Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-09-26
A MUCH KISSED MAN
ANY Man Should Be Willing To Swap
Jobs With RAYMOND Gilbert Who
Samples Kisses From Pretty
Girls In The Soul Kiss

| If there's any man in town who saw
the performance at the Colonial
Theatre Saturday matinee and night,
and isn't willing to swap jobs with
Maurice, the sculptor in The Soul
Kiss" otherwise Mr.. Raymond Gil
BERT he's a funny man, and we'd like
| to know him. Those who are willin
like Barkus, hold up their hands.
Don't all speak at once, one at time
please.
Mr.. Gilbert's part in the cast may
have grown monotonous, but he's the
much-kissed man, for the samples more
kisses to the square inch in small
fifteen minutes than even a girl in
Lovers Lane could hope for with
the greatest fusser at the Naval
Academy in a whole June Week.
And Mr.. Gilbert hasn't real kiss
able mouth Ito all Appearances eth
er, but OSCILLATION is the component
part of his job.
He's a young man looking for
1.-The Soul Kiss" not the cold imita-
ton, stage affair or the goodnight,
papa -or-mama kiss. He wants the
real thing, that comes from the soul,
all wool and yard wide, guaranteed
not to fade in the wash-not the tame
kiss. Oh, MOI There are kisses and
kisses, many limitations. but only one
genuine kind, and this Maurice, the
sculptor, was on the hunt for.
]. Lucifer Mephisto did all in his
power to aid the young man, and
thereby hangs the tale. But The
Soul Kiss" is one of those delightfully."-
musical ensembles with scarcely
semblance of plot. At any rate, if
plot there is, it is of such nature
that one is not troubled with brain
storm untangling its threads. While
Mr.. Gilbert is not the handsome de-
bonnaire matinee idol one would ex-
pect to see with kissing bee-like
that thrown on his hands, he is &C
ceptable in the part. He's really the
angel of the show.
Miss Dale, as Suzette, is an Eng
lish girl, dainty and sweet, with a
musical voice of rare sweetness and
melody.
Mr.. Van, as Mephisto, works hard,
and deserves much credit. His songs
That Wasn't All" and Wonder
Where They'll Go To" were especially
good, the latter depicting the place
of punishment for the girl or woman
who sits in front of you at the thea
ire, removes her hat, but has hay
stack of hair, through which and
over which it is impossible for you to
see the stage or anybody on it.
Mr.. Thomas A. Conkey, cast as
Ketchim Short, of Wall street, was
mostacceptable as the breezy young
American. Mr.. Conkey is good looking,
graceful and typical American. He
is always easy and natural, and his
hands don't bother him bit. He is
typical matinee idol and just the sort
to get the girls ''crazy about him."
His songs The Human Night Key
of New York" and college Yells,"
in which he gave the Navy big send
off made great hit.
One of the best characters in the
cast Saturday night was Mr.. Nanny
Foard, as Sol Skevinsky, the Jew,
travelling for pleasure. Mr.. Foard is
Mr.. Lewis's understudy, and the for
mer proved himself most capably and
acceptably cast.
Dollie Barlow, the dancer, is
pretty. chic and graceful. 1t is she
who is the object of the soul kiss. i'm
printed on her dainty hand. not her
lips. The cast throughout is excel
ent the costumes fetching and the
scenery we'll set and attractive.
A unique feature of the program is
"Those Musical Girls" who number
twelve in ballet with bells on their
fingers and bells on their toes. The
bells are manipulated in tuneful
melody, while the girls stand, but
more especially when they lie down
and shake leg.
The piece de resistance was the
hunting chorus in which Dollie Bar
low and chorus initiates "off to the
hounds in graceful and realistic
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