The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06
"The Candy kid.v

In these prosaic days the seriousness of the heavy dramatic productions needs something in the way of relief and the latest Lem B. Parker musical drama fills the bill nicely. It Is entitled "The Candy Kid" and in 1t the Kilroy & Britton company present MT. Raymond the rising young singing comedian, who captivated his audiences last season. He has part that gives him wide scope to display his fine singing voice and versatility. It is the title role, which, although it sounds somewhat slangy, is simply a nickname given the principal character. Eddy Edson is his namo; but he rarely hears it. He is an orphan with a princely inheritance, the idol of his fellow students at Yale; youthful globe trotter who is never seen without two mysterious little pickaninnies tagging silently at his heels. These two little black mysteries carry constantly two suit eases. The Candy Kid" has one hobby, the invention of rapid fire gun that can be carried in an ordinary suit case.
 The series of dramatic events which made the Candy Kid famous opens on the campus at Yale on the opening day of his final term at college Bonnie Bosworth, daughter of the American consul to the United States of Columbia, is just entering on her first term at Yale, and in the absence of her father, who is at his consulate in Columbia, her brother, Robert Bosworth, a captain of United States marines, gets leave of absence to see his sitter installed at college.
 Emanuel Lopez is the son of President Lopez of the United States of Columbia, and is student at Yale. Coral Reeves, an adventures, who is madly in love uJifh Erna l. ous apartments in New Haven and finds goodly profit in heecng students whom she entertains at so-called social functions in her drawing rooms. Emanuel Lopez has met Bonnie Bosworth at her fathers consulate in Columbia and Is desperately in love with her. They meet on the campus at Yale.
 "The Candy Kid" is staged with an exceptional scenic environment, massive and master work of the scenic artists S art The story of the play is highly sen sational and takes the audience for a tour from the United States to South America and there is not a dull spot per- mtted at any time during the trip.
 Among the important scenes introduced are the following: Campus grounds at Yale college in New Haven, Conn.," "A prominent hotel in New York city, Seventh avenue and cathedral parkway entrance to Cathedral park, New York. v "The great dock, East river, New York city," "An immense crane in operation" !" 'Home of the American consulate, Colum- bia, South America
 The mechanical effects are decidedly original and the final act which shows the American consulate's home In Co., lumbia actually torn to pieces by shells from the battleships In the harbor, is called marvelously realistic stage con trivance.
 The music is all special and was written by w. R. Williams, who has won promi- hence for his airs possessing happy swing Those which are making a hit in 'The Candy Kid' are called: Hark to the Scream of the Eagle," Take Your Hat Off To the United States Marines" ''The Past, the Present and the Future q Would Like To Feather Nest for You" "They Call Me the Candy Kid" q Am the Captain of Baseball Nine" "College Boys and Girls, and several others which give Ray Raymond and his bon-bon girls ample opportunity to be musically agreeable, while the other mem bers of the company assist in keeping the story moving and the interest throughout alive.