The sun., 1907-08-20

A >,N IIOok ny George RrOadhurst and
uu,lc " the Hop. skip and Jump style
II, G.us kcrker--Truly shasiuck as Q
Temalr Detective and ThOmas wise.
What Tody Hamilton would have called
eulent hmnary of radiant refulRencs
bured its violet rays into West Forty
.acoud street last night. A large hated
.ection Of the merry populace basked In
ina Illumination and chortled with glse
hseause the light was exceeding light.
the name Of this new comet OF the theatrical
xord which emerged az the Lyric Theatre
a .1be Lady from lanes" Who is Lane? i?
Boss Of a private detective agency. Who
!. the lady? A female detective. an iri-
descent bubblepipe dream of fiction land,
,bo has Dorothy Baird reduced to the size
and constituency OF a silver OF perfectly
6nished breakfast bacon.
This female detective, around whom
George Broadhurst wrapped his farce
and Gnstavus Kerker spun the weblike
score Of his music. is on this occasion no
less a person than Truly Shattuck, the
tnly Truly who used to be little Mephis-
pphercs in red tights in the sweet summer
ur,e long ago and who is now an abundant
vision Of rapture in a series Of voluminous
plk gowns oficiating as drapery for Some
Of the noblest hosiery ever hung out on the
A,ynn bargain counter.
Away up above all the draperies are the
old time Truly voice and the old time Truly
EYES. The latter are still melting and the
former is still frozen, but the old time Truly
a still q long distance winner in her class
In this particular show she is in a class an
Nv herself. with excellent Thomas Wise as
her male complement. There are other
women in the cast. but 1t is Truly that fills
The bill and the eve.
This new musical comedy is .unny in
pots and ia built on a p Ian which was
originally utilized by Ptolemy Philadelphus
when he tried to make the Sphinx laugh.
But old plots wear WELL and in these perilous
times it ia better 10 have a sure thing than
10 take chances in an unsteady market.
The chief problem. as MIR. Broadhurst ex-
planned t. his after the second act speech,
was to open up the cracks in the story
vide enough to make room for Kerker's
three ply, Casino brand. musical numbers
Every one knows the sort Of tunes Kerker
composes. those tunes with the hop. skip
and jump at the beginning, followed by
a circular swoop and the sudden swatting
Of many drums. Ludwig Englsnder ID
jealous every time he hears one of them
bus he can't stay away when they have a
first night.
Kerker conducted the orchestra last
evening and things went smoothly and
with spirit in the musical department
Ia ~. Il nm x,,a vlr.<S ;f..F -
70 happy ending after Wise as frisky
millionaire had tried to pass himself of
for somebody else, had been taken for a
criminal fleeing from pursuing justice in
the majestic shape OF the imp osinG Truly
and had been captured by her in the rosy
chains Of Cupid ere yet the curtain could
hastily fall on the end of Act III.
Every one appeared to enjoy the pro-
ceedln gs and the newcomer in West Forty.
second street was voted welcome. No one
took il seriously as a work Of art and in this
every one was right. II is just one Of thoss
light trifies made for summer wear will
wash well and not shrink. Some Of the
other persons besides the generous Truly
and the rubicund Wise contributed some
thing to the sum Of delights. Lionel Walsh
depicted a burlesque British lord with
sufficient exaggerstion and William Bar.
rows added a point OF interest with his
delineation OF farce comedy bellboy.
There was plenty Of chorus. ana as i:
now the custom of choruses it danced
better than it sang IL also wore many
stockings where they could best be OBJ
served, On the whole. then. The Lady
From Lanes is just the sort OF thing that
people expect to see when they attend a
musical comedy in the evenings Of August