The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-19
THINGS DOING in GOTHAM
BY FRANKLIN FYLES.

New YORK. June 1S.-Alizzi and
~ Polaire have family names that
they don't use as actresses. IIizd
comes from Vienna and Polaire from
Paris They are the principal women
IN new summer shows atop OF the
aires across a street from each other.
Mizzi is very pretty. Polaire IS gro
tcsquely ugl- and both make the
most they can of their looks. Also.
they are interesting illustrations 4
craft I'm TIE amusement business.
First as Go the good-iooking Mizzi.
she is young. small. shapeIy and has
a guileless face. She is made UP for a
pulict 90 allure a raSish rooster. Her
body is fcathcrcd fluffy white. her
arms are out Of sight IN wings. and a
bunch OF tail plumes suggest that she
has sat down on q hat that has stuck
fast. Her head. however. with IT'S
Uiguant face and yellow hair. IS alto
gcther girly. and 50 are her nimble,
skin-tiuted legs.
Aiizzi clucks coduettishly 20 a
coXconb rooster. scratches gravel
Coyiy when ne comes 60 her ard flut-
tiers away clacklmg I'm mock alarm.
but for a fact she has made up her
mind 70 win him away from the tven-
y hens IN the h1rnyard. where he is
the sole cock Of the walk. and shift
him from fowl bigamy in that harem
@ exclusive wcdlock with her Ga the
woods She wasn't born an ordinary
chicken to lay eggs humdr1m in a
coop, you understand. but a pheasant
free IN a forest She admits that she
was Matched By n goose. and that a
sister turned OUT bad egg. became
n shOwEirl and got mashed on an
actor: yet she is bound 20 have n
rooster all 20 herself or none at all.
Be Sold for n BrOiler.
IF you don't settle down and lay
eggs Ike a good hen" Mother Goose
advises her. the poulterer viii sell
you Tor a broilcr. He expects twenty
eggs a day from his twenty hens and
a rooster, and surely you couldn't lay
50 many"
plies. but j might try. mamma"
by this time you have guessed that
AIizzi Is the Hen Pheasant Of Ros-
tand's "Chanticlcer," but you needn't
believe that the French drama. a
masterpiece IN literature. contains any
such talk as that The original IS a
fanciful satire. humorous but kcenly
intellectual. as you will see n Il comes
your way in a good English transla-
ton The Chanticlccr. made vain BY
the aduiation Of his hens. believes
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obedience 20 his call Of cock-a-doOdlc-
doc. Many beasts and birds display
human foiblcs as well as their usual
Instincts In Rostand's fancifui compo-
Eition.
The law was invoked 20 forbid an
American pcrversion Of the French
masterpiece. but I'm vain. except to
cause a change IN title % The Barn
yard Romeo" So New York gets
chandelier first as a musical farce
filling half a summer evening with
fine music made IN Vienna by Bclu
Won Uy. and language written here in
coarse slang. Jokes Of barroom sort
and such an abundance OF puns as
hasn't been heard here since the days
OF Lydia Thompson burlesques
Rostand's fox. dog and cat are act
cd like monxies by spry acrobats. and
so are roughly funny, with none of
the Rostand wit OF wisdom. Chorus
girls sing and dance as the various
birds The BARITONE and burly
Charles Ross Is the Chanticleor. with
n bcak and a comb fastened to his
head. and n tail that wags behind him
a~ he scratches the ground. flaps his
wings and crows. wonder n Ross
feels as foolish az he looks when. as
the Iove-struck rooster. ne wooes the
aiiuring pullct. OF course. women
can be bewitchinE in such antics. and
Mfzzi. with an Austrian accent that
r. suitably infantile. a coquetry that
s. naive and a grace that makes her a
oautlvating bird ltogether-nrofits
not only by contrast with Ross clum-
einess. but also the very bulky Mother
Goose Of the clever but fat stella
Mavhcw.
There Is symmetrical Alice Wsr-
FER. whose embodiment OF a mouse y