The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-20

New York, June 19.-GeOrge NJ
Cohan began his annual vacation
Monday night. and incidentally let
New Workers have their first view
of the new summer song show, which
hears the gladstone title of The
HOneymOoners. 1t was the dedicatOTy
diversion of the Aerial Gardens, that
famous roof-top resort on the New
Amsterdam Theatre. OF course, The
HOneymOoners, was a big hit. Broad
way knows the ready wit, the cnliven-
ing antics, the slang and the general
merry y-gO-rOund that have marked the
previous airy entertainments of this
prolific young author-actOr-manage
The HOneymOOneTs" more than
duplicated the success it made in At
lantic City preliminary to its metro
pOlitan opening, and soon should
take its place as the foremost of
warm weather shows.
Though the piece is q revised ver-
sion of COhan's Running for Office
which a few seasons ago made
great success in this city, even those
who knew this original farce comedy
hardly could recognize the present
tinkleing, tuneful product, with its
dozen new songs and its up-tO-date
nature. as the piece in which the four
COhans were so successful
Next to COhan. who was encOred
until it was mercy to accept his
Apologize bows. Miss Gertrude Hoff
man made the biggest success of the
evening. She played COhan's sweet
heart and introduced wonderfully
faithful limitations of popular Broad
way players, including Eddie FOy and
Anna Held Others worthy of COM
mendation were Jerry ]. COhan, Hell
en- COhan, William Keogh, James Man
ming, Jonathan Keefe, Alice Merrill
and LeOna Anderson.
OF the songs that seem destined to
be played as dance music at the sum
mer resorts are An OId-FaShiOned
Walk With an Old-FashiOned Girl"
Kid Daus" and the tropical song
Thank you Very Kind Mr.. Bingham"
The Popularity" march set every foot
in the house TO tapping
Raymond Hitchcock's immense pop
ularity as a musical comedy star was
never more pronounced than during
his brief tour in A Yankee Tourist"
This successful piece is scheduled for
its first Broadway hearing next An
gust, when it goes to the AsJor
Theatre for a run.
The American Theatre is to open
next season, late in July with A II.
Woods spectacular melodramatic pro
duction The King and Queen of Gam
blers. The playhouse has been
throwing open its doors yearly with
Woods offerings over =. r::Onth ago
q young man applied at the box office
for seats at the initial performance.
provided the show belonged to A H.
Woods Talk about advance sales OF
Broadway houses. This has them all
lashed to the mast.
SapphO and Phaon.' Percy Mac
kay's poetic tragedy, was published
last week by the Macmillan Company.
In its literary form this work is set
forth with a prologue. induction. pre-
iude, interludeS and an epilOgue. de-
signed TO fulfill to- the reader an IN
Scnious purpose Of the author These
however, stand apart from the tragedy
Itself, which will be produced in the
autumn by Harrison Gray Fiske. with
Bertha kalich in the role of SaDphO.
q distinguished actor as PhaOn. ami
the most accomplished company that
can be assembled. By arrangement
with Mr. II. D. Irving. that actor gave
q copyright performance of "Sappho
and Phaon' in London or April 90.
nat the popularity aud mum erDHS
appeals of the famous PiXley-LuIers
comic opera The Prince Of Pilseu."
has not suffered deterioration with
repetition was evidenced last week q.
the New York Academy OF Music
when two women in the audience
went into Mysteries laughing at Jess
Dandy taking his luiic-ous fountain
bath The fifteenth New York Ell
-agement Of the Prince" was enthu-
received bv New Workers.
Notwithstanding the absence of
weather Haumersteiu's Roof
Garden had au auspicious opening
Monday night. The huge glass en-
closure atop of the Victoria and Bel
ascO Theatres was crowded. and the
first night audience found many fea-
rUFeS of interest.
None of the indoor shows ended !