The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-14
"GTRLRS" II IS JUST THAT
FRED THOMPSON PUTS on 4
bright SUMNER SNOW.

Premise ~ q Plot q Lest m . Mare sT
Colsrful specialiieu and Cunriy
singer WF. Joseph CaWthoFn and
Aiande naymond Are Both Heleomed.
lnithe first few minutes after the curtain
rnss last night on -Girlies.' the summer
show put On AZ the New Amsterdam
Theatre by Frederic Thompson. there
was almost CONSERVATION IN the large
audience Il was feared that there was
going to b. a plot But Mr. Thompson
II far too clever g manager % let such a
thing a. that happen 10 a summer show.
and very soOn Il wR5 "a az the accustomed
gait with s1nEs. dances and spec alties.
The threatened plot was efectually lost
only 20 bob up occasionally IN a Tall IN tbs
other proceedings.
Every known variety OF summer girl
was represented in the chorus. which
was the principal feature Of the piece,
They were big and little TAT and thin,
and blond and brown. a stage full Of them
ell the time. and each one busy. The One
type that was absent, except in one soL z.
vas the show girl II Il possible thIt
there IL a stage manager who has come
10 realize that the day OF the supsrOiliOb,
young person overcohscious Of the un-
accustomed finery 81 her clothes is on the
Waneg Anyway there was a dearth Of her
in -Girlies' and the piece was improved
thereby
Ia addition TO the girl chorus there was
sakararna
men, who really acted and sang most OF
the time with almost human intelligence.
They were for the most part supposed 20
be college -Rah-rah boys types Tor
which they seemed peculiarly fitted.
The first part Of the piece took place AZ
a coed college, where the boys and girls
made love, planned for the boat race and
ragged the professors. The second part
took place Just anywhere that happened
10 ~ convenient for the specialties. One
soene was supposed 10 represent the
inside 81 an apartment house with each Of
the four rooms ~ for a different bur
leaque. There was the scene OF the NOV
ing table from Seven Days the. bed
room scene from -The Spendthrift,- the
safe scene from Alias Jimmy Valentine
and the murder Of L1r0CHe from
Madame K
The last was by far the cleyerest Of
them all. Miss Doris Mitchell a. Mrs. X
gave an imitation Of Dorothy Donnelly
that would make the latter actress at up
and rub her eyes
The programme 81 sGirlies" especially
featured Joseph Cawthorn and Maude
Raymond. Both had specialtics 81 the
kind that have won them previous sue
cesaes. and both worked hard to sustain
the plac,s given them. There could
= IL
thorn without serious loss 20 the prcdnc-
ton. and there could easily have been a
little more ~ Miss Raymond.
II ore attempted 10 follow the fugitive
plot of the piece Mr. Cawthorn WAS a
professor Of botany who to gain the
reputation % a hero and win the heart Of
the official college Chaperon undertook Z
10 wear a suit ~ newspapers for three I
days Miss Raymond. according to the I
plot was . woman detective employed I
IN discovering the author o. various I
theits about the college But what Mr.. I
Cawthorn really DID IN the piece was 10 I.
sing several topical songs. the lest Of
which was life h Just a Merry-gO- J
Round and give his concertina specially /
Miss Raymond real business In the I
niece was y sing a coon song oT two. and [
a topical sing. Who Were You With To- I
ninhtg- IN which she was assisted by a /
sprightly chorus armed with eearchlights. 1
which were thrown out into the audience. |
After Miss Raymond Mr. Cawth0Fn I
and the chorus had done their shares .
here really wasn't much room Tor any I
body else Jcd Prouty had q song or I
two and Harry \. Fern az Bud Wash .
iHg'oH janitor. had a song that pleased
he house. David Ahrahams a. Rii'ssr
was morn than ordinarily capable and
Intelligent dog Miss Violet MCMILLAN
yang Of The Frog and the nove with
'hnruz ~ cleverlY costunled as 10 make
~ for the stupidity Of the song
The whole piece was beautifully staged
md costumsd. and after the first part
= whipped up a little with q song OF two
nd considerable conversation cut out
I will ma ke a summer show that will be
worth sitting through The production
va originally planned for the theatre
m the new Amsterdam roof. but the
Incertain weather caused 10 10 he trans
erred for the present 20 the regular
he8trn