The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-02
CORNELL AASQUES "NlSFIT'
vI >IrIL COWEDY OF UPSTATE
COLLEGE, BOYS PLEASES.


IL. third chorus girl from thu eft a.
~ 'aSsl Tho ensemble % This Misht
Nm the Cornell Masaus's musinal
...aady at the Waldorf last night. was a
-.,. NJ blonde named Bill Van Cott. with
- foot and q car condu ctor's voice
,! around this chonne WIS a Ned Way
IN chorus of Cornell boys who sang and
,.,Dced and cut up ilnks until an audience
81 ~. all the grand ballroom could hold.
srplaudsd 20 tho last curtain.
The Matt Man ~ an original piece
,v Prof &. p. Hirshfeld. rs. and J y o.
N.rslow. II MIR Hirshfeld wrote tho
fank. which contains a regular plot. and
Nr Winslow tho music. very entertaining
music. TOO The show has l'ssen doing n
rrInd Of one might stands at Elmira.
n !FAlo, Syracuse. Utica and Albany and
the performance last M ght on the stage
Of the Waldorf was tho last OF the season.
The Cornell alumni and alumne ha'l
entertained the principals and chorus 80
we'll IN the afternoon AMI evening that
,nme Of the stars and spubrettes were
..ts heating II back Ia 'heiT dressing
IONS To get ready for the show just
a. you pushed through the rod curtains
and got 20 the dressing ROOMS you heard
4. p. Kelly. the stage manager. scolCiing
ks the DICKENS But they greeted him
royfully with Has any one here seen
Kslly1' and began Ia climb into their
Wigs and dresses and silk stockings and
pumps.
Wills you stood by. thinking that Il
looked pretty much like a bunch 80 pm
fessionals getting into their makeup
and wrappings. you heard a bass voice
complaining bitterly that he couldn't
ind her corset
shut up. AiSsl You're sitting un a.
doomed a brunette who could have thrown
a hammer over a church.
I'd Williams. n. dark and petite. had
|ust HIS makeup huN and hints.d that the
Iohstar Who annexed Il had better come
across CT there wolld he doings In"
.aadIng man. J. Sloat FasSeti Jr. snn
Il the Congressman from Elmira. was
dressing and making zap IN the most
democratic fashion with the chorus
They kept leaving the door 81 the dressing
room open and young Mr.. Fasse't's lsl-
low, Close that door reached. n" doubt.
TO the downstairs barroom.
Prof. HiHachfeld. an artist with grease
paint, rouge and the p.ncils. was on his
kness making up Hindu dancing girls:
Buddhist priests. New York beauties and
all the other characters ~ the show
rlca motherlg woman whom the 'oys
allied Ma but whose name was Mrs.
n =. Dixie. and who was directing the
show. was here and there and all around
smoothing out troubles and telling IN"
bows to take IL easy And all the time
Voted alumni were butting in eNCite,ily,
Mailing the members Of the company and
Getting talcum powder and cold cream
n their evening dud-
Just before the first stage call came a
diRnified old gentleman With high hat
and fiuffy whisksrz came through the r"d
rurtAina looking for hrs -on Will Some
hndy had directed aim thai way
hour IN crimson jacket and haggv yellow
tFousers met him AZ the curtains. The
Old gentleman removed his hat and
owed very politely
Have YOU seen Will. miss D." ASKED.
will who7' said the lovely creature IN
= heavy bass.
Well. I'm laid IN" visitor and
talked out
one reason they were slow getting the
show stArt~d was b.>cau-- III" orchestra
hey hired hadn Z produced a has drum.
The only drummer on hand was m"fnh"r
q the Trap Drunrn"r- mon ana -aId
10 Couldn' { think Of h"aiing has drum
BIt they dug up hIg tontom ia the Wal
dorf some place. greatly Co IN" T"h.t - the
snow manager. 4 Iha-'' 81 the Ma-'iu"
The curtain went up AT "a luari"r "a
clock. with the court ~ IN" kayan nt
RaiputAnA Gneeling and chanting betor"
. great bronze -tatu" of Buddhh IN"
lot unWound qulcNly enough &" srit the
most jaded thcaireg ~ wash a
lard plot TO follow ana y "a-i I-rinltt''i
20 interfere with Mr.. Wn-4"N = Perfectly
good music and lyric-
pair Of Americans we're IN pretty
nicely az the kaJah's court. one ~ them
Dr. John HOpt-i ~ Sy7Hh, having gone
here because he f'lt b" was too hard up
Co. marry the daughter 81 Jams hnSh-
tonis. a New YORK plutncrat With nothing
uYt DT. SmIfh figured he had chance
ilr fame IN India and that with fam. and
a hatever he could grab on the side h"
night approach hdfh'rinf and papa
The other American vas TAomf- Ar''tH
Roche. who was IN IN" plot because the
ioc'or neeted feeder Just about the
tune that John H0i l-tns smith di-covered
taa secret - cutting up -iN old criminals.
already condemned 10 death. and turning
'.ern INTO a new young man by treating
H.. pI.,,rS IN retort along cam. Mil
.lnaIra Ru-hipynic and krtheriHc
VI - Rutherford PLAYED Name INC and
b.. made mp mighty well ~ a giri When
ta upened his mouth To read his first line
-. lot oos.. a deep ringing voice that sent
= L..