The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-13
TIE TALK OF NEW YORK
Bic cotan Show Hers Friday Might
Made Great t4it Before Royalty
at Winnipeg.

II winnipeg Free Press: The Walker
theatre has seldom presented more
brilliant appearances than ii did lasf
night when The. Talk Of New york
was produced in the presence of their
excealencies, Earl and Countess GREY.
| In the vice-regal box, which waa
\ draped with union Jacks and other
national flags - On the entrance
Of the vice-rcgal party the national
anthem was played, the audienca
standing. At the conclusion Countess
Grey and Lady Mcmillan were pres
enoed with handsome bouquets Of
roses by Manager @. r. walker.
The Talk Of New York A. vary
neatly the best ge-nanawed piece
that has ever been seen at the walker
CT any other theatre I'm Wlnniner
and by this mean particularlv tfe
work OF the chorus AS a rule Choir
uses march about thu atnra ls,ra
regiment ON parade or run Co the
other extreme and behave like q foot
pan scrimnage In the piece under
review they move ABOUT like human
people and not like a mock Of sheen.
The na@n and girls show individuality.
they walk about in two and threes
and sing and lock natural. The girls
DO not resemble 50 nsany doils. bat
are bright. jolly looking lot ana
sing fairly wen, while the boym in
the chorus deserve unstinted praise
both for their singing and intelligent
acting
Other features of the piece are that
from the frst line to the last there a.
no suggestive words, no double mean.
Ing and that the costumes OF the r4rta
are as decent as they are becominw.
and that the movements OF the wear
ers is above all reproach. That the
huge house applauded the play to the
echo, laughed good, healthy, honest
iaugnters that one act received fof,r
ana another six curtain calls, goes 20
prove that local audience enoys this
class OF entertainment and doas NOT
want the tenderloin element intro
duced.
Fascinating is hardly the word 10
apply to g man, but It Ia verv neariv
the only one which quite describes
victor Moore. He has a charm about
MIN which appeals to one greatly.
HIS soft, low, almost sleepy voice ac-
centuates the slang singing and witty
talk with which George Cohan has
provided him. and one can fully rea-
nze the fact that the clever author
composer wrote the play especially
for Mr.. Moore. He has that which |
stamps any actor, be he traGedian mr. |
comedian as an artisan utter an |
sence OF self-conscfousness For the
moment he is Kid Burns. the gnod- |
hearted racecourse tout. who has
made fortune-Victor Moore has 5ia- |
appeared. Burns philosophical utter /
ances in the vernacular OF the race |
course are simply delicious MANY NJ |
them being received with shouts Of |
laughter. Mr.. Moore's quiet ana
quantity way OF singing makes his |
songs doubly effective, the best being
When Fellows On The Level with /
a Girl That's on the Square, Under
Any Old Flag. clever both as regards
words and air. and Gee, Amt / Glad
I'm Home. The British nag. and then
the British and A lericarl together
were received with shouts Of applause
As regards the support the critics.
work Is easy, for he can have nothine
but praise to bestow. Little Afiss
Charlotte Grey made dainty figure as
Geraldine Wilcox. Miss Grey was here
he summer OF last year at the walker
theatre with the John c. Fisher onAra
company and I'm ingenie parts wa one
II the most popular members of the
company. John Conroy as Martin Me-
Fadden, the man who is ALWAYS want K
ID at the bar, and George ODonnell 4
u Dudley Wilcox materially aratsta5 {
he star, both being very capable a.
5ors, the latters singing of DRINK vvI41, Z
Ne, earned several encorew. L
Miss Mae Phelps has q fne wta~a !
presence and the upper register of her :
,oice mas some very pretty notes in it.
Miss Emma Ldttlefleld has a graceful
'as seul In the second act. Others de-
serving special mention are William 4 =
Williams as joe Wilcex and y. smith 2
Maria as Freddie Stevens. BESIDES 1
dr. Moore's songs other hits were
When We Are M-A-double- R-T-F&n =
Jung oy Miss Phelps and Mr.. Williams
ma Burning up the Boulevard.
lasning and inspirfting melody well
endered by Miss Phelps.
Inc scenery Is uneOmmcnly wei ]
lone. The nrst act shows the Batting
ing &C SheepShaa6 Ear race track. the
econd, the efface Ct the Hsteg Astor.
ne third an open afr restaurant, which
las Nest nelooramaa4se ccneimmscn,
.no the fcurTA. tina extcrier % ND
surnS homo
AT the end Of o@s OF tire acts. IL re-
'ponse 70 repeated calls OF speech. >
ar. Moore made neat little address.
which he told I'm humorous fashion
4 his early struggles and his gradual
Use TO stardom. The evening eloaed
q it had opened. By the singing ~
sod Save the King, all present re-
standing until the -rawaf
'arty had retired from the box
The Talk OF New York viii deaarv
'dly become the Talk Of winnInenv
md It's three dayF visit win Be- fond
III too short TO accommodate al fbe
leople who will want 10 50 a 80