The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11

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When the Motor Girl rounded the
curve at the Grand last evening. there
were two kinds of sirens, the siren
OF the vehicle which goes the speed
limit In point OF attractive settings
ana introductory music, and more
than all of these. that fascinatinb
siren of musical comedy land Miss
Adele Ritchle. Miss Ritchie is flag
rantly two In one, she is singer and
she is graceful Just which to-be-
desired quality Is in the ascendant
none other than seasoned artist
could discern. Suffice IL to say thai
tne mixture Is right to keep the mot
OF going In a way to please, and AT
times to inspire great applause from
the onlookers at the race for the cup
of public approval
BE 1t said of Miss Ritchie that she
Is perfectly at home in her work. IL
Is merely sort of play hour in which
she frlvols ad skips and sings for her
owh amusement, apparently oblivious
of the sea OF faces which the twink
ling star usually seeks to make all a
ripple with laughter or tears as the
case may be. Miss Ritchie proceeds
to have good time and the result is
that everybody is imbued with the
spirit of the thing and catches the
contagious fun.
The story is something about two
escaped prisoners masqucradlng as
tha ,cbameurs of the motor girl In or |
der to avoid capture, a cup offered |
by n Partisan committee for the |
speediest motor car and the attempt !
of Dorothy Dare" (Miss Ritchie) tu |
capture 1t in order to advertise her |
brothers brand of motor, an clipping |
countess and her devoted sweetheart, |
how Arthur Dare. the brother. plans
to marry his sister to u New York |
chum, Dick Wllloughby" (Bert Won |
Klein) and--well mix all these
thoroughly and you have a maze such |
as defics the best fathomer of plots
who ever occupied a play-rcadng !
desk. But that does not prevent many
and tuneful song numbers creeping in
between the pages and filling out the
empty spaces between continuity and |
more continuity Miss Ritchie has the
chosen ones, her "Just Supposed You
Loved Me" with Bert Won Klein be-
ing one of the first of these. Mr.
Won Klein Is n spritely and buoyant
Juvenile, who wears his clothes with
the true Broadway swngger and
makes love at II ninety y-horsepowcr
clip.
Adelaide Sharp, the "Wilhelmina"
OF the story, is awfully good fun Civ
ing vent to some bits of awkardncss
truly convulsing. Louise, the eloping
countess of Altestein, is darkly pret
ty vivaclous. and sings with a capti-
waiting verve. Her I'm old Enough
To Think" was one of the picturesque
and unique bits of the evening.
james +. Cook and John Lorenz
lately of vaudeville, were the lint of
all possibilities in the speed line
breaking It's own record on the fun
stuff. If only the chorus would have
stayed away for a while, one might
have awakened to the fact that they
were witnessing one of fieith's or Will
liam Morris feature comedy acts. The
insertion of pure vaudeville in musi-
cal comedy has come to be "A practice
much in evidence, and If the pres
ence OF such comedians as Cook and
Lorenz may be taken as criterion
the innovation is a happy one.
Perhaps the keen edge of the per
formance was trlfle dulled last even
ing by the news that Il volcanic up.
heaval had occurred in the power that
Keeps the "Motor Girr' on her way
II Is rumored that Frank Hennessy
for years the inseparable companion
or the Shuberts, has gone over to the
1Slaw and Erlangcr forces, another
theatrical man to feed the Unsuitable
appetite of the trusts. Just why Mr.
Hennessy friend and Almost brother
OF the men at the head of the Indc.
rendents should desert the ranks Is
not known, and probably Will never
be known. Undoubtedly the show will