The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-16
Weekly Dramatic Review
Blu William S. Breuer

NEW YORK, July 16.-The manag-
ers of the London music halls have beer
"stung!" Eva Tanguay, she of the
lightning changes and naughty, naugh-
ty eye, will not wink at the stage-door
Johnnies and front row bald-heads and
sing Il Don't Care" for she did not
sail for London yesterday as sched-
| ,ish engagements to appear under
Florence Ziegfeld's management in
"The Follies of 1909" Miss Tanguay
says after all she prefers little old
New York, so London will not have an
opportunity to see her in all her glory.
And Eva, in all her glory, as every
knows, is about the most ~serumptous
sight that the eyes of man may gaze
upon, and not go blind. She takes the
place of Nora Bayes, who has been the
star of the show since it opened a
month ago, but who has been suffering
recently from a rather severe attack
of nervous Rrostration. which has in
terfered with her work. In fact, Miss
Bayes has not been seen in Che COM
pany for more han a week, except
for one appearance last Saturday
night, when she sang only one song
and found it impossible to continue.
Miss Bayes, it is understood, is anx-
ious to take a long rest. Her with
drawal takes Jack Norwoth out of the
show. as they We're engaged under a
joint contract. Miss Bayes received
a salary of $1,000 a week. and her hus-
band received 5000 a week. Miss Tan
week-How much more F. Ziegfeld, Jr., j
manager of the company, would not
say last night.
Miss Tanguay's star appears to be in
the ascendancy. Mr.. Ziegfeld declares
that if she proves the success he ex-
poets, he will have a musical comedy
written for her next season.
Lew Fields production of THE Mid
night Sons at the Broadway theater
with Blanche Ring has beer popularity
classified as the most gigantic musical
comedy entertainment that has ever
been given inside the four walls of
that theater Although there AS a dash
of daring and high life implied IN the
title of "The Midnight sons" the char
acter of the entertainment is neverthe-
less one of absolute purity and inoffen-
songs and dances which are heard and
seen in the performance lies in their
novelty and in their uniqueness.
Blanche Ring, Lolita Faust, Norman
Brown, Linden Beckwith. George Mon
roe, Fritz Williams and other we'll
known players make up this wonderful
cast and contribute to the enormous
success of "The Midnight Sons"
Chief among the new vaudeville fea-
lures is Mile. Dazzle in her dancing
pantomime called "L'Amour de TAR
tist," at Keith & Proctor's Fifth Ave-
nue. theater. Ten persons are used
in the production. The first scene is
a street in the Montmartre section and
the second is the studio of the artist
in the case, who is played by Frand
Reicher. Mile. Dazzle appears in the
first scene as a flower girl, and a wo-
who has the ungrateful name of
or the bill and who is played
by Lillian Lovett, becomes jealous of
her. In the second scene the flower
girl exchanges her first act costume
for the red tights, red stockings nd
red ballet skirt of a dancer and dances
before the artist, only to be killed by
the Another person for her trouble.
The production is elaborate and
pleasing and Mile. Dazzle is-Mlle. Da-
zie.
There are only four other indoor en-
nov running for summer
They are 1.-The Motor
Girl ;" with Miss Georgia Game as star;
with James Powers in the
role; 1.-THE Beauty Spot" in the
story and songs of which Jefferson De {
Angels n Miss Marguerite Clark fig s