The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-27

be creditable to the best rehearsed bal /
let. the six dogs lay down. so that the
girls might dance a new figure
amongst them, like a Scotch sword
reel 1t was the absence of visible di
rection for their movements that gave
especial charm to the cOllies. Only
once did one anticipate a cue, so i'm
patient was he to sit up with paws eX
tended. When the audience insisted on
an encore, the dogs took it running
from one side OF the stage to the other,
making high leaps through the hoops
held by their partners.
This song was one of the oddities
in the extravaganza written by Mark
z. Swan in frank imitation of THE
Babes in TOyland" and THE Wizard
of o. and it has come TO the same
New York theatre that enjoyed its
greatest prosperity with those infantile
plays. We have for a heroine a little
girl who has wandered to the north
pole in search of Santa Claus work
shop. which looks much like the toy
land of earlier days, and has marching
toys and dancing dolls like it. And this
wide-eyed wanderer, resembling the
little girl who was blown away by a
Kansas cyclone to the wonderful land
of OF, meets a couple of chaps who are
as good to her, and as nfmble Of feet
and wit as were the Tin WOodman
and the ScarecroW of that little maids
adventures. One of these is the Candy
Kid in constant fear that his red and
white striped person may melt to
fluid and flow away; while the other
is a Jack-in-the-B Box. who naturally
dances and hobs about. They are. in
fact. "a vaudeville team named Bailey
and Austin, who work together with
delightful unity, whether they go mad
in dances or in humorous dittieS. IT
was to hear more of a song that had
reached the infOrmatory line that the
commOtiOn in the ocean was the cat
fish having kittens" that the audience
refused to let them go from the stage.
They came back many times 10 bow.
Then one bobbed his head in from
here and everywhere. The sharpest
eyes were fooled by what seemed his
marvellous agility to rush from one en-
trance to another so quickly-for the
back drop shook as though he ran past
it-when the trick was given away,
with a pretended accident by two men
made up to closely resemble the orig
inal entering from either side of the
stage simultaneously.
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The play is full of fun and surprises.
George W. Monroe is Aurora Borealis,
queen of the northern lights. but he is
enough his familiar Aunt Bridget to
be as amusing as ever. The queen
drives in to sing about her sea going
hack'-a coach with a sail on it. and
drawn by a donkey with humorous
ears. When the queen makes a speech
from her throne. and it gets scant at
tentiOn from her subjects. the donkey
indicates his own close attention and
varying approval or disapproval by his
ears. Finally, he becomes so pleased
that he appiauds heartily by stamping
with his hoofs. Then, too, there is a
big white Polar bear, that dances rag
cakewalks and is very cuddly with
pretty little Anna Laughiin as she
cooes a moonlight song of sentiment.
When the Candy Kid goes hunting the
bear he takes no rifle, but a portrait
of Roosevelt, which so terrifies the
beast that he surrenders without the
smallest resistance. But we are glad
no i'll comes to him, because he is such
genial bear. and quite the most en-
gaging of the stageful of dancers who
bring the first act TO a peculiarly live
ly finish. The dashing tune does not
come to an end with the fall of the
curtain, but clashes along for six cur
tain calls or more, for each of which
some novelty in the cake-waIk dance
is introduced. Sometimes the stage is
crowded with the glittering courtiers of
Queen AurOra's palace; sometimes the
bear and the little Eskimo maid are
ragtiming alone; sometimes six as
graceful and sprightly young men as
one often sees occupy it with no girls
to help them. Finally the whole crowd