The sun., 1909-06-15
NOW TIE FOLLlES OF 1909
zTEGFELDS ANIMAL REVUE
SEEN on THE NEW YORK ROOF.
,ne show This Year Falls to Arouse the
,.cd.ence. Though Ushers and waters
Work Hard-Nora Bayes, Jack Nor.
worth and bessie Clayton Win Praise.

.cd.ence. Though Ushers and walters
Work Hard--Nora Bayes, Jack Nor.
worth and bessie Clayton Win Praise.
rvery known variety OF girl was gath
,red on one roof last night when the Zieg-
,eId Revue OF the Follies Of 1909" opened
,heseason at the Jardin de Paris, ,familiarly
tnowp as the New York Roof. Whatever
varieties may have been lacking on the
stage we're supplied In the audience,
where all the show girls in town who
weren't working had gathered to watch
their sisters work.
They worked, too. those girls. every
one If them. just as no one else but a
summer show chorus girl is known to
work. And if you think it is such a
snap. just try it the first hot night OF the
,ummer with few pounds of false hair
10 start with, thick layer of makeup
and finally a costume of varying degrees
nj warmth which must be changed some
half dozen times at top speed in the in
tsrysls Of dancing. And remember that
all the time you must smile.
But in spite of the girls. an unusually
pretty collection and in spite OF the beauty
and elaboration Of the various stage
settings. the piece lacked much of the
snap that people have learned 10 expect
from the Ziegfeld revues. The music
~asn' anything in particular and in spite
OF the earnest and united efforts Of ushers
and walters there wasn't single song
that will go down to fame as the hit of
1909
The burlesques We're so very burlesque
that many people didn't seem to under
stand wha: they were all about, Besides
the troubles Of rival opera managers were
doubtless very funny last winter some
time, but things move fast, and opera
wars are soon forgotten. The same
with the adventures OF the hunter in
Jungle!and. After the cartoonist, the
magazine humorist and every other
wie!der OF pen and pencil had exhausted
the subject it isn't wholly edifying to be
obliged to sit through even half an hour
more Of il on hot night,
While Mr. Roosevelt and Kaiser Will
helm divided the honors Of the first act.
Shakespeare and Miss Anna Held were
the equally notable combination in the
second, which was desi gned to show the
ereat superiority OF the entertainment
offered by the latter.
To Miss Nora Bayes must go the honors
Of really starting something, for until her
entrance in the first ect the piece Jagged
pretty badly. But her song Mad Opera
House" and more particularly Miss Bayes
herself. picked things up and gave them
the first real push toward success. Jack
Norworth was another who helped along.
His Dear Old Father" sung in the jungle
scene. while not thing that any one else
would be apt to sing brought laugh
from every one.
Miss Bessie Clayton danced so beauti-
fully that every one regretted that she
didn't do more OF it. Her encores were
the kind that had nothing OF the made
10 order brand about them.
The aeroplane scene, whilesno novelty.
was very pretty and effective and helped
things along
The stage pictures, msny OF them.
were most elaborate and while there
were no especially striking novelties
they were for the most part satisfactory.
The Jungle scene was carefully put on
and the human animals who inhabited
It we're more than ordinarily amusing.
The finale Of the first act, The Grandest
Navy OF the World" was another scene
on which no end OF time and effort had
been spent. But in spite of al! this the
audience did not seem to rise to the piece.
"A summer audience has the reputstion
Of being easily satisfied. but this gather
ing-from Diamond Jim Brady's stag
line party, that reached aero ss the whole
front Of the ouse. to the last man in the
last row was as chilly as though it
vere the first night Of a Shakespearian
tragedy. The piece was no worse than
most summer shows and considerably
better than many OF them. but the house
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