The sun., 1909-06-16
MOTOR GIRL" STARTS WELL
GE0RGTA CAME a FEATURE OF
TIE NEW LYRIC SHOW.
,iulan Edwards Has Contributed Some
Pleasing songs and Charles Smith
son an Amusin. BoOk--Cook and
Iorcnz the Plays Chlef Funm akers.

lorenz the Plays Cllef Funmakers
.The Motor Girl was produced last
nigh, al the Lyric Theatre and If the frs,
night reception it got is test Of it's fina,
suc,css it should have a prosperous run
TIE house was crowded and not single
number was allowed 10 pass without an
encore
The Motor Girl" is announced as
Frank Hennessy's musical comedy
The music is by Julian Edwards and the
book and lyrics by Charles j. Campbell
and Ralph NJ. skinner. There is just
enough plot TO keep ono wondering how
terrible tangle will become unravelled
and there are the usual chances for spe-
catics.
The plot hinges on the motor girl.
Dorothy Pare, who personates her brother
in order that she may drive car in a
road race in France. Dorothy (played by
Georgia Caine) gets into such trouble
that she induces the Countess Of Alien
s,eir TO change passports and names with
her. The Countess, who is a minor. is
hetrothed to the Duke Of Noodieberg. and
she runs away with the Dukes secretary
The Uhlans are out to arrest the runawa y
couple,
To make matters more complicated.
two prisoners escape from the jail. steal
the passports Of the Duke and his aide.
All, OF course, comes out right at the end
Dorothy Dare wins the race. Her brothers
chum falls in love with her, the Countess
eludes arrest until she is OF age and the
only one left is the Duke, Much OF the
fun is produced by James F. Cook and
John Lorenz. who are the escaped pris-
opers. In the second act Lorenz did a
clever dance that brought down the
house.
Miss Caine has several pretty songs
which she sang cleverly. She was in
good voice last night. Her song THE
Belle OF the Dairy Lunch was one Of the
hits Of the piece.
Elizabeth Brice was The Countess and
promptly made herself a favorite with
her songs "Wilhelmina," sung with a
chorus Of Dutch boys and girls, "ln
Philadelphia" with a chorus Of Quakers,
and I'm Old Enough to Think" In this
last song she sat on the shoulders OF two
Uhans and drove harnessed by long blue
and white ribbons the Quakers and others
Of the chorus
Dick WiHoughby, the chum who won
Dorothy. was played by Martin Brown.
He sang we'll and danced cleverly in a
little act introduced for his benefit. His
best song was What Can Fellow Do?'
George Pauncefort took the part Of the
Duke and George Majoroni was his aide.
When Dorothy was driven on the scene
first in a motor car the Burgomdster
wanted 10 arrest the chauffeur for ex-
ceedng the speed limit Of five and one
half miles an hour. "Chaufeurs. he ex-
planned. ARE to run down pedestrians
and 10 run up bills" and the audience
laughed.
The company is large one. There are
Dutch maids who dance in sa0ots. wait
resses who wore handsome silk gowns
Of blue embroidered with green,
oua.ers in sombre gray, American girls
dressed for the period in elaborate gowns
or dainty summer dresses, milk maids and
Uklans.
One Of the best songs OF the evening
WAS sung by The Duke early in the first
act. When We We're Twenty-one, and
i, was illustrated with tabieaux one OF the
rrettiest Of which was a minuet.
The play opens on the plaza Of the
Holland city OF Saardaam on Kcrmess
Day, and the costumes worn in this act
are all in keeping with the kermess. The
.econd act is in the salon Of the Grand
Hotel, Paris.