New-York tribune., 1910-06-21
THE DRAMA
"The FoIIies of 1910" Is Pre-
Sented at New York Theatre.

| F. Ziegfeld. jr., introduced at the Ne"
| York Theatre last night The Foll1es OF
| 1910, a song revue" in two acts by Hariy
B. Smith. with music by Gus Edwards ana
others. Prominent in the large cast were
Bert Williams. Lillian Lorraine. Bopoy
North. George Bickel. Harry Watson
| Grace Tyson, Alice Hegeman, Fanny Brlce
and Rosie Green.
! The piece does not pretend to be a play
with a plot 1t is series of vaudeviiie
acts, some of which good and some
Exceedingly poor. The programme fncluded
fourteen scenes: A dress rehearsal OF the
play: office of ''the get-poor- quick syndi-
cate; street in Reno: corridor in the
new City Hall; the comet and the earth
/ lakes of Killarney, with a song, Sweet
Kitty Bellairs" by Lillian Lorraine; office
of music publisher; the apple bloom
grove; Cafe de Lobster; the swings; a
band rehearsal by Bickel and Watson's dis
Organization, and a pantomime called "A
Fool There Was" by Miss Louise Alex
ander and Julian Mitchell. with an imita-
ton of Mile. Polaire by Miss Alice Hege
man.
| There were also burlesques of ''Chante-
cler." with Bert Williams as a 'blackbrd
with songs and the return of Roosevelt
with Harry Watson and George Bickel in
exceedingly poor limitations. respectively.
| of Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft
The music of this collection of summer
nonsense is far better than the book
| There were some tuneful and catchy songs,
including Mr. Earth and His Comet
Love-" which was prettily sung by Miss
Eleanor st. Clair: Sweet Kitty Bellairs"
and "Kidland' both of which Miss Lor-
! raine sang sweetly: II Can't Sing that
High Top Note" by Bobby North; The
! Yodeling Rag" by Miss Grace Tyson;
Don't Take a Girl Down to Coney." by
Miss Hazel Robinson. and 'Lovy joe and
| other songs by Miss Fannie Brice.
| The performance as whole was crude,
but it will be improved with subsequent
! presentation and by the elimination of Ger
! tain scenes. The Return of Roosevelt
| would not be missed: neither would the
! band rehearsal, with its insufferable noise
Aside from Mr.. Williamss songs, The
Model Hennery' possessed little of inter
! est.
A very pretty act was The Swings" in
which Miss Lillian Lorraine swung out over
| he heads of the audience as she sang. The
ICafe de Lobster was a comical bur
esuue of the defunct Cafe de L'Opera. in
which the Messrs. Bickel and Watson were
amusingly relieved of all theu spare change
by the head waiter. the hat boy. the coat
| boy. the cane boy. the glove boy and innu-
merabIe other attendants. Miss Louise
Alexander and Julian Mitchell did an
effective bit of acting in "A Fool There
| Was
The Spring of YOUTH in which several
sweet girl graduates and a ''prower''
| (BilIy Reeves took a dip in a stage tank
| to i,+r Nv u-t,o
the real star of the evening-as "a care
taker with songs" Mr.. Williams sang in
this act his Barber Shop Chord song and
others in which he revealed his exceptional
powers as a comedian. He was followed
by a chorus of pretty girls in the athletic
garb of our colleges. The final appearance
of the Yale girl, then the Harvard girl,
trnught forth cheers and appla use from the
audience