The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-12
THINGS DOING IN GOTHAM
By FRANKLIN FYLEs.

II Ew YORK. June 1.-THE first
~ two Of the summer plays OF fun
and song. dance and frolic. are not
brand new: for one is a musical farce
made Of two buriesques. while the
other IS a reproduction Of a Gilbert
g. sullivan comic opera.
BurlcsQue as observed i'm new eX-
amplcs was defined two weeks ago In
this correspondence. and the lessened
difference between IL and musical
farce was pointed out People famil-
lar with the costlier form Of extrava-
CANA In Broadway may there. this
week. contrast IL with the cheaper
and not go 90 the Bowery 20 do f.. I
described The Magic Ring" and The
Merry Whirl" as containing ingenious
originality as we'll as impudent pla-
Eiarism. also. a team Of Glowing
comedians. Moore and Morton. who
were surprising duplicates of Mont
Ecmery and Stone. The new funny
fellows were strangers from who
knows where. and the similarity Of
their fooling as a viviicd snow man
and n clock I'm The Magic Ring" TO
that Of the older team as scarecrow
and n tin man IN The Wizard Of o."
amazed all who recalled the initiated
Erotcsquc Of the original caricatures
Well. the lift that was good for
play out OF IT'S place I'm the burlesque
circuits. FOR e has been ruled OF the
burlesque route because the show Is
grabbed for the summer by = big
Broadway theatre. That violated a
contract. so Il seems: but syndicate
Commissions and abrasions don't make
themes for me: and j am going 20 tell
you only about the blend OF "The
Magic Ring" with a burlesque con
tanning fresh stuff. The Merry
Whirl." TO make up a musical farce.
The two pieces are now given without
vaudeville spcCialties between. and the
time saved by that departure from
burlesque usage Is devoted to Florence
May.
Bruiser -. Fair Girl
When "The Merry whiri" was
burlesque. May merely stepped out
from a row Of six tall. straight. smart
Eowned customers I'm a dressmaker's
shop. had n brief dialogue with the
boss. and led the chorus in a MARBLE
and wabble 20 show how the stars fell
in love with the moon. May was
young. pretty and behaved so modest
" that an east side audience disre-
garded her TO give ifs attention to the
interpolatcd pugilist Battling Nelson
in boxing bouts. Now that THE Mer-
~ WhlrI" is n Broadway musical
farce. the ugly bruiser is left out and
the fair girl gets an opportunity 20
share distinction with Moore and Nor
ton. New York hungers ever for new
theatrical food. and Is eating up those
three novelties voraciously.
The leading women in buriesque arc
almost always in their fOrties. They
retain the facility acquired in long
practice, but none OF the charm OF
youth. They are not deredcts. but
veterans. who offer professional vim
In place OF personal attraction. Two
OF them. May and a Marie. gave n
solid frontage % The Merry Whiri"
when Il was a burlesque: and their
roles OF a dressmaSer's model and a
modish customer are not altered now
that the piece becomes a section OF a
musical farce. but they are compelled
70 compete with young Florence for
the attention Of more refined people
than those who formerly preferred
their mature daring to her maidenlv
dainuuess. Their efforts may be
brave. and certainly are bold. The
action permits all three to wear even
ing gowns for fittings at the dress
makers. Florence doesn't take ad-
vantage OF the warrant for decoIlete
but wears an afternoon dress that
covers all OF her except head. hands
and feet. for her young face Is suf7-
Client 20 bare, leaving her 1.-THE figure
TO manifest Itself. under graceful dra-
peries
Now, May and Marie have the faces
Of matrons. and figures suitably per-
tanning thereto: 30 they can't. like
Florence. depend for fascination on
visage and outline. May seems to
think. with Katisha in The MikadO."
that she has "a left shoulder blade
that people Fought to) come miles 20
see" and she puts II on view by
means OF bodice cut down to a line