The Washington times., 1909-09-28
TOP OF MORNING"
SINGS MISS RING
And She Is Voted Mos.
Popular Irish Woman
by Audience.

A young woman of comely figure. who
dances just a little. whose face
lacks expression as far as the express
sion Of acting goes. sang several Irish
songs At the BelascO Theater last even
ing and marked the adding Of another
star to the American armament
The young woman was Miss Blanche
Ring. The show doesn't matter much
IL was called "The Yankee Girl" and is
described as a musical play in three
acts. George v. Hobart wrote the book
n lyrics and Silvio Helm composed
the music. a new Sousa march was in
troduced at the end of the second act.
but did not add greatly 10 the perform
ance.
Top Of the Morning was the new
stars greeting. The infectious quality
OF her manner rather than Of her voice
mas seldom shown 10 better advantage
than in this song. Her Irish broEue was
SO natural that she would have made
a good candidate for the most popular
i1sh woman had a ballot been taken
last evening.
She strengthened her claim when she.
Shanted Her Name Is Mary DOnohue."
But she was not all Irish. Louisiana
Lisabeth' might be termed a Southern
plantation character melody. but. in
pam Gn1iAcu il Is q coon song and
a corking good one. And 'Hypnotizing
Rag' another of the same kind, had the
distinction OF being the only feature of
the entire show that approached inn
~proprlety.
Miss Rings Singing.
Miss Rings methods are the same
whether she is Mary Donohue or a
Yankee girl Her body sways in time
10 the music. her feet mark time. too.
and she sings with as rather than at us.
she doesn't seem 10 be a star any more
han she did last year: she is Just a
GOOD fellow, who IS Joins her best to
amuse us Tor awhile.
once in a wtule some one else sings.
William Carleton scored in one song.
but had more acting 10 do thar singing.
Miss Dorothy JardOn employs q series
OF aluteratiVe wriggles and a pair of
eyes that Just won't behave TO portray i
native OF the republic of BrfIiantina
Miss Eva Francis. who is a wholly
chsrmlng ngenue. sang Poor old
Moon SO well that she deserved a hot
ter variety OF moonlight than the man
with the spotlight furnished her. with
a perfectly good moon this song would Z
aye ben a ny. This same filtered moon
light made Miss Rings complexion Look
CHASTITY. which IS going some.
one other part Of the setting that
ranked with the m~arked-down sun
beams was the little shin that camel
steaming INTO the Santo Rosa harbor at
the rate of about 200 feet every other
minute; II came on like a villain in the
ozark, haltingly, one step at a time.
sIealtiliy, as 10 were, and spoiled the
effectiveness OF a pretty tableau. These 1
things were probably incident TO a drst
nights performance, for the setting OF
THIS musical play is in unusually good
taste ana designed on "A lavish scale
The Office and courtyard or the III
Bfisa Hotel AFFORDS a vista of the bav
that is a gem in stage craft. and 81 the /
President saw the interior Of the Ameri-
can consulate he might want a new
White House.
Play Has a Plot.
The play has a plot. cut on a bias
II places 10 make room for the songs.
and hem-stitched TO keep the star on the
scene OF action II has TO do with con-
tracts-comic opera plots generally do
with the American millionaire. who /
is a-day overdue.
So there is a disguise-which is nc
cording 20 best form-and the part or the |
American millionaire Too Late IS taken I
by Harry Gilfoil. playing q young man
who has vocal limitations for an the
strange noises from a steamboats, wis
70 n penny-in-the-slOt music box.
Mr. GifOu furnishes some genuine com
The burden OF the acting falls 20
Lee kohlmar. who impersOnates a Ger
student. His character work is
above the comic opera standard.
me part OF CastrOba. president OF
Brtlhanttna. said to be cousin 70 an
onion. twice removed. is taken by Will
Burress, while William Halliday
and Peter Curlev, as secretaries Of fba I
Castroba regime, furnish more comedv. 4
II The Yankee Girl" is n sample OF
the new seasons comic opera. let Us
more Of the same kind. II Is clean. !
II IS clever, and the music. some said
asst night, was more catchy than Co
hans. j. r. HTLDERRAND
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