The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-13
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Metropolltan-"Llttle Johnny Jones'"

Observation-Disclosures Johnny Jones'"
Little Johnny Jones' as musical
comedy amuses and entertains an audi
ence from the moment the curtain rises
in front Of the Hotel Cecil, London, until
1t closes upon the last Chinatown in
San francisco Chinatown at it's best.
with hundreds Of twinkling lanterns, with
scenery dipped into an ever-changing
wave of gorgeous color and with medley
OF good singers and dancers in the center
OF the stage. George M. Cohan has Gre
ated nothing that would startle the stage
world. but he did something in which
many a creator Of this class Of plays has
failed--he has eliminated almost every
thing that might be tedious and oppres
sive. he has so cleverly arranged music
and plot that the audience holds its
breath to keep UP with surprises which
follow each other rapidly and that it
hnds enough to more than Offset that
which might jar. The scenery is good.
the costuming, while not extravagant. Is
above the average and the music is pleas
Ing and catchy. The plot abounds In abb
surdities and the situations are quite i'm
possible at times.
The first act starts Off at the Hotel
Cecil, London, when Johnny Jones. the
american Jockey, arrives. He meets An
thony Anstey and Timothy McGee Amer
lean turfmen, who are rivals for the own
ershlp Of Johnny. AS a side play there
Is a love affair between Anstey and Mrs.
kenWorth, the rich widowed sister Of Mr..
Gates, California millionaire Goidie
Gates, her niece, and Johnny are lovers
Anstey tells him it's all foolishness and
the act winds up in row. The next to
| happen Is that Anstey and Sing Song
work clever game of cheating which
| results In Johnny's expulsion from the
a nd fyoo Nv
known" who is detective spotting An
| stey and Sing Song appears, Johnny is
rehabilitated and all ends we'll i.-
Bobby, Barry, as Johnny JONES' the
| little American jockey, fits we'll into his
! role. Johnny dances little, he sings a
little and he makes himself agreeable and
wears natty suits Of great variety Tom
Lewis. as the Unknown" and Stella
| Tracy in three distinctly separate roles
can easily be picked as the best Of the
cast. Tom Lewis says very little, SO lit
tie, indeed. that the audience picks ur
his bon-mots like precious morsels. He
| Is a good mimic, and his fascinating way
of tottering about, Of raising the eye
brows and curling his lips are the cue
which the audience takes for joyfu
laughter. Stella Tracy, piquant, viva
cious and exquisitely groomed from he,
pretty head to her dainty feet, plays
| raucnette, the gay maiden from Paris
! the Earl of Bloomsbury and Goldie Gates
She wears the dress Of man with the
same grace she does her finery of silk ani
| laces, and acts her parts we'll. In the frs
act, as Fauchette, her gown, a creation
Of glittering Jewels, silks and ornaments
| and her Frenchy manners and Partisan
songs are strongly suggestive Of Anna
Held. and her importations from the ga,
French capital. She is clever dance
and a good singer. Timothy MCGEE, New
York politician and horse owner, i
played by Sam J. Ryan with humorous
and debonair air. Jack Rafael as An
thony Anstey, the American gambler, ant
Sing Song, editor Of the Picking Gazette
his faithful second in the business o
cheating, Mrs. Andrew Kenworth, who's
fanaticism on the subject Of reform
finds good exponent In Helen Courtney
and Florabelle Fly Of the San Francisc
Searcher adele Rafter) termed the ''fe
male newspaper man. contribute thei
efforts successfully for the benefit Of tn
audience. In addition to these there ar
the minor roles and chorus Of well
trained and well-dressed men and womer
whose sole duties are to change theI
costumes as soon as the notes of son
have died away. all Of which contribut
to the brilliancy of the scenery and set
t1ngs. "A. Won s.