The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-19
THEATRICAL NOTES
"The Mayor of Laughland. :

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Tom Waters, who is appearing this
season under the direction of Fred G.
Nixon rdlinger. the astute young
manager of the Nixon q Zimmerman
attractions. has the reputation of be-
ing the somewhat different" Irish
comedian. Singularly enough he is
not an Irishman at all. hut a Welch-
man. However, he is a thorough stu
dent of all races and a character i'm
personator whose Photographic ac-
curacy makes each type he presents
a convincing personality. Irlshmen
are his natural choice, perhaps, be-
cause they give free rein TO his bouy-
ancy of spirits and offer larger
field for the merry quip and jest that
mark the celt's character Mr. Wa
tiers as Michael Ignatius OFlynn. the
mayor of Laughland. is royalty a
loyable person, with none OF that
grotesqueness OF makeup that so oft
en- distorts rather than accentuates
the peculiarities OF the Irish physiOg-
nony. In other words O'Flynn. the
Mayor OF Laughland, is your true.
lun-lovng, free-hearted and frsa-
handed son Of the old sod who is
ready to take a joke as well as per
petrate one The story of the comedy.
1.-THE Mayor Of Laughland." in which
Waters appears at the Kentucky, may
be briefly told. OFlynn discovers
that his daughter Is about to elope
with the son of his arch political enc
my. Herman schultz. Jimmy, the
bell hoy of the hotel that O'Flynn con-
ducts, is pressed into the scheme and
helps the couple get away in an au-
tomobile- The balance 'of the piece is
devoted to various plans to secure
OFlynn's approval of the marriage.
He finally falls in a trap and is forced
10 admit defeat Thus all ends hap
PLY. and all the old feuds are forgot
ten in a grand family reunion. Not
mach of plot to be sure. but sufii-
Gent to maintain the liveliest kind Of
interest and incidentally permit the
introduction OF numerous specialties
and big musical numbers. Otto Koer-
ner, the veteran German comedian, is
seen as Schultz. while Jimmy Short,
bell hop, is played in inimtable man
ner by Major Casper Nowak. the
twenty-eight inch comedian who has
so long been associated with Mr.. Wa
tiers. Walter V. Milton is seen to adj
vantage as a peripatetic Thespian,
while Charles Fulton looks and sings
the part Of the young lover to perfec-
ton. Pretty little Bessie Morrill, is
the soubreette and May V. Waters,
the stunning Mrs. O'Flynn. Other
Other clever people in the east are
William Burdlne. Elaine ID. Gilbert,
Belle Turner and Kitty Murray.
"The Red MILL"
"The Red MIL" fresh from its tri-
umphs at the Knickerbocker theater,
New York City, where IL held forth
for an entire year, will be presented
here at the Kentucky on March 23.
The musical comedy the joint work
of Henry Blossom and Victor Herbsrt.
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admirable company, proted the fourth
consecutive success in which these
clever comic opera builders have cob
Elaborated. The field of action of
"The, Red MIL" is laid in Holland.
The first scene, an exterior, shows
the red mill of the story at the edge
of the little village in Holland. The
lsecond scene, an interior, gives us a
look at the home of a well-to-do Burg
omaster All the people of the story
|are Hollanders, with the exception of
two heroes who are New Yorkeps and
are stranded in the lOwlands