
the customary two weeks notice.
In her endeavor to elude the horde
Of circus followers who are seeking
her capture, she appeals to the hero,
Jack Dawson, the artist, and he ends
by falling in love with the charming
euuestriene. The aunt, failing the in
control of the girl S money, enters into
an intrigue with villainous lawyer
and attempts to substitute another girl
for Mile. Venus, and rival Of the
heroine is chosen who, after a stormy
period of three acts and host of mu-
steal numbers, repents, peaches on her
employers and assists in restoring the
girls money and position.