The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-05

Job. too. That shakes him wide awake
though, and he becomes sufficiently he
country puts back a crown on his head
country puts back q crown on his head.
There Is q young American hustler
too. who chums In with this king in
exile, goes to Bosnia with him, be-
comes a power behind the throne, be-
HAYES as American hustlers do. at homo
or abroad, in reality or fiction, and
wins out with the audience. Moreover,
there Is another European kings run
away daughter, the one whom the play
title calls such a little queen" and
she IL for<awhile a work girl in New
York with the banished ruler. Her
good behavior in bad luck is highly
applauded.
Charming Pollock, the author, says
that, as Louis Philippe was a tutor In
New York. Louis Napoleon a music
teacher In Hoboken and Garibaldi q
candlemaker on Staten Island. he 10
warranted In creating q Stephen ~.
of Bosnia to live awhile in q Harlem
cheap flat. knock about in Broadway
and be character In romantic COM
edy.
We have star actors in a NTH new
play-oh, yes. Thomas Heath and
james Mcintyre, and likely as not their
names, printed that way, don't Instant
" identify them as the Mcintyre and
Heath negro Ministries, who, as a fat
coon and a slim wench, made you
laugh with a sketch Of sassy young
washerwoman captured by an army Of
ficer's darby serving man in military
guise, and scared into AFFECT obedience
In a ludicrous drill. 1t was black
ened and broadened travesty Of THE
Tanning of the Shrew." WE'LL that
vaudeville brevsty is embedded In Nc
Intyre and Heath in "HaytL" why? Not
to save cost or work In making the
play altogether new; for this Is one of
those ornate shows that hli 9 stage
over and over with girls to sing 3and
dance in freuueAt shifts OF exquisite
and not durable costumes. 1t is an
.oft-proved fact that people like to
see repetitions by comedians who make
them laugh. How many times did you
see Joseph Jefferson as the tipey Rip
and the craven ,Bobf There Is the
same reason for using Mcintyre and
Heath's old musket and washboard
fooIery along with the fresh fun In
the play that John J. Mentally has
originated for them.
Ana who would dare to put forth
play of negroes without making some.
thing out of their appetite for chickenF
In that matter, however, McNally mas
rendered the old racial banker picto-
rial. When Mcintyre and Heath come
into view Win stoiou AO"tD' SSs
followed by a stately Marian Stanley,
who sings a ballad in praise Of chick
en-. and she by a dancing chorus OF
girls whose backs are tailed with
feathers. and whose arms and legs
flap and scratch. like hens wings ana
feet at feed time. 1t Is most anus
ing display; Of showgtrls. AND polite-
too. There are ,devisers of such antics
who couldn't have RETAINED from max
nraffU nantOmlmlBIB
strut and cackie over the laying OF an
egg. ,..,,
distinctly of the smart and fast sort;
vet n gave no sign of missing the sa-
lacious things too often done In Amer
lean extravaganza, and was deiighted
by a clean song of lovers In pampoo
lane;" also. especially by patrio.Io
ballad with a throng of Libertys up
lifting their torches to a semblance OF
the big statue in our harbor OF Liberty
EnliRhteninE the World. Another
song and chorus sent many loveslck
couples meandering in and out, as
usual, ad 1t had the silly refrain Love
me Just as Romeo loved MS Juhet
but the scene was pretty, and the
schwartz air was so easy melody
~. half the women were humming
n sentimentally as they dispersed with
their escorts to the disenchanting mid
night restaurants.
1t is a satisfaction to see voluntary
decorous beauty show at time WHEN
the police undertake no sincere re-
straint on stage license, and the latest
court orders on the subject--that tive
notorious half nude dancers shall cover
their knees with imitation Of skin
is taken as Joke. BY the way. 1
ought to mention that In Hayti Is
plotted play. Mcintyre and Heath are
darkies who go to the negro repuplic
&c ravolutionists and suffer comic vi
cissitudes.