The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-22

The war-lord waits impatiently past the appointed hour for the geisha to come to him. He doesn't know that the vampire cat has caught and absorb ed her; and when the cat arrives, look ing like the geisha, the war-lord is gulky over her tardiness and won't en- joy her. Then the blend of demon cat and siren girl demonstrates the poten- ey Of the mixed blood. The creature dances the sensualist's blues to a rose- ate hue, coaxes him and scolds in pan tomine. leases and vexes him, and final ly. with leap that is a cats and D dancers both in one, fastens on the man as he lies on a couch, and we would see the vampire gorge itself on human blood but that the curtain comes down.
 It seemed to me that I might have got a little more horror for my two dollars. Still, it was a haunting snow. True, the woman looked less like geisha than a mother of geishas; and to avoid the appearance or heavy weight matron, If she had worn her black hair in e solid. black. pompa- doured coihure. as geishas invariably do she let 1t fall down her back in a hope to produce & girlish effect; yet her artful enticement of the man, her tricks of alluring sensuality, and her final spring upon his prostrate form, were a wonderful compound of a wo- mans deviltry and cats play with q doomed victim.
 A thrill went through me when, stretching out her fingers hooked like claws. treading on bare feet noiseless as paws, and with a sudden facial change from a sirens wiles to a beasts ferocity, she bounded on the prostrate man. Oh, why was 1t that couldn't let it go at that? But, no. I had to think how funny 1t would be If the whole weight of heavy Mrs. Fuji-Ko should land plump on the war-lord and force a big grunt out of himl Fat is so hard on fancy.
 Down to date by contract with those Grecian and Japanese pantomimes. and up to date in low-price imitation of high-price musical farce, iB "Too Many Wives" Like it's model, 1t has an idea if not 90 much as a plot. A wealthy mans spendthrift nephew is ordered to mend his bachelor ways by becoming a husband; so by mall he de- clares himself a bridegroom and ob- tains more money. The uncle comes to see the bride. To get out of the plight. the rogue induces a maiden to pretend she Is his wife. 4 string of farcical incidents rise from that deception. The play was written. surmise, with some popular comedian in view, but failed of that purpose. and was relinqufshed to a company touring the cheaper the- atree. Thus New Workers who can spare half dollar oftener than e2, are getting a much better composition than they are accustomed to, and those who don't count their money closely, may see how good materoal is deliv- cred by company scant in talent. Mind you, too. this show gives good value for It's price.
 Joe Morris is a little man with a big voice, and I think it is Irish by birth. but he has turned it from a brogue for stage use to the accent from vaudeville to tho head of this company, and so the uncle is an Israeli ite of the exaggerative stage type. That caricature usually sings nothing but parodies, but as it is desirable to utilize all of Joe's talent ,and as he used to be a singing Irish comedian before doing the Jew, he now let's his really excellent voice go in old Irish ballads. He enters in the makeup of the comic Jew but playing Irish tunes on bagpipes, and in a monologue he tells his rough experience in that guise and employment at a wake. That leads up to his singing of Irish melo- dies to the audiences delight.
 The striking peculiarity of ''Too Many Wives" as performed Is the youngness of its company. doubt if any member except Joe Morris Is more than 20, while the chorus girls and boys don't average above IT. The authors put in the usual amorous and ugly old maid to be guyed. and to avoid the salary of a time-tried acc tress, the part is played by a young fellow sufficiently grotesque and aero