Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
prince of Parcheesi."

The much talked of operetta, the
Prince of Parcheesi, is to have its initial
production tomorrow night at the Belasco
Theater and will continue throughout the
week. The cast is headed by Mrs. p
Lee Philips and Miss Olga Converse
while thirty or forty debutantes assume
minor roles and fill up five or six attrac-
tive choruses.
The Prince of Parchees has three acts
every one of which sparkles with good
jokes. topical songs and ensemble num-
bers of high grade. Mrs. P. Lee Phil
fps. as the leading woman. plays the part
of a dashing widow who is looking for
No. ?. She finds him away off in the
Island of Parcheesi in the person of the
athletic son Of a governor of western
state. Doc Bunch. This character is well
portrayed by DR.. Alfred Hopkins. Miss
licences last year. has a prominent part in
this years production. She appears as
Sylvia Jones, a fascinating maiden. who
dances and sings In a manner that cap
the final act Miss Converse will
give fancy dance that will doubtless
prove one of the big hits of the show.
The comedy character part of Miss
Austin. the Boston schoolma'am is taken
by Miss Almyra Sessions. Miss Edith
spofford will appear in the role of XII.
kosan. the cunning Japanese geisha girl
who has the American naval officers fall
ing head over heels in love with her. Miss
Spofford will sing my Smiling Island
and give a native dance.
The leading tenor role is essayed by
Philip L. Scantling. naval officer, who
is torn by conflicting loves until Sylvia
finally wins out. The shaky old kind OF
the island Of Parcheesi is portrayed by
Charles G. Harris. while George O'Connor
will give a touch of real comedy to the
part of the trainer for Doc Bunch. The
role of the Prince of Parcheesi. who is con-
stantly becoming entangled with the roya
demijohn filled with royal booze. is taken
by Mr.. Frank B. Greene. Morven Thomp-
son will appear as Sheriff Stanley: LIE Roy
Cough. as Brooks. the breezy promoter
Harris NJ Crist as Lord Chamberlain
Robert Elmore as the admiral. Others
will be Miss Alice Goodwin. Miss Stone
Mrs. Randall Hagner. Miss Collins. DR.
Breckenridge Bayne. Britton Browne and
George Il. Seldom.
Perhaps the best features Of the opefetta
are the choruses of girls in a variety of
characters. First come the Alkali girls,
who. CARRIED in short skirts. rough shirt
waists and leggings. do number of
smart stunts. They are Miss Marcia Cur
tain. Miss Bessie Trescott, Miss Stephanie
Prescott. Miss Clochette Magruder, Miss
Margaret Woodward and Miss Sadie Muir
ray. Then come the dashing American
girls who will rival the best looking crowd
of show girls ever produced on New
York stage: Mrs. Randall Hagner. Miss
Vera Downing. Miss Helen Downing. Miss
Darlington. Miss Alice Shepard, Miss
Eleanor Ridgely. Miss Courtenay Collins
and Miss Lillian Stone. Six girls will do
a speciality dance as an accompaniment
to a coon song by Mr.. O'Connor. as fol-
lows: Miss Darlington, Miss Woodward.
Miss Bessie Prescott. Miss Stephanie
Trescott. Miss Murray and Miss Magruder
The Country Maids who come to town
and have an interesting experience with
some city chaps. are Miss Hemenway.
Miss Sutherland, Mrs. Cough. Mrs.
Wheeler. Miss Elizabeth Goodwin and
Miss Cole.
An unusually clever chorus comes on to
the tune of the "Old Time Girl sung by
Mr.. Cough. Miss Addie Slack and Miss
Loring, with hoopskirts and curls. are girls
of the colonial period; Miss Curtin and
Miss Hemenway are Fluffy Ruff1e girls
Miss Stafford and Miss Sutherland are
Indian maidens; Miss Stone and Miss Col
Inns are smart Partisan girls. and Mrs.
Hagner and Miss RidgAy are stunning
Gibson girls. properly bored.
The Too Zoos are cute little geisha girls
who sing. dance and use tiny fans in true
oriental fashion. They are Miss Add1e
Slack, Miss May Slack. Miss Bessie Ses-
sions. Miss Padelford. Miss Marguerite
Morse. Miss Milliken. Miss Edna Ear
tougher Miss Elizabeth Goodwin, Mrs.
Cough. Miss Stafford, Miss Alice Down
ing, Miss Portner and Miss Dunbar.